http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123570 By Claudette Roulo DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2014 – The technological dominance enjoyed by the U.S. military force that fought the first Gulf War a quarter century ago is threatened today, the undersecretary of defense for acquisitions, technology and logistics said today. Speaking at a Navy League special topics breakfast […]

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123565 By Cheryl PellerinDoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2014 – Adopting open architectures in systems that the Defense Department buys from industry can reduce costs and facilitate competition, the assistant secretary of defense for acquisition said here yesterday. Katrina G. McFarland was the morning keynote speaker at Defense Daily’s 2014 Open Architecture […]

The week in cloud: Amazon’s poor earnings cast some doubt on how much the company can continue to pour into pricey AWS cloud infrastructure. On Thursday, Amazon Inc. posted a “gigantic” $544 million operating loss for its third quarter ending September 30. And although CEO Jeff Bezos has long shown a willingness to sacrifice profit for growth, you […]

http://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2014/10/27/eclipse–moves-into-cloud.aspx Well known among developers for its Java-based integrated development environment, supporting vendors for the latest venture include IBM, Red Hat and SAP. By John K. Waters 10/27/2014 Another open source cloud project, this time with the backing of the Eclipse open source world, has been launched. The Eclipse Foundation today announced a new initiative […]