http://www.silicon.com Results for Army en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60823458p,00.htm With a behind the scenes army working to keep your data highly secure, your IT team can focus on more strategic initiatives rather than deploying hardware and maintaining software. Learn about fully hosted productivity tools in the cloud with... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817411p,00.htm Agencies of the U.S.government such as The Pentagon, NASA, FAA, The Army, The Veterans Administration, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory have suffered data losses - either through inadvertent human error, insider espionage, state-sponsored... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39629409,00.htm The Colossus was the world's first programmable electronic computer and was built to crack the Lorenz code used to protect the German High Command's orders to the army's field marshals. In 1943 Rosenberg was stationed with the 21st Army Group... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:41:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39607328,00.htm By using AR in this way, the army can put soliders through a wider range of scenarios than would normally be possible, without the need for extra hardware or manpower. Augmented reality? Is this another name for Apple CEO Steve Jobs' infamous... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:03:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39572682,00.htm Because although there's an army of talent out there, most firms are either looking in the wrong places or pursuing policies that actively repel those they most urgently need to woo. But you will have to think unconventionally to attract them. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39554597,00.htm September saw the US Army honour the gadgets that keep its soldiers fighting fit on the battlefield. According to the Army, the kit allows soldiers to exit vehicles faster and more safely in the case of an emergency and enhances "situational... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39550669,00.htm Suddenly, if your OS didn't have an army of developers behind it, it began to feel at a disadvantage. Symbian? Is that a new brand of indigestion tablet? Ha, no. The Symbian platform is an open source operating system for mobile devices, backed by... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:11:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/lans/0,39024663,39550664,00.htm The US Army this week paid tribute to some of that work in the form of its Top 10 Greatest Inventions of 2008 awards, which recognise equipment that was fielded within the army during 2008. The first one on display here is the Enhanced Mobile Rapid... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:52:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39546161,00.htm After all, HP can use its EDS army to sell print managed services in addition to other items. Xerox said Monday it will buy Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) in a cash and stock deal valued at $6.4bn. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:42:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39513413,00.htm Workers were split into groups, who worked in huts decoding army, naval, air force and intelligence communications. Colossus was the first machine to break the Lorenz - a complex cipher machine used to pass important messages between the German... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:53:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39489516,00.htm The C36's code was broken quite easily by the Nazis in WWII, who used it to their advantage as their army swept across France in 1940. One of the world's largest collections of Enigma cipher machines - famous for being used by the Nazis to protect... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39481563,00.htm As professional organisations become increasingly guarded about employees' use of social networks, British troops are actually being encouraged to use social media to talk about what they do - within limits, of course. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:00:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60637786p,00.htm Even if business is located in an army bunker, sitting below a mountain, it can still be impacted by a disaster. If one has never done a disaster recovery plan before, consider leveraging a consulting company with disaster recovery experience to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:21:51 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39473326,00.htm He was charged with intentionally damaging a federal computer system, and with breaking into 97 computers belonging to the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, US Department of Defense and Nasa. Gary McKinnon has lost his high court bid to avoid... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:57:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39461055,00.htm The NAO report also found the MoD unable to account for £155m-worth of Bowman secure radio systems being used by Army personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. Failings in computer systems used by the Ministry of Defence led to the loss of almost £300m in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:54:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/telecoms/0,39024659,39453074,00.htm The deal broadens the Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS) agreement, under which BT is building and managing a co-ordinated communicated infrastructure for the Army, Royal Navy and RAF. BT on Thursday announced a five-year, £99m... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:30:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39448353,00.htm An army of temporary portable units was bought in, whilst the main system was totally ripped out and cranes were hired to lift up condenser units onto the roof. The hot weather the UK has been experiencing in the past week or so doesn't seem to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:46:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39448352,00.htm The Bowman radios have been used in MoD operations since 2005 and are integrated into more than 13,000 British Army vehicles, together with headquarters, ships and helicopters, according to the MoD. The Ministry of Defence has awarded two comms... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:34:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60607983p,00.htm Internet has become an ally platform of attack for malware creators, who through the use of different techniques such as Drive-by-Download, Drive-by-Update, scripting, exploit, among others, and combining them seek to recruit an army of computers... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:19:29 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39437306,00.htm Hut six, seen here, the main centre for decrypting German air force and army messages, and hut three, are both rotting and boarded up after decades of neglect. Army tech was on show last month in West London - including this virtual battlefield... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:09:02 +0000