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  • ViON's Richard Breakiron: Secured Downloads, Authentication Key to IoT Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON’s Richard Breakiron: Secured Downloads, Authentication Key to IoT Security

    Richard Breakiron,ViON‘s senior director of cyber solutions, has recommended steps he believes can help secure the Internet of Things from what he calls potential vulnerabilities in devices. Breakiron wrote in a GCN op-ed published Thursday that potential flaws in IoT devices during the design and development phase could lead to national security risks. He recommends downloads of […] More

  • Research and Markets: Missile Defense Systems Market to Grow 5% Through 2024 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Missile Defense Systems Market to Grow 5% Through 2024

    Research and Markets has released a new report that predicts the global missile defense systems market could grow to $38.5 billion in value through 2024, up 4.93 percent from 2014. The report analyzes market size over the next decade, global industry values, market demand and industry challenges, Research and Markets said Wednesday. Research and Markets projects the market for missile defense systems during the […] More

  • Software AG's David Overos Highlights Cloud Integration Trends - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Software AG’s David Overos Highlights Cloud Integration Trends

    David Overos, director of product marketing at Software AG, has highlighted several trends in cloud computing and hybrid integration areas. Overos wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that “the number of cloud services used in large organizations is proliferating.” He says there is a growing landscape of cloud services ranging from customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, human […] More

  • Research and Markets: US Gov't Cyber Market to Grow 7% by 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: US Gov’t Cyber Market to Grow 7% by 2018

    Research and Markets has released a new report that projects the cybersecurity market for U.S. federal agencies to grow 7.41 percent in value by 2018. The report covers the period of 2014 through 2018 and consideres the revenue from the sales of cybersecurity services to the Department of Homeland Security, Defense Department and the U.S. intelligence community, Research and Markets said Thursday. […] More

  • Praescient Analytics: Data Analysis, Social Media, Crowdsourcing Key in Anti-Ebola Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Praescient Analytics: Data Analysis, Social Media, Crowdsourcing Key in Anti-Ebola Effort

    Praescient Analytics has highlighted three ways healthcare providers could apply to efforts to stop the spread of Ebola virus. Praescient said Wednesday that healthcare organizations could minimize the number of Ebola infections of their workers if low infection probability is factored into infection prevention protocols. The low infection probability is based on a comparison by Brookings Institution nonresident senior fellow […] More

  • Charles River Analytics to Help NASA Analysts Estimate Device Life; Avi Pfeffer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics to Help NASA Analysts Estimate Device Life; Avi Pfeffer Comments

    Charles River Analytics will develop a probabilistic modeling system for NASA researchers to evaluate flight systems with a focus on aviation safety. NASA analysts will work to estimate the remaining useful life of components with Charles River’s prediction technique under the Programming Useful Life Prediction program, Charles River said Wednesday. “We will be developing a new approach to RUL prediction by using […] More

  • Iridium, Trimble Ink SATCOM Integration Deal; David Wigglesworth, Ron Konezny Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium, Trimble Ink SATCOM Integration Deal; David Wigglesworth, Ron Konezny Comment

    Iridium Communications has agreed to integrate its satellite communications system into the core transportation and logistics offering of Trimble. Trimble will offer the product with Iridium’s satellite machine-to-machine connectivity services in Europe and other regions worldwide, Iridium said Thursday. David Wigglesworth, vice president and general manager for Americas and global M2M services at Iridium, said Iridium’s global coverage “will play an important role in Trimble’s […] More

  • LexisNexis Surveys Consumer Willingness to Share Personal Data with Industries, Gov't; Dennis Becker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LexisNexis Surveys Consumer Willingness to Share Personal Data with Industries, Gov’t; Dennis Becker Comments

    LexisNexis Risk Solutions has conducted a survey on how government and commercial collection of personal identification information impacts consumer behavior. The company polled more than 3,000 consumers over their willingness to share personal information with the financial, healthcare, retail and government sectors in low, medium and high risk transactions, LexisNexis said Tuesday. “Organizations need to be cognizant of how […] More

  • IBM Launches Crowdsourced Supercomputer to Analyze Genomic Big Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Launches Crowdsourced Supercomputer to Analyze Genomic Big Data

    IBM has introduced a crowdsourced supercomputing system in an effort to help scientists develop new medicinal compounds based on genomic data analysis. The World Community Grid supercomputer works to access the computer power of thousands of volunteers worldwide in order to compare 200 million proteins registered from the genes of various life forms, IBM said Wednesday. […] More

  • Bassim Shebaro: Jacobs to Help Saudi Arabia Build Industrial Cities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bassim Shebaro: Jacobs to Help Saudi Arabia Build Industrial Cities

    Jacobs Engineering Group has won a two-year contract of an undisclosed amount with the Saudi Industry Property Authority to design and develop industrial cities in the country. The company will provide concept and design services for three new industrial cities in Saudi Arabia, the company said Tuesday. “We look forward to supporting MODON’s goal to create a lasting and […] More

  • SAIC Launches E-Ticketing Tool for Law Enforcers; Terry Hicks Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Launches E-Ticketing Tool for Law Enforcers; Terry Hicks Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has unveiled an electronic ticketing tool that the company designed to help law enforcement clients process and issue tickets to violators. The Qwik-e-Ticket system works to create and send tickets electronically through Saltus Technologies LLC’s digiTICKET software, SAIC said Tuesday. “Our solution can scan IDs and licenses, issue tickets, capture GPS coordinates, electronic signatures, voice notes and […] More

  • Force 3's Jason Parry: Enterprises See Value in 'Software-Defined Everything' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Force 3’s Jason Parry: Enterprises See Value in ‘Software-Defined Everything’

    Jason Parry, vice president of client solutions at consulting and integration firm Force 3, believes “software-defined everything” provides value and return on investment for enterprises, ChannelPro Network reported Oct. 10. Parry told the publication that companies have adopted SDE tools for automated information technology tasks and provisioning work, Samuel Greengard reports. He recommends that channel professionals focus on […] More