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Amazon hires Iberdrola to build wind farm for cloud data

July 14, 2015 publisher future-cloud, microsoft-corp, nokia, north, north-carolina, porch, state, virginia

Online store Amazon said it has contracted Spanish utility Iberdrola to build and manage a wind farm in North Carolina, United States, to power its current and future cloud data centers. Amazon affiliate Amazon Web Services (AWS) said on Monday the wind farm would be operational by December of next year, putting it on track to surpass a goal for 40 percent its electrical grids to be powered by renewable energy by end-2016

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Obama says ‘handful of senators’ blocking U.S. surveillance reforms

May 29, 2015 creative arlington, cemetery, certain-period, house, leader-mitch, obama, prevent-attacks, reform-the-bulk, representatives, roberta-rampton, senate-majority, senators, told-reporters, virginia

By Patricia Zengerle and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama warned on Friday that surveillance powers used to prevent attacks on Americans could lapse at midnight on Sunday unless “a handful of senators” stop standing in the way of reform legislation. Obama said he had told Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other senators that he expects them to act swiftly on a bill passed by the House of Representatives that would renew certain powers and reform the bulk collection of telephone data

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Verizon’s online video service revenue may depend on ads: CFO

March 26, 2015 admin ashburn, chief-financial, malathi-nayak, mobile-devices, network, network-corp, not-necessarily, officer-fran, shammo, such-as-dish, video-service, virginia

By Malathi Nayak NEW YORK (Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc may rely largely on advertising for revenue from its upcoming online video service, Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo said in an interview.

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U.S. House committee advances ‘threat-sharing’ cybersecurity bill

March 26, 2015 publisher ashburn, before-the-full, committee, government, house-as-soon, more-protection, not-necessarily, picture, the-government, video-service, virginia

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to advance a long-awaited bill that would make it easier for companies to share information about cybersecurity threats with the government without the fear of lawsuits. The legislation is expected to come before the full House as soon as late April, after lawmakers return from a two-week early April recess.

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CIA to make sweeping changes, focus more on cyber ops: agency chief

March 6, 2015 creative 70-year-history, agency, biggest, cia, creating-new, cutting, director-said, focus-on-cyber, mission-centers, national, sharpening-its, the-cutting, units-within, virginia

By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Central Intelligence Agency will make one of the biggest overhauls in its nearly 70-year history, aimed in part at sharpening its focus on cyber operations and incorporating digital innovations, CIA director John Brennan said. Brennan said he is creating new units within the CIA, called “mission centers,” intended to concentrate the agency's focus on specific challenges or geographic areas, such as weapons proliferation or Africa