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Concurrent Technologies Corp. has handed this year’s CTC Award in Honor of Congressman John P. Murtha to business major Nathan C. Eltz to acknowledge the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown student’s work in civic leadership. Pitt-Johnstown President Jem Spectar bestowed the recognition at the college’s academic honors convocation last month, with CTC Senior Vice President and […] More
Northrop Grumman‘s partnership with the University of Maryland-Baltimore County under the UMBC Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research consortium will expand from cybersecurity research to health data analytics. The company said Tuesday the collaboration supports CHMPR’s goal to address challenges in productivity, scalability and performance related to the use of big data analytics in areas such as cyber and health. […] More
CrowdStrike has partnered with ThreatConnect to deliver open-source threat intelligence offering to ThreatConnect’s users in an effort to help clients gain insights into their security data. ThreatConnect customers will have access to CrowdStrike’s Falcon Intelligence product in order to collect, analyze and act on threat intelligence sources via the ThreatConnect platform, ThreatConnect said Tuesday. Adam […] More
Optum has expanded its portfolio of information technology services intended to help medical facilities update their IT systems for operational and clinical management. The Analytics Data Warehouse Services offering is designed to identify patient care, quality and cost trends in a hospital and the IT Infrastructure Services platform is built to standardize hospital processes, Optum […] More
United Launch Alliance has introduced its new Next Generation Launch System rocket called Vulcan that features many components designed to be reusable. The Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture said Monday it selected the Vulcan name as the result of an online poll that received more than a million votes. “More capabilities in space mean more capabilities here on earth,” said Tory Bruno, ULA […] More
General Atomics has begun the fabrication of the central solenoid for an experimental tokamak fusion reactor as part of U.S. participation in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project on the potential of fusion energy. The company said Friday the ITER central solenoid is a superconducting electromagnet weighing at 1,000 tons with a stored energy capacity of 5.5 gigajoules. “The […] More
Dell Inc. has released a new report that indicates a growth in the point-of-sale malware landscape and increasing attacks on payment card systems. Dell said Monday it examined various data sources to identify the threats and developed the report by gathering research from Dell SonicWALL’s global response intelligence defense network and telemetry data. The report […] More
Northrop Grumman has opened a fresh cyber facility in Gloucestershire, U.K., with the goal of helping customers in the country and other parts of Europe to combat cyber threats. The company’s nearly 100 cyber employees will collaborate at the new cyber hub to develop big data analytics, network defense, mobility, biometrics, high-speed processing and full-spectrum […] More
FireEye said an advanced persistent threat group known as APT 30 has been targeting corporations and government entities in India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia since 2005. According to FireEye’s report, the Chinese government is the likely sponsor of APT 30, which the company says has maintained its attack tools, tactics and procedures since the […] More
The U.S. Defense Department has awarded NCR Corp. a contract to provide point-of-sale terminals for installation in military retail stores and food service facilities. The company said Monday it will help DoD’s Army and Air Force Exchange Service install and maintain 6,000 RealPOS 72XRT systems at Exchange locations worldwide. The Exchange offers goods and services […] More
Government agencies need to bolster the adoption of two-factor authentication for services and applications by balancing agency requirements, security and convenience for users, according to Smart Card Alliance’s Neville Pattinson. Pattinson, the alliance’s technical chairman and founding board member of the Secure ID Coalition, wrote in a guest piece published Thursday on GCN that public awareness and necessity drive the […] More
Information technology employees from 19 federal agencies have been nominated to take part in a six-month program to help the U.S. government identify and fix information technology problems, Federal Times reported Thursday. Aaron Boyd writes the IT professionals gathered Wednesday to kick off the first CIO Council IT Solutions Challenge. Participants also discussed IT issues […] More
