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Top Story - Indian Government's Wild Goose "Blackberry" Chase

The Indian Government's decision to ask RIM to place its servers in India citing national security as a reason only highlights the sad truth that the folks running the show in the Government understand nothing, as in, nothing, about IT security and how the Internet works

Top Story - Google Defends Apps for Government

Google went on the defensive on Wednesday, saying it never misled the U.S. government about Google Apps' compliance with an important security standard. "

Top Story - RIM to Give Indian Government Access to Blackberry Messenger

Research In Motion has agreed to provide the Indian government with access to BlackBerry Messenger communications on a case-by-case basis, according to a spokesman for the company in India.

Top Story - RIM Denies Deal with Indian Government

Research In Motion has not agreed to turn over corporate data sent to and from BlackBerry devices to the Indian government, contrary to reports that surfaced on Wednesday, RIM said.

Top Story - Amazon Boosts Web Services Security for Government Agencies

Amazon is stepping up the security and access features of its cloud services in an effort to attract more government agencies as customers.

Top Story - Government Should Use Cloud to Reduce IT Costs: Gartner

Research firm Gartner has compiled a list of cost cutting ideas for government CIOs with vice president and senior analyst Andrea Di Maio saying further cost savings must be made.

Top Story - Indian Government Site Hacked to Support Fight Against Corruption

Hacker group Anonymous has come out in support of a civil movement against corruption in India by hacking one of the websites of a government IT organization.

Top Story - India Tightens Security on Government Websites after Hack

India has instructed government ministries and departments to get their websites certified for security, following the hacking of the website of the country's top investigation agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Top Story - Cloud, BPO to Drive Efficiencies in Government

The cloud and business process outsourcing (BPO) will be two of the key trends aimed at driving efficiencies in government IT in 2011, according to Ovum.

Top Story - Ovum: Consumerisation Driving Proliferation Of Government's Data

The proliferation of data in government organisations is being fuelled by the consumerisation of IT, according to analyst firm, Ovum.