Profile of J. Nicholas Hoover
Senior Editor, InformationWeek Government
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Articles by J. Nicholas Hoover
posted in October 2010
10/29/2010
The Department of Defense's incoming IT leadership team, led by Teri Takai, will be greeted by organizational upheaval, cost cutting, and pressure from Congress.
10/27/2010
Starfire Mission Ready Cloud features self-service provisioning, automated security and built-in governance capabilities.
10/26/2010
GSA to issue an RFQ for SaaS email services so that federal agencies eventually can leverage cloud computing.
10/25/2010
One enterprise system hosted by Defense Information Systems Agency is expected to save $100 million annually.
10/25/2010
Agile development, risk management and collaboration with industry are among the areas targeted by TechAmerica study.
10/22/2010
The multi-billion dollar, 15-year effort is finally delivering improved services to taxpayers, the IRS' inspector general says, but security concerns loom large.
10/21/2010
The Federal Bureau of Investigation slams an inspector general's report on its long-delayed and over-budget case management system overhaul as inaccurate and based on outdated information.
10/20/2010
Using Apps.gov, agencies soon will be able to buy infrastructure-as-a-service offerings, such as storage and virtual machine services, as well as cloud-based web hosting.
10/20/2010
Infrastructure-as-a-service, offered through NASA Cloud Services, should be available for agency-wide production within weeks, according to the space agency.
10/12/2010
An inventory finds that the government significantly underestimated the total number of federal data centers that will be affected by the reduction initiative.
10/6/2010
Top officials at major tech companies offered White House economic officials a plan to save the government $1 trillion by 2020, mostly through better use of IT.
10/5/2010
Cyber Command, the military sub-command dedicated to cyber ops, was slated to reach "full operating capability" by October 1, and I can't say I was surprised when it missed that deadline. There's still uncertainty facing Cyber Command's final shape and role, but it begs the question: what's holding it back?
10/4/2010
GTSI participated in a scheme to siphon off government work and dollars, intended for small businesses, according to government allegations against the IT services company.
10/1/2010
IT reforms at the Pentagon will delay filling the empty position, but former nominee Teri Takai remains in the running to lead the military's IT ops.
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