Google Introduces Google Apps for Government

The Gov 2.0 Cloud Computing Green Light

Cloud Computing is internet-based resource virtualization that provides cost effective Software as a Service.

EMA projects cloud computing to be a $40-$50 billion industry by the end of 2011, growing to $160 billion by 2015 — predicting 100 percent growth each year for four years. [ Learn more ]

Google Apps is the first suite of cloud computing applications to receive Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) certification and accreditation from the U.S. government. The FISMA law applies to all information systems in use by U.S. federal government agencies to help ensure they’re secure. The federal government’s General Services Administration has reviewed the documentation of our security controls and issued an authorization to operate, the official confirmation of our FISMA certification and accreditation. [ Learn more ]

You can learn more about Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) certification & accreditation for Google Apps here.

Google Apps for Government released. What about the rest of us?

My new friend Brad McCarty wrote a great article about Google Apps for Government here.  He asked the question, “What about the rest of us?” Brad also has very interesting things to share on Twitter. You can follow him at http://twitter.com/BradTNW

Los Angeles chooses Google Apps

You can quickly see why Cloud Computing and Google App technology makes sense in this video.

What is Cloud Computing?

Salesforce does a great job of explaining Cloud Computing in plain English in this video.

Computing, a Quick Look in the Cloud

You can get a deeper look into Cloud Architecture in this Oracle Cloud Computing Strategy presentation.

How to Make Google Apps

This trend of Apps in Government and in the Enterprise is the one to watch.  The benefits of “App Stores” has already been proven by Apple, Google, and several other technology leaders.  You can get a good idea of how the Google Cloud works in this presentation.

What About Enterprise App Stores?

Sharing Enterprise Apps in a Secure Environment

An Enterprise App is most valuable when it is used by more than just the individual who created it. The real value of Apps is in their collaborative nature. To accelerate the reuse of Enterprise Apps, you need an Enterprise App Store. The App Store gives organizations a place where apps can be re-discovered outside of the immediate group that created the App. [ Learn more ]

Tags: Apps, Cloud Computing, Google, Gov 2.0, Government 2.0

Government 2.0: The Future of the Web and Linked Data

Gov 2.0 Expo 2010: Tim Berners-Lee, “Open, Linked Data for a Global Community”

One of my highlights at Gov 2.0 Expo was meeting  Tim Berners-Lee.  He is one of my heroes and he is impressively polite and earthy.  Check out his brilliant presentation of using a bag of chips to explain the concept of #LinkedData in this video.

Tim Gives His Famous “Linked-Data” Chips Away

Sir Tim Berners-Lee gives his bag of chips, made famous in his Linked Data presentation to the fan pictured here (guy wearing glasses) talking with Tim.  I took this picture after Tim was done with his panel on Four Perspectives on data.gov.uk.  This Panel discussion was very informative and you can get a very nice presentation (PDF) on the topics here.

Happy Birthday, Sir Tim Berners-Lee!

Tim’s celebrates his birthday on June 08.  You can send him belated birthday wishes at @TimBerners_Lee

The crew at RocketBoom posted this very nice video on YouTube about Tim & his work.

Sir Tim Berners Lee – Information Pioneer

This impressive video about Linked Data and the real semantic web was posted by WSI Digital Marketing

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is one of my Government 2.0 Heroes #gov20heroday (@govfresh)

Beyond Web 2.0! Strategy in Government

WebGUI And The Semantic Web

Here is a quick presentation on how Linked Data works by William McKee.  This presentation covers: human to human collaboration, machine analysis of web content, XML, RDF, SPARQL, and many other aspects of the future web.

The Enterprise 2.0 Conference

The Gov 2.0 Expo was jammed packed with intelligent people and great information.  It looks like some of the trends and strategies covered there will carry over to the #e2conf.  There will be many smart people getting together at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston next week.  A lot of my favorite people will be sharing information from this event online.  The hosts of this event are also very generous with offering live streaming for those of us that can’t make it to Boston this year, so tune in at http://www.e2conf.com/

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Gov 2.0, Government 2.0, strategy, Web 2.0

The Future of Citizens & Government

I had the privilege of attending the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington DC during May 25th – 27th 2010.  The main theme I took away was “Design for the Future”, as stated by Tim O’Reilly.  I was thinking more about this when I was spending a blazing hot Memorial Day visiting Arlington Cemetery.  I stood there drenched in sweat reading another name on one of the endless sea of tombstones. I thought, here is another person that made the ultimate sacrifice defending my right to freedom.  I did not even know this person.  Did he die in vain?  Am I doing anything to honor this person or any of these people?  Are we doing our best today to honor the sacrifices people have made for us and our children?  I was near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier when an image caught my eye.  This image was a shadow of a very pregnant woman holding a child on her hip.  I looked up at her and saw this angelic being with sunlight bouncing off her hair.  She looked very young and rather thin, except for her very big belly.  What a beautiful site.  I looked back down at her shadow and noticed how strong she looked.  I thought about her unborn child and started wondering what the future would be like on this child’s 18th birthday.  This citizen may never own a music CD or never know the difference between the web, TV, and a telephone.  This citizen could grow up in a world as a constant active participant in government to help shape the world and the local community in collaboration with the connected world.

Ideas on Government Web 2.0 Strategy

The Gov 2.0 Expo: Learning more about the future of Government & Citizens

It’s difficult to pick a favorite session, but I will say it was exciting to hear conversations about WHY Web 2.0 concepts work instead of how to copy Web 2.0 features.  My personal highlight was meeting Tim Berners-Lee.  He is beyond polite, very earthy, and super smart.  The information from his #LinkedData session is very important to understand.  He was also on the panel of this very interesting session: “Four Perspectives on data.gov.uk”.  Danah Boyd gave us some food for thought in her session “Transparency Is Not Enough”.  “Creating Passionate Citizens” by Kathy Sierra and “The Democratization of Content” by Gary Vaynerchuk were very insightful and refreshing.  “Government as a Platform for Greatness” by Tim O’Reilly was powerful.  I could go on and on, but fortunately O’Reilly has most of these presentations and videos available here.

Government Web 2.0 Strategy

“Design for the Future.”

Tags: Gov 2.0, Government 2.0, strategy, Web 2.0