Thursday | 8 January, 2009

Stories about: Defense Information Systems Agency

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    Ballmer's cloud computing memo timed for election's winner 31/10/2008 08:01:00

    With next week's US presidential election, the nation's capitol is about to experience the mother-of-all platform changes, and that's why Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's cloud computing memo, titled "A Platform for the Next Technology Revolution," seems especially well timed.
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    Pentagon's IT unit seeks to adopt cloud computing 18/07/2008 09:38:40

    The US Defense Information Systems Agency, which provides most of the systems used within the Department of Defense, has been reaching out to a wide range of companies in the belief that their IT approaches -- including the use of cloud computing technologies -- could help DISA better support the military's warfighting men and women.
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    US military plan to put Internet router in space 19/04/2007 12:09:24

    The U.S. military plan to test an Internet router in space, in a project that could also benefit civilian broadband satellite communications.
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    US government to insist PCs are secured 03/04/2007 08:02:47

    The U.S. federal government has launched a program that will require federal agencies to insist on security standards from suppliers, a move that some argue will have a far-reaching impact on most large and medium-sized organizations buying PCs.
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    Portal offers free IPv6 news, tools 27/03/2007 09:30:56

    Network engineers looking for information about IPv6 can log onto a new portal -- http://go6.net -- that offers the latest news and knowledge about this long-awaited upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.
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    US defense department builds world's biggest SAN 13/09/2006 08:13:02

    The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is creating the world's largest storage network by combining a number of separate networks into a gigantic 17,000-port Meta SAN monster.
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    Government: Unlocking data, locking down access 29/08/2006 09:40:48

    The U.S. federal government is often seen as a laggard in IT, a bloated bureaucracy that runs well behind the innovations of private industry. But look closely and you'll find programs that are truly groundbreaking.
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    Telecommuting security concerns grow 19/04/2006 07:44:35

    Telecommuting has become a way of life as more companies let employees work from home to do jobs that might otherwise be done on corporate premises. As a result, IT managers are adapting security policies to encompass home PCs.
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    Botnet hacker pleads guilty, faces prison term 24/01/2006 13:21:25

    A computer hacker responsible for creating armies of computers to launch Internet-based attacks and selling those "botnets" to spammers and other miscreants pleaded guilty Monday to federal criminal charges in Los Angeles, according to a prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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    Northrup Grumman to deliver DOD IP conferencing net 30/11/2005 09:25:45

    The U.S. Department of Defense this week picked Northrop Grumman to build its US$51 million IP video conference network, based on hardware and software from Cisco and Radvision, network services from AT&T and technology from other partners.
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    Air Force to standardize Microsoft configurations 23/11/2004 13:44:59

    The U.S. Air Force early next year will require its 525,000 personnel and civilian support staff to use a single and specially configured version of Microsoft's operating system and applications, said the military department's CIO.
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