CLOUD
ORACLE: Ellison pushes Oracle’s new cloud platform, but questions linger. “We’re just getting started” in the cloud, he says. According to Ellison, “Customers will save money running their software on Oracle’s cloud rather than their own data centers.” Read more
[COMPUTERWORLD.COM]
FISMA & THE CLOUD: Ready to move continuous monitoring to the cloud? Agencies are headed to the cloud, but security and ensuring that the requirements of Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program can be met are challenging areas that can slow down cloud adoption. Read more
[GCN.COM]
IT SECURITY
SHELLSHOCK BUG: 5 Things Government Agencies Should Know About the Shellshock Bug. As organizations work on a fix for the Bash system software flaw, security experts warn the response to this vulnerability is far from over. Read more
[FEDTECHMAGAZINE.COM]
BODY CAMS: What If Police Body Cams Get Hacked? The vulnerabilities will be directly related to the software used by the companies developing the technology. Read more
[NEXTGOV.COM]
STATES
MAINE: Law enforcement, federal agencies express concerns over iPhone 6’s new security features. Read more
[MAINENEWSONLINE.COM]
TEXAS: How Mobility Improves Traffic Enforcement. Local governments are outfitting police motorcycles with technology that boosts efficiency and traffic safety. Read more
[STATETECHMAGAZINE.COM]
DATABASES
NoSQL: NoSQL Databases Are Going Mainstream – They Actually Have Paying Customers. Read more
[READWRITE.COM]
PRODUCTIVITY
APPS: 4 Apps That Will Supercharge Your Productivity. Not enough hours in the day? These tools can help you get it all done. Read more
[TIME.COM]
BEING MORE: Looking at Productivity as a State of Mind. Policy makers often fret about the pace of worker productivity. But each of us also frets about the pace of our own individual productivity.Read more
[NYTIMES.COM]
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