February 2009 - Posts

Citrix helps federal agencies do more with less with virtualization solutions
Rue Moody, Strategic Products Technical Director of Citrix, a Federal Microsoft Partner, discusses virtualization with Nichole Devolites, Federal Partner Marketing Manager for Microsoft. In this discussion, he briefly describes the benefits of virtualization Read More...
Posted 27 February 09 08:15 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 1 Comments   
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Virtualization garners interest, helps agencies control costs
In today’s world, technology demands continue to increase, while resources are becoming more and more limited. Users are demanding access to their applications and data from anywhere and from any device, requiring IT departments to address management Read More...
Posted 25 February 09 12:15 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 6 Comments   
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Transforming America’s workforce
The U.S. unemployment rate is at an all-time high and is expected to just get worse in 2009. Now at 7.6 percent, the highest level in more than 16 years, it is expected to peak at 9 percent by year’s end. To make matters worse, most individuals do not Read More...
Posted 23 February 09 06:12 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 2 Comments   
Interoperability will be critical to an open government
We’ve blogged about the President’s initiative for an open government quite a few times on FutureFed. The fact is we are very supportive of this theme. As a company founded on a vision for democratizing technology – making it readily available to millions Read More...
Posted 20 February 09 12:45 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 5 Comments   
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And the winners are…
The second day of the exclusive Large Account Reseller (LAR) Symposium was filled with excitement as we announced our top partner awards. These partners were recognized for achieving the most year-over-year growth based on the past 18 months of Microsoft Read More...
Posted 19 February 09 01:00 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 1 Comments   
Third Annual Public Channel Symposium—Day 1
Yesterday, we welcomed our partners to the third annual Public Sector Channel Symposium at our offices in Reston, Virginia. This event is exclusive to the 15 key Large Account Resellers (LARs) across Microsoft, and we are proud that we had nearly 100 Read More...
Posted 18 February 09 08:05 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 1 Comments   
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President Obama signs stimulus plan
President Barack Obama signed the $787-billion stimulus plan today at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. On Friday, the two chambers passed a final trimmed-down $787-billion version. The President said in his weekly address that Congress had "delivered Read More...
Posted 17 February 09 02:00 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 3 Comments   
Microsoft hosts U.S. Army Symposium 2009
This week, we hosted hundreds of our partners and U.S. Army customers at our U.S. Army Symposium 2009 in Redmond, Washington. As usual, we were more than thrilled with the results of great conversations and interaction during our three days together. Read More...
Posted 13 February 09 08:08 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 0 Comments   
Steve Ballmer urges Congress to pass economic stimulus bill
Yesterday, the House and Senate moved at lightning speed to create a final agreement on a $790-billion stimulus package designed to revive the struggling U.S. economy. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, a vocal proponent of the legislation, has sent a letter Read More...
Posted 12 February 09 07:30 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 0 Comments   
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How government agencies are implementing Gov 2.0 initiatives
There are agencies already using technology to create a Gov 2.0 environment that is designed to serve and engage citizens, provide security-enhanced collaboration, help secure data, and help ensure compliance and accountability. Defining your goals and Read More...
Posted 11 February 09 01:23 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 1 Comments   
The search for the Federal CTO continues…
The Administration has still not issued the announcement for the first federally appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO). It seems to be a tough role to fill. This week, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) sent out a report which included two considerations Read More...
Posted 04 February 09 06:03 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 2 Comments   
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President Obama’s Openness Directive: Will government be ready?
  Last week’s memo on openness in government from President Obama to the heads of executive departments and agencies is his latest reminder that he is serious about creating a participatory, transparent, and collaborative environment between our Read More...
Posted 02 February 09 03:16 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 1 Comments   

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