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Novetta strikes deal with US Air Force to resell Platform One products
Accenture Federal Services ( AFS ) has announced that Novetta , an advanced analytics company acquired in August 2021 by AFS , has entered into a first-of-its-kind agreement to commercialize Platform One , the US Air Force ’ s ( USAF ) software development platform . Specifically , the two-year deal allows Novetta to resell and support the platform ’ s Iron Bank and Big Bang products , thus expanding the Platform One footprint across federal government and industry partners alike .
“ We ’ re thrilled to support the US Air Force in reimagining its approach to software delivery ,” said Tiffanny Gates , AFS Senior Managing Director , National Security Portfolio and former Novetta President and CEO .
“ Through the commercialization of Platform One , clients across the federal government , as well as industry partners , will realize immediate value with increased speed-to-mission and mission assurance .”
Under the agreement , the company along with its partners Fearless and Spathe Systems , will tailor and deploy both Big Bang ( Infrastructure-as-Code and Configuration-as-Code ) and Iron Bank ( container registry ) products for government customers and commercial software vendors alike .
Having spearheaded this development , the USAF will focus on the baseline and governance of the Platform One environment .
IDC study : Data mobility engine can serve as core of effective data management strategy
Research firm IDC predicts that , over the next five years , more than 80 % of the data collected by organizations will be unstructured data , and that will only continue to grow 40 – 50 % per year for most enterprises .
With the sheer volume of unstructured data yet to be created and used in the years ahead , it ’ s safe to say that the way organizations manage their data will need to evolve .
IDC ’ s Research VP of Infrastructure Systems , Platforms and Technologies Group , Eric Burgener , authored an IDC Analyst Brief , sponsored by Datadobi , titled The Data Mobility Engine as the Foundation for an Efficient Data Management Strategy .
In the analyst brief , Burgener urges organizations to implement a comprehensive data management strategy to confront this increasing influx of data , noting that a data mobility engine provides the foundation for an effective data management strategy and can drive significant benefits for the hybrid multi-cloud enterprise .
“ A good ( data management ) strategy takes into account not only the heterogeneity of storage in most enterprises , but also a number of other areas , including onand off-premises deployment models , application availability , data integrity , security , compliance and regulatory needs , efficient resource utilization and the fact that more than 80 % of the data created over the next five years will be unstructured ( i . e ., file and object-based ),” said Burgener .
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