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Barnes & Noble Partners With Microsoft On Digital Reading Technology

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Barnes & Noble and Microsoft have announced the formation of a strategic partnership in a new to-be-named Barnes & Noble subsidiary which will build upon the history of strong innovation in digital reading technologies from both companies. The partnership will accelerate the transition to e-reading, revolutionizing how people consume, create, ... Read more »
Apps, Books, Cloud Computing, Education, Gadgets and Mobile, Media, Why Microsoft
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Free Microsoft Cloud Computing For University Scientists

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – Microsoft and Internet2 have announced a new agreement enabling member universities to take advantage of Windows Azure to open up collaborative, instructional and research opportunities in the cloud. The announcement was made at the recent Spring 2012 Internet2 Member Meeting in Arlington, VA. This agreement is a significant ... Read more »
Academia, Cloud Computing, Government, Laboratories and Research, Leadership, Real Impact, Why Microsoft
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AboutOne Provides On-the-go Personal Health Info

Stephanie Baum (Philadelphia, PA) — A web-based organizer is helping users keep their healthcare records and data in one place to make it easier to access the information when they need it. Joanne Lang, who was a software executive at SAP and worked with cloud computing, said AboutOne was sparked by a medical emergency ... Read more »
Cloud Computing, Entrepreneurship, Gadgets and Mobile, Health
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Gamification Of The Next Generation

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — In the media, we mostly read about how gaming is damaging how students learn and pay attention, how the cloud is mainly useful for things like movies and music, and how smartphones are useful for playing games like Angry Birds. But the reality is that while many new innovations can ... Read more »
Apps, Cloud Computing, Education, Entrepreneurship, Events, Gadgets and Mobile, Gaming, Government, Health, Leadership, Movies, Music, Real Impact
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Microsoft Hosts Public Sector CIO Summit

  Mark Drapeau (Redmond, WA) — This week at Microsoft’s main campus in Redmond, WA (just outside Seattle), the company will host chief information officers and other IT professionals from the federal government, state and local governments, and the education and health communities. The event is called the U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit. For two days beginning ... Read more »
Business, Cloud Computing, Cyber Issues, Defense, Education, Events, Government, Health, Real Impact
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National Science Foundation Emphasizes Cloud Computing Security and Efficiency

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — As reported by Camille Tuutti at Federal Computer Week, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has plans to invest resources into understanding various aspects of cloud computing, in particular how to make it more energy efficient, and how to make it more secure from hackers and other kinds of ... Read more »
Cloud Computing, Cyber Issues, Government, Green Tech
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Envisioning 24/7 Citizen Services

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Governments at the national and the local level have made a lot of progress toward a vision of more open, collaborative, tech-savvy government. Nevertheless, there are plenty of examples where the official or accepted manner of communication with a government agency is via old-fashioned methods — calling a toll-free phone ... Read more »
Big Data, Cloud Computing, Government, Online, Real Impact
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Innovating Government Services For Citizen Consumers

Ken Mallit (Redmond, WA) — Local governments, public agencies, and service delivery organizations continuously strive to enhance citizen and constituent services through a structured, centralized and efficient service delivery system. Such an ambitious objective, however, is not devoid of serious challenges and limitations, particularly in a world of shrinking budgets and tax dollars. Not only ... Read more »
Cloud Computing, Education, Government, Social Software
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