CenturyLink Acquires AppFog for Cloud Portfolio; Jeff Von Deylen Comments
CenturyLink Inc. has acquired platform-as-a-service provider AppFog Inc. for an undisclosed amount as part of corporate efforts by the Monroe, LA.-based company to improve cloud offerings. AppFog adds its public cloud PaaS capabilities to CenturyLink’s Savvis cloud suite and expands its scope to include Savvis’ direct online channel, CenturyLink said Friday. The Portland, Ore.-based company [...]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has wrapped up the reference design and application software for an unattended sensor as part of DARPA’s program intended to develop intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors for the military. The adaptable sensor system program is intended to engineer sensors using an original design manufacturer process that could develop sensors [...]
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Ciber, Healthcare Firm Launch New Account Info App for Windows Mobile; Jamie Spriggs Comments
April 12, 2013 No Comment
Ciber and a healthcare account management provider have rolled out a new Windows Phone version of a mobile application designed to contain information on account balances and claims. The company helped develop the original version of CYC Mobile two years ago for iOS and Android devices, Ciber said Thursday. Ciber provided ConnectYourCare with mobile tools [...]
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IBM has released a mobile app intended to help citizens in South Africa report water leaks and broken pipes both through the app and via text messaging. The WaterWatchers app is part of the company’s crowdsourcing project aimed at giving citizens tools to help create a map of the country’s water distribution system, IBM said [...]
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AT&T-IBM Team Developing Mobile API Mgmt Tools; Carlton Hill; Phil Buckellew Comment
February 22, 2013 1 Comment
AT&T and IBM are expanding their partnership in a move aimed at providing software developers with new tools for mobile application development, Information Week reports. Under the partnership, AT&T will include IBM’s MobileFirst Solutions to the AT&T API Platform, which features IBM Worklight Adapters. Carlton Hill, AT&T vice president of developer services, said the company [...]
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Oracle Unveils Clinical Study Management Mobile App; Neil de Crescenzo Comments
February 21, 2013 No Comment
Oracle‘s health sciences unit has released a mobile application aimed at helping clinical research associates managed clinical study cycle times. The Oracle Health Sciences Mobile Clinical Research Associate app is intended for field use and designed to have geolocation-features, the company said Wednesday. Neil de Crescenzo, senior vice president and general manager for health sciences, [...]
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Raytheon Releases First Responder Mobile App; Dan De Sollar, TJ Kennedy Comment
February 12, 2013 No Comment
Raytheon has released its mobile application for first responders in a move aimed at providing them situational awareness and collaboration tools on devices such as smartphones, tablets and mobile data computers. One Force Mobile Collaboration is intended to combine technology used in both civilian and military applications and designed to operate on existing 2G, 3G, [...]
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VA Providing Hurricane Sandy Responders Mental Health App; Kathleen Frisbee Comments
December 7, 2012 No CommentThe Department of Veterans Affairs is providing a mobile application to mental health workers responding to the effects of Hurricane Sandy, the VA announced Friday. Psychological First Aid Mobile was launched in August to provide responders with summaries of aid fundamentals, interventions regarding concerns and needs of individual survivors, tips for applying PFA in the [...]
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The FBI plans to award George Mason University funds for automated testing of Android applications in a cloud environment, according to a July 12 FedBizOpps post. Earlier this year, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded GMU a grant for similar work through the agency’s Engineering Highly Adaptive Resilient Software Systems project. FBI funding will match [...]
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Avaya Government Solutions announced Monday it has unveiled Government Outsourcing Solutions, a new unified communications system. GovOS was founded on SIP-based architecture and includes a product range for consolidated communications, contact centers and data networking. It incorporates Avaya Aura consolidated communications applications and networking. The service is compliant with security and certification requirements under Federal [...]
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