IN THIS ISSUE
May, 2012
Tuesday, May, 1, 2012 | Tom Soderstrom
Transforming IT into Innovating Together
Tags: IT Transformation
Many believe our universe is continually expanding while others think that one day gravity will assert itself and cause a contraction and eventual collapse of the universe. What we find out about the mysterious force called “Dark Energy” will undoubtedly only fuel that debate.
Tuesday, May, 1, 2012 | John Abeles
Five Lessons Learned from Cloud Assessments
Tags: Cloud Computing
Although the federal government has established security requirements for public clouds through FedRAMP and the GSA Schedule 70 contracts, according to a 2011 memorandum from the U.S. CIO, private cloud-based information systems must continue to comply with the current FISMA requirements and the appropriate NIST security standards and guidelines. Here are some lessons learned and some proposed solutions:
Tuesday, May, 1, 2012 | W. Marc Whitford
Creating Best Practices Project Schedules
Tags: Project Management, Project Scheduling
Working as a project manager and project scheduler on a number of government programs over the course of many years has shown me that few project managers don’t need assistance to produce an effective project schedule. I’ve even seen experienced managers take shortcuts when developing their project schedules and then needing to clean them up later.
Tuesday, May, 1, 2012 | Rana Chegu
Keeping the Pressure on Your IT Portfolio
Tags: Portfolio Management
How’s your retirement portfolio looking these days? Good, bad, indifferent? With all the economic turmoil of the past several years, very few people aren’t keeping a careful eye on their investments and making adjustments along the way. How else are we all going to retire comfortably? The same thing goes for your IT portfolio.
Tuesday, May, 1, 2012 | Tom Termini
Cloud: Two Years of Progress
Tags: Cloud Computing
Less than two years ago, then-U.S. Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra, offered a prescription to reform federal information technology management. The federal government must overhaul how it manages $80 billion in annual IT investments; the basis for these IT reforms is a 25-Point Implementation Plan, which describes in detail how to get it done.
Tuesday, May, 1, 2012 | Brian Moran
Cartoon Funnies- Improving Collaboration
Tags: funnies