The Fed Mission Success Round Up: Getting Feds to the Cloud, and New Technology
Monday 3/1/21
Welcome to the Fed Mission Success News Round Up brought to you by Makpar. Each week, we will provide a summary of actionable news and insights to help aid in overall mission success for Federal agency IT decision-makers and influencers.
The New Urgency for Federal Financial Authorities to Leverage the Cloud
There’s one other compelling reason why Federal financial agencies and regulators should start capitalizing more fully on the cloud now: Today’s cloud services have made modernizing IT systems easier to procure and maintain for the future.
Edge Computing Brings the Cloud Closer to the Data for Agencies
NOAA, USDA and other agencies that collect mass amounts of data in the field rely on edge computing for fast analysis.
Now That’s Edge Computing
Astronauts at the International Space Station will soon be taking delivery of an HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 (SBC-2). Expected to be in service for two to three years, the edge computing device will connect ISS users to Microsoft’s Azure cloud.
Preparing for the CDM Dashboard: Big data and the Cloud
Agencies should start with the basics and put together a cyber strategy for keeping cloud-based big data secure.
Login.gov Opens to State and Local Programs
Login.gov, the General Services Administration’s cloud-based remote identity proofing platform, is now available to select Federally funded state and local government programs
NIH Advances COVID-19 Health Status Reporting and Contact Tracing Pilot With IBM
The National Institutes of Health moved its COVID-19 verifiable health status reporting and contact tracing pilot into a second phase
Machine Learning Speeding Up Patent Classifications at USPTO
Machine learning is helping the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office shorten the time it takes to assign patent applications to examiners, instead of having to redo its entire classification process.
Are We Federated Yet?
GSA just finished a new Single Sign On playbook to help federal agencies plan an enterprise single sign-on service.
From the Makpar Blog …
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