CAE has introduced a training system that employs big data analytics and works to help instructors evaluate military pilot competencies in real time. The company said Monday it developed the CAE Rise system on Microsoft‘s Azure Government cloud platform and designed the system for clients to generate digital lesson plans, deliver feedback and customize student training. “The aviation industry – both military and […] More

Records management software firm Emergency Reporting and E-9 will jointly provide enterprise support services for fire departments within the U.S. Army under a new contract with the service branch. ER said Tuesday it will offer its records management software and emergency planning tools to the Army, while E-9 will assess risk management frameworks for cybersecurity […] More

BAE Systems has partnered with Splunk to incorporate a security technology into a cloud computing platform designed to help federal civilian, defense and intelligence agencies monitor networks. The federated secure cloud BAE developed with Dell EMC will employ the Splunk Enterprise platform equipped with security features and machine learning algorithms, BAE said Wednesday. Peder Jungck, vice president and […] More

ExecutiveBiz spoke with Steve Harris, senior vice president and general manager, and a three-time consecutive Wash100 winner, about Dell EMC Federal’s multi-cloud services and what lies ahead for government information technology modernization. “We recognize cloud not as a destination, but as a delivery model. Cloud isn’t the goal, the goal is getting information into the […] More

Rubrik has secured Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ certification for a technology platform the company designed to help government customers secure data in cloud environments. The company said Wednesday its appliances met requirements during an information technology security evaluation that covered developer and independent tests, product lifecycle management and process assessment. Steve Alfieris, vice president and […] More

Unisys has been selected to develop a cloud-based technology platform for New Zealand’s ministry of education to manage and distribute funds to childhood, primary and secondary schools in the country. The company said Wednesday it will build and deploy an automated education resourcing system for the ministry using an application-platform-as-a-service model under the 10-year digital transformation engagement initiative. Unisys […] More

Information technology provider Xgility has received a task order from the Farm Credit Administration to perform systems development support. Xgility said Tuesday the order was issued through the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle. The Ashburn, Viginia-based company offers collaboration technologies and on-premise, hybrid and cloud-based IT services to government and commercial clients. Xgility has provided Microsoft services such as […] More

NIC has released its personal assistant platform for digital government services in all 50 states. The company said Monday the Gov2Go tool works to combine a user’s interactions with all levels of government in one platform to eliminate the need to navigate different websites, mobile applications and platforms for federal, state, county and city government. Gov2Go’s initial set […] More

Teresa Carlson, vice president of worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services, has said the company’s Australian operations will receive infrastructure upgrades to meet anticipated customer demand, The Australian Financial Review reported Monday. Carlson told the publication that AWS constantly evolves its cloud infrastructure in Australia as part of efforts to “innovate ahead of demand […] More

CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) kicked off its first internal “Hack-A-Thon” competition Wednesday morning at its Falls Church, Va. headquarters for employees as part of the company’s push to gain status as “Customer Zero” for the federal government regarding technology adoption and integration. That distinction as Customer Zero — or “Client Zero” — would put forth CSRA as a primary resource […] More

CGI has secured a three-year, $6.1 million contract to design and operate a cloud-based system for England’s environment agency to generate and disseminate flood forecasts. The company said Tuesday that EA’s Future Flood Forecasting System will be designed to run on Microsoft‘s Azure Cloud platform and employ rich data analysis and visualization technologies. CGI will base FFFS on the company’s Digital Insight Platform to support data analytics and […] More

Veritas Technologies has released two new cloud-based technology offerings designed for data archiving and electronic discovery operations. Veritas said Tuesday it partnered with bluesource and ProjectHosts to make Veritas’  Enterprise Vault and Discovery Accelerator platforms available to government agencies through a software-as-a-service level cloud environment certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Enterprise Vault and Discovery Accelerator work to help users manage their […] More