Veris Group, LLC Completes AT&T 3PAO Assessment Resulting in FedRAMP JAB Provisional ATO

VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Veris Group, LLC recently announced that it served as the Third Party Assessment Organization (3PAO) for global telecommunications leader AT&T. Veris Group performed the 3PAO security assessment of AT&T’s Storage as a Service (STaaS) platform. The FedRAMP program requires a 3PAO such as Veris Group to assess a CSP’s cloud system and provide a security assessment package for review. The successful AT&T assessment resulted in a Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program (FedRAMP) Provisional Authority to Operate (PATO) from the Joint Authorization Board (JAB) on the STaaS platform as part of the AT&T Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solution.

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Ayasdi Scores $30M Series B Round As Citigroup And GE Look For Answers In Big Data Mapping

In big data, the multi-million dollar question may be how to interpret massive data sets when you actually don’t know the question. That’s at least what several major institutional venture capital firms are betting by putting tens of millions behind big data startup Ayasdi.

The result of years of mathematics research at Stanford, Ayasdi’s approach to data has brought in a slew of big-time clients in just six months of operation. Now Citigroup C -0.61% and General Electric GE -0.11% have thrown their weight behind the data startup as Ayasdi announced a $30.6 million Series B funding round on Tuesday that includes Citi Ventures and GE Ventures.

Read more at http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2013/07/16/ayasdi-series-b-big-data-mapping/

The Web Applications Working Group has published a Working Draft of UI Events. This specification extends the events and features defined in DOM Events Level 3. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

The Internationalization Working Group has published a Working Draft of Predefined Counter Styles. This document describes numbering systems used by various cultures around the world and can be used as a reference for those wishing to create user-defined counter styles for CSS. Learn more about the Internationalization Activity.

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As you head into the last month of your summer internship, check out these great tips to make the most of your Summer Experience. 

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