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The Aug. 29 edition of Government Computer News includes the following article highlighting new Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) specifications are designed to simplify cloud infrastructure management and ensure workloads can be easily relocated among differing cloud environments. The article notes that cloud infrastructure management interface (CIMI) has broad industry support, with companies such as Oracle submitting application programming interfaces as consideration for the standard in support of CIMI v1.0.

The July 26 edition of Government Computer News includes the following article highlighting the results of Oracle Utilities' "From Overload to Impact: An Industry Scorecard on Big Data Business Challenges" report. The article notes that 93 percent of the public sector executives surveyed say they are collecting and managing more business information today than two years ago. The article also notes that the public sector organizations say they lost on average 11 percent of their annual budget, or $60.5 million, as a result of not being able to fully leverage the information they collected.

Article discussing how semantic technology is now finding a greater role in a practical-minded government project, National Information Exchange Model (NIEM). The article includes comments from Peter Doolan, vice president and chief technology officer, O

Highlighting that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has selected Global Computer Enterprises to provide comprehensive Federal financial management services. The article notes that other Federal agencies are upgrading to cloud-based enterpr

Highlighting that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has selected Global Computer Enterprises to provide comprehensive Federal financial management services. The article notes that other Federal agencies are upgrading to cloud-based enterpr

Oracle Financial Services has expanded its Oracle Financial Services Enterprise Risk Management suite to include a new model risk management solution, as well as enhanced offerings for regulatory capital management and credit risk management. Oracle's Enterprise Risk Management suite, part of the Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications family, provides a single, unified platform that helps today's financial institutions meet increasingly complex compliance requirements and performance objectives. The end-to-end platform enables financial services organizations to effectively identify and manage risk to support their risk-adjusted performance objectives, promote a proactive risk management culture and mitigate the costs of compliance. Model Risk Management To meet evolving regulatory mandates, financial institutions require a comprehensive view of risks associated with inaccurate or improperly applied financial and business models. Many firms are struggling to achieve this transparency because they continue to manage their models in siloed environments. Oracle Financial Services Model Risk Management provides a common environment to manage all risks associated with the use of models, including risks arising due to poor data quality, incorrect or inappropriate use, design flaws, incorrect implementation and unauthorized access. The solution delivers a single repository for all model information across the enterprise, includes pre-built dashboards to jump start benefits and provides drill-down capabilities for in-depth insight. This application provides a common environment to manage risks associated with the use of models including risks arising due to data quality, incorrect or inappropriate usage, design flaws, incorrect implementation and unauthorized access. The solution helps firms to improve governance around the use of models through a comprehensive, structured and consistent framework for periodic assessment and validation of models ac

Highlighting that Oracle unveiled an integrated health care platform designed to help states set up health insurance exchanges. The article also notes that the applications can support Health and Human Services Department programs and core business functions such as eligibility and enrollment; billings, collections and premium reconciliation; customer service; premium tax credit tracking; broker management; payment processing and financial and management reporting.

Discussing the challenges and benefits various agencies and departments realize from enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite installations. The article includes comments from Wayne Bobby, vice president of Oracle's Industry Business Solutions, Oracle Pu

Highlighting that Customs and Border Protection officials are moving the agency's collaboration software and e-mail services to a private cloud. The article also notes that Customs and Border Protection implemented Oracle's Exadata unified platform for t