The JPL Mobile App team in the Office of the CIO has partnered with JPL missions and programs since 2010 to launch internal, iTunes, Android Market, and Windows Azure DataMarket mobile apps that have ...
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Kennedy Data Center Consolidation—A Smart Move
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The NASA Engineering Network Builds Agency-Wide ...
The NASA Engineering Network (NEN) Website, available within the NASA firewall, provides many features to help engineers discover contacts and experts at all locations within NASA.
Telework Exchange Town Hall
Recently, NASA was represented at the 2011 Telework Exchange Town Hall meeting in Washington, DC, by Tony Facca of NASA’s Emerging Technology and Desktop Standards (ETADS). The Telework Exchange is ...
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Data (and hence information) play an increasingly important role for NASA's exploration and aeronautics missions. NASA produces more than 10 terabytes of new data each day, but quickly interpreting ...
NASA's Federal Personal Identity Verification (PIV) ...
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Chris Kemp is Federal 100 Honoree
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