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Selecting Software in the Federal Government

13-Jan-2011

Tags: Enterprise Collaboration & Social Software, Enterprise Search, SharePoint Ecosystem, Web Content and Experience Management, Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing, Open Source, Selecting Technology, Software-as-a-Service, Government

I recently had the chance to sit down with the famous John Gilroy of "Federal Tech Talk" on Federal News Radio in Washington, DC. The 30-minute interview aired earlier this week, but you can listen to or download the archive.

In a wide-ranging discussion, we talked about the challenges facing US federal managers in selecting the right technologies for their agencies. John keeps things moving, and our conversation flowed from web content management, to social computing, to open source, to (inevitably) topics like Cloud and SharePoint.

If you work in the federal technology space, I hope you find it useful.

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