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  • Microsoft, Salesforce.com to Integrate Products Through Cloud Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft, Salesforce.com to Integrate Products Through Cloud Partnership

    Salesforce.com and Microsoft have formed a partnership to integrate the Salesforce CRM platform with Windows OS, Azure cloud platform and Microsoft Office 365 to deliver new productivity tools, Cloud Times reported Tuesday. Saroj Kar writes the CRM application will be available through Windows devices and the companies aim to allow cloud-based user collaboration through Office Mobile, Office for iPad and Office […] More

  • Texas School District Deploys Microsoft Office 365, Windows Devices; Lenny Schad Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Texas School District Deploys Microsoft Office 365, Windows Devices; Lenny Schad Comments

    Microsoft has partnered with the Houston Independent School District to support its PowerUp initiative to boost the learning and teaching experience of the district’s 14,000 students and 1,200 teachers through deployment of new education technology. Microsoft Office 365 and HP Elitebook Folio 9470m Ultrabook laptops running Windows are available to faculty, staff and students, with features designed to […] More

  • Dell COTS Tech Used in Northrop Carrier-Based UAS; Pablo Gonzalez Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell COTS Tech Used in Northrop Carrier-Based UAS; Pablo Gonzalez Comments

    Dell has provided a commercial off-the-shelf product to support Northrop Grumman‘s X-47B unmanned aircraft for the U.S. Navy‘s Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration program. The Dell COTS technology was used to develop the ground control system for the X-47B, which flew last year to demonstrate carrier-based UAS launch and recovery functions, Dell said Wednesday. “Developing the X-47B system […] More

  • Pharmaco-Kinesis Corp Picked for DoD Biosensor Nanotech Grant; Frank Adell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pharmaco-Kinesis Corp Picked for DoD Biosensor Nanotech Grant; Frank Adell Comments

    The Defense Department has awarded a $150,000 grant to medical device firm Pharmaco-Kinesis Corp. to develop a carbon-nanotube-based biosensor technology for early detection of organ injuries, an expansion of PKC’s current Nano-Impedance Biosensor. PKC said Monday that it was awarded the grant through the DoD Defense Health Program’s Small Business Innovation Research initiative after the Pentagon carried out a review process. […] More

  • IBM to Help Build 'Internet of Vehicles' Platform in Beijing; Ernie Hu Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM to Help Build ‘Internet of Vehicles’ Platform in Beijing; Ernie Hu Comments

    IBM has partnered with Beijing TransWiseway Information Technology to develop a cloud-based “Internet of Vehicles” platform to help Chinese motorists use Web and mobile applications through in-vehicle services. The IoV platform will be designed to apply analytics to data gathered by devices and sensors installed on vehicles and trucks to generate information on weather and traffic conditions, IBM […] More

  • Deloitte Report Shows Positive Momentum for U.S. M&A Deals; Tom McGee Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Report Shows Positive Momentum for U.S. M&A Deals; Tom McGee Comments

    Deloitte has released its first annual report on mergers and acquisitions activity in the U.S., indicating a generally positive M&A outlook among 2,500 companies and private equity firms over the next two years. Deloitte’s “M&A Trends Report 2014: A comprehensive look at the M&A market” shows 84 percent of corporate executive respondents see a sustained or increased […] More

  • Matt Warren on Systemizing Mobile App Environments, Agilex's Big Data Push for Law Enforcement & The Power of Sharing Data Between Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Warren on Systemizing Mobile App Environments, Agilex’s Big Data Push for Law Enforcement & The Power of Sharing Data Between Agencies

    Matt Warren serves as president of Agilex‘s Justice and Homeland Security Sector, where the long-time federal government marketplace leader manages that business and is responsible for its growth. A close-to-six-year Agilex veteran, Warren joined Agilex in 2008 after spending more than 10 years with Oracle, where he helped start the homeland security sales team and […] More

  • Salesforce.com Gets HHS Authorization for Gov't Cloud Service; Dave Rey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Salesforce.com Gets HHS Authorization for Gov’t Cloud Service; Dave Rey Comments

    Salesforce.com has received authorization from the Department of Health and Human Services to operate the Salesforce Government Cloud service that looks to provide government customers with platform-as-a-service and software-as-a-service offerings. The company said Friday the cloud offering enables clients to customize or expand applications through the Salesforce1 Platform or develop new applications within a single, web-based environment. “Government organizations need to be assured […] More

  • NetApp Opens New R&D Lab in NC's Research Triangle Park; Rich Clifton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NetApp Opens New R&D Lab in NC’s Research Triangle Park; Rich Clifton Comments

    NetApp has opened a 155,000-square-foot research and development laboratory in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park to host the development and testing of NetApp’s storage and data management producs. Rich Clifton, NetApp’s executive vice president of customer success operations, said Friday. that the company opened the laboratory to function as a “global backbone for delivering enterprise-class service and […] More

  • Iridium Extends Satellite Services Deal With SkyBitz; David Wigglesworth Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Extends Satellite Services Deal With SkyBitz; David Wigglesworth Comments

    Iridium Communications will continue providing satellite connectivity to SkyBitz in order to help the latter company’s customers track global assets and use asset information to make business decisions. SkyBitz developed its SkyBitz as a Service offering to help clients eliminate requirements for owning and maintaining hardware, Iridium said Thursday. “[SBS] can have a significant and positive impact on the bottom line of […] More

  • IBM, SAP Form Business Transformation Services Alliance; Till Dengel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, SAP Form Business Transformation Services Alliance; Till Dengel Comments

    IBM and SAP have formed a collaboration to combine the former’s technology implementation and configuration services with the latter’s software to deliver business transformation services to the transportation and logistics industry. The team will work to address industry demand for business processes that leverage new technologies in analytics, cloud, mobile and other areas, the companies […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Subcontracts Lockheed for Coast Guard Cutter C4ISR System; Joe Buss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Subcontracts Lockheed for Coast Guard Cutter C4ISR System; Joe Buss Comments

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has awarded Lockheed Martin a $69 million subcontract to provide a C4ISR system for the U.S. Coast Guard‘s USCGC Kimball, the seventh vessel in the agency’s National Security Cutter fleet. Lockheed said Wednesday it has also supplied the C4ISR system for the six previous NSCs to help users gather and exchange maritime data, detect potential sea threats and facilitate […] More