Research and consulting firm MarketsandMarkets has released a new report that analyzes and forecasts the trends for the government cloud market from 2013 to 2018. Information technology and software services providers will find business opportunities as governments shift spending on data center and cloud services, MarketsandMarkets said Thursday. Government agencies will continue to transition to […] More

A report by University of North Carolina researchers for IBM‘s Center for the Business of Government examined the risks state and local governments face when transitioning to cloud platforms, GOVERNING reported Thursday. John Kamensky, a center senior fellow, writes that study authors Shannon Tufts and Meredith Weiss identified issues associated with cloud migration contracts based […] More

The Northern Virginia Technology Council, the Consumer Electronics Association and Monster Worldwide is launching USTechVets.org on Jan. 8, an online community aimed to connect military veterans with possible employment in the information technology sector. “USTechVets seeks to facilitate veterans’ transition to civilian careers, reduce veteran unemployment and provide America’s veteran workforce access to employment in […] More

A Dice.com survey says 73 percent out of 900 responding hiring managers and recruiters plan to hire more technology professionals in the first half of 2014, NextGov reported Thursday. Brittany Ballenstedt writes that that 24 percent of respondents predict tech hiring in the first half of the year will be “substantial,” up from the 19 percent […] More

A new study from QuinStreet Enterprise indicates that enterprise customers continue to invest in data centers due to uptime, availability and security, Datamation reported Thursday. Paul Shread writes the “2014 Data Center Outlook: Data Center Transformation — Where Is Your Enterprise?” report stated 88 percent of 321 information technology professionals spend on data centers. Amazon, Dell […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to kick off a year-long celebration to honor the company’s 100th anniversary. The management and technology consulting firm was founded by Edwin Booz in 1914 and has worked with clients such as the U.S. Navy, American Red Cross and NASA, […] More

Dr. Peter Tippett, chief medical officer and vice president at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, recently spoke with HIT Consultant Media about the company’s approach to health information technology compliance in an interview published Thursday. Tippett told interviewer Lois Drapin at the 2013 mHealth Summit that Verizon uses digital signing and two-factor identification platforms in order to comply […] More

McAfee Labs has released its forecast for the threat landscape in 2014 based on a series of analyses of security trends during 2013. The 2014 Predictions Report predicts an increase in ransomware attacks on mobile devices amid growth of virtual currencies such as Bitcoin, advancement of security evasion techniques and use of social platforms to […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Honeywell and SRI International to develop electronics that can easily break down once their useful life is over, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes Honeywell won a $2.5 million contract and SRI won a $4.7 million contract under the DARPA’s Vanishing Programmable Resources program. […] More

A team of IBM computer scientists and Trinity College Dublin researchers have developed a set of algorithms intended to reduce data centers’ environmental impact by routing cloud computing tasks, VentureBeat reported Monday. Jordan Novet writes the experiment came after IBM obtained a patent in October for a method to identify which facility receives networking requests based on […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has acquired Australian professional services company Sinclair Knight Merz for $1.2 billion in an effort to expand in various regions, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. Stuart Pfeifer writes that Jacobs anticipates its annual revenue to grow by 10 percent due to the transaction. Craig Martin, Jacobs CEO, told the newspaper the company […] More

A new Gallup and Wells Fargo survey indicates nearly half of U.S. small business owner respondents claim they feel the same way about their companies’ outlook as they did at end of the previous year, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. J.D. Harrison writes about a quarter or 23 percent of the 600 employers surveyed are […] More