via Bloomberg Research in Motion Ltd. (RIMM)’s PlayBook tablet computer, panned at its April debut, has an edge over Apple Inc. (AAPL)‘s iPad in the Army thanks to RIM’s encrypted servers. That advantage may soon dissipate as Apple’s more broadly popular devices march toward ...
via Fierce Government IT Federal officials at work on the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program have agreed on a set of minimal common security controls for cloud computing, said a senior General Services Administration official March 29. Officials from the departments of Defense and Hom...
via InformationWeek The Central Intelligence Agency has made new investments in companies that provide desktop virtualization and continuous monitoring technology to support the work of the U.S. intelligence community. In-Q-Tel, the CIA-based investment firm that identifies technology for use by the...
via InformationWeek Google has won a temporary order preventing the Department of Interior from awarding an estimated $59 million contract to Microsoft and deploying cloud-based e-mail and collaboration services from Microsoft to the agency’s 88,000 employees. The preliminary injunction, which...