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  • IBM Adds Infrastructure Analytics, Virtualization Products to Mobility Portfolio; Rich Esposito Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Adds Infrastructure Analytics, Virtualization Products to Mobility Portfolio; Rich Esposito Comments

    IBM has unveiled new mobile infrastructure analytics and mobile virtualization desktop-as-a-service products under its mobility services portfolio to support companies that adopt mobile technology for business. These offerings work to help the enterprise monitor the performance of its IT infrastructure, manage application deployment to mobile devices and secure mobile access to enterprise data, IBM said Tuesday. “The trifecta of […] More

  • Siki Giunta: Verizon Cloud Marketplace to Offer Hitachi Cloud Tiering Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siki Giunta: Verizon Cloud Marketplace to Offer Hitachi Cloud Tiering Tech

    Verizon has partnered with Hitachi Data Systems to offer the Hitachi Content Platform adaptive cloud tiering technology via the Verizon Cloud Marketplace and deliver enterprise content management and hybrid cloud functions. Siki Giunta, senior vice president of cloud services at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, said Monday that the partnership aims to support the business of Verizon Cloud customers by facilitating efficiency in […] More

  • Dennis Swanson: Boeing Delivers 6th P-8I to India Ahead of Flight Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dennis Swanson: Boeing Delivers 6th P-8I to India Ahead of Flight Trials

    Boeing has delivered a new variant of its P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane to India under a contract signed in 2009 for eight P-8I aircraft to support the country’s maritime patrol activities. The company said Tuesday that the P-8I aircraft is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing specifically designed for the Indian navy and fitted with locally built subsystems. […] More

  • Ken Asbury: CACI Extends Support for CENTCOM Counter Narco-Terrorism Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ken Asbury: CACI Extends Support for CENTCOM Counter Narco-Terrorism Mission

    CACI International will provide the U.S. Central Command with counter narco-terrorism support across the command’s area of responsibility under a $62.5 million contract awarded through the Rapid Response 3rd Generation vehicle. Ken Asbury, CACI president and CEO, said Tuesday that the contract extends the company’s work on CENTCOM’s counter narco-terrorism mission, which aims to combat terrorism and drug trafficking and their impact on […] More

  • L-3 Orders FLYHT Aircraft Data Monitoring Tech for Airbus A320; Bill Tempany Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Orders FLYHT Aircraft Data Monitoring Tech for Airbus A320; Bill Tempany Comments

    A division of L-3 Communications has tapped FLYHT Aerospace Solutions to provide Airbus with flight tracking and performance monitoring tools for installation and retrofitting on the A320 aircraft. A VCN Publishing report noted Friday that FLYHT’s Automated Flight Information Reporting System is certified for integration with Airbus’ A320 aircraft fleet. Bill Tempany, chief executive officer of FLYHT, said in a recent conference call that the […] More

  • Domingo Urena Raso: Airbus Open to US Partnerships for NATO Fighter Jet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Domingo Urena Raso: Airbus Open to US Partnerships for NATO Fighter Jet

    Domingo Urena Raso, executive vice president for military aircraft at Airbus‘ defense and space business, said that international industry cooperation is possible to address demand for technology around the world, Defense News reported Sunday. “Industry knows how to cooperate internationally.. there is not a program that is made only by one company as far as I remember,” Raso […] More

  • Microsoft Obtains FedRAMP Authorization to Deploy Office 365 at HHS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Obtains FedRAMP Authorization to Deploy Office 365 at HHS

    Microsoft has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization to provide Office 365 products and services that are tailored for government agencies to the Department of Health and Human Services. The company said Thursday that the authority to operate certifies Microsoft to provide HHS cloud-based email and enterprise collaboration services such as Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. Microsoft obtained […] More

  • SAP Plans $150M Investment in Australian Digital Service Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Plans $150M Investment in Australian Digital Service Facilities

    SAP‘s Australian business plans to invest $150 million over a five-year period in the future SAP Institute of Digital Government and a new data center in Canberra, Inside SAP reported Monday. Freya Purnell reports that the data center will offer SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud services to support citizen services and cloud-first policies at Australian federal government agencies. The SAP Institute of […] More

  • Northrop Places Mesh Reflector on NASA Soil Moisture Research Satellite; Geoff Marks Cinnebts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Places Mesh Reflector on NASA Soil Moisture Research Satellite; Geoff Marks Cinnebts

    Northrop Grumman has installed its AstroMesh Reflector on NASA‘s Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite ahead of SMAP’s launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in January. The company said Friday it designed the mesh reflector to aid SMAP in its mission to measure soil moisture, collect freeze and thaw data and support weather and climate prediction and drought monitoring. Geoff Marks, chief technologist at Northrop’s Astro […] More

  • IBM, Fluor, USC to Offer Personalized IT Learning at Applied Innovation Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, Fluor, USC to Offer Personalized IT Learning at Applied Innovation Center

    IBM, Fluor and the University of South Carolina have unveiled a new Center for Applied Innovation as part of their public-private partnership and efforts to deliver personalized learning on analytics and higher education application services. IBM said Friday the team aims to help students acquire further information technology skills and knowledge, particularly in the field of applied computing, and to […] More

  • Three Wire Systems Buys Hardware Hosting Cage in San Diego - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Three Wire Systems Buys Hardware Hosting Cage in San Diego

    Three Wire Systems has acquired a so-called “AIS Cage” or hardware hosting site at the San Diego-based AIS Data Center from DefenseWeb Technologies as Three Wire aims to support applications in an accredited IT environment. The company said Thursday the acquisition is part of its efforts to expand its application development and delivery services. It will work with its […] More