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Steve O'Keeffe is the founder of MeriTalk – www.meritalk.com – the government IT network. MeriTalk is an online community that hosts professional networking, thought leadership, and focused events to drive the government IT dialogue. A 20-year veteran of the government IT community, O'Keeffe has worked in government and industry. In addition to MeriTalk, he founded Telework Exchange, GovMark Council, and O’Keeffe & Company.

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House Hearing - FDCCI And Cloud Get Skooled

OMB promised $3 billion in FDCCI savings by 2015. Cloud was to reset IT economics . It's time to separate the talk from the truth. House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Mica and Ranking...

Published Tue, May 14 2013 4:03 AM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: FDCCI, IT Cloud
CIO Council - VanRoekel's Version

While the flash and sizzle of Vivek's velocity have fizzled, the Federal CIO Council has not stalled. Here's the skinny on VanRoekel's version - it's insightful to get a peak inside the tent. Dynamic Duo - SS&SS The CIO Council's...

Published Tue, May 7 2013 3:23 AM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: IT, GAO, FDCCI, CIO, CIO Council, IT Infrastructure
Heavens Above - Augmented Reality

Some idiot saw the World Wide Web in Santa Cruz in 1993. He sniffed, who's ever going to want this toy? That idiot was yours truly. Twenty years older - and perhaps a few wiser - I'm not going to look another gift horse in the teeth. Sorry Cassandra...

Published Thu, May 2 2013 12:51 AM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: big data, IT, CIO, Big data architecture, Big Data Exchange, augmented reality
Inspired or Ex-Spired?

I come here not to praise Richard Spires, but to bury the Federal CIO... DHS is a tough place to work - some say toxic. Richard Spires is not dead. I don't know all the details associated with his leave status - but the way that our community has...

Published Wed, Apr 24 2013 12:20 PM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: Federal IT, IT, Fed IT, Data, IT Reform
SDN - Infrastructure to Go?

What does IT really need? "A new TLA ," I hear you cry. After cloud and big data, seemed we'd consigned our old friend to the obit pages. But wait, it appears there's still a spark of life in the old girl. Enter SDN - Software Defined...

Published Mon, Apr 15 2013 11:46 PM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: Federal IT, FDCCI, Software Defined Networking, SDN
IT Gerrymandering?

No tea last week, so here's a double pour - or a full teapot to be more accurate. And, be careful, it's hot. OMB launched a data center consolidation initiative in 1995. Clearly that was a huge success... Did anybody else see OMB's March 27...

Published Wed, Apr 10 2013 3:09 AM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: OMB, Federal IT, IT, FDCCI, Fed IT, CPIC Forum
SDN - Cisco Chagrin?

What does IT really need? "A new TLA," I hear you cry. After cloud and big data, seemed we'd consigned our old friend to the obit pages. But wait, it appears there's still a spark of life in the old girl. Enter SDN - Software Defined...

Published Thu, Mar 28 2013 11:38 PM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: networking, cisco, Fed IT, Software Defined Networking, TLA
Deus Ex Machina and the new study: Set My IT Free

As the conclave considers, all eyes look for the cloud of white smoke. Fear not, this cup's not a cloud sermon. Like the Holy Roman Church, Fed IT is looking for salvation. Cardinals Issa , Carper , and Connolly are driving reformation legislation...

Published Mon, Mar 11 2013 10:50 PM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: IT, storage, Fed IT, Data, Fed IT Cost Savings, IT Diversification
Teleworkosaurus Wrecks

Like a fossil from Jurassic Park, Yahoo's trying to make telework extinct . Ironic that Marissus Mayosaurus should hatch this week as workplace evolution's on the march. Next week is Telework Week (TW), run by MeriTalk's sister organization...

Published Tue, Mar 5 2013 3:18 AM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: Federal IT, IT, telework exchange, Telework
Google Cars and Continuous Monitoring

If I make my living driving - and as the son of a London cab driver, this hits close to home - I've got a weather eye in the rearview mirror watching Google changing lanes. Will Google's self-driving cars push me off the road? But if automation's...

Published Sat, Feb 23 2013 12:58 AM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: IT, google, cyber security, CIO, DHS Continuous Monitoring, CISO
CIO ♥ FDCCI?

Data center consolidation, or more appropriately, optimization, is every CIO's valentine when it comes to saving real money. It's no wonder Feds have such a crush - we spend about $40 billion every year on these processing hunks. But, are we getting...

Published Thu, Feb 14 2013 1:13 AM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: Federal IT, IT, data center, storage, FDCCI, CIO, Data Center Trends
The S Word...Sequestration and Federal IT

The S Word... No pay raise for three years. Zero bonuses. Add in a heaping spoon of scorn and derision. Who'd want to work for Uncle Sam? With Sequestration on the slate - and the threat of furloughs and 20 percent pay cuts on the horizon - a growing...

Published Wed, Feb 13 2013 1:00 AM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: Federal IT, IT, storage, Data, IT Recruiting, Federal IT recruiting, sequestration in Federal IT
IT Tragedy

I've been in and around Federal IT for 20 plus years. People have called me cheeky. Well I'm toning down the grins and irreverence for this installment. Reading this week's new GAO report made me shake my head. I typically listen to the opening...

Published Fri, Jan 25 2013 2:19 AM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: Federal IT, IT, IT Fed projects, GAO report 2013
Digital Markup II - Issa's IT Initiative

Congressman Darrell Issa - R-Calif. - plans to spark new efficiency in Fed IT. Targeting waste and redundancy - pegged at 25 percent of Fed IT's $81 Billion spend - Issa's Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act - FITARA - echoes many of the priorities...

Published Thu, Jan 10 2013 1:00 AM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: Federal IT, IT, Darrell Issa, IT efficiency in US Fed
Federal IT Marketing: sCIOal Status?

Fed IT's checking out of out-of-town conferences. Print magazines are no longer in vogue budgie cage. So, what's in? Social media . Now, it's impossible to see what magazines CIOs read - and you can't access conference attendee lists....

Published Thu, Nov 29 2012 12:18 AM by Steve O'Keeffe

Filed under: CIO, Facebook, social media, Twitter, social media use among CIO's

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House Hearing - FDCCI And Cloud Get Skooled

CIO Council - VanRoekel's Version

Heavens Above - Augmented Reality

Inspired or Ex-Spired?

SDN - Infrastructure to Go?

IT Gerrymandering?

SDN - Cisco Chagrin?

Deus Ex Machina and the new study: Set My IT Free

Teleworkosaurus Wrecks

Google Cars and Continuous Monitoring

CIO ♥ FDCCI?

The S Word...Sequestration and Federal IT

IT Tragedy

Digital Markup II - Issa's IT Initiative

Federal IT Marketing: sCIOal Status?

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