Next Program with Davood Ghods Chief Office of Technology Services (OTech) Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn with Special Guest Davood Ghods Chief, OTech Davood oversees approximately 800 FTE’s within the OTech divisions of Operations, Engineering, Customer Delivery, Statewide Telecommunications and Network, Security Management, […]
TechLeader.TV with Davood Ghods, Chief of the Office of Technology Services (OTech); OCT 30, 2014 at 11:30 AM PT
October 1st, 2014 by admin
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Tags: AB2408, CES Mail, CalCloud, California Technology Agency, California eMail, Calnet3, Davood Ghods, John Thomas Flynn, OTech, TechLeader.TV, state computer system, state computer systems
TechLeader.TV with Davood Ghods, Chief of the Office of Technology Services (OTech); OCT 30, 2014 at 11:30 AM PT
TechLeader.TV with Ron Hughes, Director, California Office of Technology Services, APR 11, 2013
March 23rd, 2013 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, California eMail, John Thomas Flynn, OTech, Ron Hughes, TechLeader.TV, office of Technology Services, state computer system
TechLeader.TV with Ron Hughes, Director, California Office of Technology Services, APR 11, 2013
Next Program with Ron Hughes Director, California Office of Technology Services Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn with Special Guest Ron Hughes Ron Hughes was appointed Director of the Office of Technology Services (OTech) in April of 2012. OTech has over 800 employees and […]
TechAmerica/Deltek State of California IT Seminar Event Produces Some Surprises
September 6th, 2012 by admin
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Tags: Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, California eMail, Carlos Ramos, FI$CAL, Fred Klass, Jim Butler, John Thomas Flynn, TechAmerica, TechLeader.TV, carol Henton, state computer system
TechAmerica/Deltek State of California IT Seminar Event Produces Some Surprises
TechAmerica/Deltek State of California IT Seminar Event Produces Some Surprises: Negotiated procurement the new norm – PCC See 6611 Chapter 2 – Procurement Planning Best Value replacing Low cost procurement DGS, Tech Agency IT Procurement Roles/Responsibilities “developing” State CIO chastises state & vendors for Bait […]
Kerfuffle continues over City of Los Angeles’ Google eMail system
October 22nd, 2011 by admin
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Tags: California eMail, Google email. LA email, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV
Kerfuffle continues over City of Los Angeles’ Google eMail system
According to the LAT: A Los Angeles city councilman is demanding answers about Google Inc.’s $7.2-million contract to provide 30,000 city employees with email — and why after two years nearly half of those employees still haven’t moved to Google’s system. Story here:
TechLeader.TV with Carlos Ramos, Secretary, California Technology Agency & State CIO, September 21, 2011, 11:30 AM PT
September 10th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: AB2408, Brown Administration, CALNET 3, CALPADS, California Court Case Management System, California Technology Agency, California budget deficit, California eMail, Carlos Ramos, Cloud Computing, Elaine Howle, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, Medical Fraud, TechLeader.TV, office of Technology Services, state cio, state computer system
TechLeader.TV with Carlos Ramos, Secretary, California Technology Agency & State CIO, September 21, 2011, 11:30 AM PT
Next Program with Carlos Ramos Secretary California Technology Agency & State CIO Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn with Special Guest Carlos Ramos TechLeader.TV will explore the Ramos vision for State IT: What’s the 100 day plan; are more organizational changes ahead; what are […]
SNAP: Former Fed CIO Labels Big IT Vendors as Cartel-like Obstructionists
September 2nd, 2011 by admin
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Tags: Alice Lipowicz, CES Mail, California Technology Agency, California eMail, Cloud Computing, Department of Defense, Federal CIO, John Thomas Flynn, Northrop Grumman, TechLeader.TV, Vivek Kundra, northrop, office of Technology Services
SNAP: Former Fed CIO Labels Big IT Vendors as Cartel-like Obstructionists
Former federal CIO Vivek Kundra didn’t pull any punches this week in his article in the New York Times taking large IT vendors to task for their “cartel” like obstruction to real cost savings and efficiencies in the fed’s $80 billion annual investment in technology: […]
Little Hoover Commission announces hearing to review progress of AB2408 State IT Consolidation – Department CIO’s lining up to voice support
July 20th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, AB2408, Brown Administration, CA-MMIS, CALPADS, California Technology Agency, California eMail, Carlos Ramos, Controller, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, SAP, TechLeader.TV, UI-MOD, office of Technology Services, state cio, state computer system
Little Hoover Commission announces hearing to review progress of AB2408 State IT Consolidation – Department CIO’s lining up to voice support
Little Hoover Commission announces Hearing August 25, 2011 at 9 a.m., State Capitol to review progress of AB2408 IT Consolidation – Department CIO’s lining up to voice support… The LHC will also focus on the status of five large (totaling in the billions of dollars), […]
Ramos Era Begins
July 15th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, AB2408, Bill Maile, Brown Administration, Brown cell phones, CALPADS, California Court Case Management System, California eMail, Carlos Ramos, Chiang, Controller, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai, state computer system
Ramos Era Begins
This week Carlos Ramos formerly accepted the reins of office from Acting State CIO Christie Quinlan seen here reintroducing Carlos to the state IT infrastructure at a mobile command center at the California Technology Agency’s Public Safety Communications Office. Bill Maile, California Technology Agency Director […]
Google $7.2 million eMail Project facing potential legal action from City of Los Angeles
April 14th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: CSC, California eMail, David Sarno, Google eMail, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Los Angeles email, Randi Levin, TechLeader.TV, government CIO, state computer system
Google $7.2 million eMail Project facing potential legal action from City of Los Angeles
According to DAVID SARNO in the LA Times yesterday: In an internal memo first obtained by the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, the city in December said Google and its partner Computer Sciences Corp. repeatedly committed to and then missed deadlines to solve data security issues […]
TechLeader.TV with Adrian Farley, Chief Technology Officer & Acting Director, Office of Technology Services, State of California April 28, 2011; 11:30 AM PT
April 8th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: Adrian Farley, Brown Administration, CALNET 3, CalNet, California Technology Agency, California eMail, Federated Data Center, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, office of Technology Services, state cio, state computer system
TechLeader.TV with Adrian Farley, Chief Technology Officer & Acting Director, Office of Technology Services, State of California April 28, 2011; 11:30 AM PT
Next Program with Adrian Farley Chief Technology Officer & Acting Director Office of Technology Services Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn with Special Guest Adrian Farley Adrian Farley is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and the Acting Director of the Office of Technology Services. […]