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CSC Now Cisco-Certified and Official Cloud Partner
As part of a strategy to provide effective as-a-service models, Computer Sciences Corp. has built on its 10 year partnership with Cisco by achieving compliance certifications and becoming a cloud partner with Cisco on a global scale.
“These audits and certifications provide independent validation of not only CSC’s strategy, but of our legacy of superior…
Kratos Expands Cybersecurity Capabilities with SecureInfo Acquisition
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is expanding its presence in the cybersecurity market, announcing today that it has purchased SecureInfo Corp., a defense and intelligence cybersecurity firm.
SecureInfo provides solutions for cloud security and specializes in operational cybersecurity and cybersecurity risk management services. Some of its major federal customers include the U.S. Defense Department and the U.S. Department of Homeland…
Oracle Survey Finds CIOs Moving to COTS Apps, Investing in IT Upgrades in 2012
Published on 16 Nov, 2011 at 12:13 in Industry News | Viewed 33 times | No Comments
Oracle and PwC have released the results of a survey of 30 communications CIOs, senior IT executives and chief technology officers that found the majority of CIOs are spending more than half of their operational budgets on maintaining structures in use.
The answer CIOs outlined for 2012: “more strategic use of outsourcing and standardization.”
Dan Ford, vice president of product marketing…
Raytheon Wins Contract to Develop New Image Processing Technology for ADAS
Raytheon Company has today been awarded a $14.6 million contract to develop new image processing technology for the Advanced Distributed Aperture System. The new processor will enhance the system’s high-resolution imagery while the technology upgrade includes thermal sensing cameras and a next-generation helmet-mounted display subsystem.
The capabilities enable full-spherical situational awareness in daytime or total darkness, supporting safer…
Study Says Online Privacy Tools Not Working as Advertised
Published on 15 Nov, 2011 at 15:19 in Cyber | Viewed 28 times | No Comments
Average Internet users who think online privacy tools adequately protect them have a problem according to Carnegie Mellon University researchers: the tools do not work all that well.
In a 38-page report, the researchers determined the tools were more likely to confuse the average user and may in fact do the opposite of what the…
Army Tests WIN-T Network’s Ability to Connect Mobile Soldiers with Sotera Defense
Published on 15 Nov, 2011 at 15:05 in C4ISR | Viewed 22 times | No Comments
The U.S. Army recently conducted a test of the backbone of its WIN-T communications network at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, its largest instrumented test ever at that base.
The test examined the network’s ability to provide network functions to troops in motion, which required the collection and analysis of thousands of gigabytes…
McAfee Looking Beyond Desktop, Offering Mobile Security Tips
McAfee sees a need to “step back” and examine security on a broader spectrum than the current defensive methodology. Security leaders should look at security as beyond just the computer, and McAfee says so in its McAfee Security Journal, “Security Beyond the Desktop.”
Vincent Weafer, senior vice president of McAfee Labs, says that security experts need…
VCE Talks About Data Center Technologies at Conference
Published on 15 Nov, 2011 at 14:07 in Industry News | Viewed 21 times | No Comments
VCE Chairman Michael Capellas recently spoke at CA World 2011 in Las Vegas on the latest technology trends that are transforming data centers and enabling greater business agility.
His keynote session featured CA Technologies CEO Bill McCracken, former first Federal CIO and current Harvard fellow Vivek Kundra, and…
Alion to Showcase Military Apps/Simulators at Technology Conference
Alion Science and Technology is set to showcase their new smart phone Army training programs and simulations at a technology conference in late November.
Alion, a technology solutions provider, will feature some of its high tech devices at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 in Orlando, Fla.
Some of the mobile applications…
Red Hat Platform Update Lets Developers Focus on the App, Not the Stack
Red Hat, Inc. today announced new capabilities for Java developers using the OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service. OpenShift allows Red Hat to offer PaaS, built on open source technologies that enable developers to quickly develop and deploy applications on the cloud.
“With these latest updates to the OpenShift platform to extend its reach into Java, developers can focus more on…
