New tool boosts threat protection inside the perimeter
The iboss FireSphere Threat Isolator integrates the company’s advanced persistent threat solution with HP’s software-defined networking architecture.
DOE spending $200M on next-gen supercomputer
Aurora project will 'put the United States one step closer to exascale computing.'
IBM positions tape for cloud storage
IBM researchers have figured out a new way to squeeze even more data on low-cost magnetic tape, making it a candidate for durable cloud-based storage.
NASA gears up for fourth annual Space Apps Challenge
The international hackathon aims for more than 10,000 participants in 62 countries.
CIO concerns: It all depends on where you sit
New Gartner analysis finds broad similarities at different levels of government, but decidedly different rankings of public-sector CIO's biggest worries.
New York State ‘Bridge Strikes’ Prompt New Detection Systems
State parkways are off limits to trucks and buses. But it only takes one to cause a big traffic headache or worse.
IBM opens network tech testing facilities
Two new Network Innovation Centers aim to help customers explore software-defined networking, network functions virtualization and other emerging cloud technologies.
Survey: Data warehouses in no danger from Hadoop
A recent poll finds that data warehousing is still considered a critical business component, despite its challenges of scalability and cost.
CIS offers pre-hardened resources for Amazon cloud
The Center for Internet Security’s Amazon Machine Images will enable organizations to reduce time, cost and risk in their cloud deployments.
Government Office 365 plans get free MDM tools
Government IT managers looking for mobile device management tools will get three new options with their Office 365 subscription plans.
Resistance to DCGS-A persists
Critics are increasingly vocal with their dissatisfaction with the Army’s Distributed Common Ground System and the military’s insistence that soldiers continue to use it.
IRS flips storage for virtualized cloud service offering
Unisys acquired the IRS’s storage systems, then converted them into a virtualized storage-as-a-service offering that allows IRS to pay for storage capacity as needed.
Concierge service for big data transfers
Argonne National Labs’ Globus offers cloud-based service that manages bandwidth and improves reliability in transferring very large datasets.
SSA fortifies data future with move to all virtual storage
SSA is embracing virtualization across all of its media – including tape – as it migrates to a new 300,000 square-foot National Support Center in Urbana, Md., which opened last September.
Huddle earns FedRAMP ATO from USAID
Huddle announced its government and enterprise cloud service has been granted FedRAMP Authority to Operate by the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Data center balances storage and networking of five universities
The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center has adopted a cloud-based approach for the petabytes of data it stores in a two-year-old facility in Holyoke, Mass.
Balance tape and flash in layered storage mix
Tried-and-true tape combined with emerging flash technologies give data center operators control over how they manage storage systems, speed backups and reduce costs.
Landsat 8 data free on Amazon cloud
Amazon’s AWS cloud will host up to 85,000 scenes from the Landsat 8 satellite.
U.S. Mayors to Capitol Hill: It's Time to Boost Transportation Infrastructure Funding
“We’re going to need a federal fix here,” Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said during a U.S. Conference of Mayors task force meeting.
IBM, Carnegie Mellon partner on smart building analytics
Carnegie Mellon University will use IBM’s cloud-based smart building analytics software to gauge energy consumption across campus buildings.
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