Data Systems Analysts has secured a database administration and software maintenance task order from the National Ground Intelligence Center as part of the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Encore II contract. The task order calls for the company to deliver systems that work to fulfill NGIC’s mission database administration, software application and IT technical requirements, DSA said Friday. The requirements are part of […] More

Technavio has compiled a list of the leading vendors in the company’s global data loss prevention applications market report projected to make an impact in a forecast period of 2015 to 2019. The top five companies in the list are EMC, McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro and Websense that are expected to deliver systems that can provide notifications to users during data […] More

Hitachi Data Systems has introduced a new hyper scale-out platform combined with Pentaho enterprise platform in an effort to help customers meet big data requirements. The HSP 400 series incorporates compute, storage and virtualization technologies designed to support big data integration, embedded business analytics and data management tasks, Hitachi said Wednesday. Sean Moser, senior vice […] More

A Deltek report predicts that federal spending on big data management software, hardware and services will increase from $1.5 billion in fiscal 2015 at a 14 percent compound annual growth rate to hit $3.2 billion by fiscal 2020. Deltek said Friday it forecasts agencies to increasingly use big data platforms for healthcare, national security, and […] More

Hitachi Data Systems has unveiled new offerings that work to generate actionable insights that support predictive work in law enforcement and similar fields as part of its data visualization product portfolio for social innovation. The company said Monday Hitachi Visualization Suite 4.5, which features Hitachi Visualization Predictive Crime Analytics, and Hitachi Video Management Platform 2.0 are available now to the […] More

A new International Data Corp. report says the global market for integrated infrastructure systems and integrated platforms reached $2.4 billion in revenues in the second quarter of this year. IDC said Thursday the market posted nearly 45 percent increase in storage capacity shipments during the quarter compared with the same quarter of the previous year. […] More

Rick Wagner joined ManTech International in June to lead the Fairfax, Va.-based company’s advanced technical solutions business unit as senior vice president and general manager. The more-than two-decade GovCon veteran oversees an organization that collaborates with U.S. intelligence agencies on enterprise information technology initiatives and emerging tools such as cloud computing, analytics and big data. ExecutiveBiz […] More

Deltek has forecast the U.S. Defense Department will increase spending on big data platforms and services by 8.7 percent year-over-year from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2019. Alex Rossino, a Deltek principal research analyst, wrote in a piece published Tuesday on C4ISR & Networks that the research firm expects DoD’s efforts to manage cybersecurity threats and […] More

Lyndon Dacuan, market analyst at Onvia, believes the challenges faced by agencies to protect healthcare data present an opportunity for contractors. Dacuan said Thursday agencies look for companies who are capable of providing network protection systems as cyber criminals continue to take interest in health information. He recommended that companies form a “strong relationship” with […] More

Mike Walsh leads EMC‘s team that offers technologies and services to the Defense Department in an effort to help address application, security and infrastructure challenges. He brings over 20 years of federal contract experience to EMC and has held leadership positions with NetApp, Symantec, Sun Microsystems, and IBM. Walsh recently spoke to ExecutiveBiz for an in-depth conversation […] More

Hitachi Data Systems has agreed to combine its Hitachi Unified Compute Platform storage and server tool with the SAP Hana in-memory database management system to help users speed up processing of big data and reduce the need for upgrades of infrastructure systems. The company said Tuesday it designed the Hitachi UCP tool for SAP Hana with […] More

Hitachi Data Systems Corp. has introduced new services in the healthcare, information technology and data analytics areas in an effort to help those industries address IT challenges. The company added the live insight for IT operations, clinical repository for connected health and live insight center of excellence to its social innovation portfolio, Hitachi said Tuesday. Kevin Eggleston, […] More