Lisa Dezzutti is the founder and president of Market Connections, a Chantilly, Virginia-based market research firm. Dezzutti has been instrumental in Market Connections’ efforts to provide views and trends to government executives and contractors. Market Connections publishes the annual federal media and marketing study and conducts the PulsePolls survey of the government market. The 25-year marketing, […] More

Isotropic Systems recently completed tests for its multi-link antenna and demonstrated its capability to simultaneously connect satellites in two different orbits. The space technology company said Tuesday its satellite communications terminal established live connections with SES medium-Earth and geosynchronous-Earth orbit satellites and showcased satellite-to-satellite transitions at the U.S. Army proving grounds in Aberdeen, Maryland. According […] More

Deltek will host project-based business professionals during its annual customer conference, Deltek Insight 2020 from Sept. 15 to 16, 2020. Deltek’s free virtual event will unite professionals to educate and collaborate, Deltek announced on Wednesday. Insight will feature engaging sessions and unique networking opportunities, where professionals will discuss and interact with experts in breakout sessions, presented by Deltek product experts, customer peers and industry leaders.

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The Air Force Materiel Command is conducting market research into technical service offerings for product data systems and processes.

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Digital Realty has announced it will extend IBM Cloud private access across 15 areas from around the globe. The effort aims to provide enterprise application access to users in Amsterdam, Ashburn, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Miami, Phoenix, Portland, New York, Santa Clara, Seattle, Singapore, Sydney and Toronto, the IBM business […] More

Altamira has started to offer its big data fusion, analysis and visualization platform on the Microsoft Azure marketplace as part of efforts to help customers transform information into actionable intelligence. Altamira said Tuesday the integration of its Lumify platform with Azure services seeks to accelerate deep learning and data analytics in real time. Lumify is designed to help users […] More

Novetta has launched a big data analytics platform in the Amazon Web Services marketplace. Mission Analytics is a web-based visualization application that works to merge data from different sources in various formats and helps users customize views and map connections between entities, the company said Monday. Kevin Heald, vice president of defense intelligence at Novetta, said […] More

Reston, Va.-based government services firm MAXIMUS entered new phase of its history in April when the company closed the $300 million cash acquisition of program management and technology contractor Acentia. MAXIMUS initially announced the transaction in March and said it sought to add new work for civilian and health agencies and increase access to contract vehicles with multiple awardees. ExecutiveBiz recently spoke […] More

MarketsandMarkets has projected the global mobile cloud market to reach $46.9 billion in value by 2019. The forecast indicates that the mobile cloud market will grow by a compound annual growth rate of 37.8 percent from $9.43 billion in 2014, the market researcher said Tuesday. MarketsandMarkets attributes the rise of the mobile cloud era to expansions in […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton and business incubator 1776 have partnered to combine the companies’ workforce and consulting strategy with the goal of helping clients meet global requirements. Organizations can develop new products and services and pursue growth opportunities through the strategic partnership, Booz Allen said Monday. Karen Dahut, executive vice president at Booz Allen, said the […] More

Forty percent of senior officials and another 66 percent of middle managers said they are confident about the security posture at their agencies, according to a study by Acronis SCS and Market Connections. Data also showed that only about a third of government information technology or technical professionals feel positive about edge data security at their agencies, Acronis SCS said Wednesday.

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Eric Trexler, vice president for global governments and critical infrastructure sales at Forcepoint, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Federal News Network that the Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation program’s transition to the third phase - Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense - could provide agencies an opportunity to address interoperability and modernization challenges. Such challenges were revealed in a survey of more than 200 federal civilian IT leaders conducted in August with research firm Market Connections.

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