Microsoft CEO takes a collaborative approach to cybersecurity
Microsoft CEO Nadella talks of company's role in an ‘ecosystem,’ saying partnerships and top-to-bottom protection and detection critical to battle emerging security threats.
Stories by Kenneth Corbin
5 Things Cloud Providers Need to Know About Selling to the Government
Selling cloud services to the federal government is a rigorous process. Documentation, not to the mention the word 'No,' play a big part. Here veterans of the FedRAMP cloud certification process share some tips and dispel some myths.
Cloud Service Providers Fight Back, Challenge NSA
Facing a real business threat from the fallout from the NSA's intelligence gathering, tech sector luminaries are expanding their presence in Washington as they lobby for surveillance reforms.
Can the Feds Make Health IT Systems Talk to Each Other?
Government officials are reluctant to issue mandates on standards and interoperability for health IT devices and applications -- but advocates say that's exactly what healthcare needs to promote innovation and improve patient care.
Retail CIOs Look to Break Online and Offline Shopping Barriers
Tech leaders at retailers are heading for a software refresh, and many are expecting to replace legacy in-store systems with unified ecommerce systems in a bid to keep up with changing shopping habits.
CIOs Must Balance Cloud Security and Customer Service
Cloud era brings government IT new challenge of keeping data secure while broadening user access. This will require federal CIOs to take a more granular approach to access and encryption.
CIOs to Gain Authority, Better Alignment With Business Leaders
A measure attached to defense funding bill would consolidate government CIO organization structure, grant new budgetary authorities that could align IT more closely with mission objectives.
Tech Industry Leaders Dissect Botched Healthcare.gov Launch
Senior technology industry executives from Adobe, VMware and others diagnose the problems in troubled Healthcare.gov, citing the ambitious scope of the project and endemic flaws in broader government contracting apparatus.
Gartner Says CIOs and CMOs Must Learn to Collaborate on Digital Marketing
The research firm predicts the convergence of IT and marketing as businesses increasingly look to digital promotional strategies.
CIOs Look to Shared IT Services for Government Agencies
In a bid to contain costs and glean greater efficiencies from their IT operations, department and agency federal CIOs are looking to consolidate commodity services in a more centralized framework.
'Stop Watching Us' Coalition Aims to Stop NSA's PRISM Surveillance Program
Reddit, Mozilla, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others from across the political spectrum join forces to flood members of Congress with letters seeking revisions to the Patriot Act and reforms that will rein in the NSA's surveillance of Internet and phone records via a program known as PRISM.
Obama's Cybersecurity Mandate Hits First Milestone
Government officials stress collaborative, voluntary approach as first wave of deliverables under the White House's executive order on cybersecurity comes due..
Federal CIOs need more authority to better manage IT
Seeking ways to reduce duplication in federal IT spending and managing IT more efficiently, Senate panel hears pleas for stronger central authorities for department and agency CIOs.
Could Privacy Protection Bills Hinder Law Enforcement?
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform bill advances to the Senate floor to better protect email privacy. Meanwhile a House subcommittee considers privacy protections for location data, data which some in law enforcement say is necessary to solve crimes.
Mozilla Spars With Ad Group Over Do-Not-Track
The head of the advertising coalition at the forefront of the policy debate over new privacy protections for consumers blasted browser makers Microsoft and Mozilla at a Senate hearing Wednesday for derailing cross-industry work developing a feature allowing Internet users to opt out of behavioral tracking.