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Hadoop[0] and OpenStack[1] I think the era of government being far ahead of commercial tech capability is over. The government mostly outsources now (a problem

by nikcub 13y ago

Hadoop[0] and OpenStack[1] I think the era of government being far ahead of commercial tech capability is over. The government mostly outsources now (a problem Snowden identified in terms of information control) or develops in-house with vendors. [0] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323495604578535290627442964.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732349560457853... [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgahKksMZis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgahKksMZis

286c8cb04bda 13y ago
The government mostly outsources now (a problem Snowden identified in terms of information control) or develops in-house with vendors. There are a lot of fingers in that pie. Oracle, for example, has a National Security Group, whose job is to come up with "solutions" and then try to sell them to three-letter-agencies.