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  • MeriTalk Report Examines Challenges to Federal Cloud Adoption; Mike Younkers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MeriTalk Report Examines Challenges to Federal Cloud Adoption; Mike Younkers Comments

    MeriTalk has released a new report that highlights potential challenges to federal cloud adoption and opportunities to increase the migration rate. The study finds that 75 percent and 53 percent of federal cloud users cite data control retention and long-term contracts, respectively, as factors that prevent them from moving other services into the cloud, MeriTalk said […] More

  • ICF Continues to Administer Reimbursement Claims of Pennsylvania Storage Tank Owners; David Bauer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Continues to Administer Reimbursement Claims of Pennsylvania Storage Tank Owners; David Bauer Comments

    ICF International will continue to administer reimbursement claims from storage and heating oil tank operators in Pennsylvania under a $14.5 million re-compete contract. The payments for the owners of regulated underground storage tanks and designated non-regulated commercial heating oil tanks will be collected through the Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Fund, ICF said Tuesday. The contract […] More

  • Research and Markets: Analytics to Drive Earth Observation Services Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Analytics to Drive Earth Observation Services Market

    A new Research and Markets report predicts an increase in adoption of analytics in the satellite-based Earth observation services market in the U.S. The market is expected to grow at a 7.65 percent compound annual rate between 2015 and 2019, Research and Markets said Tuesday. The report also attributes the overall market growth to what […] More

  • European Space Agency Combines Cloud Infrastructure with Red Hat Linux; Gianni Anguilletti Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    European Space Agency Combines Cloud Infrastructure with Red Hat Linux; Gianni Anguilletti Comments

    The European Space Agency has incorporated Red Hat’s Linux platform into the agency’s private cloud infrastructure that is intended to provide information technology services to multiple users. The ESA cloud infrastructure is developed based on VCE systems and a blade x86 architecture, Red Hat said Tuesday. Gianni Anguilletti, Red Hat’s country manager in Italy, said […] More

  • Lockheed, Navy to Launch MUOS Satellite; Iris Bombelyn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Navy to Launch MUOS Satellite; Iris Bombelyn Comments

    Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy are set to launch the third Mobile User Objective System satellite on Tuesday from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The satellite system will take off on board a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, Lockheed said Monday. ULA says the 44-minute launch window will begin at 7:43 […] More

  • Stu Fleagle: DISA to 'Piecemeal' Security Restriction Rollback - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stu Fleagle: DISA to ‘Piecemeal’ Security Restriction Rollback

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has eased security restrictions on certain data classes in order to shorten the period of cloud services procurements, Federal Times reported Monday. Gregory Garcia, executive director of the Army Information Technology Agency, expects Defense Department to migrate its applications to the cloud five years from now, Aaron Boyd reports. “This will […] More

  • Cisco Report: Companies Should Organize Security Priorities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Report: Companies Should Organize Security Priorities

    Cisco has released a new report that analyzes threat intelligence and cybersecurity trends and examines how organizations must respond to cyber attacks. The company said Tuesday cyber criminals are expanding their tactics to conduct cyber attacks using methods that Cisco says are hard to detect. “Attackers have become more proficient at taking advantage of gaps […] More

  • Northrop to Develop Supply Chain Authentication System for DARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Develop Supply Chain Authentication System for DARPA

    Northrop Grumman’s electronic systems business unit has been awarded a contract worth at least $12 million with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a supply chain hardware authentication system. The system will work to verify the trustworthiness of an electronic component and identify counterfeit parts in the supply chain, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

  • Pragmatics to Update US Patent and Trademark Office Applications; Joe Brock Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pragmatics to Update US Patent and Trademark Office Applications; Joe Brock Comments

    Pragmatics has been awarded more than $10 million in multiple task orders during the last six months to modernize the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s applications. The company will work to maintain applications, develop software and manage content under the contract with the Commerce Department, Pragmatics said Wednesday. “Since 2012, we have leveraged agile development practices […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL to Develop Retinal Prosthesis System; Kapil Katyal Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL to Develop Retinal Prosthesis System; Kapil Katyal Comments

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will develop a retinal prosthesis system with $4 million in funding from Mann Fund. The lab will will work with Second Sight Medical Products Inc. to embed vision and eye tracking sensors into the glasses for the system to identify obstacles, doorways, hallways and objects within a household, Johns Hopkins APL said […] More

  • Cisco, IBM Form IoT/M2M Alliance with Industry; Thorsten Kramp Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco, IBM Form IoT/M2M Alliance with Industry; Thorsten Kramp Comments

    Cisco and IBM have forged a partnership with other companies to develop and deliver Internet of Things and machine-to-machine services, PCC Mobile Broadband reported Friday. The LoRa alliance will focus on providing M2M, smart city, sensor network and industrial automation applications through wireless area network standards, according to the report. “In addition to IBM’s support […] More