Information Builders Framework Aims to Combat Data Fraud in Public Sector; Gerald Cohen Comments
Information Builders has developed a framework to help government institutions detect and prevent incidents of data fraud, waste and abuse, while meeting regulatory requirements. The company said budget constraints hinder fraud prevention initiatives in the public sector and many agencies struggle with a lack of information sharing and have to rely on manual processes, according [...]
The use of mobile devices by government workers and contractors has recently evolved to include more than just the Blackberry. Android devices, Iphones and Ipads among others started being accepted in the workplace around 2011 as more employees pushed for the use of their personal phones at work. Today, Bring Your Own Device is one [...]
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Red Hat has achieved seven certifications through a program run by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to certify security systems used by federal agencies in the U.S. and Canada. The open source provider achieved the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 certifications for its Enterprise Linux 6.2, run on HP ProLiant DL585 and IBM [...]
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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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VMware has joined a non-profit institution that advocates for using open source software in government technology systems. The virtualization and cloud computing infrastructure provider, an EMC Corp. subsidiary, joins the Open Source Software Institute as a platinum member, the OSSI said. “VMware has a long history of support for open source software and collaborating with [...]
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Lockheed Martin has released a new cloud computing offering to offer customers choices between hybrid, community or private cloud infrastructures. The company said SolaS Hybrid Cloud came from technologies produced by its partners in the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance including Cisco, Intel, McAfee, NetApp and VMware. Verizon joined the alliance last week and plans [...]
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