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Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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  • Oracle, Verizon Aim to Help Enterprises Cut IT Costs Through Database Cloud Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Oracle, Verizon Aim to Help Enterprises Cut IT Costs Through Database Cloud Offering

    A Forrester Consulting study says that three organizations have achieved a lower cost of technology ownership from implementing an Oracle database software in conjunction with a Verizon cloud platform. George Koroneos, an online media manager at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, wrote Thursday the Verizon-commissioned research sought to analyze how subscription-based licensing of Oracle Database on Verizon Cloud […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Govt-Focused Cloud Tech Market to Hit $18B in 4 Years - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    MarketsandMarkets: Govt-Focused Cloud Tech Market to Hit $18B in 4 Years

    A MarketsandMarkets report estimates the value of the worldwide government cloud market to be $18.48 billion by 2018, up from $2.87 billion last year. The research firm said Thursday it predicts North America will be the largest regional market for cloud computing platforms designed for government organizations through 2018. Federal, state and local government agencies […] More

  • Kathy Lueders: NASA, Partners Discuss Progress on Commercial Space Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kathy Lueders: NASA, Partners Discuss Progress on Commercial Space Vehicles

    Four contractors met with NASA throughout July to discuss updates on space capsules they are developing under a second round of the agency’s Commercial Crew Development competition. NASA said Thursday it holds regular meetings with Boeing, Sierra Nevada Corp., SpaceX and Blue Origin to review the companies’ work on spacecraft systems and launch vehicles. “These […] More

  • Megan Anderson: In-Q-Tel Backs Newlans' Mobile RF Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Mobility, News

    Megan Anderson: In-Q-Tel Backs Newlans’ Mobile RF Tech Development

    In-Q-Tel has invested an undisclosed amount in technology startup Newlans to help the latter company further develop radio frequency modules for wireless communication devices. “The Newlans approach represents a step forward in analog signal processing technology,” Megan Anderson, vice president of IQT’s field deployable technologies practice, said Thursday. Anderson added the company sees Newlans-designed tunable […] More

  • Boeing Wraps Up CST-100 Design, Risk Evaluations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Boeing Wraps Up CST-100 Design, Risk Evaluations

    Boeing has evaluated the safety features of a commercial spacecraft the company is building for NASA‘s human flight missions into low-Earth orbit. The company said Thursday it conducted the CST-100 hazard analysis to identify possible life-threating risks and ensure that capsule design is safe. CST-100 would transport up to seven astronauts and cargo to the […] More

  • CGI Helps West Virginia, Colorado Implement ERP Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Helps West Virginia, Colorado Implement ERP Systems

    The governments of Colorado and West Virginia have adopted a CGI enterprise resource planning system to automate purchasing and accounting processes. CGI said Thursday the new Colorado Operations Resource Engine uses the firm’s Advantage ERP technology and is built to help the state government manage budgeting and procurement functions. The company also helped West Virginia’s […] More

  • Level 3 Unveils Herndon Data Center; Paul Savill Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Level 3 Unveils Herndon Data Center; Paul Savill Comments

    Level 3 Communications has opened a data center in Herndon, Virginia, to deliver cloud computing and managed information technology services to government and other enterprise clients. The Herndon facility is the newest addition to the company’s Premier Elite global infrastructure network and features power, cooling, security and connectivity systems, Level 3 said Thursday. Premier Elite […] More

  • Andrew Tyler: Northrop in Talks With Potential Global Hawk Buyers in Europe - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Andrew Tyler: Northrop in Talks With Potential Global Hawk Buyers in Europe

    Andrew Tyler, CEO of Northrop Grumman‘s businesses in the U.K. and Europe, said that three European nations are interested in buying Global Hawk surveillance drones from the company, Reuters reported Wednesday. “At the moment I would say that the hottest three (potential European buyers) are Germany, U.K. and Norway, in the sense that we’ve got […] More

  • InfoZen Moves NASA Web Portals, Apps to Amazon Cloud; Roopangi Kadakia Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    InfoZen Moves NASA Web Portals, Apps to Amazon Cloud; Roopangi Kadakia Comments

    NASA has partnered with cloud services provider InfoZen to migrate several of the space agency’s public-facing websites and applications to a cloud computing environment. InfoZen moved 110 online NASA portals into an Amazon Web Services-powered, open-source content management platform within 22 weeks under the NASA WESTPrime web migration contract, InfoZen said Wednesday. “WESTPrime provides a […] More

  • Battelle to Help Build Army Weapons, Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Battelle to Help Build Army Weapons, Equipment

    Battelle holds a position on a potential five-year, $300 million contract to help the U.S. Army develop and test munitions, explosive detectors, mobile robots and other military systems. The Army selected Battelle as one of seven contractors for the branch’s Rapid Prototyping and Technology Insertion program, the company said Tuesday. A Battelle-led industry team and […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils Naval C4ISR Testing Platform; Rob Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Lockheed Unveils Naval C4ISR Testing Platform; Rob Smith Comments

    Lockheed Martin has built a platform for testing maritime intelligence, communications or sensor technologies before their deployment. The Maritime Test Bed is designed to simulate environments at sea and on shore and employs an open-source architecture that works to access multiple data sources for testing, Lockheed said Tuesday. Rob Smith, vice president of C4ISR at […] More

  • Michael Toscano: Underwater Drones' Potential Uses are 'Limitless' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Toscano: Underwater Drones’ Potential Uses are ‘Limitless’

    Commercial and government efforts are underway to build unmanned and autonomous underwater vehicles that can be used for naval warfare, environmental research and recovery mission, National Defense Magazine reports. Yasmin Tadjdeh writes that Michael Toscano, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, believes that UUV technology has limitless applications and will […] More