Intel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the Department of Energy have finished the installation of 10,624 compute blades into the Aurora exascale supercomputer at DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. Aurora uses the HPE Slingshot high-performance fabric and comes with 1,024 storage nodes designed to provide 220 petabytes of capacity, Intel said Thursday. The supercomputer is […] More

Flashpoint’s government arm has named four national security leaders to its newly created advisory board tasked with providing strategic guidance, industry insights and perspectives to help expand its presence in the public sector and support government missions. Brian Brown, president of Flashpoint National Security Solutions, said in a statement published Tuesday the expertise and guidance […] More

Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP Federal, said information technology organizations should advance the development of a proactive defense to prevent an IT mistake from leading to an “error string” or a cascade of errors, InformationWeek reported Wednesday. “IT teams should think through multiple problems at once, understand the limits and constraints of their […] More

Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP Federal, said natural language processing and machine learning are the two forms of artificial intelligence that could have an impact when it comes to addressing information technology issues, InformationWeek reported Monday. He said NLP could be seen through the prototypes of ChatGPT. “You can imagine a scenario where […] More

Industry and government experts talked about the future of cybersecurity at a summit held in Tallahassee, Florida, and panelists highlighted multifactor authentication and zero trust during a discussion at the event, Government Technology reported Thursday. Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP Federal, stressed the importance of implementing different forms of MFA. “The problem is […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency is deploying a suite of cloud-based edge services platforms from Hewlett Packard Enterprise to modernize and secure its multi-class wireless networks as part of a broader digital transformation initiative. The effort includes the deployment of HPE Aruba Networking Wi-Fi 6 Access Points and HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass to enable secure […] More

John Phillips, an industry veteran who previously served at IronNet Cybersecurity and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, was named vice president of federal sales at network security company MixMode. In his new role, Phillips will oversee the growth of MixMode’s federal business and the adoption of its artificial intelligence-powered platform by federal partners, the company said Wednesday.  […] More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory have started installing a supercomputer, dubbed Kestrel, designed to advance research on clean energy technologies and renewable energy. DOE’s office of energy efficiency and renewable energy will use the high-performance computing system to pursue research in continuum mechanics and computational materials and perform […] More

A joint venture between information technology firm HighPoint Digital and national technology and operations advisory practice Think Systems will provide the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with support services under a potential five-year contract worth around $108 million.  The contract was awarded to Think HighPoint JV as part of the Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protege program, […] More

Henry Tragle, a former director at Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s Aruba subsidiary, has been appointed vice president of the Department of Defense at Iron Bow Technologies. In a LinkedIn post, Tragle shared that he will be responsible for the U.S. Army and Defense Information Systems Agency groups at the Herndon, Virginia-headquartered technology company. Tragle’s move followed […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 24, 2022 — HighPoint Digital elevated Jay Jones to the role of president from his most recent position as chief operating officer of the information technology and customer experience services provider, GovCon Wire reported. Jones will be responsible for overseeing HighPoint’s growth efforts through the delivery of products and services meant […] More

HighPoint Digital has secured a subcontract award from the Department of Homeland Security to provide call center support for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Student Exchange and Visitor Program Response Center. The company said Tuesday it will work with Insight Technology Solutions, which secured the five-year general contract from DHS. The SEVP Response Center has […] More