Tag: event

September 15, 2017

Even though the federal government is a big user of secure identity technology and a major target for online fraud, it shouldn’t develop solutions to protect an increasingly complex worldwide financial ecosystem, said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. He wants government […]

May 25, 2017

Improving quality of life for residents of New York City was the goal of four apps that were named winners of NYC BigApps 2017 on Tuesday. The competition, held by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and Civic […]

September 21, 2016

ORLANDO, Fla. — The idea of cybersecurity as “everyone’s responsibility” is gaining traction, but states still have a lot of work to do, according to state IT leaders in a new survey. In the 2016 survey of state chief information […]

September 14, 2016

At Riverbed’s Disrupt event in New York’s upscale Conrad Hotel yesterday, the company announced new products designed to help customers move their enterprise network more fully into the cloud arena. At the heart of the announcements, Version 2.0 of Riverbed’s […]

June 14, 2016

Apple kicked off its Worldwide Developers Conference Monday and announced a metric ton of new features for its products. Most of them target consumers, but there were several announcements that improve productivity and will benefit business users as well. Here […]

May 23, 2016

The Boston BSides conference is bursting at its seams and may have to find a new place to carry out its mission of providing inexpensive IT security training, educational sessions and informal networking where peers can share experiences and help […]

May 20, 2016

Why can’t privacy and security live together in perfect harmony? They might, with more talking and training. “There is no tension between the principles of privacy and the principles of security,” said Marc Groman, senior privacy adviser in the Office […]

April 14, 2016

5G wireless is coming, but it has a lot of challenges to overcome, and we’re not going to be enjoying its blazing speeds until 2020 at least. But, at cable industry group CableLabs’ InformED Wireless event on Wednesday in New […]

September 8, 2015

Here’s what we know so far about the company’s upcoming media event, and what it will reveal for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Watch. At a media event in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, Apple is expected […]

June 19, 2015

Big data will be the most critical component to moving their agencies forward, said three federal IT officials June 17 at the Brocade Federal Forum in Washington, D.C. The Transportation Department has a “huge appetite” for data, said DOT Chief […]

May 12, 2015

BM’s Andy Thurai didn’t quite put the words into former RSA CTO Deepak Taneja’s mouth, but did prompt him by asking at the start of a TIE Startup Con panel in Cambridge, Mass., earlier this month whether Internet of Things […]

April 29, 2015

For only the third time in its history the National Association of State Chief Information Officers honored a state governor as its yearly technology champion. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, received the award Tuesday at NASCIO’s midyear conference. The […]

April 28, 2015

It’s been said that the larger the turnout at an IT security conference, the more it indicates that the bad actors are winning most of the battles. Well, the hackers certainly must have the upper hand because RSA Conference 2015 […]

April 2, 2015

Future advancements in technology may suffer because of popular opinion driving policy, according to a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). How Tech Populism is Undermining Innovation investigates the connection between emotion and personal gain, and […]

February 27, 2015

Most Americans would argue that Congress must be fixed — and an event this weekend is asking political scientists, policy experts, technologists, architects and designers to help do just that. Hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the […]