http://meritalk.com Where America Talks Government Copyright 2012 MeriTalk Thu, 17 May 12 00:15:01 -0400 http://meritalk.com/images/logo.png http://meritak.com http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3259   Data Center Comedy Who thought that DCC stood for Data Center Comedy? Nothing humorous about FDCCI - well, I beg to differ.   Meet Data Center Dave. He’s MeriTalk’s newest creati Thu, 10 May 12 18:53:05 -0400 {b748c906-3877-814d-3887-26bc73ac4e26} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=MeriTalk&blogentry_id=3256 http://www.meritalk.com/bigdatagap Mon, 07 May 12 16:15:44 -0400 {96f988a5-ec54-c064-d8b4-940b0420d385} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3251   15 Minutes of Fame  Trading the cup for the pint glass this week. Please join me and the D.C. IT community in a toast to O’Keeffe & Company’s 15-year anniversary. Everybody’s Sun, 29 Apr 12 18:02:33 -0400 {6f003c08-4a48-9b1c-047b-016f6d002a36} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=MeriTalk&blogentry_id=3245 http://www.meritalk.com/ccx/chanceofsavings Thu, 26 Apr 12 10:41:03 -0400 {89263430-0280-1bfd-f994-05f38b33b8fb} http://www.meritalk.com/group.php?group_id=105 Private, Hybrid, Public, Business Cloud Computing Group. Wed, 25 Apr 12 19:34:13 -0400 {90af73e3-439d-12c3-2627-faa35aaa81b9} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3244 Cloud Ch-Ching  Senators Brown (R-Mass.) and Carper (D-Del.) don’t care for smoke and mirrors. They’re looking for the straight skinny on cloud at the MeriTalk Cloud Computing Brainstorm o Fri, 20 Apr 12 16:23:51 -0400 {183902dc-b689-8703-e51a-78283dc167bf} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3233  That Ain’t PC    Sitting at the Fed 100 a fortnight ago. A black-tie gala for doing more with less - always makes me smile…   Nice program Ms. Armstrong. But, the face s Wed, 11 Apr 12 10:13:14 -0400 {58923e77-76b0-733c-2739-d290e37566d7} http://www.meritalk.com/classified.php?user=RussLeFevre&classified_id=63 All, I am actively seeking senior, experienced applicants for a global public sector industry marketing role, based in the Washington DC area. Candidates should have extensive experience in the public Mon, 09 Apr 12 18:21:37 -0400 {e1d5dbe8-189d-713a-f58f-6c8876200cd5} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3221 Healthcare Hike Four deadly conversation sins. Sex, politics, religion - and now healthcare.   Supreme Court or no - here’s my take. Our healthcare provider’s hiking our rates 22 percent Wed, 04 Apr 12 17:00:23 -0400 {19d29b79-f15b-5d70-8cb4-5744d1db7611} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=CSXLanding&blogentry_id=3220 UPCOMING EVENTS June CSX Meeting and Cyber Security Brainstorm Event Details coming soon - please contact Chel Thu, 29 Mar 12 17:05:34 -0400 {37d16c76-a344-b304-f5a5-db04a1a33a76} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=CCXLanding&blogentry_id=3210 UPCOMING EVENT CCX Quarterly Meeting Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8-10 a.m.; The City Club of Washington at Columbia Sq Wed, 28 Mar 12 09:37:43 -0400 {5ff50759-6e3a-032f-79f2-c4b9170b4a17} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3195 Cloud Epiphany Sitting with the CEO of a $10 billion company. Talking cloud over cocktails. He’s sweating the move to the cloud. Security stress. I ask him what’s his company’s most im Thu, 22 Mar 12 14:40:21 -0400 {d486a602-89cd-7af4-2770-b5e3e9f85346} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=DCXDownload&blogentry_id=3194 Having trouble accessing the MeriTalk Web site? Email smajercik@meritalk.com for assistance. Wed, 21 Mar 12 14:22:13 -0400 {a3afc8b6-b234-fca2-778b-70ef907c4346} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=DCXLanding&blogentry_id=3193 DATA CENTER DOWNLOAD The fourth edition of the Data Center Download is now available.  Check it out today.   Wed, 21 Mar 12 13:59:27 -0400 {9e61a77c-5c9c-7d68-9d47-d98eb3c37230} http://www.meritalk.com/video.php?user=MeriTalk&video_id=167 Tue, 20 Mar 12 17:03:16 -0400 {e7a7fe76-a6f4-79fd-e830-d141428c17db} http://www.meritalk.com/video.php?user=MeriTalk&video_id=166 Tue, 20 Mar 12 17:00:25 -0400 {dfb483dc-1643-ba76-d947-26f07ea49d58} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=LarryAllen&blogentry_id=3192 It was the year in which Bryan Adams sang “Everything I Do, I Do it For You.” The first George Bush was President and the Giants beat the Bills in the Super Bowl. Yes, 1991 was chocked full of hi Mon, 19 Mar 12 14:06:17 -0400 {2f8cf7c6-e22c-57f0-fea7-25dbe041dd53} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=Shannon&blogentry_id=3191 Telework, Silver Bullets, Black Holes, and a Dog Named Cheeto Josh Sawislak Senior Fellow Telework Exchange It’s time to clear the air. Last week was Telework Week and while more than 70,000 Fri, 16 Mar 12 11:34:07 -0400 {46446884-d5f6-e7f7-caa7-7606337895b5} http://www.meritalk.com/video.php?user=MeriTalk&video_id=165 Tue, 13 Mar 12 10:23:19 -0400 {37b63700-90a2-ec02-eaa9-13bdc892595a} http://www.meritalk.com/video.php?user=MeriTalk&video_id=164 Tue, 13 Mar 12 10:22:33 -0400 {ac90ce1f-7718-b15a-f415-3ae3c26481ca} http://www.meritalk.com/video.php?user=MeriTalk&video_id=163 Tue, 13 Mar 12 10:21:33 -0400 {8d6fc2e9-b12c-5746-123a-7fa479d4f477} http://www.meritalk.com/video.php?user=MeriTalk&video_id=162 Tue, 13 Mar 12 10:18:27 -0400 {98986d54-4853-4ddf-824c-bcbb52940d7a} http://www.meritalk.com/video.php?user=Shannon&video_id=159 Oscar Gonzales Jr., USDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration addresses USDA’s goals to increase the amount of employees eligible to telework by encouraging managers and leaders to part Fri, 02 Mar 12 17:17:02 -0500 {462f406f-74c7-8a4b-3599-1a47e25d610c} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3166 Is the Pope on LinkedIn? Have you ever tried to Link somebody out? Yes, Steve O’Keeffe would like to remove you from his professional network. Well, it ain’t that easy. In fact, as near as I ca Mon, 27 Feb 12 17:12:53 -0500 {cb07ab40-3492-ca4d-9261-c7ee26cae6f1} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=MeriTalk&blogentry_id=3165 http://www.meritalk.com/mobile-powered-government.php Sat, 25 Feb 12 12:34:44 -0500 {196346c9-e5e9-dfd4-ad88-4073b46d07c3} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=CyberSecurityExchange&blogentry_id=3155 To guard against the nation’s increasing vulnerability to cyber attack, a group of  Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee leaders introduced bipartisan legislation Fe Wed, 15 Feb 12 10:30:53 -0500 {c595b9cc-fd33-abd3-24dd-3234cb542db0} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3154 Virtualization Tastes Good Looking for savings in Federal IT. Cooking up Cloud. Dicing up your Data Centers. Not to make light of these strategic plays, but they’re not exactly putting Tue, 14 Feb 12 16:52:29 -0500 {3c880072-b4ca-fb69-00e6-1a8d05967427} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=Shannon&blogentry_id=3153 Commuters to Take Back Time and Money During Telework Week 2012; Expected to Save Millions in Commuting Costs  Telework Week 2012, the Second-Annual Initiative, Encourages Any and All to P Tue, 07 Feb 12 12:30:59 -0500 {0d1e0b06-1480-b2d1-38ac-bc095225b688} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3152  Powder Room Parlay? Webster defines mobility as capable of moving or being moved. A new study, “IT in the Toilet” released last week by 11mark, a new sister organization of MeriTalk, prov Mon, 06 Feb 12 14:08:24 -0500 {9b1f6ce9-a7f1-467f-e12d-eb2d1b8e37ec} http://www.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3151 FDCCI - But Who's Counting Anyway  In the “beginning” - OMB set the “before-the-flood” date at 1998 - there were 432 Federal data centers. Vivek’s “Big-Iron Census” in Oct Thu, 02 Feb 12 16:26:06 -0500 {9bd6ea53-9861-3a86-03ee-426cf63a08c6}