Profile of J. Nicholas Hoover

Senior Editor, InformationWeek Government

News & Commentary Posts: 1254

Articles by J. Nicholas Hoover
posted in April 2012

Salesforce.com Government Cloud: What's Inside

4/25/2012
Salesforce.com unveils government-focused suite of services, app marketplace, and small business partner program for customers in federal, state, and local agencies.
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Asteroid Mining Plan Revealed

4/24/2012
Planetary Resources, a new company with backers including current and past Microsoft and Google execs, shared its strategy to create a new industry in mining asteroids.
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Obama Authorizes Sanctions Over Iran, Syria Internet Crackdowns

4/23/2012
Executive order would punish countries or companies that help Iran and Syria use communications networks to track dissidents.
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Feds Banish Oracle From Popular Contract Vehicle

4/20/2012
Federal government cancels Oracle's services contract on the General Services Administration's IT Schedule 70. Feds spent $388 million on Oracle products and services through Schedule 70 in fiscal 2011.
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NYC Selects BigApps Contest Winners

4/19/2012
New York City's third annual developers' contest awarded $50,000 for apps that help users take advantage of what the city has to offer.
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Google, Tech Execs Accelerate Space Privatization

4/19/2012
Google's Larry Page and Eric Schmidt and ex-Microsoft exec Charles Simonyi are backing Planetary Resources, a new space exploration company to be unveiled April 24.
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IRS Database System Makes Tax Deadline, Finally

4/18/2012
After long delays and multiple false starts, IRS delivers on a new database to speed up returns processing and delivery of refunds, plus improve fraud detection.
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Hillary Clinton Lauds Global Open Government Efforts

4/17/2012
Secretary of State says countries that are open with data will flourish, while closed nations will have trouble with stability and security.
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Air Force IT Strategy Stresses Mobile, Thin Clients

4/16/2012
Agency seeks an additional 2,725 iPads and updates a procurement for a virtual desktop infrastructure to support most of the Air Force.
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'Do Not Pay' Portal Targets Federal Spending Waste

4/12/2012
New Web portal aims to cut down on fraud and prevent federal agencies from making improper payments to ineligible recipients.
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NASA's New Web Plans Stress Open Source, Cloud

4/11/2012
NASA's entirely new Web architecture will lean heavily on cloud computing, open source tools, and social media.
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FCC, Carriers To Fight Mobile Phone Theft

4/10/2012
AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint will launch database to prevent reuse of stolen phones.
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DARPA Challenge Seeks Robots To Drive Into Disasters

4/10/2012
DARPA's Robotics Challenge offers a $2 million prize if you can build a robot capable of driving and using tools; $32 million in other robotics projects up for grabs.
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Army Cloud Plans Include Containerized Data Centers

4/5/2012
Army's $249.8 million cloud computing contract includes mobile cloud services and HP containerized data centers.
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FAA Clears iPad For Takeoff Throughout Agency

4/3/2012
Federal Aviation Administration will let employees choose to use iPad in a production environment, having already developed numerous special-use iPad apps.
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White House's New Attack On IT Spending Waste

4/2/2012
Office of Management and Budget tells agencies to "look into the darkest corners" to eliminate duplicative, inefficient technology, orders portfolio reviews, consolidations.
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