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The U.S. Army Reserve has teamed up with six universities and private companies to form a cyber warrior network in an effort to address cyber threats. Chief of Army Reserve Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley inked the partnership with the University of Colorado, Drexel University, George Mason University, Norwich University, University of Texas at San Antonio and University of […] More
Northrop Grumman will exhibit the company’s maritime defense systems offerings at the 25th Western Conference and Exposition scheduled from Feb. 10 to 12. Robert Nelson, San Diego corporate lead executive for Northrop, said Monday the company intends for the exhibit to raise customer knowledge of how Northrop helps clients achieve their mission goals. “With the national strategic rebalancing of […] More
The Federal Trade Commission will conduct a big data workshop on Sept. 15 in Washington. Four panel discussions will cover an agenda based around the use and impact of big data on consumers, the FTC said Friday. For the “Assessing the Current Environment” portion, the panel will discuss current big data applications. During the “What’s on […] More
The Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot has given a Center of Excellence Award to Fairfax County Public Schools for work to help communities and institutions support the educational development of students. Superintendent Karen Garza received the award, which was presented by CyberPatriot National Commissioner Bernie Skoch on behalf of FCPS, the AFA said Monday. “FCPS has engaged many individuals […] More
Interns from Ball Aerospace and United Launch Alliance launched Colorado’s largest rocket Saturday from the Hudson Ranch near Pueblo. More than 100 students are participating in the seventh annual Student Rocket Launch with a total of 18 payloads on board three high-power sports rockets, ULA said Wednesday. “Year after year exceptionally talented summer interns amaze […] More
In a recent release from Synergy Research Group it was revealed that Microsoft and IBM are clear leaders in cloud infrastructure, while Amazon has been forced to face its new competitors. After experiencing a year-on-year growth rate drop to 49%, Amazon was unable to grow its sequential cloud revenues, shedding light on Google‘s inability to […] More
Kevin King, director of corporate communications at Verizon Enterprise, lays down four measures that he believes will help enterprises boost cloud security infrastructure. King wrote Wednesday that companies must ensure their cloud vendor has invested in physical and security systems, role-based controls and cloud security standards. “Proper security for cloud applications should include ongoing application […] More
Cindy Walker, vice president of Salient Federal Solutions’ data analytics center of excellence, is set to speak at an Insurance Accounting & Systems Association Inc. event on methods to extract value from big data. Walker will present the user side and elements of big data analytics, visualization tools and various approaches to gaining insights into […] More
Red Hat has launched the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5, the latest enterprise release of the company’s cloud platform offering that uses the OpenStack Icehouse open source technology. The company said Tuesday the platform comes with a three-year support life cycle from its global support services team and partner ecosystem and works to integrate with VMware infrastructure for networking, storage, management […] More
Patriot Technologies announced that it has linked up with the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program, a collaborative effort to deliver ideas for virtualization and transitioning to the cloud. “This membership means customers can take full advantage of a streamlined virtualization and cloud infrastructure experience,” said Sanjay Katyal, vice president of global alliances and OEMs for VMware. […] More
NASA used an ATK-built rocket motor and test vehicle for an exercise the agency carried out to evaluate a vehicle the agency wants to use for landing payloads on Mars. The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator test at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii carried the vehicle from the test range into the atmosphere, ignited the ATK STAR […] More
Raytheon has developed a new line of systems, satellite sensors and radars to facilitate communication and monitoring at the northernmost points of the Earth, the company said Saturday. In May, Canada awarded the company a five-year contract to operate radar systems and new tools to help Arctic ships with navigation and communication for U.S. military operations and low-light […] More
