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NRRC Video Series - Video 3 : Federated Identity and Access Management

November 29, 2013, 5:26 am
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In September, the NCOIC delivered the Geospatial Community Cloud (GCC) demonstration.  Sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, this demonstration showed how an interoperable, hybrid-cloud operating environment can be quickly enabled and used as a rapid response capability.While this demonstration was designed around lessons learned in the 2010 Haitian Earthquake, the effort showed how a cloud services brokerage approach could be used to quickly provide critical information technology infrastructure support to an unplanned event.

The NCOIC is an international organization for accelerating the global implementation of network centric principles and systems--to improve information sharing among various communities of interest for the betterment of their productivity, interactivity, safety, and security. The NCOIC Rapid Response Capability (NRRC) video series supports that mission by broadly disseminating information about the GCC demonstration for the good of the global community.


In Video 3: Federated Identity and Access Management, Dr. Craig Lee, senior scientist with the Computer Systems Research Dept. at The Aerospace Corporation, talks on ensuring a trusted federation environment, managing the security of the information and creating virtual organizations in OpenStack. Topics addressed include:
  • Securely managing cloud-based data and resource sharing
  • Identity and access management
  • Single sign-on in a federated cloud environment
  • Security in federated community clouds
  • OpenStack Keystone security service
  • OpenStack Swift object store service


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NRRC Video Series, Video 4: Comments by Major General Eric Vollmecke, USAF

December 2, 2013, 10:46 am
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In September, the NCOIC delivered the Geospatial Community Cloud (GCC) demonstration. Sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, this demonstration showed how an interoperable, hybrid-cloud operating environment can be quickly enabled and used as a rapid response capability.While this demonstration was designed around lessons learned in the 2010 Haitian Earthquake, the effort showed how a cloud services brokerage approach could be used to quickly provide critical information technology infrastructure support to an unplanned event. The NCOIC is an international organization for accelerating the global implementation of network centric principles and systems--to improve information sharing among various communities of interest for the betterment of their productivity, interactivity, safety, and security. The NCOIC Rapid Response Capability (NRRC) video series supports that mission by broadly disseminating information about the GCC demonstration for the good of the global community.

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Take Charge, Lead Change, Do Cloud Right!

December 4, 2013, 5:00 am
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As the lead in managing an organization's information technology platform, infrastructure and operations (I&O) professional have typically been focused on the technical aspects of provisioning, management, governance and security. This represents only 44% of the IT value chain. While excellence in delivering these component is essential, it is not sufficient. In today's business environment, the true I&O professional also provides crucial support to the other 56%, the so-called front end of the chain. Here in the front-end is where IT management superstars enable corporate agility and flexibility to their business line and acquisition cohorts. This is also why in the cloud computing age, cloud service brokerage (CSB) is so revolutionary.

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Wowza Joins Google Cloud Platform with Google Compute Engine

December 6, 2013, 8:31 am
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Wowza® Media Systems has joined the Google Cloud Platform Partner Program and will offer Wowza Media Server® on the now generally available Google Compute Engine. The integration will enable fast installation, flexible billing and high quality audio and video streaming for Wowza Media Server customers. Google Compute Engine provides infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) computing that will enable Wowza customers to run high-demand media streaming using Linux virtual machines hosted on Google infrastructure. Compute Engine offers fast computing, immense scalability and sub-hour billing to deliver top quality, multi-screen reach without the high ownership costs of in-house infrastructure.

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Proud to Be Joining Veterans 360 and Cloud for Vets!

December 5, 2013, 2:34 pm
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Today I'm proud and honored to announce my appointment to the Board of Advisors for Veterans 360. Their mission is to provide young, recently-separated combat veterans with a program of support that will help them develop the professional and interpersonal skills needed to succeed in civilian life. The goal of this worthwhile organization is to use engagement, education, employment, and healing to help our student-veterans utilize what they have learned to manage the resources that are available to them and become better equipped to ensure a successful transition into civilian life.

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NRRC Video Series - Video 5 : Boeing Ozone Dashboards for Emergency Management

December 7, 2013, 2:48 pm
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In September, the NCOIC delivered the Geospatial Community Cloud (GCC) demonstration. Sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, this demonstration showed how an interoperable, hybrid-cloud operating environment can be quickly enabled and used as a rapid response capability.While this demonstration was designed around lessons learned in the 2010 Haitian Earthquake, the effort showed how a cloud services brokerage approach could be used to quickly provide critical information technology infrastructure support to an unplanned event. The

NCOIC is an international organization for accelerating the global implementation of network centric principles and systems--to improve information sharing among various communities of interest for the betterment of their productivity, interactivity, safety, and security. The NCOIC Rapid Response Capability (NRRC) video series supports that mission by broadly disseminating information about the GCC demonstration for the good of the global community.

In this segment, Roger Bernhardt from the Advanced Concepts Strategic Development unit at Boeing Research & Technology demonstrates two Boeing Ozone Dashboard Prototypes for first responders and disaster response managers.Video topics include:
  • Geoserver pooling
  • Geospatial interoperability
  • Ozone widget framework
  • Dynamic Re-planner application
  • Operational Impact Assessment application




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Chef, Formerly Opscode, Closes $32 Million in Series D Funding

December 9, 2013, 7:02 am
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Chef™ (formerly Opscode) on Monday announced it has closed a $32 Million Series D funding round. Scale Venture Partners (ScaleVP) led the round, which included Citi Ventures, Citi’s corporate venturing arm, as well as existing investors Battery Ventures, DFJ, and Ignition Partners, and also included Amplify Partners. The new round of capital will be used to further accelerate the development of the company’s Chef IT automation platform, expand market penetration, and drive customer success. Chef also today announced that Rory O’Driscoll, a partner with ScaleVP, has joined the company’s Board of Directors. In addition, the company has expanded its executive team and has changed the company name from Opscode to Chef.

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NRRC Video Series - Video 6 : Telos Demonstrates Cloud-based Communications System

December 8, 2013, 10:00 am
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In September, the NCOIC delivered the Geospatial Community Cloud (GCC) demonstration. Sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, this demonstration showed how an interoperable, hybrid-cloud operating environment can be quickly enabled and used as a rapid response capability.While this demonstration was designed around lessons learned in the 2010 Haitian Earthquake, the effort showed how a cloud services brokerage approach could be used to quickly provide critical information technology infrastructure support to an unplanned event.

The NCOIC is an international organization for accelerating the global implementation of network centric principles and systems--to improve information sharing among various communities of interest for the betterment of their productivity, interactivity, safety, and security. The NCOIC Rapid Response Capability (NRRC) video series supports that mission by broadly disseminating information about the GCC demonstration for the good of the global community.

In this segment, John Quaderer, project manager at Telos Corporation, shows how three applications -- Telos SE7EN, Automated Message Handling System / T6 Collaboration Tool Set and Secure Directory -- are used in the hybrid-cloud environment. Topics include:
  • Cloud-based collaboration and data exchange
  • Mission planning for emergency response
  • Information sharing with mobile devices
  • Identity and access control in federated cloud environment
  • Federated cloud-based policy enforcement points



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SAP Releases New SAP Business ByDesign Solution

December 12, 2013, 5:00 am
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SAP AG on Wednesday announced new capabilities for the SAP Business ByDesign® solution, reaffirming its commitment to provide independent companies and subsidiaries worldwide a flexible, cost-effective mid-market cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite. The updates leverage SAP HANA®, mobile and cloud technology, and enable businesses to rapidly adapt processes to capitalize on ever-changing market dynamics. “We continue to honor our commitment to SAP Business ByDesign customers and leverage the strength of the SAP Cloud portfolio and SAP HANA to deliver innovations that help them run efficiently and effectively their entire business in the cloud,” said David Sweetman, senior director, Global Product Marketing, SAP Business ByDesign. “The new capabilities in the latest release help companies manage more data and transactions in more places with greater speed and simplicity.”

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GreenButton Launches WarpDrive for Cloud Data Transfers

December 12, 2013, 8:41 am
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GreenButton™ on Thursday announced the GreenButton WarpDrive, a solution providing accelerated and secure transfers of large datasets to the cloud. Previously this capability was only available to GreenButton customers for running Big Compute and Big Data workloads; however, demand from other use cases, such as enterprise backups, has led to a new standalone service. "WarpDrive provides the best performing UDP data transfer technology for moving large datasets to the cloud." said Dave Fellows, Chief Technology Officer at GreenButton. “UDP is far more efficient than TCP over high latency and congested networks. The ability to deliver this capability for a fraction of the cost of what’s currently on the market should open the door for many exciting cloud-based initiatives.”

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Kevin L. Jackson Team to Deliver Business Focused Cloud Computing Training

December 9, 2013, 6:00 am
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Today I am announcing my partnership with EITAGlobal to produce and deliver a series of business focused training webinars on cloud computing. Headquartered in Fremont, California, EITAGlobal is a continuing professional education provider with a difference. Their strategy delivers effective and relevant training to IT professionals via three delivery options - Live Webinars, Recorded Webinars and In-person Seminars.

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Just Pinched Myself ! Part of a "GovCloud Dream Team" !!

December 12, 2013, 7:47 am
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DBT-DATA provides reliable, flexible, and cost-effective data center solutions to federal, enterprise, and internet customers. With premier facilities in Ashburn, Virginia and the Cyber Integration Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia, they acquire, develop, own, and operate facilities that are not only engineered to the highest standards, but are also strategically located in the most reliable, cost-effective and risk-averse geographies.

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NRRC Video Series - Video 7 : Dave Boulos Demonstrates Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) Management

December 20, 2013, 9:05 am
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In September, the NCOIC delivered the Geospatial Community Cloud (GCC) demonstration. Sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, this demonstration showed how an interoperable, hybrid-cloud operating environment can be quickly enabled and used as a rapid response capability.While this demonstration was designed around lessons learned in the 2010 Haitian Earthquake, the effort showed how a cloud services brokerage approach could be used to quickly provide critical information technology infrastructure support to an unplanned event.

The NCOIC is an international organization for accelerating the global implementation of network centric principles and systems--to improve information sharing among various communities of interest for the betterment of their productivity, interactivity, safety, and security. The NCOIC Rapid Response Capability (NRRC) video series supports that mission by broadly disseminating information about the GCC demonstration for the good of the global community.

In this segment, Dave Boulos, principal project manager at Winthrop Management Services, demonstrates the Winthrop Mobile Application for bring-your-own device users. Topis to be covered include:
  • Cloud edge mobile applications
  • Meeting low bandwidth requirements
  • Data sharing and export/import






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NRRC Video Series - Video 8 : Raytheon R3 Decision Support Tool and Advanced Tactical System

December 23, 2013, 9:18 am
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In September, the NCOIC delivered the Geospatial Community Cloud (GCC) demonstration. Sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, this demonstration showed how an interoperable, hybrid-cloud operating environment can be quickly enabled and used as a rapid response capability.While this demonstration was designed around lessons learned in the 2010 Haitian Earthquake, the effort showed how a cloud services brokerage approach could be used to quickly provide critical information technology infrastructure support to an unplanned event.

The NCOIC is an international organization for accelerating the global implementation of network centric principles and systems--to improve information sharing among various communities of interest for the betterment of their productivity, interactivity, safety, and security. The NCOIC Rapid Response Capability (NRRC) video series supports that mission by broadly disseminating information about the GCC demonstration for the good of the global community.

In this segment, Don Smith and Brian Urch of Raytheon Intelligence and Information Services show how the Raytheon Readiness, Response and Recovery Decision Support Tool and the RATS application enable collaboration within the cloud. Topics discussed include:
  • Complex event processing and relative scoring model
  • Evidence based decision support
  • Secure Andriod device mobile applications



 
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3rd Annual World Congress of Cloud Computing 2014

January 7, 2014, 8:36 am
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Today I am proud and honored to announce that I will be participating in this year's 3rd Annual World Congress of Cloud Computing 2014! Highlighting the theme of “Chinese Dream in Cloud” the event will be held in Dalian, China from June 19 to 21, 2014. CloudCon-2014 aims to strengthen the technical and business ties in cloud computing area, to bring together experts and industry leaders to share technological advancements and business experiences, and to jointly explore opportunities in emerging technologies. This congress provides an ideal platform for industrial practitioners and academia to keep up to date with current technology trends, interact with industry experts and network with peers. CloudCon-2014 is presenting an ambitious and unique program based around major themes "Chinese Dream In Cloud", and will feature an exciting line-up of keynote speakers and intense breakout sessions, where lively and interactive debates will take place among the delegates. The newly launched sectors are Parallel Thematic Forums, Frontier Technological Program, and IT/ICT Business Matchmaking and Career Fairs.

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2014 Federal Intelligence Summit - Washington, DC

January 10, 2014, 9:23 am
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DBT Data and Potomac Officers Club are excited to announce that Al Tarasiuk, CIO of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), will be part of an ICITE panel discussion that will provide insight and updates on this mission critical, cross agency Intel program. Planned topics for the panel include: 
  • A non-classified discussion about ICITE benefits to the Intel community
  • ICITE impact on the government contracting community
  • Successful implementations and applications within the Intel community
  • ICITE adoption process across agencies
  • Next steps for ICITE


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As one of the sponsors of the 2014 Federal Intelligence Summit, DBT Data is also proud to be featuring the following confirmed speakers:
 
  • Mike Rogers serves as the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The Committee is the House’s primary panel responsible for authorizing the funding for and overseeing the execution of the intelligence activities of the United States government.

  • Tish Long  was appointed Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency August 9, 2010. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Long served as the Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from May 2006 until July 2010. Previously, she was the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (Policy, Requirements, and Resources) from June 2003 until May 2006. She also served in the positions of Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence from July 2000 to June 2003 and the Director of Central Intelligence’s Executive Director for Intelligence Community Affairs, responsible for community-wide policy formulation, resource planning and program assessment and evaluation between January 1998 and June 2000.
  • Juan C. Zarate is a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the senior national security analyst for CBS News, and a visit¬ing lecturer of law at Harvard Law School. Prior to that, he served as the deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for combating terrorism, and the first ever assistant secretary of the Treasury for terrorist financing and financial crimes. He appears frequently on CBS News programs, PBS’s NewsHour, NPR, and CNN, and has written for the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and more. He and his family live in Alexandria, Virginia. Follow him on Twitter: @JCZarate1
  • David Shedd  was named Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in August 2010. In this capacity, he assists the Director’s management of a workforce with more than 16,500 military and civilian employees worldwide.
  • Stephanie O’Sullivan was sworn in as the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (PDDNI) on February 28, 2011. As PDDNI, Ms. O’Sullivan serves in a role similar to that of a Chief Operating Officer where she focuses on the operations of the ODNI, and manages Intelligence Community (IC) coordination and information sharing. She also reinforces the DNI’s intelligence integration initiatives and focus on IC resource challenges. Before this assignment she served as the Associate Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since December 2009, where she worked with the Director and Deputy Director in the overall leadership of the Agency, with emphasis on day-to-day management of the organization. 


Register now for this important event that will be held on January 16, 2014 at the Ritz Carlton Tyson's Corner, 7:00-11:30am


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Verizon to Add SAP HANA to Cloud Infrastructure

January 23, 2014, 5:00 am
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Verizon Enterprise Solutions on Wednesday announced a memorandum of understanding with SAP that outlines plans to deploy the SAP HANA® platform in Verizon’s data centers, making it available to customers across Verizon’s cloud offerings, including eCloud, Managed Hosting and the new Verizon Cloud. SAP HANA is SAP’s market-leading in-memory platform. This is the most recent enterprise-class service to be added to Verizon’s cloud environment, as the company creates the enterprise cloud ecosystem. Verizon brings the full power and functionality of enterprise-class technology to the cloud while providing clients flexibility and control over their cloud environment. The company is developing an ecosystem of enterprise technologies that are designed to run on Verizon’s Infrastructure as a Service platform.

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UShareSoft Launches Plug2watt

January 24, 2014, 7:30 am
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UShareSoft on Friday announced Plug2watt, an off-the-shelf hybrid cloud offering developed together with Cisco France. Plug2watt is a ready-to-run solution that works with French national cloud provider, Cloudwatt. UShareSoft and Cisco worked together to develop a customized version of UForge that leverages the platform's hybrid functionality. Pre-integrated into FlexPod, this version enables quick and easy implementation of a hybrid cloud. Customers can flexibly migrate, create and maintain application images for their local private cloud, or remotely on their service provider's cloud. This allows enterprise customers to quickly and easily benefit from IT functionality on demand, either locally or remotely. With Plug2watt, customers can efficiently and securely implement a hybrid cloud, while allowing multiple users to create and manage application images.

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DBT-Data Is a Force to Be Reckoned With

January 27, 2014, 5:37 am
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DBT-Data further established itself in the data storage industry as a formidable force with the $35 million dollar purchase of the state of the art Cyber Integration Center on 1175 North Main Street in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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Veterans 360 Paves the Way with Cloud Certification Training

February 3, 2014, 7:00 am
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In keeping with their mission to support young combat veterans’ transition into civilian life, Veterans 360 plans to launch a free Cloud Technology Certification training program. Vets360-Cloud will give veterans of all ages the opportunity to obtain meaningful employment in the Cloud Technology industry. Cloud computing is quickly emerging as one of the most in-demand skills in IT. The rapid transition from traditional Information Technology to Cloud Technology has created a demand for IT professionals with cloud computing skills. Veterans 360 recognizes this growing demand and has reported that 43 percent of all companies are having difficulty finding cloud computing professionals and 42 percent have hired professionals specifically with cloud IT skills. They also recognize the need for the inclusion of cloud computing in 79 percent of the syllabuses at higher education institutions.

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