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Lt Gen Larry James joins SmartSat & Monash University
Mon, 27th May 2024
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Monash University and SmartSat have appointed ex-NASA leader Lt Gen Larry James to boost their space research, leveraging his extensive expertise.
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Fleet Space demonstrates satellite-enabled push-to-talk
Tue, 12th Mar 2024
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university of south australia
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nasa
Fleet Space Technologies, with SmartSat support, illustrated their satellites' capability to provide high-quality, in-orbit Push-to-Talk voice capabilities.
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Nikon partners with NASA for pioneering lunar camera technology
Mon, 4th Mar 2024
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collaboration
Nikon's subsidiary, Nikon, partners with NASA for its Artemis III lunar mission, planning to utilise Nikon Z 9 as the official handheld cam. The mission marks the first lunar landing since 1972.
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HPE's Spaceborne Computer-2 heads to ISS with highest storage yet
Thu, 1st Feb 2024
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ai
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise sends its enhanced Spaceborne Computer-2 to the International Space Station, augmenting AI and machine learning capabilities with unprecedented flash-based storage power.
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Vast Data's substantial funding to disrupt AI data stack industry
Tue, 12th Dec 2023
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storage
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ai
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cloud services
Vast Data secures triple-digit million-dollar funding, boosting its valuation and potential to shake up the AI data stack industry.
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VAST Data triples valuation to $9.1bn after Series E funding round success
Mon, 11th Dec 2023
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verizon
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economics
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capital
London-based VAST Data's valuation soars to $9.1bn following a successful $118m Series E funding round.
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Pure Storage appoints Lynn Lucas as new Chief Marketing Officer
Wed, 6th Dec 2023
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storage
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ai
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cleantech
Data storage provider Pure Storage recruits B2B veteran Lynn Lucas as its new Chief Marketing Officer.
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IBM & Meta establish AI Alliance for open innovation in AI
Wed, 6th Dec 2023
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risk & compliance
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ai
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developers
IBM and Meta create an international AI Alliance to promote open innovation and standardisation in AI technologies.
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AI experts reveal 2024 predictions: hype drop & increased scrutiny
Wed, 6th Dec 2023
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edutech
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data privacy
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ai
AI experts forecast a drop in generative AI hype, increased regulation, and thorough scrutiny in AI adoption by 2024.
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SmartSat sends doctoral students to NASA JPL for internships
Wed, 3rd May 2023
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spacetech
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personal computing devices
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hardware
Two SmartSat CRC PhD students have been selected for a SmartSat-led internship program at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to kickstart their aerospace careers.
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NASA is migrating back to on-premises 640 TB all-flash mission-critical storage
Tue, 20th Jul 2021
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storage
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hp
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flash storage
NASA has chosen Storbyte and StorONE's software and hardware storage technologies to improve data protection and functionality while reducing costs.
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New Zealand and NASA partner up, allowing Aotearoa to grow space industry, minister says
Wed, 2nd Jun 2021
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New Zealand and NASA have partnered up under the multi-lateral Artemis Accords, in an effort to enhance space exploration efforts. .
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NASA's cybersecurity incidents rose 266% last year
Tue, 9th Jun 2020
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cybersecurity
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cybersafety
NASA experienced a 266% rise in cyber incidents last year, highlighting vulnerabilities as budget cuts hampered its cybersecurity defences.
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Mines, underwater, outer space - the weirdest data centers on Earth and beyond
Tue, 17th Mar 2020
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datacentre infrastructure
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facebook
From Norwegian fjords to converted World War II shelters, data centres are finding homes in unique locations to keep up with skyrocketing global data demands.
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Aussie researchers to help NASA advance astronaut health
Fri, 25th Oct 2019
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australian
Australian researchers are teaming up with NASA to develop microfluidic sensors for monitoring astronaut health, advancing space and Earth healthcare.
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NASA got hacked (again)
Thu, 20th Dec 2018
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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nasa
The compromised servers stored personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to current and former NASA employees.
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DDN part of data mining mission on Mars
Thu, 15th Nov 2018
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storage
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hyperscale
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dc
DataDirect Networks (DDN) today announced that it will be playing a role in one of NASA’s most critical missions.
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These were the voyages of the Kepler space telescope
Mon, 5th Nov 2018
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spacetech
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solar power
After nine years exploring deep space, NASA's spacecraft and telescope will now be another piece of historical space junk.
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HPE opens up ‘cloud above the clouds’ for space travel
Fri, 2nd Nov 2018
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spacetech
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
HPE has launched a supercomputer on the ISS, enabling astronauts to analyse data in space, speeding up research without Earth-based delays.
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Dicker Data NZ and Plantronics’ out of this world experience
Fri, 26th Oct 2018
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plantronics
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nasa
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dicker data
The vendor and distie got together to take six reseller partners on a once in a lifetime trip to the US that included a tour of NASA facilities.