DARPA pushes high-res maps to troops' smartphones
The defense research agency's new program provides digital imagery to troops on the ground and aims to build a library of apps that are simple to access and use.
Cyber Flag exercises sharpen DOD cyber operations and defense
Cyber pros from across the military hone their skills against a realistic adversary on a closed network in an 11-day U.S. Cyber Command exercise.
Firms offer single path to securing cloud and physical networks
VMware and Palo Alto Networks offer integrated platform to unify network security across both physical and virtual cloud enterprises.
Small town gets big results with data warehouse, analytics
Using SAS Analytics, city officials from Cary, N.C., monitor budgets across departments, improve police efficiency and track customer service goals.
Pentagon ponders access beyond the CAC
The Defense Department is exploring ways to build on the success of the Common Access Card by extending identity management to mobile devices.
Geotrigger puts geofencing in Esri mobile apps
Agencies can download a public beta version of Esri's cloud-based Geotrigger Service to create mobile geofencing applications.
DARPA innovation could spawn ultra-fast wireless nets, sensors that see through clouds
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency researchers have broken a barrier in the use of solid-state electronics that could lead to gigabit-speed networks and sensors that see through clouds.
New E-Verify security enhancement helps deter employee fraud
The Citizenship and Immigration Services has enhanced the Homeland Security Department's E-Verify system by using analytics to flag and 'lock' Social Security Numbers that have been used fraudulently.
Energy to move another 6,000 to Google Apps
Project will move Department of Energy program's email to help cut costs and increase efficiency.
DHS drafts network protection plan, but Congress dithers
The National Infrastructure Protection Plan being developed by DHS is intended to help define and facilitate a voluntary alliance between government and private infrastructure owners.
NTRU crypto software available to open-source community
Security Innovation says offering its public key cryptography for use in open-source community would head off a looming ‘cyrptopocalypse’ caused by limited choice of encryption algorithms.
NASA's virtual institute powers solar system exploration
Researchers need only basic PC and collaboration tools to participate in NASA's Web-based Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute.
Next big things in big data: Visualization, knowledge clouds, fast clusters
The open-source cluster computing tool called Spark speeds programming and can run up to 100 times faster than Hadoop Map Reduce.
USB tool supports vital telework operations
OPM report says telework is no longer just a convenience for workers but a required tool for agencies in era of tight budgets and continuous operations.
Programming tests separate wheat from chaff
Using well-designed and well-written programming tests for job applicants is worth the effort.
Big data parking lot: Tools for fast storage, retrieval and integration
Hadoop is a must-have big data tool, but it has some drawbacks, including the need for high-level user expertise and conditions for optimal bandwidth.
'User jury' helps Army improve future battle command system
The Army is setting up a three-day event to gather feedback from soldiers on the performance of its next generation battle command system.
Can fuel cells integrated into server racks power data centers?
A Microsoft research paper describes the unconventional approach that could double data center efficiency.
Essential big data tools for government
Public-sector priorities: a strong IT foundation and tools for prepping data.
Boston police cruisers get fitted with GPS tracking
Administrators say the units will improve the department's emergency responsiveness, giving dispatchers the ability to see the locations of officers rather than waiting for a radio response.
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