Technically Speaking

Today, Autodesk announced the addition of advanced features to its flagship civil engineering solution – Autodesk InfraWorks 360.

2016 is the year in which DevOps will go mainstream, predicts Gartner. But what does the Silicon Valley culture of agile development practices, open source, and DevOps culture mean for the government sector?

DC on Track to Meet Sustainability Goals thanks to Data-Rich City Models Washington, D.C. is on a mission – to become the greenest, healthiest, and most livable city in the U.S. by 2032 as outlines in the Sustainable DC 2032 plan.

Black hat hackers make more money than white hat hackers.  A lot more.  The 2015 Symantec Internet Security Threat report states that a hacker can sell a credit card number for about $50 on the black market.  If you can steal 100,000 numbers in a few months, you stand to earn about $5 million.  This money pales in comparison to what a bad actor can get for a purloined medical record:  about $500 per record, according to the same report.  Steal 100,000 of those, and you’ll get a whopping $50 mil

Well, not exactly.  Except for whatever delicious things you may have shopped for and purchased on Amazon, then no, Amazon is nowhere to be found in your body.  However, some really interesting research is taking place in the Amazon Web Services Cloud by NIH and the results could help your stomach lining stay healthy.

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