Cloud applications

Is Email Stored on the Cloud Safe from IRS Snooping?

Apr 15 2013 / No Comments

It is tax time and people are talking about IRS reading email to catch tax cheaters.  That may or may not be surprising depending on your knowledge of the Internet combined with recent revelations about the IRS snooping through your email, Facebook and other social networks.  There are also allegations ...

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NOAA does not hire a high priced consultant to move email to the cloud

Feb 2 2012 / 2 Comments

This is a change for a government agency.  NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) had nineteen different email systems and over 25,000 email addresses they wanted to consolidate under one system to cut costs.  Surprisingly, they didn’t spend millions of dollars on a study or a consulting firm to do ...

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Cloud computing and restructuring will save federal government billions of dollars

Apr 18 2011 / 1 Comment

Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra announced today, April 17th, that over $3 billion has been saved so far by his 25-point Information Technology plan.  The process of adding transparency to information technology programs was an important part in achieving the cost savings. [caption id="attachment_779" align="alignright" width="330" caption="Federal Chief Information Officer ...

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Wyse Technology announces PocketCloud for Android Honeycomb

Apr 14 2011 / No Comments

Today, April 14, Wyse Technology unveiled its PocketCloud for Android Honeycomb.  The new version 1.2 fully supports the speed and new UI features of Honeycomb. Wyse designed the new PocketCloud to utilize the tablet capabilities of Honeycomb and provide tablet users with a great remote access application. So far, over 800,000 downloads ...

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