A new study from RNCOS predicts the healthcare information technology segment in the U.S. will see a 20-percent compounded annual growth rate between 2014 and 2018. The “US Healthcare IT Market Outlook 2018” study cites increased support from government and new products as main reasons for the market’s growth, Reportlinker said Thursday. RNCOS analysts also […] More

ICF International has released projections for natural gas, natural gas liquids and oil production across the U.S. and Canada through 2035. The first-quarter 2014 Detailed Production Report forecasts slowed gas production rates across the Haynesville Shale, the Greater Green River Basin, the Barnett Shale and the Fayetteville Shale due to a decrease in gas drilling activity, ICF said Thursday. […] More

Researchers from NASA and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory have created a geologic map of Ganymede, one of Jupiter’s ice-encrusted moons that were discovered by Galileo Galilei. The scientific team was led by Wes Patterson of APL and Geoffrey Collins of Wheaton College in Massachusetts and used images sent from NASA’s Galileo and Voyager spacecraft […] More

Northrop Grumman seeks to offer its drones to Singapore’s government as the company aims to further increase its international sales reach, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Jeffrey Ng writes Northrop believes its unmanned aircraft platforms could help Singapore monitor aerial and maritime activities along the Strait of Malacca, where more than 70,000 vessels sail […] More

Microsoft will collaborate with financial technology provider FIS, Europol and the Organization of American States to carry out cooperative efforts against potential cyber attacks. The allies seek to assist law enforcement and private industry in dismantling online hacker groups and investigating botnets and malware threats, Microsoft said Wednesday. Microsoft executives signed the three partnership agreements […] More

IBM has built a lab prototype device that is designed to transfer big data between data centers and cloud computing environments, as well as built to increase Internet speeds. a technology that can also apply to Internet speeds. IBM Research worked with Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne to develop an analog-to-digital converter for carrying data […] More

A new study has found that the big data industry is set to become a $50 billion market in three years due to improving confidence in and growth of big data-related services and products, Silicon Angle reported Monday. Bert Latamore writes Wikibon‘s “Big Data Vendor Revenue and Market Forecast 2013-2017″ predicts market growth will slow […] More

Jeremy Glesner serves as chief technology officer at software and analysis firm Berico Technologies, a company he helped start in 2006 as the “federal sector began embracing agile methodologies and open source technologies to deliver increased capability to the warfighter while reducing cost,” the company notes. Glesner and Berico’s other co-founders saw an opportunity to provide interdisciplinary teams […] More

NCS Technologies Inc. has introduced a new computer device that stores user data in a remote server, GCN reported Friday. John Breeden II writes the Cirrus LT zero-client laptop works to connect a computer system to a data center through a remote workstation card with security protocols such as the Advanced Encryption Standard cryptography and […] More

API Technologies Corp. has obtained a validation for a cryptographic module from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The NIST issued the Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 to certify the API’s common cryptographic module as complying with information security regulations, API said Friday. Henry Gold, a general manager at API, said the module is […] More

Accenture Federal Services and the Government Business Council have jointly surveyed federal executives to evaluate their views and experiences on their agencies’ cloud implementation. The “The Road Ahead: 3 Years After Cloud First” report indicates that agencies face staffing and procurement processes amid increasing deployment of cloud services, Accenture said Thursday. “While there are initial challenges […] More

SAP has released a new version of its SAP Learning Hub cloud-based site based on user feedback, with more than 2,000 educational materials available and features to interact with subject matter experts and peers. The learning hub offers training manuals, handbooks and learning videos on SAP platforms, as well as instructor-led learning rooms and large […] More