Jane Edwards
is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
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Johns Hopkins APL Team Joins Digital Health Scorecard Development Effort
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has helped develop a scorecard designed to validate digital health applications and related platforms. JHU APL said Tuesday it teamed up with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine to come up with the Digital Health Scorecard.
Cloudera’s Shaun Bierweiler: Enterprise Data Cloud Key to Addressing ‘Growing Pains’ of Federal IT Modernization
Shaun Bierweiler, vice president and general manager of the public sector business at Cloudera, wrote in an opinion piece published Tuesday on Federal Times that an enterprise data cloud platform could help federal agencies address the challenges of information technology modernization.
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AT&T Survey: Majority of Businesses Have Not Yet Assessed Climate Change-Related Risks
A survey commissioned by AT&T as part of the company’s Climate Resiliency Project says 59 percent of U.S. business leaders consider their firms as “climate resilient.†Market research firm Morning Consult polled more than 600 business executives between April 15 and April 22 and found that 71 percent of respondents said they have not yet evaluated the risks of climate change to their companies, AT&T said Monday.
Deloitte’s Scott Buchholz on Potential Benefits of Serverless Computing Model to Agencies
Federal agencies seeking to advance automation when it comes to their information technology functions should consider adopting serverless computing architectures, FedTech reported Monday. Scott Buchholz, chief technology officer for Deloitte’s government and public services practice, said serverless computing offers benefits to agencies and one of those is reduced cost.
ULA CEO Tory Bruno on Launch Service Procurement Phase 2 RFP, Vulcan Rocket
United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno told Defense News in an interview published Monday about a request for proposals issued for the second phase of the Launch Service Procurement program.
Lasers, High-Power Microwaves Could Help Counter Hostile Drones; Raytheon’s Todd Probert Quoted
Military commanders and civilian air traffic controllers need new technology platforms to help detect and counter rogue drones flying over sports stadiums, airports and military installations. “This is very fast-moving from a technology standpoint,†Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon's intelligence, information and services business, said of drones.
Army, Industry Partner on Cyber, EW Tech Development; Northrop’s Ginger Wierzbanowski Quoted
The U.S. Army has teamed up with industry to develop cyber and electronic warfare capabilities under the $982M R4 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and is now issuing task orders to support the service’s cyber electromagnetic activities, Army Technology reported Wednesday.
Pat Gelsinger on VMware’s Efforts to Secure FedRAMP Certification
VMware is close to earning an authority to operate for its cloud offering under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and CEO Pat Gelsinger said he considers the FedRAMP certification a “critical milestone†and a significant opportunity for the company, CRN reported Thursday.
DoD Adds Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall to Approved Products List
The Department of Defense has placed Forcepoint’s Next Generation Firewall on the DoD Information Network Approved Products List following the completion of testing and requirements for security certification.
Inmarsat Taps Airbus to Build Three Satellites for Global Xpress Network
Inmarsat has selected Airbus’ defense and space business to develop three next-generation satellites for its Global Xpress satellite network. Inmarsat said Thursday the production of GX7, GX8 and GX9 satellites is part of the company’s move to expand its mobile broadband coverage worldwide, improve ability to incorporate future technology platforms and provide agility in space deployment.