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  • Lockheed's Horace Blackman: 'Biggest Opportunities' Lie in Federal Health IT Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Horace Blackman: ‘Biggest Opportunities’ Lie in Federal Health IT Space

    Horace Blackman, Lockheed Martin’s vice president of health and life sciences, attributes new business growth opportunities to the federal health information technology market, The Washington Post reported Saturday. Jay Hancock writes Lockheed Martin’s business with the Department of Health and Human Services has more than doubled to $300 million annually since 2006. “The biggest opportunities I would point to are efforts associated […] More

  • Dave Dunning: Fluor- CNNC Team to Pursue Nuclear, Renewable Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Dunning: Fluor- CNNC Team to Pursue Nuclear, Renewable Markets

    Fluor Corp. and China National Nuclear Corp. have signed a memorandum of understanding to pursue nuclear and renewable energy business opportunities in Europe and China. CNNC and Fluor will collaborate on various civil nuclear-related projects in the U.K., Germany and China, as well as on wind farms and solar power opportunities, Fluor said Thursday. “We are excited to cooperate […] More

  • Research and Markets: Global Cloud Services Market Size to Grow 17% Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Global Cloud Services Market Size to Grow 17% Through 2020

    Research and Markets has released a new report that projects the global cloud services market will reach $555 billion in 2020. The compound annual growth rate is estimated to be 17.6 percent between 2014 and 2020, Research and Markets said Wednesday. The report contains analyses for formulating market strategies and examines market factors to determine growth trends in various geographies. The report also identifies key application segments […] More

  • Frost and Sullivan: US Healthcare Cloud Market to Hit $3.5B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frost and Sullivan: US Healthcare Cloud Market to Hit $3.5B by 2020

    Frost and Sullivan has released a study that predicts the U.S. healthcare cloud market will reach $3.5 billion by 2020, iHealthBeat reported Friday. Shruthi Parakkal, healthcare research analyst at Frost and Sullivan, cited several results of cloud migration as information technology staff management, reduced upfront costs, operational efficiency, on-demand data access and deployment, according to the report. The report indicates stakeholders are […] More

  • Allied Market Research: Global Internet Security Market to Reach $43B in Six Years - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Allied Market Research: Global Internet Security Market to Reach $43B in Six Years

    Allied Market Research has released a report that predicts the global internet security market will reach $42.8 billion by 2020. The report attributes the market’s growth to cloud-based business operations, growing online financial transactions and rise in Internet usage, among other factors. Allied Market Research says the market faces the challenge of pirated software and lack of awareness among consumers. The market […] More

  • Study: Mobile Satellite Services Market to Grow $5.62B by 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Study: Mobile Satellite Services Market to Grow $5.62B by 2019

    A new report from Research and Markets forecasts the mobile satellite services market will reach $5.62 billion by 2019. The market research firm estimates the market to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10.2 percent from 2014 to 2019, Research and Markets said Monday. “Satellites will continue to deliver efficient broadcast services on a global basis that […] More

  • Mike Werner: ProphetStor Joins Red Hat OpenStack Partner Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Werner: ProphetStor Joins Red Hat OpenStack Partner Network

    Red Hat and ProphetStor Data Services have partnered to offer ProphetStor’s software-defined storage products and services to their joint customers. ProphetStor joined Red Hat’s OpenStack cloud infrastructure partner network to integrate its Federator services into the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack platform, ProphetStor said Monday. “We’re pleased to have ProphetStor join us in the Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Partner Network,” said […] More

  • Informatica,T-Systems Partner on Data Mgmt Services; Dirk Häußermann Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Informatica,T-Systems Partner on Data Mgmt Services; Dirk Häußermann Comments

    Informatica and T-Systems have partnered to combine their cloud integration systems in an effort to help clients manage their data. Customers will be able to consolidate data and applications from public and private clouds as well as those in on-premise platforms using the combined integration and data management service, Informatica said Monday. “The alliance between T Systems and Informatica will deliver […] More

  • 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

  • Andrew Dunlop: Veris Group to Support DoD's Info Assurance Functions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andrew Dunlop: Veris Group to Support DoD’s Info Assurance Functions

    Veris Group has been selected to offer information assurance services for Defense Department organizations. The company will provide information technology equipment, services and support to the offices of the defense secretary and director of administration and management through the Washington Headquarters Services, Veris Group said Wednesday. “Veris Group is pleased to work with WHS to support the agency’s IA requirements,” said […] 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