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  • EMC Accepts Eli Lilly and Co. 'Global Supplier Award' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EMC Accepts Eli Lilly and Co. ‘Global Supplier Award’

    EMC Corporation, a global provider IT consulting for cloud service providers, is the recipient of the 2014 Global Supplier Award from Eli Lilly and Company. “Our work with Lilly runs the gamut of IT functions–and this award reflects the results of a truly collaborative relationship,” said Bill Scannell, EMC president of Sales and Customer Operations […] More

  • Mexico's Tax Agency Adopts Microsoft's 'Azure' Cloud Setup to Issue Invoices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mexico’s Tax Agency Adopts Microsoft’s ‘Azure’ Cloud Setup to Issue Invoices

    Mexico’s national tax agency has adopted Microsoft‘s Azure cloud computing platform to issue electronic invoices and help taxpayers check invoices issued either on their behalf or by themselves. The agency also uses the Azure tool to help more than 85 certification providers carry out filing-related services, Microsoft said Thursday. “Since we started using Microsoft Azure […] More

  • IBM to Sell Arxan's App Protection Services; Mike Dager Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM to Sell Arxan’s App Protection Services; Mike Dager Comments

    IBM will sell the mobile application protection services of Arxan Technologies to clients through IBM’s security product portfolio, the companies announced Tuesday. Arxan Application Protection for IBM Solutions is built to function with run-time protection, self-defense and tamper-resistance features inside mobile applications that work to run on all major platforms by detecting and defending attacks. “Blocking hacking attacks […] More

  • Gary Langford: DigitalGlobe, Eagle Technology Group to Offer NZ Customers Geospatial Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gary Langford: DigitalGlobe, Eagle Technology Group to Offer NZ Customers Geospatial Tools

    DigitalGlobe and New Zealand-based systems integration provider Eagle Technology Group have signed a reseller agreement to offer DigitalGlobe’s products and services in the country. Eagle Technology Group also works in Asia-Pacific countries such as Fiji and Papua New Guinea and aims to expand DigitalGlobe’s footprint throughout the APAC region, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. Gary Langford, CEO of Eagle […] More

  • Boeing, Ball Aerospace Join Northrop in USAF GPS Satellite Research Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Ball Aerospace Join Northrop in USAF GPS Satellite Research Program

    Boeing and Ball Aerospace & Technologies have won contracts worth $4.5 million and $2.2 million, respectively, to develop L-band radio frequency power amplifiers for GPS satellites, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes the technology is intended to make the satellites more compact and power efficient as part of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate program. Ball Aerospace […] More

  • Karen Dahut: Booz Allen Holds 'Combustion Chamber' Competition as Catalyst for Employee Thinking - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Karen Dahut: Booz Allen Holds ‘Combustion Chamber’ Competition as Catalyst for Employee Thinking

    Booz Allen Hamilton had five teams across the firm pitch their best ideas for helping clients solve problems to a panel of judges during a series of presentations at the firm’s “Combustion Chamber” event June 5. The firm said Thursday that it received 40 submissions for ideas from partnerships with startups, alliances with third parties and […] More

  • Sabre Industries, Module X Solutions Form JV in Louisiana; Peter Sandore Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sabre Industries, Module X Solutions Form JV in Louisiana; Peter Sandore Comments

    Sabre Industries has formed a joint venture with shelter provider Module X Solutions, adding to Sabre Building Systems’ production space with 50 acres of staging area to help expand their product line and global presence. The parties said Thursday their Louisiana-based facilities in Shreveport and Bossier City will enable them to leverage their engineering and manufacturing capabilities to meet customer needs and […] More

  • Spirit AeroSystems hits 5,000 mark in Distributing Next-Gen 737s to Boeing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Spirit AeroSystems hits 5,000 mark in Distributing Next-Gen 737s to Boeing

    Spirit AeroSystems Inc., announced yesterday that they have successfully reached the benchmark of delivering 5,000 Next-Generation 737 aircrafts to Boeing, a process long withstanding since their first delivery in 1998. “Spirit is extremely proud of our partnership with Boeing and the work we do together to build the world’s best-selling airplane, the 737,” said Larry Lawson, Spirit […] More

  • Pasternack comes out with Low-noise amplifiers for Military and Commercial application - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pasternack comes out with Low-noise amplifiers for Military and Commercial application

    Pasternack Enterprises Inc., introduced a series of 14 low-noise amplifiers today for use in aerospace, military and commercial radio-frequency and microwave applications. The LNA devices have a variety of frequency ranges, gain levels, noise figures and power outputs, reliant on a hybridized microwave integrated circuit design and advanced technologies they are built to be stable […] More

  • FAA Orders Boeing to Modify 737 Technology to Fend off Hackers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Orders Boeing to Modify 737 Technology to Fend off Hackers

    The Federal Aviation Association (FAA) publicly announced last Friday in Federal Register–the publication for all details concerning government ordinance and public notices–that the Boeing Company is now required to make modifications to their 737 jetliner technology to protect against attacks by computer hackers.”This may allow the exploitation of network security vulnerabilities resulting in intentional or […] More

  • Accenture Acquires Oracle Platinum Partner, Enkitec - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Acquires Oracle Platinum Partner, Enkitec

    Accenture announced yesterday that it has completed its acquisition of Enkitec, an Oracle Platinum partner and worldwide leader in Oracle Exadata implementations, and Oracle database administration and development. “The combination of our infrastructure transformation expertise and Enkitec’s deep Oracle knowledge and skill set means that our clients can more quickly derive greater business value from […] More