Category: Big Data & Analytics

The healthcare arena is being transformed by key innovations in the form of big data analytics and storage, mobility, cloud computing and virtualization.  In addition, IT is pushing care from being reactive to proactive, with advances in patient data sharing creating a complete paradigm shift in healthcare. These are some of the insights from a […]

As a part of our ongoing series of looking at the top federal IT trends that will impact federal agencies in 2014, we asked our partners at NetApp to chime in. Lee Vorthman, CTO, Federal Civilian Agencies, NetApp U.S. Public Sector, looks at the indicators of technologies that will make the most impact this year […]

With 2014 upon us, it is the ideal time to assess key trends when it comes to data center consolidation, cloud computing and big data for government. From data center consolidation efforts to the rise of virtualization to help government support mission goals in a more cost-effective manner to the near ubiquity of big data, […]

With 2013 coming to a close, we want to recognize our partner community for providing input and expert opinion on the biggest technology issues impacting federal government agencies this year. From insight on managing big data, moving to the cloud, securing critical infrastructure, to collaboration and telework, our partners have offered us a wealth of […]

The Cisco Partner Summit has been a huge success, and very energizing for Iron Bow. Our team got a good look at their strategy for next gen technologies and the increasing importance of the role we play as their partner. Here is a 5-point high level wrap-up. 1. The Cisco / Iron Bow Partnership…Iron Bow […]

As we know, big data comes in all shapes and sizes and managing data always requires a secure approach. One of the strategies to secure data is to continuously monitor both the network and the data. We talked with Lee Vorthman, Manager, Cyber Initiative for NetApp U.S. Public Sector to get his thoughts. Read on […]

This month, we are focusing on Big Data and how federal agencies can use what they currently have to do more with less. We’ve shared insights from partners like EMC on trends in this area and today, we talk with Jim Smid, CTO of Iron Bow Technologies. Jim discusses solutions that drive government efficiencies and […]

There is no doubt that federal agencies today are grappling with how to manage massive amounts of data and make sense of the information collected for increased efficiencies. Big data continues to drive lively discussions in our industry. Earlier this year we spoke with our Data Center Practice Director, Eric Oberhofer about the drivers fueling […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has one of the most important missions of any government agency – providing benefits, medical care and services to America’s military personnel upon leaving the armed forces. In addition to being an important job, serving America’s veteran community is a difficult one. At present, America’s veteran community is about […]

Data is the modern paper. Where once we produced reams of paper that needed to be stored, we now generate terabytes of data that need to be managed, stored, shared and, most importantly, secured. These are challenges that are faced by private enterprises and government agencies alike so we asked our long-time technology partner, McAfee, […]

With 2013 shaping up to be an interesting year in terms of government IT, we are doing a series of interviews with various subject matter experts on future trends in the areas of cyber security, virtualization, cloud, mobility and collaboration to gain key insights into the future of technology and government. Following is an exclusive […]

Iron Bow Big Data expert, Clint Green, talks about the latest trends and benefits of analyzing large and small data sets.

The government is changing how they manage data. The Obama Administration’s Cloud First mandate states that all government agencies must identify and migrate IT services to the cloud by June 2012. As of the beginning of the year, 47% of agencies have already started the migration. With this new movement, do agencies still have business […]