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Ahead of Amazon’s AWS division big Re:invent conference next week, the company has announced two developments in the area of artificial intelligence. AWS is opening a machine learning lab, ML Solutions Lab, to pair Amazon machine learning e… Continue reading AWS ramps up in AI with new consultancy services and Rekognition features
Management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton is acquiring Morphick, a small, Cincinnati-based cybersecurity firm which has developed a digital platform for threat detection, breach investigation and response. Booz Allen Hamilton announced the agreement to purchase Morphick in a press release on Friday, saying the acquisition will bolster the cybersecurity profile available to clients. Company executives explained that the acquisition will complement existing cybersecurity services already provided by Booz Allen Hamilton. “The addition of the Morphick team and technology further solidifies the firm’s ability to solve increasingly advanced cyber challenges,” said Booz Allen Hamilton President and CEO Horacio Rozanski. The consulting giant already offers threat intelligence products through another service called Cyber4Sight. Morphick, a firm of about 40 people, sells a managed detection and response service, which can provide “organizations with the ability to effectively detect and remediate cyber attacks of all types; ranging from zero-day exploits and privilege escalation to ransomware,” according to […]
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Prior to his short-lived term as National Security Advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn assisted private sector firms in building their connections with governments around the world. Flynn offered consultation services and guidance while serving on either the Advisory Council or Board of Directors for at least four private sector cybersecurity firms, including Palo Alto Networks, GreenZone Systems, which is now Saife, Halo Privacy and OSY Technologies, an organization connected to Israeli cyberarms dealer NSO Group. Flynn, according to his Public Financial Disclosure Form, held at least 11 positions among various companies in the private sector within 12 months of January 22, 2017, the eventual date of his appointment as Trump’s National Security Advisor. Flynn terminated his positions at nearly all of these companies in late 2016 when Trump nominated him as National Security Advisor, according to disclosure forms. The only two positions he stayed on […]
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You’re a contractor and people are paying you to work in your pajamas. It’s a life of luxury, but when tax time comes, you are in a world of hurt and you wonder why you even do it. Taxes are tricky, but there are some tools you can use to make it less painful on your pocketbook. With planning and diligence, you can significantly increase the amount of money that stays in your bank account.
We are not certified tax lawyers or accountants, so take what follows with a heap of salt, consult appropriate people before you do anything big, …read more
I believe higher quality learning happens from sharing failure than from sharing stories of success. If you have set your mind to living on contract, I present this cheat sheet of some of the most simple and effective ways to muck it all up that have surprisingly little or nothing to do with your technical skill, knowledge, or even deliverables.
The previous installment of Life on Contract discussed how one might find clients as an engineering contractor or consultant while also taking a bit of time to pull apart the idea of whether life on contract is appropriate as opposed …read more
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Some more consolidation afoot in the cloud services industry, specifically around integration services. Wipro, a IT services company originally founded in India, announced that it has acquired Appirio — a consultancy focused on cloud services and cloud integration — for $500 million.
The deal confirms earlier reports of the acquisition, where the rumored price was $400… Read More Continue reading India’s Wipro buys cloud consultancy and work marketplace Appirio for $500M
