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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.
Steve Harris, senior vice president and general manager of Dell EMC’s federal business, told MeriTalk in an interview published Monday that artificial intelligence, internet of things and software-defined infrastructure are some of the emerging trends he sees in the federal information technology market. Harris discussed the importance of IT infrastructure modernization amid the presence of such tech capabilities.
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Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP’s federal business, has said the U.S. government should come up with a “sweeping plan†to facilitate the adoption of 3D printing in both public and private sectors. Gardner wrote in an opinion piece published Friday on GCN that the use of 3D printing technology could help the public sector expedite the production of parts, reduce shipping costs and minimize overstocked shelves.
The U.S. Air Force has welcomed the arrival of its fifth Boeing-built KC-46A Pegasus tanker at Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma. The aircraft took off from Boeing’s Seattle-based facility on Friday and arrived at Altus AFB, where the 56th air refueling squadron responsible for the tanker maintenance, aircraft and support training is based, the company said Friday.
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Executive Mosaic is pleased to present Ken Asbury, president and CEO of CACI International, as an inductee into the 2019 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting arena — for his pursuit of organic growth for the company through M&A and IT services. This marks his sixth consecutive Wash100 award. More
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce David Young, senior vice president of strategic government at CenturyLink, as an inductee into the 2019 edition of Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his efforts to serve federal clients and advance IT. This marks the second consecutive Wash100 award for Young. Â
The U.S. Army plans to purchase some Israel-made Iron Dome missile defense systems designed to counter mortar bombs and other incoming threats through the use of small interceptor missiles, Reuters reported Wednesday. “The Iron Dome will be assessed and experimented as a system that is currently available to protect deployed U.S. military service members against a wide variety of indirect fire threats and aerial threats,†the service said in a statement.
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A new Booz Allen Hamilton report that takes a look at cyber threat trends in 2019 says states may employ capabilities related to information warfare to compromise companies and consumers. Booz Allen said in the report that state-linked organizations could identify new applications for internet-of-things botnets and that threat actors might come up with new attack vectors to take advantage of non-WiFi wireless protocols.
Adobe’s cloud-based managed application secured a Department of Defense provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency. DISA said Wednesday the one-year DoD PA certification with conditions allows the Adobe Experience Manager for Managed Services platform to host data at impact level 4.
Iridium Communications on Wednesday declared the completion of the $3B Iridium NEXT satellite constellation at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. "The completion of the Iridium NEXT program signifies a new chapter in the Iridium story, one that sees us transforming from a big cash spender to a big cash generator," Iridium CEOÂ Matt Desch said in a statement published Wednesday.
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David Egts, chief technologist of North American public sector at Red Hat, has said there are ways agencies can optimize their technology stack while building up their security posture. Egts wrote in a FedScoop article published Tuesday that one of the approaches agencies can do is collaborating with vendors to determine whether an operating system or software offers the security capabilities that they need.
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Shaun Bierweiler, vice president and general manager of U.S. public sector at Cloudera, has said the merger of Cloudera and Hortonworks forms a combined company that would deliver an enterprise data cloud platform designed to help clients “derive data intelligence from the edge to AI.†“This capability will have an immediate and long-lasting impact on the public sector as agencies are able to capture data-in-motion from sensors, IoT or other devices, bring it through an enterprise open-source data platform, and leverage AI and machine learning capabilities to provide valuable insights and actionable intelligence,†Bierweiler wrote in a LinkedIn article published Monday.
Jennifer Moore, a product manager at the U.S. Marine Corps program executive office for land systems, has said the service branch plans to issue a solicitation for new ultralight tactical vehicles by the fourth quarter of calendar year 2019, National Defense reported Tuesday. “Then we’re going to have a lengthy bid sample evaluation and assessment period of time, with our final [contract] award in early ‘22 and then immediate fielding thereafter,†Moore said Tuesday at the Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Conference in Monterey, Calif.
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