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GCS, Sharpe Engineering Team to Build Streaming Analytics Tools; Jim Sharpe, Alex Philp Comment
GCS has partnered with Sharpe Engineering to develop streaming analytics products for verticals such as healthcare, cybersecurity and government by combining the companies’ geospatial and big data analytics technologies. The companies said Tuesday the products will be based on IBM InfoSphere Streams and employ real-time analytical processing applications. â€œWe will combine our capabilities in geospatial […] More
by Elizabeth Leigh February 13, 2014, 9:44 am
in Industry News, News
General Dynamics to Submit Design for Potential $12B Coast Guard Cutter Prgm; Loren Thompson Comments
General Dynamics has won a $22 million contract to design offshore patrol cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Wednesday. Kathleen Miller and Jonathan Salant write that General Dynamics’ shipbuilding business is one of the three companies selected to compete for the branch’s potential $12 billion shipbuilding program. â€œIt is also a significant […] More
by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 13, 2014, 9:28 am
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DLT Solutions Offers Amazon Cloud Services to Texas Schools, Public Sector; Rick Marcotte Comments
DLT Solutions, a value-added reseller of Amazon Web Services and other information technology company’s offerings, has won a contractÂ to provide cloud services to the Texas Department of Information Resources. The products and services available to Texas education and public-sector customers through DLT can be procured at volume discount pricing, the company said Tuesday. â€œAdding a […] More
by Elizabeth Leigh February 13, 2014, 9:04 am
in Government Cloud, News
IBM Launches Application Development Cloud Servers; Doug Balog Comments
IBMÂ (NYSE: IBM) has introduced new cloud-based application development servers for developers to build and assess their products. The IBM Power Development Platform is a free resource for clients such as Linux developers to develop big data, mobile and social business computing applications through the IBM Power Systems servers, IBM said Tuesday. Doug Balog, general manager […] More
by Jay Clemens February 13, 2014, 6:33 am
in Cybersecurity News, News
Microsoft Forms Cybersecurity Partnerships With OAS, Europol, FIS; Brad Smith Comments
Microsoft will collaborate with financial technology provider FIS, Europol and the Organization of American States to carry out cooperative efforts against potential cyber attacks. The allies seek to assist law enforcement and private industry in dismantling online hacker groups and investigating botnets and malware threats, Microsoft said Wednesday. Microsoft executives signed the three partnership agreements […] More
by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 13, 2014, 5:54 am
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IBM Unveils Cloud, Big Data Transfer Tool
IBM has built a lab prototype device that is designed to transfer big data between data centers and cloud computing environments, as well as built to increase Internet speeds. a technology that can also apply to Internet speeds. IBM Research worked with Ecole Polytechnique FÃ©dÃ©rale de Lausanne to develop an analog-to-digital converter for carrying data […] More
by Elizabeth Leigh February 13, 2014, 5:40 am
in Cybersecurity News, News
Cybereason Unveils Threat Detection Platform Offering
CybereasonÂ has introduced a new technology platform for organizations to identify and counter cyber threats. The Cybereason Platform is developed to detect malicious hacking operations such as Malops through enterprise-wide continuous system monitoring, Cybereason said Tuesday. The offering is intended to help chief information security officers and security analysts reconstruct the behavior of Malops and terminate […] More
by Jay Clemens February 13, 2014, 5:28 am
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IID Releases Threat Intell Exchange Platform; Lars Harvey Comments
Cybersecurity firm IID has rolled out a collaborative intelligence platform for public and private sector organizations to exchange threat information and coordinate incident response strategies. ActiveTrust features a data governance architecture intended to help an ecosystem of prescreened users control what, when, where and to whom they want to share data, IID said Tuesday. “Much […] More
by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 13, 2014, 4:36 am
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Brett Lambert Named RSAdvisors’ Executive in Residence; Pierre Chao Comments
Brett Lambert has been elected to serve as the executive in residence at Renaissance Strategic Advisors, where he will help provide strategic and market advice to the firm’s clients. Lambert was most recently the deputy assistant secretary of defense for manufacturing and industrial base policy, RSAdvisors announced Tuesday. He has also served as principal advisor […] More
by reynolitoreso-or February 13, 2014, 12:00 am
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Carol Mowder Named CH2M Hill Remediation Strategies Expert; John Mogge Comments
Carol Mowder has joined CH2M Hill as a subject matter expert in remediation strategies and bioremediation where she will help develop client site strategies and cleanup solutions for the company’s site remediation and revitalization practice. For the past 12 years, Mowder was with ARCADIS where she handled the company’s remediation strategies, bioremediation and performance-based remediation […] More
by reynolitoreso-or February 13, 2014, 12:00 am
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CA Technologies Helps Celebrate STEM Program Milestone
CA Technologies and DonorsChoose.org have collaborated to launch 350 projects and help 36,855 students through learning materialsÂ for science, technology, engineering and math programs Through the CA Technologies Double Your Impact STEM Campaign, the company has contributed more than $100,000 within the past two years in eight states, CAÂ announced Tuesday. “Supporting STEM learning is a top […] More
by Neel Mehta February 13, 2014, 12:00 am
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Yannis Karmis Named Sabre Corp. VP of Global Corporate Solutions Group
Yannis Karmis has been tapped to serve as the vice president of the newly formed global corporate solutions group of Sabre Travel Network. In this role, Karmis will handle the corporate travel solutions offerings of the company such as GetThere, TripCase Corporate and TruTrip, the company announced Wednesday. Greg Webb, Sabre Travel Network president, said […] More
by reynolitoreso-or February 13, 2014, 12:00 am