Virtualization is a critical part of modern IT infrastructure that presents many routine management tasks to system administrators, including increasing virtual hard disk space when needed. In my job, due to expanding log files, scaling growing processes, and new tasks for existing servers, this is something I do at least once a month. Here’s how …

A relatively new type of computing that mimics the workings of the human brain was already transforming the way scientists could tackle some of the most difficult information processing problems. Now researchers have found a way to make what is called reservoir calculation work 33 to a million times faster, with much less IT resources …

The federal government, the country’s largest employer, is short of young talent. By 2025, one-third of federal employees will be eligible for retirement. Employees under 30 represent only 8.5 percent of the federal workforce compared to 23.2 percent of the US workforce as a whole. Each federal agency has fewer employees under 30 today than …

Column The death of Sir Clive Sinclair at the end of last week sparked an outburst of nostalgia. This is understandable. Its glory days in the early 1980s marked the start of the digital revolution. He had already put the first affordable calculators in his pocket, and his computers were often the first in many …