Dell Starts Public Cloud Partner Program; Nnamdi Orakwue Comments
Dell has launched a collaborative program that intends to deliver a range of infrastructure-as-a-service offerings to customers through the company’s ecosystem of public cloud partners. The Cloud Partner Program allows customers to select technology from multiple vendors and help them integrate different cloud platforms, Dell said Monday. “Many Dell customers plan to expand their use [...]
A Mantech International Corporation subsidiary has just released an updated version of its malware detection technology that is now able to detect the latest Trojans and malware that is currently undetectable by most tools. HBGary has integrated its Digital DNA 3.0 with the Responder Pro 2.1 to find “the latest rootkits, Trojans, zero-days, and malware [...]
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A Lockheed Martin prototype of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s extended medium-range ballistic missile target has been successfully tested at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, the company said Monday. The eMRBM target was released from an Air Force C-17 aircraft at great than 25,000 feet of altitude during the air launch, Lockheed said. According to [...]
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Several Smartronix professionals have received certifications from Amazon Web Services for their work in designing and cloud-based offerings that use AWS technology. Amazon’s Certified Solutions Architect — Associate Level certification program is intended for administrators and developers working on applications for Amazon Web Services, Smartronix said Wednesday. The program requires knowledge of distributed systems architecture, [...]
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Dublin Airport is testing an automated border control system that uses technology from Accenture and SITA designed to electronically verify passports, TechCentral.ie reported Monday. According to the article, Accenture’s platform uses facial recognition technology to scan passports and validate passenger information. The e-gate system at the airport’s Terminal One is open to passengers older than [...]
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Northrop Grumman has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for an airflow modulation technology intended to help power dual mode combined cycle propulsion systems. The technology is designed modulates airflow in an aircraft’s inlet diffuser with either a center turbine engine or a high Mach engine, Avionics Intelligence reported today. Amal [...]
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A DRS Technologies business unit has developed a new switch matrix technology intended to link electronic signal inputs and outputs. The signal solutions unit built the SI-9332 module to connect 32 high frequency inputs to 32 outputs through 8 D-subminiature coaxial connectors, DRS said Monday. Jim Shea, DRS president of signal solutions, said the company [...]
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Lockheed, Tech Firm Start Photonics R&D Partnership; Jason Eichenholz Comments
May 1, 2013 No Comment
Lockheed Martin is partnering with Open Photonics to develop technology the companies intend to use for electro-optic products such as missile seekers and targeting sensors, Laser Focus World reports. Gail Overton writes Orlando, Fla.-headquartered Open Photonics aims to bring emerging photonics and optical sensing technology to customers in the defense, biomedical, consumer and industrial markets. VTT [...]
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VMware and Canonical Ltd. have partnered to help organizations deploy VMware technologies with Canonical’s OpenStack distribution platform, InfoWorld reported Monday. David Marshall writes VMware intends to integrate plug-ins it contributed to the OpenStack Grizzly release into Canonical’s Ubuntu cloud infrastructure, aiming to support VMware ESX administrators that use OpenStack for their cloud environments. Martin Casado, [...]
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded two contracts worth $706,136 combined to Northeastern University to develop technology intended to find improvised explosive devices in dead animals, meat and mud. Agency scientists want Methods for Explosive Detection at Standoff program participants to figure out how to find hidden explosives by using the same methods doctors use [...]
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