The Telecommunications Industry Association has submitted comments to the General Services Administration on a proposal to adopt cybersecurity standards for the federal acquisition and contracting process, FCW reported Tuesday. Mark Rockwell writes that the group urged the GSA to allow for more flexibility in its proposed contractor security rules so innovation won’t be stifled. TIA […] More

Microsoft has developed three new analytics platforms for organizations to capture and manage large amounts of machine- and human-generated data, Silicon Angle reported Monday. Saroj Kar writes that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduced the Azure Intelligent Systems Service, SQL Server 2014 and Analytics Platform System products last week at a customer event in San Francisco. […] More

The Louis Berger Group will lead design work on a $655 million project to add high-occupancy-toll lanes on a 26-mile stretch of Interstate 77 in North Carolina. This is the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s first foray into a public-private partnership contract, Louis Berger said Wednesday. Mike Kirk, vice president for Louis Berger’s design-build practice, said the […] More

DLT Solutions will host an online event May 7 to discuss cybersecurity-related risks and problems that the government is facing. Representatives from companies such as BMC Software, Dell, ForeScout, Oracle, Red Hat, SolarWinds and Symantec are scheduled to attend, DLT announced Thursday. Those companies will focus on continuous monitoring and identity and access management issues in […] More

Erik Buice leads Northrop Grumman‘s health systems management unit as vice president and leads a team of more than 800 personnel who help federal health agencies manage their information technology systems. Buice’s career has included stops at firms ranging from large to small, including IT and consulting roles at companies such as CGI, Patriot Technologies, […] More

George Newstrom leads Dell Services Federal Government as its vice president and general manager, a position he rose to after joining the firm in 2011 to help expand its reach in the cybersecurity and intelligence spaces. Newstrom is a retired U.S. Marine Corps electronics and communications officer and also served as secretary of technology for the […] More

IBM and SAS have partnered with Warwick Business School to develop course modules for a master’s program in business analytics centered on big data mining and analytics technology, Computerworld UK reported Wednesday. Antony Savvas writes the school’s operational research and management science group has collaborated with IBM on the Analytics in Practice module and with SAS on the Text Analytics module. […] More

A MarketsandMarkets report forecasts that the market for big data platforms worldwide will grow at a compound annual rate of 25.52 percent to $46.34 billion by 2018. The report provides an analysis of big data market trends by product and service type, by region and by vertical segment, the market research and consulting firm said […] More

QinetiQ has assessed the structural design of a multinational submarine rescue platform to determine how the system responds to fatigue and fracture problems. The Submarine Rescue System is built for NATO allies such as France, Norway and the U.K. and has undergone a stress-life fatigue analysis by QinetiQ, the company said Monday. Lloyds Register and […] More

A new study from QuinStreet Enterprise indicates that enterprise customers continue to invest in data centers due to uptime, availability and security, Datamation reported Thursday. Paul Shread writes the “2014 Data Center Outlook: Data Center Transformation — Where Is Your Enterprise?” report stated 88 percent of 321 information technology professionals spend on data centers. Amazon, Dell […] More