December, 2010

By Dan Kasun, Senior Director, US Public Sector Developer Evangelism In October, we launched the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Federal Application contest , encouraging developers, partners and hobbyists to submit Windows Phone applications for federal employees...

By Curt Kolcun, Vice President, Microsoft US Public Sector U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra presented a visionary plan last week for the future of federal IT, which focused on cloud computing or “light technology” as a major key to driving IT transformation. ...

By Curt Kolcun, Vice President, Microsoft US Public Sector The past few months have marked a transformative time in government IT, with the State of California , the State of Minnesota and New York City embracing cloud computing.  And now that momentum...

By Susie Adams, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Federal When I talk to federal CIOs about cloud computing, most of their questions focus on security and privacy.  Where is the data being hosted?  Who has access to it?  What controls...