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Entries from October 2009

Cloud Computing Market: Terremark Introduces Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery

October 24th, 2009 · No Comments

U.S. Federal Cloud Computing Market Forecast 2010-2015

Terremark Worldwide, Inc., a provider of managed IT infrastructure services, has launched cloud-enabled disaster recovery services. Terremark’s Virtualized Disaster Recovery solution provides disaster recovery solution, which supports a variety of operating systems and enterprise applications and databases, customers protection for their business-critical environments without the [...]

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Tags: Emerging Technology

FY2010 HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS

October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

The Homeland Security Appropriations Bill is focused on securing our nation’s borders and preparing for any potential disaster. The conference agreement totals $42.776 billion of discretionary budget authority for fiscal year 2010, $2.648 billion, or 6.6 percent, above fiscal year 2009.
Priorities in the bill are focused on five major goals:
1) Securing our borders and enforcing [...]

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DHS Runs Network of High Performance Computing (HPC) Centers

October 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Worldwide Defense High Performance Computing (HPC) Market Forecast 2010-2015 provides worldwide defense HPC market forecast for the period 2010-2015

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) manages a group of subcontractors from academia and the private sector providing high performance computing capabilities to conduct research on advanced methods for information analysis and to develop computational technologies that [...]

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DHS on a Cyber Security Expert Hiring Spree

October 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced decision to recruit and hire 1,000 cybersecurity professionals across DHS over the next 3 years to protect the nation’s cyber infrastructure, systems and networks.
“Effective cybersecurity requires all partners—individuals, communities, government entities and the private sector—to work together to protect our networks and strengthen our cyber [...]

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