OutSystems grabs PaaS data centres contract with US army

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider, OutSystems, has snared a major contract with the United States Department of Defense to assist with consolidation in 962 of the army's data centres across the US by 2015.
 

The great shredding challenge

DARPA recently ran a competition to 'recover' a suite of shredded documents.  Here's how it went.
 

GBST strengthens board with new appointment

Australian-listed global financial services industry technology provider, GBST, has appointed the president of Boeing Australia and South Pacific and the current president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia, Dr Ian Thomas, to its board of directors.
 

Verizon helps defend Australia with $50 million

Australia's Department of Defense has gone with a distinctly American company to help manage its internet environment in a $50 million deal.
 

Defending against the cyber cold war

If you supply someone who supplies the government, are you the weak link in the security chain? Could your organisation be a stepping stone to an attack on a government or military target?
 

CSC to develop Department of Defence eHealth system

The Department of Defence has awarded a five-year contract to develop and implement an eHealth system.
 

US marines trial Aussie robot technology in $57m contract

New South Wales company, Marathon Robotics, with the backing of the New South Wales Government, has snared a $57 million contract with the United States Marines to trial advanced robot technology for training soldiers in live firing exercises.
 

Israel’s iPad WiFi weirdness

Israel’s iPad injunction over Wi-Fi issues is baffling the international community, including Israelis in Israel’s highly developed technology sector who are itching to develop new iPad apps and have a real iPad to immediately test them on, rather than relying on SDKs and emulated environments.
 

WikiLeaks - back with the worst the US military has to offer

As WikiLeaks slowly assembles the funding needed to operate for another year, newly breaking material is appearing on the site.
 

U.S. military to try out throwable cameras

Some United States forces in Afghanistan will soon be carrying cameras that can be thrown into places that can't otherwise be seen, hopefully reducing casualties to both soldiers and civilians.