Carahsoft Technology will distribute the quantum cybersecurity services of Australian company QuintessenceLabs to its government clients. The services provide quantum-resilient technical measures critical for a strong cyber defense, including quantum random number generation and key distribution as well as encryption key and policy management, Carahsoft said Tuesday. “Threat actors – particularly nation states – are stealing data […] More

Collaboration software developer Mattermost has partnered with Parabol to drive the integration of artificial intelligence capabilities to support agile workflows across Microsoft Azure AI and Atlassian tools. The partnership will integrate Parabol Agile Meetings and Atlassian Jira with Mattermost to provide an AI-enhanced platform designed to facilitate incident response, ChatOps and DevSecOps in highly secure […] More

Carahsoft Technology has entered into an agreement with Quantum to market the latter’s suite of end-to-end data management offerings to government clients. Federal agencies can acquire the Quantum products through reseller partners and various government contract vehicles, Carahsoft said Thursday. The products can be accessed through the GSA Schedule, NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, Information Technology […] More

Rocket Lab's U.S. subsidiary has deployed two satellites to different orbits approximately 500 km apart using its Electron rocket for NASA and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Electron's 47th mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, carrying the NEONSAT-1 payload developed by KAIST and the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System from NASA, Rocket Lab USA said Tuesday.

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Steve Escaravage, an executive vice president within Booz Allen Hamilton’s global defense business, said the U.S. federal government and the Department of Defense should find new pathways that would enable industry to back defense missions as the country faces strategic competition. Escaravage, a 2024 Wash100 awardee, noted that the National Defense Strategy states that denial, resilience and cost imposition are the three areas that play a role in strengthening deterrence.

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Carahsoft Technology will start distributing a Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System data quality product to the public sector. The company said Tuesday it will market Mathematica and NewWave’s Imersis offering through its reseller partners and the National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint contract.

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Pragyansmita Nayak, chief data scientist at Hitachi Vantara Federal, said federal agencies should adopt data fabrics to derive actionable insights from large volumes of data to drive mission outcomes and improve citizen services. “Data fabric architectures integrate disparate data sources into a unified, scalable, and well-governed infrastructure to fuel mission outcomes in an accessible way,” Nayak wrote in an opinion piece published Monday.

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Carahsoft Technology has closed an agreement with Australian artificial intelligence firm Trellis Data to distribute the latter’s Secure Chat suite to government agencies. Michael Adams, sales director at Carahsoft, said Thursday the company is “pleased to add Trellis Data’s Secure Chat and Speech solutions to Carahsoft’s Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning portfolio.”

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Carahsoft Technology, under a partnership agreement, will distribute Ardalyst's defense industrial base-compliant cybersecurity service through its reseller partners to the public sector and government contractors. Tesseract can develop, implement and maintain cybersecurity programs tailored to fulfill Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification compliance requirements for small and mid-sized enterprises both on on-premises and cloud-based infrastructures, Carahsoft said Tuesday.

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Lacey Wean, autonomy and robotics technology program executive at Carahsoft Technology, said drones have become important tools for the public safety community by serving as first responders and supporting search and rescue missions and accident investigations. “Equipped with high-resolution cameras, thermal imaging or other advanced sensors, drones can swiftly survey any scene from the skies and provide crucial data to first responders,” Wean wrote in a blog post published Dec. 8 on the Carahsoft website.

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Lacey Wean, autonomy and robotics technology program executive at Carahsoft Technology, said drones have become important tools for the public safety community by serving as first responders and supporting search and rescue missions and accident investigations. “Equipped with high-resolution cameras, thermal imaging or other advanced sensors, drones can swiftly survey any scene from the skies and provide crucial data to first responders,” Wean wrote in a blog post published Dec. 8 on the Carahsoft website.

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Robert Moore of Carahsoft Technology said in a blog post published Feb. 23 that government and industry information technology leaders at a digital transformation roadshow in California discussed how state and local government agencies could improve customer experience and protect the privacy of constituents through cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

Carahsoft will sponsor the Potomac Officers Club's 2024 Cyber Summit on June 6. Register here.

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