State & Local government relatively slow to adapt but this could be another trend as the oft-mentioned state IT personnel baby-boomer retirements continue. This article calls it the “O” word – outsourcing; and we know how much the political class love this especially in California. […]
Cloud Services Drive Fast-Growing Outsourcing Market; It’s Just a Different Platform
Walter Russell Mead : “We think social media are fun. But innovation that changes the way business works is far more important.
The Information Revolution Is on Its Way Don’t misunderstand: We think social media are fun. But innovation that changes the way business works is far more important. Better use of the cloud offers both big business and small business new opportunities, and now new multibillion dollar […]
TechAmerica Provides Guide on Cloud Computing for State Governments where progress has been slow
TechAmerica and Leading Cloud Thinkers state that Cloud Computing Is Imperative for Better Collaboration, Better Service and Better Cost Businesses and institutions across the nation have transformed their IT using the cloud, improving their ability to communicate, deliver value, and be competitive. Now is the […]
State Auditor: FI$CAL on the Border of Oblivion?
The SacBee’s State Worker columnist and TechLeader.TV friend Jon Ortiz weighs in today with a story about the State Auditor again ripping FI$CAL, the state’s new $1.6 billion financial system modernization project at the Department of Finance. However, I want to take issue with certain findings […]
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
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: […]
TechLeader.TV with Adrian Farley, Chief Technology Officer & Acting Director, Office of Technology Services, State of California September 30, 2010; 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. […]