Michael Garland

Jun 6, 2024 | nextgov.com | Michael Garland

A quirk in government fiscal law may be costing the government as much as $500 million a year in savings for cloud computing. Cloud service providers typically offer significant discounts for contractual commitments of three years or more. The cloud providers are willing to discount for longer term commitments because it locks in revenue, and it assists in their need to forecast and provision capacity in their data centers. The discounts are significant.

Jun 4, 2024 | fromthemixedupfiles.com | Ben Lerwill |Daniel Long |Jessica Stremer |Michael Garland

How do animals and plants survive Earth’s most extreme conditions? This month’s book list explores the unique challenges and adaptations that species face amid wildfires, polar ice, climate change, and more. Extreme Survival: How People, Plants, and Animals Live in the World’s Toughest PlacesWritten by Ben Lerwill & illustrated by Daniel LongReading like an adventure guide, this book takes readers on a tour of the most extreme habitats our world has to offer.

Apr 10, 2024 | nextgov.com | Michael Garland

In their work discussing the history of software licensing, intellectual property scholars Michael L. Rustad and Maria Vittoria Onufrio noted that the creation of the software license was equal to the creation of the corporation in its significance. That’s a bold statement but it’s justified. Software drives the world’s digital transformation.