Hauraki District Council

Huawei | February 11, 2020

The battle between Huawei and the U.S. government over spying allegations shows no signs of stopping. Last month, the Department of Commerce attempted to place more trade limits on Huawei, and now the federal government is claiming Huawei has back doors in various cell networks across the world. Per a report from The Wall Street Journal, U.S. officials are warning that Huawei can covertly access mobile phone networks worldwide through the use of back doors designed for use by law enforcement, an...

Government Accountability Office | March 06, 2020

Following a shift in federal policy last year that pushed agencies to focus on closing major data centers over servers in closets and under desks, the Government Accountability Office released a report Thursday criticizing the new policy for decreasing visibility into the number of data centers operating across the government and making agencies more vulnerable to cyberattacks. The original Data Center Closure Initiative kicked off in 2010 during the Obama administration. The goal at the time wa...

Emerging Technology

Spin Systems | September 29, 2022

Spin Systems, Inc. (SpinSys), announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Government Competency status. This designation recognizes that SpinSys provides solutions to—and/or has deep experience working with—government customers to deliver mission-critical workloads and applications on AWS. Achieving the AWS Government Competency differentiates SpinSys as an AWS Partner that possess deep domain expertise in one or more of the following core categories...

Government Business

Appian | December 09, 2020

Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today reported a joint effort with Accenture Federal Services (AFS), an auxiliary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), to additionally disentangle the federal acquisition measure through low-code robotization. Through the joint exertion, AFS is growing new delivery accelerators to upgrade Appian's Acquisition Solutions, which streamline the acquisition cycle and approve that the cycle completely follows the Federal Acquisition Regulations for defense and regular citizen organizati...