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Cindy Walker, VP of Salient Federal’s Data Analytics Center of Excellence, on Business Intell and Data Mgmt

Cindy Walker serves asÂ VP of Salient Federal’s Data Analytics Center of Excellence and oversees theÂ development and implementation of Salientâ€™s data analytics strategy as well as predictive analytics, agile business intelligence and big data offerings. The more than 25 year industry veteran Â is theÂ author of numerous articles and white papers on enterprise data management topics. She […] More

July 23, 2014, 12:37 pm
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Jessica Nielsen, Lockheed VP of Comms & Marketing, Discusses Branding, Int’l Expansion and Her Georgetown Professorship

Jessica Nielsen serves as vice president of communications and marketing at Lockheed Martin where she is responsible for all facets of communications at the company’sÂ Information Systems and Global Solutions division. She previously was executive director of global communications at Dell and was chief of staff to the BAE Systems group communications director from 2009-2011. Nielsen […] More

July 11, 2014, 1:39 pm
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Bill Downer, Federal BD Manager at Seagate Technology, on the Evolving GovCon and Intell Communities

Bill Downer serves as manager of federal business development at Seagate Technology where heÂ is helping to build a federal subsidiary that will focus on storage offerings for U.S. government customers. Downer worked in BD forÂ Xyratex before it was acquired by Seagate and was vice president of federal sales at DataDirect Networks beginning in 2012. He […] More

July 11, 2014, 9:27 am
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Jonna Ward, CEO at Visionary Integration Professionals, on the Company’s Founding and Growth Strategy

Jonna Ward is the founder and CEOÂ ofÂ Visionary Integration Professionals, a government contracting firm with more thanÂ 700 staff members. She most recently served as a partner at Accenture before starting VIP in 1996 and previously worked forÂ Andersen Consulting. In her conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Ward discussed the beginnings of the firm, the importance of STEM education and […] More

June 23, 2014, 8:26 am
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Lockheed Updates the Marine Corps Air Operation System; Rob Smith Comments

Lockheed Martin has finished modernization work on the Marine Corps system used to coordinate all flying operations, Lockheed said Wednesday. The Theater Battle Management Core System, originally developed by Lockheed Martin, links the command and control systems for all of the U.S. service branches to create a synchronized air battle management system. â€œReplacing 18 years […] More

June 12, 2014, 10:13 am
in Industry News, News

Kevin Shelly: MarkLogic Aims to Expand Searchable Database Market Footprint

MarkLogic is attempting to grow its presence in the enterprise database market by introducing new products for companies who require searchable storage. The company says some of its new offerings are able to bridge data silosÂ to combine multiple data types,Â deliver real-time information, detect fraud by comparing data sources against watch lists or profiles and develop […] More

June 10, 2014, 12:31 pm
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Cybersecurity Firm Veris Group Announces Partnership with Amazon Web Services; David Svec Comments

Veris Group has joined the partner network of Amazon Web Services where Veris intends to help AWS customersÂ design, build, migrate, and manage their workloads, Veris said Tuesday. Vienna, Va.-based Veris will act as a standard tier consulting partner as part of the new deal and will work with both private and public customers. “Our partnership […] More

June 3, 2014, 1:27 pm
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John Hillen Says Gov’t, Industry Tactics are Preventing a More Mature GovCon Market

In the second and most recent edition of John Hillen‘s series on government contracting for Washington Technology, the former assistant secretary of state and long time GovCon business executive discussed what is standing in the way of the market maturing. Hillen begins his piece by telling the audience to accept the fact that GovCon will […] More

May 30, 2014, 2:36 pm
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Roger Mason Discusses the Evolution of ODNI, Offerings at the Intersection of Biometrics and Cyber and His New Professorship

Roger Mason serves as senior vice president for national security and intelligence at Noblis and also oversees Noblis ESI, a wholly owned subsidiary. He was most recentlyÂ the first assistant director of national intelligence for systems and resource analyses at ODNI where he advised senior leaders on criticalÂ intelligence decisions. He left his VP role at Noblis […] More

May 21, 2014, 1:28 pm
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Hitachi Data Systems Federal Corp. Partners with Avnet Gov’t Solutions; Mike Tanner Comments

Hitachi Data Systems Federal Corporation,Â a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Data Systems, has entered into a distribution partnership with Avnet Government Solutions, a newly formedÂ wholly owned subsidiary of Avnet Technology Solutions.Â Throught the partnership, Avnet will provide services to HDS’ partners that include capture assistance, compliance, process management and deployment of converged infrastructure, according to […] More

May 20, 2014, 11:09 am
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IBM Partners with Universities to Develop Enterprise Cloud Mgmt System

IBM has been selected byÂ Brazilâ€™s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation to develop a system that will allow organizations to better manage cloud resources, IBM said Thursday. IBM has signed a three year deal to work with Brazilian and foreign Universities to develop the system as well as testing and optimization practices, according to IBM. […] More

May 15, 2014, 3:02 pm
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Marcus Collier: General Dynamics IT Wins $63M to Develop Healthcare Billing System

General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has won a $63 million contract toÂ develop, implement and maintain a healthcare billing system for the service branches, the company said Thursday. TheÂ Armed Forces Billing and Collection Utilization Solution is intended to help theÂ U.S. Army Medical Command,Â U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and SurgeryÂ and U.S. Air […] More

May 15, 2014, 2:46 pm