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Accenture and DataStax have forged a big data alliance with the goal of helping customers gain insights into information and prevent fraud. DataStax’s big data platform that based on Apache Cassandra will be integrated into Accenture’s analytics and cloud technologies as the companies seek to develop data supply chains and online interactions for clients, Accenture […] More
Stephen Senterfit, a Booz Allen Hamilton vice president, has been appointed to lead the company’s new Houston-based commercial energy practice office. The Houston office will serve as the firm’s new commercial energy center and the company plans to open jobs there in 2014 and succeeding years, Booz Allen said Monday. Reggie Van Lee, a Booz […] More
Accenture has updated its software program that is intended to help state health and human service agencies in the U.S. comply with federal healthcare requirements. The Public Health Platform version 3.1 is built for state agencies to administer health assistance and manage services for Medicaid, Accenture said Monday. David McCurley, managing director for health and public […] More
Iridium Communications has moved to extend the coverage of its broadband platform by launching a new communications offering for customers to access the Internet and obtain voice-calling services from different locations. The Iridium Pilot Land Station is based on the OpenPort broadband technology and is designed to work in rough conditions through Iridium’s constellation of 66 […] More
IBM has moved to expand its cloud-based offerings by adding a data virtualization service from data management company Actifio in an effort to help clients handle information. Actifio’s Virtual Data Pipeline technology is integrated into IBM’s SmartCloud Data Virtualization platform for users to separate application data from physical infrastructures, IBM said Feb. 4. Laurence Guihard-Joly, general […] More
IBMÂ will conduct cybersecurity research for Australia’s Defense Science and Technology Organization as the country aims to bolster its cyber infrastructure, ARN reported Monday. Brian Karlovsky writes IBM and the DSTO will collaborate on cybersecurity, analytics and cognitive computing research work. Glenn Wightwick, director of IBM Research Australia, said the company intends to contribute to the […] More
Leidos has engineered a shelter system for military personnel who are fielded in expeditionary missions. The Self-sustaining Living Module is built with features for solar energy and microgrid power management, rainwater collection, water purification systems and onsite setup and teardown systems, Leidos said Monday. Sam Gordy, a Leidos group president, said SLiM is built to help […] More
API Technologies Corp. has won a $3.9 million contract to build microwave subsystems for an air defense program that is being developed by MBDA Missile Systems. MBDA will install the microwave subsystems on its Sea Ceptor air defense system, API Technologies said Tuesday. API Technologies develops high performance radio frequency and microwave, power and security […] 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
Precise Biometrics AB has released its financial report for fiscal year 2013, the company said Friday. Precise Biometrics generated $5.4 million in net sales and $6.7 million in income while its earnings per share and year-end available cash reached $0.20 and $15.2 million, respectively. Precise Biometrics was selected as the fingerprint algorithm provider for a financial information […] More
Three professors at Purdue University’s colleges of engineering and science will work to develop and commercialize their research projects with around $130,000 in combined funding. The financial assistance will come from the Trask Innovation Fund, which aims to help faculty and staff further and market their works through the Office of Technology Commercialization, the Purdue […] More
Warren East, formerly CEO of semiconductor intellectual property supplier ARM Holdings, has joined the advisory board of Oxehealth, a spin-out from the University of Oxford’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering. East will work to help Oxehealth drive its non-contact vital signs technology into the market and pursue partnership opportunities, Oxehealth said Thursday. He will also collaborate […] More
