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 […]
TechLeader.TV with Carlos Ramos, Secretary, California Technology Agency & State CIO, September 21, 2011, 11:30 AM PT
September 10th, 2011 by admin
Categories: Blogs
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$CAL, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, Medical Fraud, TechLeader.TV, office of Technology Services, state cio, state computer system
TechLeader.TV with Carlos Ramos, Secretary, California Technology Agency & State CIO, September 21, 2011, 11:30 AM PT
Student, Teacher tracking systems & transparency; it’s politics (and unions) as usual
August 13th, 2011 by admin
Categories: Blogs
Tags: Brown Administration, CALPADS, Cal-PADS, Cal-TIDES, California Teachers Association, Governor Brown, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Perez, Portantino, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
Student, Teacher tracking systems & transparency; it’s politics (and unions) as usual
The SacBee editorial last Friday strongly chastised Governor Brown urging him change his mind and support the 100% federally funded State Department of Education’s Cal-TIDES project, the so-called teacher tracking system: So it is perplexing and dismaying that the governor has vetoed the use of […]
Happy 30th – IBM PC
August 12th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: CALPADS, IBM PC, John Thomas Flynn, Mark Dean, Post-PC era, TechLeader.TV
Happy 30th – IBM PC
August 12 marks the 30th anniversary of the IBM Personal Computer or PC. I always remember that year because of the related fact that when my old boss Ronald Reagan was elected, the IBM PC did not exist. Here’s an interesting article from one of […]
State CIO Carlos Ramos gets Prime Time at Little Hoover IT Hearing
August 11th, 2011 by admin
Categories: Blogs
Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, CA-MMIS, CALPADS, California Court Case Management System, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, Controller, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, SAP, Stuart Drown, TechLeader.TV, UI-MOD
State CIO Carlos Ramos gets Prime Time at Little Hoover IT Hearing
State CIO and Secretary of the California Technology Agency will kick off the testimony later this month on the Little Hoover Commission’s Public Hearing on Information Technology Governance on Thursday, August 25, 2011. As TechLeader.TV reported last month, the Little Hoover Commission will review progress […]
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
Categories: Blogs
Tags: 21st Century Project, AB2408, Brown Administration, CA-MMIS, CALPADS, California Technology Agency, California eMail, Carlos Ramos, Controller, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, SAP, TechLeader.TV, UI-MOD, office of Technology Services, state cio, state computer system
Little Hoover Commission announces hearing to review progress of AB2408 State IT Consolidation – Department CIO’s lining up to voice support
Little Hoover Commission announces Hearing August 25, 2011 at 9 a.m., State Capitol to review progress of AB2408 IT Consolidation – Department CIO’s lining up to voice support… The LHC will also focus on the status of five large (totaling in the billions of dollars), […]
Ramos Era Begins
July 15th, 2011 by admin
Categories: Blogs
Tags: 21st Century Project, AB2408, Bill Maile, Brown Administration, Brown cell phones, CALPADS, California Court Case Management System, California eMail, Carlos Ramos, Chiang, Controller, FI$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 […]
Dept of ED: CALPADS ‘in critical danger of failure’; IBM – Not so fast
February 24th, 2011 by admin
Categories: Blogs
Tags: CALPADS, California Technology Agency, Fenesterwald, IBM, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV
Dept of ED: CALPADS ‘in critical danger of failure’; IBM – Not so fast
John Fensterwald at Educated Guess reports that IBM’s response to the Department of Education’s termination threat letter regarding the CALPADS project of just a few weeks ago appears to be somewhat phlegmatic. The Department’s consultant had concluded that CALPADS was “in critical danger of project/system […]
State DOEd formally notifies IBM of potential termination of CALPADS contract
February 15th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, CALPADS, California Technology Agency, Educated Guess, Fensterwald, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
State DOEd formally notifies IBM of potential termination of CALPADS contract
John Fensterwald of the Educated Guess blog reports new developments for state Education’s student tracking system, CALPADS. The dreaded termination threat has been issued: In an escalation of tensions, the state Department of Education has notified the vendor of CALPADS, the troubled statewide student data […]