Executive Order Gives Unified Communications a Thumbs Up
By Josh Finke, Collaboration Practice Director President Obama recently issued an Executive Order that will promote more efficient spending across the federal government as a part of his Campaign to...
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Telework’s Achilles’ Heel Comes Down to Culture
I recently attended a seminar on telework in Washington D.C. that focused on two areas: mobility and the current landscape of the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010. From the discussions at the event, it...
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Study: Federal Government Failing at Mobility
The federal government is laser-focused on mobility. In fact, federal CIO, Steven VanRoekel, recently announced a comprehensive digital government strategy that details ways in which the government and...
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Technology Lessens the Burden of the Federal Retirement Tsunami
We’ve seen it coming for years, and in fact, planned on this disruption to the federal workforce. Yet, the federal retirement tsunami is still causing a disturbance in federal agencies, as a large...
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Telework Exchange Reports an Increase in Telepresence Usage
If you were not raised with FaceTime, Skype and video chats, the concept of implementing telepresence solutions in the government may seem frivolous and unnecessary. People can already communicate over...
View ArticlePODCAST: Dan Klanderman, Senior Solution Architect, Iron Bow, Discusses Key...
This month we will be featuring a series of interviews with various subject matter experts on future trends in the areas of cybersecurity, virtualization, cloud, mobility and collaboration. Today we...
View ArticleLow morale among federal workforce calls for wider video adoption and telework
Federal News Radio recently surveyed Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCO) to discuss the current budget situation and the resulting challenges for agencies. The anonymous survey was distributed to 47...
View ArticleThe Impact of Cybersecurity on Collaboration, Telework and Communication
This month on the blog, we are focusing on the issue of cybersecurity. As we’re all too aware, the threat landscape is changing rapidly and with emerging technologies being adopted by both public and...
View ArticlePODCAST: Kerrie Hora, Global Healthcare Business Development Manager at Cisco...
This month we will be featuring a series of interviews with various subject matter experts about healthcare IT and how cloud, collaboration, security, mobility and other emerging technologies are...
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Agencies moving to the Cloud? Take Baby Steps, Not Giant Leaps.
Despite the constant buzz about ‘The Cloud’ the idea of putting services in the cloud is not new. In fact, CIOs and IT managers have been hearing about the move to the cloud for many years. But even...
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Need Mobile Device Management? There’s a Service for That…
Nearly every agency is on a path to embracing mobile technologies. While employees are demanding the ability to use the same devices at work as they do at home, agencies are also recognizing the...
View ArticleGSA Embraces Telework While GAO Reports Other Agencies Still Need Improvement
With budgets tight and a laser focus on cost efficiencies federal CIOs are looking at creating environments that improve productivity, drive down costs and make use of existing resources. The General...
View ArticlePODCAST: The Future of Teleconferencing Comes to Life for Government Agencies
Whether providing professional development resources, enabling collaboration among a distributed workforce or simply following an executive order, agencies everywhere are embracing teleconferencing and...
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The Movement Towards Telework
Telework is changing the way that agencies operate, improving continuity of operations and helping to reduce real estate costs across the federal government. The Modern Network, sponsored by our...
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