Azure Support – First phase of Azure support where allocate and configure VirtualNets are available for user activity. Invite Codes – Project managers can issue unique invite codes to new users that will automatically approve account registration and add them to the project. Project Expiration Emails – Advanced notice to project managers 30 and 60 […]

Container Operating Systems – Addition of container specific operating system templates for faster container deployments, including Red Hat Atomic. Universal Template Management – Final phase of transition to managing and controlling access to templates across all cloud platforms. New controls for cloudspace admins to manage local and shared templates. vGPU System Designs – Users can […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2016 — Two initiatives were rolled out today to strengthen the cyber security environment in the Defense Department and the Army, DoD officials announced. The first initiative is part of the “Hack the Pentagon” program that debuted last spring, officials said. Called the Vulnerability Disclosure Policy, […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) — Cyber resiliency and hardening are more important now than ever and the Air Force Materiel Command commander made that point as she addressed a crowd at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber conference here Sept. 21. Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter today announced the opening of the Pentagon’s third location for its technology start-up Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental, or DIUx, this time extending the department’s outreach to the U.S. technology community in Austin, Texas. In April 2015, Carter created DIUx in […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. Jack Wilmer, vice director of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Development and Business Center, spoke about the security, culture, and business process challenges associated with migrating applications to the commercial cloud during the fifth annual MeriTalk Cloud Computing Brainstorm. The event, held June 15 at […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, June 22, 2016 — The Defense Department has made significant progress in implementing its cyber strategy, a senior DoD official told members of the House Armed Services Committee today. The cyber threat from state and non-state actors is constant and growing, Thomas Atkin told legislators. Atkin […]

Relevant  links are at the bottom of this post. The long journey of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to the cloud is nearing its end. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, or JPL, announced this week that it has built a private cloud based on Red Hat’s OpenStack Platform. JPL’s path toward a unified cloud began in 2008, but […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, April 18, 2016 — Defense Department Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen discussed the DoD’s network modernization and data center consolidation efforts as part of the department’s cyber strategy during a recent media roundtable with defense reporters. The DoD CIO also explained how his office is empowering mobile data […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. The Air Force will be finalizing an agreement with a consortium of companies in the next two weeks in hopes of doling out rapid awards around open architecture systems. The consortium will be part of a new acquisition process that uses an “other transaction agreement” (OTA) […]