Information Technology
Gov. Malloy announces Infosys will establish a technology and innovation hub and create 1,000 high-tech jobs in Hartford
HARTFORD - Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced today that Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology, is planning to establish a technology and innovation hub in Hartford. Malloy said The $20.6 million project will see the creation of 1,000 good paying, high-tech jobs in the state's capital city by 2022.
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From Data Breaches to Hurricanes: Information Technology Leaders Gather to Plan For the Worst - EdSurge News
Unlike other conferences that often mince inspirational speeches with grandiose plans, the COSN (Consortium for School Networking) Conference in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday kicked off with a sobering start: "Don't think a disaster will never happen to you," Sheryl Abshire, the chief technology officer of Calcasieu Parish Public Schools in Lousiana, said during a management session.
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Changes For DXP Enterprises At Chief Accounting Officer, Information Technology SVP
Houston-based MRO distributor DXP Enterprises' current chief accounting officer is retiring at the end of March, while there has also been a change for its senior vice president of information technology. See the details here.
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Leidos Awarded Department of Veterans Affairs IT Modernization Task Order
The award is aligned with the VA's next phase of IT transformation, which is focused on consolidating data centers and updating cloud services. Leidos will provide the VA's Information Technology Operations and Services Infrastructure Operations (ITOPS IO) an array of services and solutions that include data center operations, security, architecture, applications management, service desk support and command center support.
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Eastern Iowa Community College presents 'Women in Information Technology'
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges will host its annual free Women in Information Technology Conference from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 20 at its Urban Campus, 101 W. 3rd St., downtown Davenport. Keynote speaker will be Laurie Johnson, senior learning and development manager at MRA. Her presentation, "Emotional Intelligence or Hot Mess?
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A raft of flaws in AMD chips makes bad hacks much, much worse
Secure enclaves like the one found in iPhones are intended to be impenetrable fortresses that handle tasks too sensitive for the main CPUs they work with. AMD's version of that co-processor contains a raft of critical flaws that attackers could exploit to run malware that's nearly impossible to detect and has direct access to a vulnerable computer's most sensitive secrets, a report published Tuesday warned.
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World Demand for Information Technology is Still on the Move - Press Release - Digital Journal
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Don't Be So Quick to Write Off the Government Data Center, Officials Say
The public sector is still finding new ways to use the cloud more than a decade after its arrival, a process that may roll on for years. But even agencies with cloud-forward policies have found reasons why brick-and-mortar data centers still make sense - a parallel narrative that is also likely to continue.
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Information Technology Company To Open Hartford Hub | CT News Junkie
HARTFORD, CT -Infosys, a global consulting and information technology services company, will be opening one of its four innovation hubs in Hartford and promises to create 1,000 jobs before 2022. The hub, which hasn't settled yet on a property in the city, will have a special focus on insurance, healthcare and manufacturing, according to the company.
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Cybersecurity Expert: 'Computers Are Hard to Break into, but People Are Easy'
(TNS) - Hackers and cybercriminals aren't so much trying to attack computer network security measures as they are looking for vulnerabilities in people who use and operate those networks as a gateway to access them.
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