Data visualization is as significant a component of cybersecurity as resources, personnel or the data itself, Tim White, global head of government and intelligence at YarcData, wrote in a Jan. 22 op-ed in the New York Times. Click here to read White’s full piece “Finding a Needle in a Haystack” According to the executive, the recent escalation […] More

CenturyLink Technology Solutions will use an IO software-defined data center infrastructure to extend its colocation and managed hosting services into the Phoenix market. The CenturyLink subsidiary aims to deliver up to 9 megawatts in data center capacity to Phoenix customers using IO’s Intelligence Control platform, IO said Wednesday. Jeff Von Deylen, president of CenturyLink Technology […] More

Three Wire Systems LLC is part of an Ace Technology Partners-led team that will supply information technology products and services to the U.S. Air Force under the branch’s NETCENTS 2 contract vehicle. NETCENTS 2 covers network-centric software and hardware systems for the Defense Department and other federal agencies, according to a Three Wire Systems statement. ATP’s team will […] More

MarkLogic and Transputec Computers PLC have agreed to offer MarkLogic’s NoSQL database platform to U.K.-based enterprise customers under a joint sales channel agreement. The NoSQL technology works to help businesses build applications and manage big data from both structured and unstructured sources, according to a MarkLogic statement. “Working with Transputec, we plan to help organisations in […] More

A Lockheed Martin demonstration using a wideband, multi-access payload and U.S. Navy satellites worked to exhibit radio coverage through the Arctic region and show how military field personnel could carry out polar communications. Lockheed tested the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access payload’s coverage by using radios in the North Pole and sent voice and data […] More

Bostonia Partners LLC has worked with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and General Services Administration to close two leases totaling $258 million for NOAA to remain at its headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. NOAA resides in two buildings at the Silver Spring Metro Center and each lease is for a 15-year term with both set […] More

The challenges and changes in information technology in 2014 are not limited to Bring Your Own Device, data integration and cloud computing initiatives, according to an article written by Mark Settle, CIO at BMC Software. In the article posted on vmblog.com, he writes that the consumerization of IT is having a profound impact on the different offerings available […] More

Harris Corp. has started to deliver hardware and software systems for installation in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite network after the equipment passed a pre-shipment review. Those systems will be used to build the ground segment for NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R series program, Harris said Thursday. “We have worked closely with NOAA […] More

Exelis will build voice communications radios for installation on the U.S. Army’s Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters under a $10.9 million contract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency. The ARC-201D airborne radio system is designed with networking and anti-jamming systems, Exelis said Thursday. Nick Bobay, president of Exelis’ night vision and communications services division, said the radio […] More

Lockheed Martin and IBM have moved to invest in cyber research facilities in Israel, Homeland Security Today reported Wednesday. The new CyberSpark complex located in Beer-Sheva, Israel, will house cyber incubators, academic researchers, educational centers and government agencies, according to the report. Those organizations will work to develop cybersecurity infrastructures such as a physical space and […] More

QinetiQ North America has won a $12 million contract to develop mapping and prediction models for the Naval Research Laboratory‘s oceanography programs. QNA will build ocean modeling, remote sensing and physical oceanography systems under the three-year contract, QNA said Wednesday. “We have over 25 years of expertise in ocean modeling and related support, and we appreciate […] More

Tetra Tech has been awarded a potential five-year, $60 million contract to provide engineering and architectural services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. USACE intends for the company to help plan, design and run military construction projects in U.S. and overseas locations, Tetra Tech said Thursday. The single-award, indefinite-delivery contract has a one-year base […] More