Communications Engineering and IT
The Spreading Threat of Roadside Bombs and other Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)
January 02 by John M. DoyleThe war in Afghanistan may be winding down over the next two years but that's not the case with homemade bombs and booby traps, according to the commander of the Defense Department unit battling imp...
USNORTHCOM: Battlefields to Borders to Bases
January 02 by IDGA Editor[inlinead] What lessons have been learned and applied within the homeland from battlefields, to borders and bases? Michael Stone, USNORTHCOM J34, DIAC JCTD Deputy Operational Manager, examines thi...
Moving Beyond Passwords: DARPA’s Active Authentication Pt 2
December 21 by IDGA EditorDARPA is working with 10 ‘performers’ in the first phase of the program. In part two of this interview, Richard Guidorizzi [I2O Program Manager, Cyber] highlights each of the ten perfor...
Moving Beyond Passwords: DARPA’s Active Authentication Pt 1
December 21 by IDGA EditorIn part one of this exclusive interview, Richard Guidorizzi, [I2O Program Manager, Cyber] provides insight into the DARPA ‘active authentication program’ – a scientific way of usi...
Heel, Drop, Roll and Sniff Out IEDs, Good Boy!
December 20 by IDGA StaffIt takes a lot of time and money developing technologies that adequately locate and diffuse the IED threat. According to Lisa Albuquerque, Program Manager of the Naval Expeditionary Dog Program, Dog...
Do you speak ‘Semi-Conductor’? Focus on the G/ATOR Program
December 17 by Lee BondThe G/ATOR program is a highly mobile system intended to fully support the Marine Corps' expeditionary warfare requirements. In the following IDGA exclusive interview, Lee Bond, Program Manager, exa...
More Fight, Less Fuel [Infographic]
December 07 by IDGA EditorIn order to sustain a 21st century military force, especially in an era of fiscal distress, the United States must use it’s resources wisely, especially our energy resources. As an institution...
Army’s 3 Focus Areas for Reducing Fuel Reliance
November 28 by Colonel Peter NewellWhat's being done to manage and lessen the Army’s reliance on fuel as an energy source? The following interview features comments from Colonel Peter Newell, Director, Rapid Equipping Force &nd...
Energy Logic 2.0 New Strategies for Cutting Data Center Energy Costs and Boosting Capacity
November 20 by IDGA EditorWhen Energy Logic was introduced in 2007, data center energy efficiency was just emerging as a serious issue. Increases in data center density and capacity were driving up energy bills while concern...
Seven Best Practices for Increasing Efficiency, Availability and Capacity: The Enterprise Data Center Design Guide
October 31 by IDGA EditorThis paper builds upon several of the steps in Energy Logic to define seven best practices that serve as the foundation for data center design. These best practices provide planners and operators wi...
Maximizing Data Center Efficiency, Capacity and Availability through Integrated Infrastructure
October 31 by IDGA EditorThis white paper will explore the typical infrastructure challenges facing today’s data center manager, and the proven industry best practices. It also will examine the role of new "integrate...
Ten Steps to Increasing Data Center Efficiency and Availability through Infrastructure Monitoring
October 31 by IDGA EditorThrough these 10 steps, data center managers can automatically collect data from infrastructure systems and sensors placed strategically within the physical space and use this data to gain higher av...