By Bob Gourley It is with great excitement that I share news I just saw regarding Bob Flores, a friend and associate and highly respected technology professional, will be addressing the CSA Congress. Press release from http://ctolink.us/1cUWW1e is below. BOB FLORES, FORMER CTO OF THE CIA, TO KEYNOT...
By Bob Gourley Analysts and the technologists that serve them have been wrestling with a common challenge for years. Just like Vannever Bush described in 1945, the amount of data being created is growing faster than humans can analyze. We all seem more motivated to address this challenge, especiall...
By Timothy Coleman A new study concludes that 70 percent of Federal IT executives deem “Big Data,” as a transformative lynchpin for mission critical work. Published by MeriTalk, an online government IT resource, and sponsored by EMC Corporation, a leading provider of IT storage hardware soluti...
By Bob Gourley The Government Big Data Forum has been gathering every year for three years now to discuss how to leverage Big Data for government mission impact. We dive deep into lessons learned, share issues/challenges, receive demos from hot technology firms and network with fellow practitioners...
By Bob Gourley We have been meeting for three years in the Government Big Data Forum. The next will be 4 April 2013. Please help us evaluate the right issues to address and help us queue up a research agenda for the next year. And let us know if you have a lesson learned or […]...
By Bob Gourley We have been heartbroken to see many of the greatest federally focused technology conferences either cancelled or scaled back. But we in the technology community still have a duty to try to inform decision-makers of capabilities, even if there are fewer technology expos where direct d...
By BobGourley Savanna by Thetus is a powerful suite of tools that let you work through the lifecycle of analytical issues, including some very complex, knotty problems. It is the only tool I know of that enables fast, user-generated, model-enabled analysis. It is very capable, and surprisingly eas...
By BobGourley You may have heard of ForgeRock, the providers of open identity solutions. But if you have been busy (and who hasn’t been?) you might not have realized the rapid uptake of their solution among a diverse, global customer base. I spoke with their CTO and founder Lasse Andresen to...