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  • Spectro to Develop Fluid Analytics Tools Using Lockheed Classification Tech; Colleen Arthur Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Spectro to Develop Fluid Analytics Tools Using Lockheed Classification Tech; Colleen Arthur Comments

    Lockheed Martin Corp. has provided Spectro Inc. with a license to develop fresh fluid analysis tools using Lockheed’s fluid imaging and classification system. Spectro intends to build new analytics software for fluid and machine status monitoring based on the desktop version of Lockheed Martin’s LaserNet Fines technology, Spectro said Wednesday. The LNF system works to classify particle […] More

  • Boeing Receives Signal from in Orbit Tracking and Relay Satellite; Craig Cooning Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Receives Signal from in Orbit Tracking and Relay Satellite; Craig Cooning Comments

    Boeing’s tracking and data relay satellite has transmitted its first signals from space after its launch on Jan. 23. The TDRS-L is the fifth satellite that Boeing built for various NASA operations involving the International Space Station, researches on the Earth’s climate and deep space study using the Hubble Telescope, Boeing said Thursday. Craig Cooning, […] More

  • GE Expands Smart Grid Client Base; Todd Jackson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE Expands Smart Grid Client Base; Todd Jackson Comments

    General Electric Co. has moved to grow its smart grid services customer base by adding new municipal and rural utilities clients for the subscription-based offering, Greentech Media reported Thursday. Jeff St. John writes at least six more customers have subscribed to GE’s Grid IQ solutions-as-a-service unit in addition to existing clients such as the municipal […] More

  • NTT Communications Deploys Oracle Systems on Network Monitoring Services; Tetsuya Funabashi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT Communications Deploys Oracle Systems on Network Monitoring Services; Tetsuya Funabashi Comments

    NTT Communications has moved to deploy Oracle’s engineered systems and in-memory products on its network monitoring system offering in an effort to grow NTT’s network traffic and data analysis technologies. Oracle’s Exalogic Elastic Cloud, Exadata Database Machine, Coherence and Event Processing systems have been integrated into NTT Communications’ network and predictive failure detection services, Oracle […] More

  • Citrix, Zettics Form Mobile Analytics Partnership; Chris Koopmans Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Citrix, Zettics Form Mobile Analytics Partnership; Chris Koopmans Comments

    Citrix and big data analytics provider Zettics have partnered to develop traffic management and analytics services offerings for mobile network customers. Zettics’ analytics technology will be integrated into Citrix’s ByteMobile portfolio for operators to analyze data consumption on their networks and to respond to events based on that analysis, Citrix said Thursday. Chris Koopmans, vice […] More

  • Exelis to Update Harrier Aircraft Carriage, Release Tech; Pete Martin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Update Harrier Aircraft Carriage, Release Tech; Pete Martin Comments

    Exelis will update the carriage and release systems on the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of AV-8B Harrier aircraft under a contract worth more than $13 million. The company will develop 181 digital improved triple ejector rack units for the plane’s current carriage and release technology, the company said Thursday. Pete Martin, director of defense systems for Exelis’ electronic […] More

  • Oracle to Manage Italian Org's Space Mission Data; Roberto Morbidelli, Xavier Verhaeghe Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle to Manage Italian Org’s Space Mission Data; Roberto Morbidelli, Xavier Verhaeghe Comment

    Oracle has been selected to manage scientific data for Italian National Institute of Astrophysics’ space mission with the goal of developing a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way galaxy. INAF will use the Oracle Database and Oracle Enterprise Manager to store and process information collected by the Gaia satellite, which the European Space Agency launched into […] More

  • SAP Joins Verizon Cloud Ecosystem; John Harrobin, Bob Grazioli Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Joins Verizon Cloud Ecosystem; John Harrobin, Bob Grazioli Comment

    Verizon‘s enterprise services arm will offer its cloud computing customers access to the SAP HANA platform. SAP intends to deploy its cloud platform to customers through Verizon’s ecosystem that comprises of the eCloud, Managed Hosting and the new Verizon Cloud environments, Verizon said Wednesday. John Harrobin, chief marketing officer for Verizon Enterprise Solutions, said the company […] More

  • Northrop to Help Implement Dubai Aviation Analytics Tool; Mark Green, Charles Houseago Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Help Implement Dubai Aviation Analytics Tool; Mark Green, Charles Houseago Comment

    Northrop Grumman has been selected to provide an analytics module from the company’s real-time collaboration tool offering to Dubai Air Navigation Services. The company’s ARC software product is developed for terminal and airfield operators to manage passenger flow and allocate resources, Northrop said Wednesday. Mark Green, strategy and ATM development lead at Serco DANS, said Dubai International […] More

  • NexDefense Obtains License to Market Battelle Diagnostics Tool; Michael Assante, Mark Kaczor Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NexDefense Obtains License to Market Battelle Diagnostics Tool; Michael Assante, Mark Kaczor Comment

    NexDefense will market Battelle’s network fingerprinting and monitoring software under a patent and copyright licensing agreement. The Sophia industrial control systems tool is built at Idaho National Laboratory with more than $1.5 million in investments from the Energy Department’s office of electricity delivery and energy reliability, NexDefense said Tuesday. “Because of the great need to […] More

  • VMware to Buy AirWatch for $1.2B; Pat Gelsinger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VMware to Buy AirWatch for $1.2B; Pat Gelsinger Comments

    VMware Inc. has agreed to acquire mobile management and security provider AirWatch for nearly $1.2 billion in cash and $365 million of installment payments and equity. The AirWatch team will continue reporting to John Marshall, founder and CEO, and will operate within VMware’s end-user computing group led by Sanjay Poonen, executive vice president and general […] More

  • GE to Buy Software and Analytics Provider API Healthcare; Michael Swinford Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE to Buy Software and Analytics Provider API Healthcare; Michael Swinford Comments

    General Electric Co. has moved to strengthen its industrial Internet strategy by agreeing to buy healthcare management software and analytics provider API Healthcare for an undisclosed amount. API Healthcare’s offerings will be integrated into GE Healthcare’s hospital operations management services for hospitals to access operational data in real time, said Tuesday. Michael Swinford, president and CEO […] More