Archives for: January, 2010

Cloud Computing (aka Internet based Services)

…and that Cloud looks like a highly redundant, geographically dispersed computer cluster…

Technology marches forward and the paradigm changes. The latest new paradigm – Cloud Computing! Cloud Computing is going to completely change the way we design our computing infrastructures, again.

Cloud Computing is the concept of using Internet services to support users. In general the term is applied more toward business users, but I would say that we all use Internet (or cloud) based services. One of the best and most successful cloud computing services is web-based email or webmail. Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo Mail are all examples of webmail services – and these services are examples of Cloud Computing.

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The Future of Web 2.0 and Social Media

Recently I was asked, among other leaders in the Social Media space about my predictions for 2010 in Social Media for a piece on ZDNet. I took to the task with a spin on Government 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 as my personal loves within the use of Social Media.

Now, having more time to think about predictions in Social Media and Web 2.0 I have a few additional ideas on what the future might bring in the next year. I also asked some of our Navstar employees to give me their predictions, in which they will be posting throughout the remaining weeks left in this year. I have expanded on a few ideas myself to get things started.

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What is Enterprise 2.0

Enterprise 2.0 is the concept of working smarter, not harder in a more transparent work environment, independent of location, computer, or one person doing a specific job. It is a methodology of doing better business and it is one of our Core Competencies at Navstar.  Navstar has the leading experts in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area as a part of their Enterprise 2.0 team since the beginning. Specifically, we have excelled in Enterprise 2.0 for Government, a part of the Government 2.0 buzz of changing Government to be more open and transparent.

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Announcement: “Wiki” Steve Mandzik to Our Enterprise 2.0 Team

Steve Mandzik

We are pleased to announce our newest member of the Enterprise 2.0 team at Navstar. Steve Mandzik officially joined the Navstar team on Monday, October 12, 2009. We are looking forward to his ideas and practice of Green IT as well as his experience as a community manager in the public and Federal Government spaces.

Steve previously has worked with us as a partner in other projects in the past within the Intelligence Community. We look forward to his fresh outlook and ideas after taking a short hiatus to get more involved with the “greening of the world”. Steve will continue his green ideas by enforcing our existing Green IT policies at Navstar, HQ as well as help our customers with their aspirations in their greening goals.

~~Andrea Baker, Director of Enterprise 2.0

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