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Verizon announced that it has joined forces with FireEye to come up with new cyber defense products designed to be more flexible in addressing a fast-changing threat landscape. The partnership will pull resources from the two companies’ workforces, global networks and customer basse, FireEye CEO Dave DeWalt said Wednesday. Kathie Miley, executive director of global security […] More
A new Government Business Council/Siemens poll has found that senior federal employees looking to become more energy efficient at work feel their goals will be better achieved by having greater freedom and better tools to access and interpret real-time data. Thirty percent of 321 respondents to the GBC survey say they are sure their agencies […] More
Raytheon has demonstrated the target update functions of its Griffin C missile when the system redirects to a new object during a flight test. The company performed the three-for-three flight tests at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona for the U.S. Navy‘s Littoral Combat Ship surface-to-surface missile module, Raytheon said Tuesday. “With its extended range motor, Griffin C’s increased capability addresses the need for a […] More
NetApp has acquired Riverbed Technology‘s cloud-integrated backup product line for approximately $80 million in an effort to help clients manage data across cloud platforms. NetApp will consolidate the SteelStore product with other cloud-integrated storage offerings for customers to back up their data in private and public cloud environments, NetApp said Monday. NetApp plans to roll out the SteelStore product in the third […] More
TeleCommunication Systems has received 11 domestic patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the third quarter of 2014 for the company’s location-based services and communications and messaging technology. Bob Held, TCS vice president of intellectual asset management, said Tuesday the patents are part of a monetization campaign on the company’s intellectual property. USPTO issued patents for TCS technology in prepaid short […] More
MACH37 has kicked off the application process for its accelerator program for information security startup businesses. The MACH37 Cyber Accelerator’s 90-day Spring 2015 Cohort will begin on March 2, 2015, MACH37 said Tuesday. Cyber startups will undergo a mentorship program on how to create and sustain a business and receive a $50,000 investment to market their security products, the company […] More
Northrop Grumman has created an integrated circuit amplifier that works operate at one terahertz as part of a three-phase contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for transistor-based electronics. The company said Tuesday its terahertz monolithic integrated circuit is built with an indium phosphide high electron mobility transistor at 25-nanometer gatelength that works to help signals reach the high-frequency terahertz band. […] More
Hewlett Packard has landed a $116.5 million contract extension to help the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation manage the agency’s electronic prisoners data system for five additional years. HP’s enterprise services business will continue to provide hosting, disaster recovery and backup services for the state’s Strategic Offender Management System, the company said Tuesday. The […] More
Damian Whitham, senior director of cloud computing solutions at General Dynamics Information Technology, said research data helps the organization to align its cloud service offerings with government customers’ needs, FedPulse reported Tuesday. He told FedPulse reporter Susan Rose the firm commissioned an online survey of 150 IT professionals across multiple federal agencies to find out […] More
IBM has developed a new portfolio of OpenStack-based cloud computing offerings intended to help organizations connect on-premise and hosted information technology systems. The IBM Cloud OpenStack Services suite is available on the company’s online store and allows customers to implement applications through the Softlayer cloud infrastructure, IBM said Tuesday. “Today’s announcement further demonstrates IBM’s commitment […] More
The Intelligence Community LLC has sought the help of the crowd through the firm’s new marketplace for freelancers to promote their ideas in the national security and intelligence arenas. Between October 27th and December 5th, interested individuals and companies will have the opportunity to back these ideas through the open-funding platform IndieGoGo. In this two-part conversation with ExecutiveBiz, CEO Graham Plaster discusses […] More
Research and Markets has unveiled a new report on environmental sensors that details trends and factors the firm believes could affect market development in the next several years. The firm forecasts a 5.4 percent compound annual growth rate from 2013 to 2018 for the industry in devices used to sense, monitor, detect or identify air, soil and water quality, conditions […] More
