By Lauren C. Williams
Heidi Shyu in 2013 as assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology in Kandahar with Gen. Dennis Via. (DOD photo by Spc. Isaac Adams)
Software and elevating small businesses in the defense industry base top the list of priorities of the Biden administration s pick to lead the Defense Department s technology efforts.
Heidi Shyu, who previously served as the Army s assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology, debuted her priorities to modernize the military with a strong emphasis on software during her Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on May 25. In order to rapidly transition the latest software, we need to have an open architecture that isolates the software from the hardware then allows rapid user testing, she wrote in policy question responses.
By Justin Katz
The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to issue new regulations for pipeline security following the ransomware attack that disrupted Colonial Pipeline s operations for more than a week earlier this month. The Biden Administration is taking further action to better secure our nation s critical infrastructure. TSA, in close collaboration with CISA, is coordinating with companies in the pipeline sector to ensure they are taking all necessary steps to increase their resilience to cyber threats and secure their systems. We will release additional details in the days ahead, a DHS spokesperson told FCW on Tuesday.
The Washington Post first reported the agency would issue security directives as early as this week which would require pipeline companies report cyber incidents to federal authorities. Although Colonial Pipeline worked with the FBI following Darkside s ransomware attack, lawmakers have taken issue with the company s level of engagement with the
GridGain Systems: GridGain Control Center Now Available as a Cloud Service
FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 24, 2021
Systems, provider of enterprise-grade in-memory computing solutions powered by the Apache Ignite distributed database, today announced that an enhanced version of GridGain Control Center is available as a cloud service on a subscription basis. GridGain Control Center SaaS is another step by GridGain to move more of its solutions to the cloud to support accelerated cloud migration by customers. While
GridGain Nebula, released last year, is a fully managed service for Ignite and GridGain, Control Center SaaS is a cloud-native solution for operations teams that prefer to manage their production environments. A free 30-day trial of Control Center SaaS is available on the
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Partners step up as Singapore-based Ocean Network Express goes Google Cloud
Deloitte provided data expertise, DXC Technology integrated SAP workloads on Google Cloud and GoPomelo deployed Google Workspace solutions
Ruma Balasubramanian (Google Cloud) Credit: Google Cloud
Ocean Network Express (ONE), a global shipping organisation based in Singapore, has partnered with Google Cloud to drive wide-scale digital transformation plans, backed by a trio of specialist partners.
Motivated by a desire to enhance operational efficiency, the business is now running mission-critical SAP systems on Google Cloud alongside rolling out BigQuery and Google Workspace offerings to enhance data analytics and employee collaboration capabilities respectively.