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Getting a handle on big data
DOD seeks cost savings through big data apps while service providers look to demystify the concept.
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The gateway to DoD applications on personal mobile devices could be a "container"
The ultimate goal of using personal mobile devices to secure access to DoD applications begins with keeping the two interests completely separate, according to a major network provider.
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The imperative for device management is key to the DOD's mobility plan
Pressure is mounting on the Defense Information Systems Agency to find solid footing for mobile device management.
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Big changes ahead for the military's BYOD strategy
The Defense Department's game plan of allowing mobile devices in the workplace includes exploring mobile device management, a strategy that could potentially turn some defense employees off to the Bring Your Own Device concept.
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DOD working to fill in the blanks on BYOD strategy
Defense Department workers looking to use at work those new iPhones, tablets and smart phones they received as holiday gifts will have to wait a bit longer, as DOD officials continue to parse out their policy for the use of personal mobile devices in the workplace.
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DISA looks to the cloud for answers to DOD's enterprise
Henry Sienkiewicz, vice chief executive for information assurance at the Defense Information Systems Agency, discusses the benefits of cloud computing and strategies in place for addressing the security challenges associated with it.
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DOD cloud computing strategy a public-private collaboration
The Defense Department's strategy seeking to clarify the transition to cloud computing has cast a net wide enough to include commercial solutions.
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Progress in using commercial devices in secure work environment
As national security policy matures to catch up with need, technology companies say they are ready to facilitate the use of commercial mobile devices in a secure work environment.
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Industry works to untether forces with mobile command on-the-move technology
As the Army drills down to further define its needs for mobile command on the move, industry is stepping up with technology to untether ground force communication.
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Commercial mobile advancing for secure use
What was once considered a long, arduous road stretching between commercially available mobile devices and the Defense Department's secure world is becoming much shorter through advances in policy on the national security level.
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Afghanistan is the proving ground for UAS capability
Unmanned aircraft address high demand for video feeds to boost situational awareness.
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DOD mobile strategy is all about embracing the risk
As the Defense Department wrestles to get its hands around how best to incorporate mobile devices in doing business, industry and would-be defense users stand at the ready.
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Air Force’s NETCENTS-2 marks new round of delays with protest re-bid
The Air Force’s Network Centric Solutions 2 IT contracting vehicle, already fraught with multi-year delays because of its complexity, has hit another speed bump after its long-awaited $6.9 billion award in April triggered sharp protests from losing bidders.
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DOD takes first step toward bring-your-own-device to the battlefield
DOD has unveiled an interim mobile device strategy that it says will lay the foundation for policy and implementation as it continues to grapple with how best to integrate smart phone utility into a tactical environment.
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CIO-SP3: New version of IT acquisition vehicle ready soon
IT chiefs will soon have a new updated model of the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center's governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle as the agency prepares to award two multibillion dollar contracts for IT goods and services.
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Novel contracting group can save big-time defense dollars on procurement
The Defense Department is using communal government contracting vehicles to save the military time and money.
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Iowa Air National Guard charts path to scalable comms
The Iowa Air National Guard has chosen C4i's Switchplus IP as its upgrade for its antiquated communications system for the 132nd Fighter Wing, based in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Encryption takes on a whole new meaning with smart phones
Army and Marines have to reconcile various classifications for encrypted data.
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Air Force on verge of awarding streamlined NETCENTS-2
After a string of contracting delays, the Air Force is poised to complete the award of $24 billion in contracts for the much-anticipated Network Centric Solutions-2 in April.
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