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Booz Allen Hamilton has marked the first anniversary of its Strategic Innovation Group, which Executive Vice President and group head Karen Dahut said was launched last year to foster creativity and partnerships across the company with an aim to deliver new solutions and products. “Booz Allen created the Strategic Innovation Group to capture the smart thinking that already […] More
As Verizon releases the 2014 Data Breach Investigations Report, NJVC Principal Robert Michalsky notes that 92 percent of the more than 100,000 breaches and security incidents covered in the past decade can be grouped within nine attack patterns. Summarizing all of Verizon’s collected data since 2008 is expected to aid cybersecurity professionals implement smart risk management measures, Michalsky says Tuesday. The report identifies […] More
Boeing Co. and Embraer S.A. have signed a memorandum of understanding to perform biofuel research for Brazil’s aviation industry. The companies will open and fund a research center where Boeing and Embraer will work with Brazilian universities and organizations to identify gaps in the aviation biofuel supply of the country, Boeing said Monday. Julie Felgar, […] More
A new report from Neustar indicates that financial services firms have doubled their protection measures against distributed-denial-of-service-attacks compared to other industries. Thirty-two percent of financial services companies are implementing services to minimize the impact of DDoS attacks, Neustar said Monday. Jennifer Gilmore, manager of strategic offer marketing within Neustar’s financial services business, writes that site disruptions […] More
Economic Systems has obtained a FedRAMP certification for a cloud computing technology the company built for government clients to ensure the offering complies with security requirements under the FedRAMP initiative. Knowledge Consulting Group assessed EconSys’ Federal Human Resources Navigator through an auditing and approval process in order to ensure the tool complies with security requirements under the FedRAMP initiative, KCG said […] More
Leidos has developed a slew of new technologies that the company designed to assist military special forces in fulfilling their operational and mission requirements. The company will unveil the products at the National Defense Industry Association-hosted 2014 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference May 20 through May 22, the Reston, Virginia-based science and technology contractor said Thursday. […] More
IBMÂ has released a new suite of software-defined storage technology products for accessing and processing enterprise data in any form and from any source as the company aims to help businesses manage large volumes of data. “Digital information is growing at such a rapid rate and in such dramatic volumes that traditional storage systems used to […] More
IBM has launched marketing campaigns to offer its Watson computing technology in the federal market with the goal of helping agencies manage health records, the Washington Post reported Monday. Mohana Ravindranath writes that IBM professionals went to Capitol Hill last year to demonstrate the computer’s potential clinical applications to lawmakers. The company also hopes […] More
Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics company has awarded Exelis an $8.4 million contract to build radio frequency systems for its F-16 fighter jets. Clifton, N.J.-based Exelis will work to develop Continuous Wave Illuminator subsystems for the F-16 and deliver the products in 2017, Exelis said Monday. Joe Rambala, vice president and general manager of Exelis’ integrated electronic […] More
NetApp and Red Hat have partnered to design a reference architecture for organizations to build a private cloud based on open-source software OpenStack IceHouse. The companies also seek to combine Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform with a NetApp technology that is built to store and manage enterprise data, Red Hat said Monday. Radhesh Balakrishnan, […] More
Trimble Inc. is planning to release its cloud-based feedback management technology to government customers in an effort to aid in government-constituent collaborations, GCN reported Thursday. Local government clients will be able to manage and respond to service requests from their constituents using the Trimble Feedback application, according to the report. The system is also designed […] More
Integrity Applications has leased a new office space in Kihei, Maui, where the company’s Pacific defense business staff will relocate. The company targets this summer for completing renovation work in the summer on the 5,207-square-foot space on the first floor of the Premier Place building in the Maui Research & Technology Park, IAI said Friday. Wesley […] More
