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A design studio in the U.K. has been awarded approximately $114,000 to develop a system for controlling four robots that would roam through an art museum in London and stream what they see to online users, Wired reported Thursday. Olivia Solon writes “The Workers” will work to build four machines with lights and cameras and create […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton‘s Cyber University Program has been selected as the recipient of Training Magazine’s Outstanding Training Initiative of 2013. A 14-member Training Hall of Fame panel and the magazine’s editors voted on the award, Booz Allen announced Tuesday. The Cyber University provides virtual and informal training and development opportunities to Booz Allen employees. “As the highest […] More
IBM sold 900 patents to Twitter in December under a patent cross-license agreement, IBM said Friday. “[The deal] demonstrates our commitment to licensing access to our broad patent portfolio,” said Ken King, general manager of Intellectual Property for IBM. “We look forward to a productive relationship with Twitter in the future,†he added. The financial terms […] More
Ashish Dhawan, enterprise for Asia head at Juniper Networks, has been named the company’s managing director for India and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Computer World.In reported Friday. Shantheri Mallaya writes Dhawan served as interim MD for the region after Ravi Chauhan left the position in January to pursue a different business venture. The […] More
A Lockheed Martin demonstration using a wideband, multi-access payload and U.S. Navy satellites worked to exhibit radio coverage through the Arctic region and show how military field personnel could carry out polar communications. Lockheed tested the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access payload’s coverage by using radios in the North Pole and sent voice and data […] More
IBM Corp. and Texas A&M University System have partnered to perform computational sciences research on agriculture, geosciences and engineering through big data analytics and high-performance computing systems. Goals of the research collaboration include to address requirements for extracting energy resources, managing smart grid, developing new materials, identifying and tracking diseases and monitoring food supplies worldwide, […] More
CenturyLink Technology Solutions, formerly known as Savvis, is working to expand its data center reach in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Ariz. with the help of IO. Under the partnership, CenturyLink Technology will use IO’s Intelligent Control technology platform to provide control, data collection and business intelligence services across data centers, CenturyLink Technology announced Wednesday. Users and […] More
IT Partners Inc. will offer on-site consultation services to users seeking to integrate SAP products into their information technology infrastructures. During onsite visits, IT Partners personnel will help companies design and integrate custom applications into existing systems, the company announced Wednesday. The new service offering also covers maintenance options, deployment work and information about SAP deployment best practices. Pittsburgh-based […] More
Sotera Defense Solutions will develop tools and provide services for the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic under a potential $900 million contract. SPAWARSYSCEN intends for that equipment and work to help build, test and deploy C5ISR (command, control, communications, computers, combat Systems, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance), information operations, enterprise information services and space technologies, […] More
Viscount Systems will deploy its access control technology and certification software to certain U.S. federal government facilities based in Maryland and Virginia. The undisclosed agency will use the company’s Freedom access control software and the VeriCert certification software at the sites, Viscount announced Thursday. As the U.S. government continues to move towards increased security requirements […] More
Raytheon UK has selected MWR InfoSecurity as the winner of a technical research competition in cybersecurity for small medium enterprise, with the latter company taking home a $66,600 prize. MWR InfoSecurity was selected out of three short-listed SMEs and was recognized for its work develop an analysis tool for rogue code detection in Android applications, […] More
Northrop Grumman‘s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstration aircraft has exceeded the 100,000-combat flight hour mark for the U.S. Navy since the aircraft’s initial six-month deployment in 2009. The Navy has used the BAMS-D to support maritime surveillance missions, Northrop said Wednesday. Capt. James Hoke, Triton program manager at the Naval Air Systems Command, said the branch […] More
