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  • MarketsandMarkets: 3D Printing Market's Value to Hit $8B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: 3D Printing Market’s Value to Hit $8B by 2020

    A new MarketsandMarkets forecast predicts the three-dimensional printing market will be worth $8.43 billion by 2020. The growth represents a compound annual rate of 14.37 percent between 2014 and 2020 across the aerospace, automotive, consumer, defense, healthcare, industrial, education and research sectors, MarketsandMarkets said Wednesday. MarketsandMarkets attributes the growth of 3D printing market in the Americas to initiatives the governments in the […] More

  • ReportsnReports: Oil and Gas Sector's Global Big Data Market to Grow 56% in 4 Years - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ReportsnReports: Oil and Gas Sector’s Global Big Data Market to Grow 56% in 4 Years

    A new ReportsnReports research forecasts the global big data market in the oil and gas sector will grow 56.45 percent in size by 2018. The report predicts the oil and gas big data market will implement predictive modeling tools to forecast future development strategies through the use of historical data, ReportsnReports said Monday. The research also indicates “huge data explosion” […] More

  • ID.me Gets Approval to Issue 'Dot-Gov' Digital ID Credentials; Ryan Fox Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ID.me Gets Approval to Issue ‘Dot-Gov’ Digital ID Credentials; Ryan Fox Comments

    ID.me has won an 18-month contract to issue General Services Administration digital identity credentials for stakeholders to access government agency websites. Individuals will be able to log in to Connect.Gov shared cloud service using GSA’s Federal Identity, Credential and Access Management-approved credentials, ID.me said Wednesday. “The Connect.Gov initiative allows individuals verified through ID.me to utilize one set of digital credentials across a […] More

  • Unisys' Dan Huberty: Hybrid Service Key to Future Data Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ Dan Huberty: Hybrid Service Key to Future Data Center

    Dan Huberty, vice president and chief technology officer at Unisys, has discussed the trends Unisys says could shape the future of data center. Huberty said Tuesday the hybrid service model and the economics of information technology are some of the trends that he believes will shape the data center of the future. He said in a podcast the […] More

  • WidePoint Arm Approved to Issue DoD ID Verification Credentials; Steve Komar, Daniel Turissini Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint Arm Approved to Issue DoD ID Verification Credentials; Steve Komar, Daniel Turissini Comment

    A WidePoint Corp. subsidiary has become the first vendor to receive an approval from the Defense Department to issue personal identity verification credentials for more than 40 million users with access to the agency’s information systems. Operational Research Consultants has been certified to issue external certificate authority PIV interoperable credentials for contractors and trading partners to communicate with defense information systems, WidePoint […] More

  • DRS, Lithiumstart Forge Energy Storage Market Partnership; Vince Stammetti Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS, Lithiumstart Forge Energy Storage Market Partnership; Vince Stammetti Comments

    DRS Technologies and Lithiumstart have partnered to combine their respective technologies in a move to pursue business opportunities with military and commercial energy storage applications. DRS will integrate its power electronic modules into Lithiumstart’s ESS technology to develop an energy storage module, DRS said Tuesday. Vince Stammetti, vice president and general manager at DRS’ power and control technologies, […] More

  • Level 3 to Help Intelsat Expand Fiber, Teleport Network; Edward Morche Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Level 3 to Help Intelsat Expand Fiber, Teleport Network; Edward Morche Comments

    Level 3 Communications has been selected to deploy network connectivity services to Intelsat‘s Tysons Corner, Virginia-based headquarters and other sites across the U.S. Intelsat will expand its IntelsatOne terrestrial fiber and teleport network connected to Intelsat’s global satellite infrastructure using the service, Level 3 said Tuesday. “Level 3 remains committed to providing the network solutions for Intelsat to continue to grow and […] More

  • FireEye: Threat Group Targets Stock Trading Info - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye: Threat Group Targets Stock Trading Info

    FireEye is tracking a threat group that targets insider information of companies in order to take advantage of stock prices. The FIN4 group aims to obtain access to the emails of C-level executives, legal counsel, regulatory, risk and compliance personnel, FireEye said Sunday. FireEye said the group has targeted healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies and advisory firms since mid 2013. “We’ve been able to […] More

  • Kevin Coleman: Enterprises Should Have Cyber Response Teams - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Coleman: Enterprises Should Have Cyber Response Teams

    Kevin Coleman, formerly chief strategist at Netscape and previously a management consultant at Deloitte, has called on organizations to form a cyber incident response team for on-demand action on data breaches. Coleman wrote in a commentary for Fedscoop senior executives within organizations must also begin to turn their focus on data breach response strategies in order to mitigate the costs […] More

  • Ted Carniol: Detroit Metro Airport Adopts Exelis Symphony Tech to Manage Airfield - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ted Carniol: Detroit Metro Airport Adopts Exelis Symphony Tech to Manage Airfield

    Exelis will supply surface surveillance products and services to Detroit’s main airport for situational awareness and operations management support. The company will deploy its Symphony suite of applications for the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to handle operations, maintain safety and facilitate collaboration, Exelis said Tuesday. “The deployment of the Symphony suite will provide DTW with an airfield operations management system on a […] More

  • Northrop, Air Force Complete Minuteman III Flight Test; Lori Belnap Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Air Force Complete Minuteman III Flight Test; Lori Belnap Comments

    Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and the U.S. Air Force have completed a flight test of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system. The missile reached the Marshall Islands-based Ronald Reagan test site 30 minutes after its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Northrop said Tuesday. “Each operational test we conduct is critical to ensuring the safety, surety, reliability and […] More

  • Cubic to Integrate Payment Processing System into Calgary's Parking Service; David deKozan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Integrate Payment Processing System into Calgary’s Parking Service; David deKozan Comments

    Cubic‘s transportation systems business has agreed to integrate its payment processing technology into Calgary’s parking service in an effort to help users manage their transportation account. The Calgary Parking Authority and Cubic intend for the partnership to help customers process parking and transit payments with a common smart card or mobile application, Cubic said Monday. “Users already engaged with […] More