Infosys, a digital services provider and consultancy, has tapped IBM for public cloud support across its business enterprises. The partnership will support Infosys customers across strictly regulated industries such as financial services, insurance and health care. Through the partnership, Infosys may offer Red Hat's software offerings through the IMB Public Cloud Ecosystem, IBM announced. Bob […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with SpaceLogistics, a Northrop Grumman subsidiary, to work on the agency's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program. Leveraging robotic servicing spacecraft, the partners will attempt to achieve in-orbit repair, augmentation, assembly, detailed inspection and relocation of client satellites. DARPA shall install a Navy-designed robotics payload in the system while […]
End-point security provider Jazz Networks has appointed Joel Brunson as the new CEO of its federal business. Brunson most recently served as the CEO of Acano, a team communications provider that is not part of Cisco. Brunson also held executive roles in Vaion, Black Box, Tandberg, Avaya and StorageTek, according to Jazz Networks Tuesday. Company CEO […]
Drone technology developers Liteye Systems and Citadel Defense have partnered to develop countermeasures against unmanned aerial systems. In a press release, Liteye said it combined its anti-UAS solutions with Citadel's artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. The result is a system armed with on-the-move total defenses, several layers of detection and positive identification capabilities, Liteye said Tuesday. Citadel CEO […]
The General Services Administration has partnered with the Government Accountability Office to advance its Centers of Excellence initiative. The partnership is aimed at accelerating the establishment of an Innovation Lab at GAO. In addition, the CoE engagement is expected to provide additional technical infrastructure and cloud configuration support to the Innovation Lab, GSA reported Tuesday. […]
Cybersecurity executive Sean McAfee has resigned from the Department of Homeland Security after serving the agency for 11 years. McAfee has moved on as chief information security officer for Ohio’s secretary of state. During his time at DHS, McAfee focused on addressing information technology security issues in the domestic and international level, G2Xchange reported. Most […]
Los Angeles-based SADA Systems has entered into a $500M multi-year agreement with Google Cloud to launch new offerings and services that expand on the platform’s infrastructure and capabilities. The partnership will help SADA offer technology professionals immersed in Anthos environments with hands-on experiences and consultative training. SADA also wants to support Netezza, Teradata and Hadoop […]
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center within the Department of Defense has named Alka Patel as the implementation leader of the center’s new ethical principles for using artificial intelligence in warfare. While specifics of Patel’s start date remained confidential, JAIC spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Arlo Abrahamson said she is now “fully integrated into the JAIC policy team.” […]
Amazon, Microsoft and IBM have collaborated to develop a standard for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The Consumer Technology Association tapped the three big tech companies and 49 others to standardize AI-related terms and definitions for the education of the health care industry. CTA official Rene Quashie said forming common terminology and agreeing […]
Raytheon has partnered with IronNet, a provider of large-scale network security, to develop cyber solutions for operational and information technology systems. Enterprise protection will be delivered by combining managed security services with advanced analysis and threat sharing tools, Raytheon announced Wednesday. The companies are working to bolster systems that provide sensing, control, networking and analytics […]
