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NCS Technologies Inc. has introduced a new computer device that stores user data in a remote server, GCN reported Friday. John Breeden II writes the Cirrus LT zero-client laptop works to connect a computer system to a data center through a remote workstation card with security protocols such as the Advanced Encryption Standard cryptography and […] More
Precise Biometrics AB has released its financial report for fiscal year 2013, the company said Friday. Precise Biometrics generated $5.4 million in net sales and $6.7 million in income while its earnings per share and year-end available cash reached $0.20 and $15.2 million, respectively. Precise Biometrics was selected as the fingerprint algorithm provider for a financial information […] More
Three professors at Purdue University’s colleges of engineering and science will work to develop and commercialize their research projects with around $130,000 in combined funding. The financial assistance will come from the Trask Innovation Fund, which aims to help faculty and staff further and market their works through the Office of Technology Commercialization, the Purdue […] More
Harsh Patel, formerly president of big data analytics firm Bina Technologies, has joined seed and early stage venture fund Claremont Creek Ventures as an investment team director. Patel is a former general partner at RRE Ventures and In-Q-Tel, with his career also including work as an angel investor and mentor to seed state companies, Claremont Creek announced […] More
Hewlett-Packard will build a research and development center at the University of South Australia, itnews said Monday. Allie Coyne writes a $5.5 million grant will be provided by the Australian government for the Innovation and Collaboration Center to be located at the university’s city west campus. “Students, graduates, commercialisation experts and industry have opportunities to explore new ideas […] More
Boeing will launch a business accelerator with the goal of finding employees that have ideas for technology products that the company could commercialize, the St. Louis Business Journal reported Thursday. Brian Feldt writes the accelerator will fall within the company’s Defense, Space & Security segment and be based in St. Louis. “It’s essentially a method for […] More
SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott told a group of investors in New York Tuesday that the company intends to cut the amount of hardware it uses by migrating more applications into the company’s cloud-based HANA computing platform, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Moving to the High Performance Analytic Appliance database management tool would help customers simply their […] More
Warren East, formerly CEO of semiconductor intellectual property supplier ARM Holdings, has joined the advisory board of Oxehealth, a spin-out from the University of Oxford’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering. East will work to help Oxehealth drive its non-contact vital signs technology into the market and pursue partnership opportunities, Oxehealth said Thursday. He will also collaborate […] More
SGI and Cognilytics have partnered to integrate high-performance computing with predictive analytics products with the goal of applying the combined tool for big data. InfiniteData Cluster is a cluster computing platform and SGI UV is a shared-memory platform that is built to carry out micro-second data analysis, SGI said Thursday Jorge Titinger, CEO of SGI, said the […] More
Accenture Federal Services and the Government Business Council have jointly surveyed federal executives to evaluate their views and experiences on their agencies’ cloud implementation. The “The Road Ahead: 3 Years After Cloud First†report indicates that agencies face staffing and procurement processes amid increasing deployment of cloud services, Accenture said Thursday. “While there are initial challenges […] More
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has awarded a $5 million subcontract to a GKN plc subsidiary for more fuel storage bladders on GA-ASI’s Predator unmanned aerial vehicles, iNVEZZ reported Wednesday. Branimir Kondov writes that GA-ASI ordered 100 additional petrol tanks for its drone from GKN Aerospace. GKN has provided GA-ASI with more than 75 sets of Predator […] More
The Government Employees Health Association and DPS Health have moved to extend their online weight management program partnership through 2014. GEHA and DPS Health aim to have an additional 5,000 health plan members through the program’s continuation, DPS Health said Thursday. Kathy Ross, director of clinical quality for GEHA, said VLM is intended to help address members’ […] More
