GE has been selected to help modernize the power grid of a city in Mississippi with the goal of helping the city fulfill energy usage requirements. Holly Springs City will use GE“™s solutions-as-a-service offering to detect power outages, inform utilities about these disruptions and monitor city assets, GE said Thursday. Todd Jackson, product line leader […] More

In-Q-Tel is investing in cloud-based software developer Socrata to help further develop the latter’s technology that aims to help organizations visualize and share mission-critical information. Socrata created a platform to convert raw data from different sources into applications, reports, dashboards, maps and application programming interfaces, In-Q-Tel said Tuesday. “Our focus with open data has always been […] More

In-Q-Tel has signed an investment agreement with RedOwl Analytics to develop products that aim to help federal information technology organizations address compliance, governance and risk management challenges. The partnership is part of In-Q-Tel’s goal to bring new technologies into big data environments, In-Q-Tel said Thursday. “(RedOwl’s) approach to pattern analysis technology makes it an important addition […] More

In-Q-Tel has signed a strategic investment agreement with OpenGeo to promote the latter’s open source spatial technologies in the government market. OpenGeo’s suite works to function as a software stack that contains components for storing, processing and publishing geospatial data, IQT said Thursday. “We are excited about what this partnership will mean for the open […] More

 In-Q-Tel has formed an alliance with cloud security automation company HyTrust, who seeks to expand its virtualization and cloud services in the public sector. HyTrust develops virtualization tools that are designed to facilitate system migration to cloud environments while preventing potential threats and risks in productivity and computing operations, the company said Monday. Eric Chiu, […] More

In-Q-Tel plans to invest in flash storage, artificial intelligence and solar energy technology development in a bid to create related offerings for government use, Information Week reported Wednesday. Patience Wait writes that the CIA investment arm has signed an agreement with Pure Storage of California, which will use the fund to develop solid-stage storage products for […] More

In-Q-Tel has partnered with natural language communication technology developer Narrative Science to produce a variation of the latter company’s patented artificial intelligence engine for government customers. IQT aims for the technology to help intelligence agencies analyze, understand and communicate data from different sources, the company said Wednesday. “We believe these advanced analytic capabilities can be […] More

In-Q-Tel has signed a strategic investment and technology development agreement with Pure Storage aimed at further developing an all-flash array technology for government agencies. Pure Storage’s FlashArray features compression, deduplication and thin provisioning mechanisms that are intended to help enterprises reduce their data footprint, the company said Wednesday. The company says the technology is designed […] More

Intelligence community venture capital firm In-Q-Tel and six other organizations have invested a new $20 million round of funding in Pelican Imaging Corp., which develops array camera technology for mobile devices. IQT has previously invested in Pelican Imaging, whose computational camera technology intends to help users map depth and perform edits both pre- and post-capture, […] More

In-Q-Tel has invested in software developer Apigee for an undisclosed amount to help the latter deliver its cloud-based service to the U.S. intelligence community. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Apigee aims for its software to help security agencies manage their application programming interfaces and help developers share information across different apps, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reported […] More

In-Q-Tel is investing in a radiation detection technology producer to help that company commercialize its semiconductor detector technology for the intelligence community. Redlen Technologies built its CZT semiconductor detector to convert radiation to electrical signals for machine users to detect radioactive isotopes by viewing images, Redlen said Thursday. CZT radiation detectors are designed to operate […] More

In-Q-Tel has entered into a strategic partnership and technology development agreement with BioNEMS Corp. aimed at helping commercialize rapid handheld DNA testing technology. Bio-NEMS is developing systems intended to directly analyze DNA on the surface of a semiconductor device in five minutes or less by using a battery-powered device, In-Q-Tel said Friday. David Medin, Bio-NEMS […] More