Federal agencies have identified 78 computer systems they plan to migrate to the cloud within a year, according to the Office of Management and Budget. Read More »

Just two short weeks after assuring us Skype was safe in their hands, Microsoft seems intent on cutting its link with Linux. Read More »

One of the ironies of open source over the years has been that the organisation formed to “educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source”, the Open Source Initiative, was itself perceived to be something of a closed shop. That is set to change as the OSI has publicly launched its plan to encourage greater participation by shifting to a membership model and elected board members. Read More »

Today, we see that measured consideration of open source and its adoption has served the DoD well, given it just published a guide (PDF) regarding its experience with policy and adoption of open source software. This provides a valuable lesson to enterprise organizations considering use of, participation, increased adoption of open source software. Read More »

“Misalignment between a business model and the community’s tolerance point will never be accepted. This will manifest itself in multiple distributions.” Read More »

Knowledge is power, but spending a giant wad of money on fancy BI software won't do you any good. Read More »

CGI Federal Inc. has won a five-year contract worth $5.7 million to upgrade the health information exchange program at the Health and Human Services Department. Read More »

Newsflash: Seniors like their single-payer health-care system. And other voters like the prospect of having the protection of a single-payer health-care system when they get older, too. Read More »

Morgenthaler Ventures, a venture capital firm, announced Wednesday a nationwide contest called "DC to VC: HIT Startup Showcase" to find the best startup ideas in health IT. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has issued a major report detailing its lessons learned and best practices for military software use of open technologies. Read More »