French defence procurement agency selects Thales to expand Big Data capabilities of the armed forces
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Thales and Sopra Steria the contract for the second phase of the ARTEMIS* programme. ARTEMIS is an innovative 15-year partnership agreement aimed at providing a sovereign Big Data solution to keep pace with exponential growth in data volumes, transmission speeds and formats, and involves major changes in the design of information systems.
LTE: When the soldier’s battlefield phone can only be the best
Veterans of the military are familiar with those clunky, old-fashioned push-to-talk radio sets. Communications are in for a revolutionary upgrade with LTE, Thales’s sleek new multimedia communication tool, based on 4G tech and complementary to military radio system, which allows soldiers to exchange live video, pictures, voice and text, and collect data, with ease and all with robust military security. Read more.
With Cyberattacks, there are only two types of companies: those who know they have been attacked and those who don’t
“The problem is often that companies don’t detect cyberattacks until information has been stolen or destroyed and when information systems themselves have been damaged, even though solutions and services are available” explains Stanislas de Maupeou, Cybersecurity Expert at Thales.
A day at the races with Thales
Imagine following a race live from the saddle of the fastest horses on the planet? Thanks to EpiqE Tracking, the new racehorse tracking app which relies on the Big Data expertise of Thales, horse racing has entered into the digital age!