Tag Archives: Web 2.0

What’s ahead on the technology front for government and industry? The answer depends on who you’re talking to. So when we set out to showcase our annual roundup of CTO perspectives, we went knocking on both sides of the aisle. From the ranks of some of the area’s government contracting …

First came the technorati. Then the twitterati. Now the goverati have burst onto the Web 2.0 scene. These are individuals from government and industry alike leveraging new technology to better shape government policy and direction. So what can industry do to keep on top of this emerging trend? Who better …

Three years ago, having wrapped up service with the Department of Defense, Steve Cambone set out to find a company whose breadth of experience in national security matched his own. He found it at QinetiQ North America. Since joining the McLean, Va.-based provider of systems engineering, IT solutions, and technology …

What role should web 2.0 play within the U.S. military? Back in 2005, Marine General James “Hoss” Cartwright offered his take: “The Napoleonic code and netcentric collaboration cannot exist in the same space and time.” Four years later, adoption of web 2.0 within the military remains uneven. How much? For …

Vivek Kundra spoke before over 280 members and guests of the Potomac Officers Club organization today at the Tyson’s Corner Ritz Carlton. Kundra outlined many of the key presidential IT initiatives and the breathtaking speed that will be required to perform them. The event, which was sponsored by Peter Doolan, …

It’s great, but is it safe? That’s been the question for Web 2.0, as the U.S. Air Force has eyed the technology in the hopes of boosting its missions around the world Now, it seems, Web 2.0 is getting a chance … cautiously. “The new techniques, including blogs, wikis and …

Remember back in the day when The 9/11 Commission Report outlined the lack of coordination between different government agencies in “assessing vulnerabilities and handling problems of protection and preparedness”? Looks like government agencies are doing their part for history not to repeat itself. A key part of that strategy is …

USA Today ran an interesting story this week analyzing how society defines flirtation and when something harmless can develop into more serious infidelity. As government decision makers continue to flirt with employing Web 2.0 technologies across their respective Agencies, my guess is that the reporter would have an equally hard …

For all its transformative potential, future adoption of Web 2.0 within the Federal government rests on the same business case requirements as any other product or service. And while enterprise wikis and secure video sharing applications are gaining converts in civilian, intelligence and defense organizations, decision makers in the upper …

ExecutiveBiz members have had the pleasure of interacting with a long line of IT thought leaders. One of note is Chris Rasmussen, a great advocate for information sharing and collaboration within the federal space and a master of the use of new tools to get groups working together on hard …

No where is the changing online landscape more apparent than in the newsrooms of the major daily newspapers across the country. With more competition for attention than ever before, reporters and editors are struggling to create a product that both adds value to the collective conversation and is financially sustainable. …

Unless you are the Lone Ranger, Rambo or Superman, you have to work with others to get the hard things done. And the harder the thing is you need to accomplish, the more important collaboration becomes. Fortunately for today’s executive, there are some great new Web2.0 tools that can help …

In the context of enterprise IT, a “mega trend” is a long term movement in time that drives large masses of people and is a forcing function for strategic directions. One of the mega trends sweeping over us all right now is Web2.0. This trend will continue to impact government …

IT leaders in government are wrestling with several competing forces in the Web2.0 world. The greatest force is a push for change towards more user-focused computing.  But a resisting counter force threatens to delay this change. The counter force here is institutional inertia. Big organizations are just slow to change, …

Even Conference organizers charged with assembling provocative panel discussions and speakers can end up pleasantly surprised when one topic strikes a noticeable chord with attendees. That was certainly the case with the ExecutiveBiz The New New Internet Conference afternoon panel discussion – Software as a Service: Benefits Beyond Delivery. As …