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New legislation that passed Congress last month will mandate federal agencies to collaborate on how to suppress the proliferation of cyber weapons trade in the black market, Nextgov reported Dec. 20. Aliya Sternstein writes the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act tells agencies to develop intelligence, law enforcement and financial guidelines for controlling the sale of cyberwar […] More
The General Services Administration is seeking to acquire computer games for training government contracting personnel, Nextgov reported Friday. Joseph Marks writes the GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service wants users to access the games through a mobile application and for contractors to experiment and make decisions in a risk-free environment. GSA intends for users to paths based […] More
Intel Corp. is set to introduce new wearable devices at the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 as part of the company’s efforts to focus on the mobile technologies market, IT Pro Portal reported Friday. Paul Cooper writes Intel CEO Brian Krzanich intends to shift the company’s core business from personal computers to mobile devices. “We did […] More
Vermont’s health system and information exchange are planning to introduce a new clinical data exchange program in the state, Government Health IT reported Thursday. Anthony Brino writes Vermont Information Technology Leaders and Fletcher Allen Health Care intend to open the portals to clinics, hospitals and physicians for providers to gain access to clinical, radiology and […] More
Carestream Health has been awarded a one-year, $70.2 million contract extension from the Defense Department to provide medical imaging systems for federal agency customers. Carestream will engineer radiography systems for the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agency users seeking to access X-ray results, Carestream said Thursday. The company’s wireless detectors […] More
Research and consulting firm MarketsandMarkets has released a new report that analyzes and forecasts the trends for the government cloud market from 2013 to 2018. Information technology and software services providers will find business opportunities as governments shift spending on data center and cloud services, MarketsandMarkets said Thursday. Government agencies will continue to transition to […] More
A report by University of North Carolina researchers for IBM‘s Center for the Business of Government examined the risks state and local governments face when transitioning to cloud platforms, GOVERNING reported Thursday. John Kamensky, a center senior fellow, writes that study authors Shannon Tufts and Meredith Weiss identified issues associated with cloud migration contracts based […] More
Astrium has won a $266 million contract to help the European Space Agency run and exploit the International Space Station’s European components in an effort to enhance functions of ESA’s space laboratory. The contract covers a $60 million spare parts purchase and Astrium will work to develop services for maintaining the European Columbus space laboratory, […] More
McAfee Labs has released its forecast for the threat landscape in 2014 based on a series of analyses of security trends during 2013. The 2014 Predictions Report predicts an increase in ransomware attacks on mobile devices amid growth of virtual currencies such as Bitcoin, advancement of security evasion techniques and use of social platforms to […] More
Verizon’s Terremark subsidiary has predicted that companies will move enterprise applications into cloud environments in 2014, Light Reading reported Sunday. Carol Wilson writes employees will also continue to further use enterprise tools and personal mobile devices at work. John Considine, chief technology officer at Verizon Terremark, told the publication pay-as-you-go cloud services adoption is rising […] More
Amazon Web Services has moved to introduce its cloud-based services in China in an effort to help address market demands, Xinhuanet reported Thursday. Meng Jing writes AWS will kick off its cloud-computing services in the country with a limited preview early in 2014. Andy Jassy, senior vice president of AWS, told a recent Beijing conference […] More
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary has signed a new lease agreement with real estate firm Quonset Development Corp. to add nearly 42 acres to the existing 100 acres of leased space at Quonset business park in Rhode Island. QDC’s board of directors approved the 25-year agreement as Electric Boat seeks to meet the U.S. Navy’s submarine program […] More
