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Cloudspace Networking & New Boundary IP

Arcus has improved the identification of the Cloudspace Boundary IP addresses when users create networks with external traffic routing enabled. In default configurations, all user-net networks will have this feature enabled when a Cloudspace is allocated for the first time. Boundary IP addresses allow secure communication between the Cloudspace and anywhere outside of the Cloudspace. […]

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New Office

We are happy to announce that the main office of Jackpine Technologies has moved into a new space within the Mill and Main complex. As such our address has changed to: 1 Mill and Main, Suite 330Maynard, MA 01754 With the move comes new and improved hardware, and a new layout to maintain social distancing. […]

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Cloud One Support

HmC now supports Cloud One. Users with an existing virtual network and storage account can now register and immediately interact with an infrastructure Azure and/or AWS. Moreover, users can fully utilize HmC’s advanced suite of tools within Cloud One, such as: The automation of test tools A well-stocked library of software and test assets for […]

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Stop Agents

Users are now able to stop the CONS3RT agent on a Deployment Run in the reserved state. Simply click on the Stop Agents button on the overview page of a given Run. However, if a Deployment Run has… Container Assets Test setup/prepare/teardown scripts Scenario teardown scripts …the CONS3RT Agent will continue to run. As always, […]

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Pentagon: Russia, China Able to Launch Catastrophic Cyber Attacks on U.S. Infrastructure for Next 10 Years

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. Defense Science Board calls for new cyber deterrence plan targeting foreign leaders Bill GertzMarch 10, 2017 5:00 am Adm. Michael Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber Command / Getty Images BY: Critical American infrastructure like the electric grid will remain vulnerable to catastrophic cyber attacks from Russia […]

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Despite Trump, Silicon Valley’s Pentagon Ties Stay Strong

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. On the surface, left-leaning Silicon Valley and the more conservative US military seem worlds apart. Tech companies favor individual initiative and a “move fast and break things” style. The Pentagon emphasizes a strict chain of command that filters ideas through layers of bureaucracy. But the Pentagon’s Defense […]

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Fast Acquisitions: Not an Oxymoron at Hanscom

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. By Benjamin Newell, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs / Published February 17, 2017 LEXINGTON, MASS. — Personnel from Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, and Defense Innovation Unit Experimental told industry members gathered at a luncheon event here Feb. 15 that new defense acquisition mechanisms can get critical […]

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Defense Acquisition Chief Lays Out Hard-Won Lessons

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2017 — The outgoing undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics leaves office this week, and he’s leaving behind a road map for the future of defense acquisition. Frank Kendall spoke yesterday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies here about his new […]

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Advisory Board Approves 11 DoD Innovation Recommendations

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2017 — Top innovators, scholars and business leaders gathered at the Pentagon today for the second meeting of the Defense Innovation Advisory Board and approved 11 recommendations aimed at keeping the Defense Department on the cutting edge in technology, culture, operations and processes. Eric […]

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New Rapid Contracting Tool – Commercial Solutions Opening

Relevant links are at the bottom of this link. From the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics: The Department now has a new approach to rapidly meet warfighter requirements that can result in awards for prototype solutions within a timeline of 60 days or less. This approach is called a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO), […]

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