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  • Data Systems Analysts Joins Philadelphia 100 Hall of Fame; Fran Pierce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Data Systems Analysts Joins Philadelphia 100 Hall of Fame; Fran Pierce Comments

    Information management systems provider Data Systems Analysts has been inducted into the Philadelphia 100’s hall of fame during an awards gala held at the Fillmore in Pennsylvania. DSA said it was featured in the Philadelphia 100 list of the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the region for the fifth time. The annual research project is conducted by the Entrepreneur’s Forum of Greater […] More

  • Lockheed's Sikorsky Arm to Give Smithsonian X2 Demo Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Sikorsky Arm to Give Smithsonian X2 Demo Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary will donate an experimental aircraft that unofficially broke the rotorcraft speed record in 2010 to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Sikorsky designed the X2 Technology Demonstrator in a push to prove that helicopters can double the speed of conventional rotorcraft designs without having to […] More

  • Deloitte Foundation, University of Illinois Launch Business Analytics Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Foundation, University of Illinois Launch Business Analytics Center

    Deloitte‘s philanthropic arm and the University of Illinois College of Business have established a facility to develop curriculum focused on business analytics. The Center for Business Analytics at Urbana-Champaign aims to help students gain data knowledge as well as develop skills and abilities necessary for business leadership through the curriculum, Deloitte said Tuesday. Deloitte Foundation also provided a $5 million gift to support business analytics […] More

  • MEF Releases List of Finalists for 2016 Excellence Awards; Nan Chen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEF Releases List of Finalists for 2016 Excellence Awards; Nan Chen Comments

    MEF has announced finalists for the company’s 2016 Excellence Awards that recognizes service, application, technology and professional excellence in the global Third Network community. The company said Thursday it will present the awards in November at the MEF Excellence Awards Dinner as part of the MEF16 global networking conference. Global and regional senior analysts from ATLANTIC-ACM, Current Analysis, Frost […] More

  • MapR Creates Federal Advisory Board to Aid Govt Clients in IT Modernization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MapR Creates Federal Advisory Board to Aid Govt Clients in IT Modernization Efforts

    San Jose, California-based converged data platform developer MapR Technologies has established a federal advisory board that aims to help familiarize U.S. government customers with big data management technologies. MapR said Wednesday the advisory board comprises former government leaders who previously worked at the Defense Department, intelligence community and federal civilian agencies and have knowledge of various issues that affect the government’s information technology modernization efforts. “The board […] More

  • IDC Report Labels HPE 'Major Player' Among US Federal Govt Vendors; Marilyn Crouther Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC Report Labels HPE ‘Major Player’ Among US Federal Govt Vendors; Marilyn Crouther Comments

    International Data Corp. has named Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s U.S. public sector business as a “major player” on the IDC MarketScape: U.S. Systems Integrators Serving the Federal Government 2016 Vendor Assessment study. Cedric Harris, a communications professional at HPE, writes in a blog post published Friday the research assessed characteristics that support an integrator’s success in U.S. federal […] More

  • Former Cybercom Deputy Commander Robert Schmidle Appointed Endgame Adviser; Nate Fick Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Cybercom Deputy Commander Robert Schmidle Appointed Endgame Adviser; Nate Fick Comments

    Robert Schmidle Jr., retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general and former U.S. Cyber Command deputy commander, has joined Endgame‘s advisory board. Endgame said Thursday Schmidle has years of experience through his service with the Marine Corps and the Defense Department, where he was principal deputy director of cost assessment and program evaluation at the Office of the Secretary of Defense. “Lt. Gen. Schmidle’s strategic […] More

  • Jack London Keynotes at Army Cadet Command Mission Command Workshop; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jack London Keynotes at Army Cadet Command Mission Command Workshop; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International Executive Chairman Jack London gave the opening keynote address for the U.S. Army Cadet Command Mission Command Workshop held Friday in Fort Knox, Kentucky. CACI said Tuesday London’s speech entitled “The Character Investment” addressed case studies and observations from more than 40 years of military and industry experience on how good character and ethics will play […] More

  • Sean DuGuay Named Federal BD Director at Excella Consulting; Dave Neumann Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sean DuGuay Named Federal BD Director at Excella Consulting; Dave Neumann Comments

    Sean DuGuay, former chief revenue officer at Visionary Integration Professionals, has joined software development services provider Excella Consulting as business development director for the company’s federal business division. Arlington, Virginia-based Excella said Thursday DuGuay holds 20 years of experience in information technology product sales and will oversee the company’s pursuit of strategic opportunities in the defense, civilian and healthcare […] More

  • SOS International Promotes Mike Franz as VP of Business Devt; Julian Setian Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SOS International Promotes Mike Franz as VP of Business Devt; Julian Setian Comments

    Mike Franz, former business development director at SOS International, has been promoted as the company’s vice president for business development. SOSi said Thursday Franz will succeed former business development VP Jim Edwards, who has recently joined the U.S. government following four years with the company. “As the deputy of our business development organization, [Franz] consistently helped lead our team to […] More

  • Forbes, Bessemer Venture Partners Recognize Cloudera on List of Top 100 Cloud Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Forbes, Bessemer Venture Partners Recognize Cloudera on List of Top 100 Cloud Companies

    Cloudera has been recognized in Forbes and Bessemer Venture Partners‘ 2016 top 100 list of private cloud companies that lead the cloud technology revolution as well as the rising stars in the field. Cloudera said Wednesday it has ranked 5th on the Forbes Cloud 100 list due to the company’s revenue growth and its Apache Hadoop-based data management and […] More

  • EmeSec Unveils Advisory Board of Cybersecurity Leaders to Support Expansion Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EmeSec Unveils Advisory Board of Cybersecurity Leaders to Support Expansion Efforts

    Chantilly, Virginia-based EmeSec has formed an advisory board that consists of information technology, business development and government professionals in the cybersecurity industry. The cloud computing, security and engineering services company said Wednesday its new advisory board will work to provide perspective on market and business development opportunities, macro-economic trends as well as EmeSec’s customer service and go-to-market strategies. “As cloud cybersecurity services and […] More