Jane Edwards
is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
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AWS’ Dave Levy: Procurement Reform Could Help Accelerate Federal IT Modernization
Dave Levy, vice president of federal government at Amazon Web Services, told theCUBE in an interview posted Thursday that the federal government needs to reform the procurement process to speed up the adoption of cloud and other technology platforms to advance information technology modernization efforts.
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Brian Kenner to Join Amazon as Regional Economic Development Senior Manager
Brian Kenner, deputy mayor for planning and economic development in Washington, D.C., will join Amazon in early July to serve as a senior manager with oversight of regional economic development efforts in the Greater Washington area, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday.
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Lockheed Unveils Satellite Cloud Project; Yvonne Hodge Quoted
Lockheed Martin considers implementing the cloud-based approach in space missions through its two satellite cloud platforms – SpaceCloud and HiveStar, GeekWire reported Wednesday.
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CBP Accelerates Email Transfer Work With Robotic Process Automation; AWS’ Dave Levy Quoted
The Customs and Border Protection within the Department of Homeland Security used 50 robotic process automation systems from IBM in 2018 to speed up the migration of 30 terabytes of archived emails to a new platform, FCW reported Wednesday.
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NASA’s ISS Commercialization Strategy Draws Interest From Companies
Several companies have expressed interest in NASA’s new commercialization plan for the International Space Station, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.
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SAP NS2’s Kyle Rice: DoD Should Leverage Commercial Platforms to Close Innovation Gap
Kyle Rice, chief technology officer at SAP National Security Services, wrote in a FedScoop article published Tuesday that the Department of Defense should leverage commercial technology systems to advance innovation and keep ahead of adversaries.
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DLT Gets Distribution License for CloudCheckr Software, Services
DLT Solutions has received a license to distribute CloudCheckr software and services to Amazon Web Services consulting partners and clients in the public sector.
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Data Foundation-Booz Allen Report Looks at Seven Federal Blockchain Projects
A new report by Data Foundation and Booz Allen Hamilton reviewed seven federal blockchain projects and identified five factors program administrators and policymakers should consider before implementing blockchain initiatives.
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Intelligent Tech Could Provide Data Insights for Aerospace & Defense Firms; SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni Quoted
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, digital twins, internet of things and other intelligent technologies that use and process data could provide actionable insights that could help aerospace and defense companies gain visibility into the supply chain and facilitate the decision-making process.
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Leidos’ Jon Scholl: Pentagon’s New EHR System Needs Fully Mapped Health IT Infrastructure
Jon Scholl, president of Leidos’ health group, said the health information technology infrastructure needs to be mapped and assessed in order to support the Department of Defense’s new electronic health record system, HIT Infrastructure reported Friday.