Northrop Grumman takes blame for Va. IT services outage
Northrop Grumman today apologized for an outage that began last Wednesday and caused 26 Virginia state agencies to lose their Web services, some for more than a week.
View ArticleCybersecurity research consortium: New tech on the way
An 18-month-old cybersecurity research consortium organized by Northrop Grumman is making progress and should have technologies ready to deploy in about a year, officials said Wednesday.
View ArticleHackers Hit Gmail Users, Defense Contractors, Mac Users
Google revealed today that "hundreds" of Gmail accounts were compromised in a nasty spear phishing attack that targeted high-profile U.S. military and government officials, among others.
View ArticleNEWS FOCUS: Cyber-espionage attacks threaten corporate data in new...
Stealthy, sometime long-term cyber-espionage attacks to steal sensitive proprietary information -- what some now call "advanced persistent threats" (APT) -- have become a top worry for businesses.
View ArticleNorthrop Grumman: Virtualizing or retiring approximately 3,000 servers
Northrop Grumman set an important environmental goal in 2010: to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by about 25% over the next five years. And
View ArticleIT departments won't exist in five years
IT departments are quickly becoming consultancies in companies increasingly driven by consumer technology, and the control they once had over tech use is quickly dissipating.
View ArticleIT morphs as tech and users change
As the consumerization of IT and self-service trends gain momentum, IT's role is changing from technology implementer to technology enabler.
View ArticleUS Army evaluates self-driving, machine gun-toting robots
The US Army, looking to use more robots on the battlefield, this week is getting a peek at just how ready robots are to become trusted parts of the military.
View ArticleU.S. military may have 10 robots per soldier by 2013
American soldiers patrolling dangerous streets will soon be accompanied by robots programmed to scan the area with thermal imaging and send live images back to the command center. Likewise, squads of...
View ArticleDARPA demos lightweight, 94GHz silicon system on a chip
Looking to bring lighter, more powerful and less expensive systems for various applications such as communications, radar or guidance systems, DARPA said this week it had recently demonstrated an...
View ArticleUS drone completes first in-flight refuelling
The US military has successfully demonstrated what it says is the first ever in-flight refuelling of an unmanned aircraft, and in doing so completed a flight test program that leads to a new generation...
View ArticleNorthrop Grumman takes blame for Va. IT services outage
Northrop Grumman today apologized for an outage that began last Wednesday and caused 26 Virginia state agencies to lose their Web services, some for more than a week.
View ArticleCybersecurity research consortium: New tech on the way
An 18-month-old cybersecurity research consortium organized by Northrop Grumman is making progress and should have technologies ready to deploy in about a year, officials said Wednesday.
View ArticleHackers Hit Gmail Users, Defense Contractors, Mac Users
Google revealed today that "hundreds" of Gmail accounts were compromised in a nasty spear phishing attack that targeted high-profile U.S. military and government officials, among others.
View ArticleNEWS FOCUS: Cyber-espionage attacks threaten corporate data in new...
Stealthy, sometime long-term cyber-espionage attacks to steal sensitive proprietary information -- what some now call "advanced persistent threats" (APT) -- have become a top worry for businesses.
View ArticleNorthrop Grumman: Virtualizing or retiring approximately 3,000 servers
Northrop Grumman set an important environmental goal in 2010: to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by about 25% over the next five years. And
View ArticleIT departments won't exist in five years
IT departments are quickly becoming consultancies in companies increasingly driven by consumer technology, and the control they once had over tech use is quickly dissipating.
View ArticleIT morphs as tech and users change
As The consumerisation of IT and self-service trends gain momentum, IT shops are being restructured and IT professionals are learning to play new roles.
View ArticleUS Army evaluates self-driving, machine gun-toting robots
The US Army, looking to use more robots on the battlefield, this week is getting a peek at just how ready robots are to become trusted parts of the military.
View ArticleU.S. military may have 10 robots per soldier by 2013
American soldiers patrolling dangerous streets will soon be accompanied by robots programmed to scan the area with thermal imaging and send live images back to the command center. Likewise, squads of...
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