A MarketsandMarkets forecast, released by Reportlinker, said the global market for instrusion detection and prevention systems will see an 8.3 percent compound annual growth rate to reach $7.1B in value by 2024.

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DLT Solutions has received a potential six-year contract to help Texas’ information resources department address software needs across state, local and education organizations.

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Vannebar Labs plans to introduce technology platforms that leverage artificial intelligence, natural language processing and machine learning to help defense and intelligence agencies address national security issues, TechCrunch reported Wednesday.

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Google's DeepMind business and the Department of Veterans Affairs have developed a machine learning-based application that works to predict early symptoms of kidney failure. A study published in the journal Nature found that the AI model could help clinicians spot acute kidney injury in patients up to two days in advance and could potentially mitigate the need for serious medical procedures like dialysis or a kidney transplant, VA said Wednesday.

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Maxar Technologies announced on Friday that the company has started production on a Legion class satellite for Ovzon, a company dedicated to meeting the demand for increased mobile broadband connectivity in underserved regions.

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Tom Patterson, a vice president and chief trust officer of Unisys, will join the Cyber Future Dialogue 2019 on Tuesday to discuss how citizens and governments can utilize emerging technology such as artificial intelligence in efforts to ensure privacy and increase security.

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Ronald Nielson, chief technology officer at Parsons’ cyber and intelligence division, has said the incorporation of commercial cybersecurity platforms into federal networks has helped promote industry innovation and allowed the Defense Department to counter threat actors. “Our nation’s cybersecurity prowess is best measured as an integration of people, processes and technologies,” Nielson said in his […] More

Multinational tech firm Cisco Systems is partnering with North Carolina to launch the CyberVetsUSA program to connect the state government with the industry to train veterans for jobs in the cybersecurity field. The office of the governor said Wednesday the company will work with the state’s departments of military and veterans affairs, information technology and commerce […] More

VMware plans to build a microgrid at the company’s headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., and test the system’s potential to generate renewable energy for the public and private sectors. The project will aim to provide necessary resources to facilitate emergency response operations in the area in the event of a power and fuel shortage, VMware said Thursday. […] More

Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary has delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California two Earth observation satellites the company built for Planet. The SSL-made SkySat 14 and 15 will fly aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as part of Spaceflight’s maiden Sun Synchronous rideshare mission for Planet’s constellation that works to provide 72-centimeter satellite imagery, Maxar said […] More

NTT DATA closed its estimated $3 billion acquisition of the former Dell Services business in November 2016 to expand information technology services and consulting work for public sector agencies with the backing of a global IT company. Shortly after the deal’s March 2016 announcement, NTT DATA Public Sector President and 2017 Wash100 inductee Tim Conway told ExecutiveBiz the […] More

Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, will step down from her role as a member of the board of directors at DXC Technology effective immediately. Whitman became a board member earlier this year of DXC that was formed through the merger between HPE’s enterprise services segment and Computer Sciences Corp., DXC said Thursday. DXC expects HPE to […] More