Author Archive
Modernization
Lisagor: Hybrid networks promise better performance
One predicted trend for the next year is the rise of hybrid topologies/infrastructures, in which an agency might have a combination of internal servers for the more meat-and-potato functions, coupled with an external system such as Amazon’s S3 to “cloud burst,” or take up the slack, for files that are really popular.
Modernization
Government use of Web 2.0 requires caution
Web 2.0 technologies are promising, but agencies have to be careful to mitigate potential problems.
Modernization
Sweat pants and metrics
Telework improves efficiency and reduces costs, but how can a manager know which employees are working hard and which are hardly working?
Cybersecurity
Michael Lisagor's crystal ball for 2009
From Obama appointees to FEMA, find out what his predictions are for the government in 2009.
