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  • Kevin McCarthy: Unisys-Rackwise Team Produces Data Center Mgmt Platform for Federal Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin McCarthy: Unisys-Rackwise Team Produces Data Center Mgmt Platform for Federal Market

    Unisys and Rackwise have worked together to introduce a software product designed to help government customers manage their data center assets. The Pennsylvania-based contractor has also been promoting its data center infrastructure management strategy to the federal sector over the past nine months, according to a Wednesday blog post by Kevin McCarthy, group vice president […] More

  • Ryan Hartman: Boeing's Insitu to Explore Commercial Markets for ScanEagle UAV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ryan Hartman: Boeing’s Insitu to Explore Commercial Markets for ScanEagle UAV

    Ryan Hartman, CEO of Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary, said the business is looking to make its ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle commercially available for agricultural and environmental uses, Avionics Magazine reported Wednesday. Woodrow Bellamy III writes that Hartman wants to adopt a UAV commercialization strategy similar to the one Insitu used when it entered the defense market. […] More

  • Opengear's Rick Stevenson: A Consolidated Data Center Needs Regular Maintenance, Monitoring - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Opengear’s Rick Stevenson: A Consolidated Data Center Needs Regular Maintenance, Monitoring

    Merging data centers could help federal agencies save money and improve efficiency but such a consolidation also has natural or man-made disruptions to overcome, OpenGear CEO Rick Stevenson wrote in an article for Nextgov published Wednesday. He writes that data center consolidation is logistically a complex endeavor, particularly if multiple different agencies are involved. Power outages, excessive humidity […] More

  • Study: Telecom Industry to be Biggest Network Analytics Consumer Through 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Study: Telecom Industry to be Biggest Network Analytics Consumer Through 2018

    An RnRMarketResearch.com report forecasts that the global market for network analytics products could be worth $1.7 billion by 2018 with a 27.9 percent compound annual growth rate. The telecommunications sector is projected to account for majority of enterprise network analytics usage through 2018, followed by the financial services and insurance industries, the market research publisher […] More

  • Scott Smith: Iridium, Boeing, L-3 Finish Work on NEXT Satellite Control Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Smith: Iridium, Boeing, L-3 Finish Work on NEXT Satellite Control Infrastructure

    Iridium Communications worked with Boeing and L-3 Communications to build the system control segment for Iridium’s NEXT satellite and a facility for managing after-launch and early-orbit satellite operations. The NEXT control segment is designed with L-3 Telemetry-West‘s InControl software that will work to manage command and control of the satellite constellation, Iridium said Wednesday. Boeing […] More

  • Northrop's RQ-4 Drone Tested for Interoperability with AF Ground System; Mick Jaggers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s RQ-4 Drone Tested for Interoperability with AF Ground System; Mick Jaggers Comments

    A Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system underwent a flight test designed to evaluate the drone’s ability to connect with the U.S. Air Force‘s distributed common ground system. The RQ-4 performed more than 30 hours of endurance flight during recent interoperability assessments held at Edwards Air Force Base in California, Northrop said Tuesday. […] More

  • Lydia Hyde: BAE Develops Microsensors for Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lydia Hyde: BAE Develops Microsensors for Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring

    A team of BAE Systems engineers is experimenting with an aircraft system designed to employ thousands of microsensors to detect external temperatures as well as damage to airplane structure. The company’s Advanced Technology Centre developed the “smart skin” technology with the goal of making aircraft screen itself for physical strain or identify structural issues before […] More

  • Deltek: IT Spending at State, Local Levels to Reach $70B in 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek: IT Spending at State, Local Levels to Reach $70B in 2019

    Deltek forecasts that state and local government agencies will increase spending on information technology products and services by more than 3 percent annually over the next five years, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Chris Dixon, a senior manager at the Herndon-based market analysis firm, estimates IT investments at the state and local levels to grow […] More

  • CACI CEO Ken Asbury Sees Growth Potential in Federal Cyber, Health IT Areas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI CEO Ken Asbury Sees Growth Potential in Federal Cyber, Health IT Areas

    Ken Asbury, president and CEO of CACI International, says the health information technology and cybersecurity areas present the company with opportunities for growth in the federal market, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Amrita Jayakumar writes that Asbury told the Post in a phone interview the company also wants to acquire businesses that specialize in health IT, […] More

  • Tom Owen: Lockheed, DoD, Suppliers Hold F-35 Cost Discussions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Owen: Lockheed, DoD, Suppliers Hold F-35 Cost Discussions

    Lockheed Martin is working with the Defense Department and F-35 suppliers to lower operation and maintenance costs for the fighter program over the next 50 years, Reuters reported Thursday. Andrea Shalal writes that Lockheed officials recently met with representatives from DoD and 90 key F-35 suppliers in Fort Worth, Texas to brainstorm cost reduction ideas. […] More

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