Smartronix to Continue Hosting Treasury Cloud; Joseph Gerczak Comments
Smartronix has won a contract from a blanket purchase agreement and an initial task order to continue providing web hosting services to the U.S. Treasury Department for a cloud computing environment. The company will continue to host the Treasury’s cloud, manage and deliver content and provide security and service desk support to the department under [...]
EMC and VMware plan to create a big data analytics company they hope will generate $1 billion in revenue within five years, Information Week reports. Charles Babcock writes the companies will spin off Pivotal Inc. Monday to establish a data analytics platform aimed at integrating big data in a multi-petabyte, scale-out storage system using software [...]
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TheNewNewInternet Covers How GovCon Firms Help Agencies Step Into The Cloud
February 28, 2013 No CommentFederal agencies face a mandate to seek cloud computing resources first when searching for avenues to host data and information technology resources. Through its ongoing cloud coverage, TheNewNewInternet keeps readers abreast of how GovCon firms are working with agencies to help them transition into cloud environments and new product releases aimed at helping carry out [...]
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Intel will launch an online television service this year in an effort aimed at diversifying its portfolio beyond the PC market, the Financial Post reports. The computer chip maker plans to offer consumers both live programming and on-demand content via a set-top box, according to the newspaper. Erik Huggers, vice president and general manager of [...]
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DLT Solutions will provide Amazon Web Services cloud computing platforms to public sector agencies on a month-to-month cost basis. DLT will also work with agency contract teams and technical leads to monitor how they spend on cloud technologies, Chief Cloud Technologist David Blankenhorn said in a blog post Thursday. The federal cloud provider intends to [...]
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DLT Adding Amazon Cloud Products To Portfolio; Teresa Carlson, David Blankenhorn Comment
February 6, 2013 No Comment
DLT Solutions now offers Amazon Web Services cloud products on its contract vehicles for federal, state and local government customers. The new offerings include the AWS GovCloud Region, a cloud platform aimed at addressing compliance requirements such as International Traffic in Arms Regulations, DLT Solutions said Tuesday. ITAR mandates that only U.S. citizens can systems [...]
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Siemens Updating Teamcenter for Integration in Microsoft, IBM, Amazon Clouds; Eric Sterling Comments
October 23, 2012 No CommentSiemens PLM Software is making its Teamcenter software available on the cloud through an infrastructure-as-a-service model, where customers choose their preferred technology platform and provider. According to a Siemens release, Teamcenter can now be integrated with cloud services like Microsoft Windows Azure, IBM SmartCloud Enterprise and Amazon Web Services. “In today’s ever changing global landscape, [...]
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Google on Buying Spree, Acquired 79 Companies Last Year, Lawrence Lenihan Comments
September 19, 2012 No CommentIn 2011, Google acquired 25 companies or 79 total if you count the startups it bought for intellectual property rights or patents, according to The Verge. Not only does Google rapidly buy smaller tech firms but it has an astounding track record of integrating employees of former startups into the company according to the [...]
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Amazon Web Services recently provided NASA live streaming images and video from Mars as the Curiosity rover landed on the planet, Wired reports. Amazon is one of several large companies that have played a technological role in the Curiosity project, ranging from helping capture images to developing the rover’s instruments. ATK worked with NASA’s [...]
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Potential security flaws of Apple’s iCloud service were recently exposed following the hacking of a Wired technology journalist’s account. Mat Hanon recounted details of the hacking that compromised his Twitter account and erased data on his Apple devices including a Macbook, iPad and iPhone. The hacker, a 19-year-old male who calls himself Phobia, said the [...]
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