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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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  • MarketsandMarkets: Healthcare Workforce Mgmt Systems Market Value to Hit $1.5B by 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Healthcare IT, News

    MarketsandMarkets: Healthcare Workforce Mgmt Systems Market Value to Hit $1.5B by 2019

    A MarketsandMarkets report predicts the global market for healthcare workforce management platforms will grow at a 13.8 percent compound annual growth rate to $1.5 billion in value by 2019. The research firm said Monday that healthcare organizations increasingly are adopting technology designed to manage employee schedules, attendance, shift differentials and patient care. Last year, North […] More

  • IBM Researchers, DARPA Collaborate to Build Neural Network Chips; Dharmendra Modha, Gill Pratt Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    IBM Researchers, DARPA Collaborate to Build Neural Network Chips; Dharmendra Modha, Gill Pratt Comment

    IBM researchers have produced a computer chip that is designed to simulate human brain function without needing to consume large amounts of energy under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s SyNAPSE program. The computing architecture is built with 5.4 billion transistors and 256 million programmable logic points that are modeled after the brain’s neuronal structure, DARPA said Thursday. […] More

  • Mario Santana: Verizon Aims to Help Enterprises Protect Networks With Cyber Intell Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Mario Santana: Verizon Aims to Help Enterprises Protect Networks With Cyber Intell Tech

    Mario Santana, managing principal at Verizon‘s Cyber Intelligence Center, said the center uses an analytics method to help enterprise clients identify threats that can bypass traditional cybersecurity platforms. “Hunting injects creative, engaged defenders into the equation with the use of force-multiplying tools and automation that allow us to analyze data so we can provide superior […] More

  • Report: SDN, Cloud Use to Drive Data Center Networking Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Report: SDN, Cloud Use to Drive Data Center Networking Market Growth

    MarketsandMarkets predicts the data center networking market’s value will hit $21.85 billion by 2018 and have a compound annual growth rate of 11.8 percent over the next four years. The growing use of software-based networking and cloud computing technology is projected to drive growth in the DCN sector, MarketsandMarkets said Wednesday. Cisco, Hewlett Packard, IBM, […] More

  • Report: Military Tech Support Market Could Reach $21B in 8 Years - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Report: Military Tech Support Market Could Reach $21B in 8 Years

    Frost & Sullivan predicts that worldwide revenues of the military systems support-in-service industry will grow from $16.36 billion in 2013 to $21.10 billion by 2022. The market research and analysis firm said Wednesday that defense budget constraints worldwide is driving use of performance-based contracts for support work for maritime, ground and aerial military platforms. Arun […] More

  • Charlie Precourt: ATK, NASA Evaluate SLS Rocket Booster Design - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Charlie Precourt: ATK, NASA Evaluate SLS Rocket Booster Design

    A five-segment solid rocket booster that ATK built for NASA‘s Space Launch System has passed a critical design review and is deemed ready to go through a qualification test. “Achieving this milestone is a tremendous accomplishment for ATK and NASA as we continue building the boosters for America’s Space Launch System,” Charlie Precourt, ATK vice […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Licenses Security Software to Raellic Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    General Dynamics Subsidiary Licenses Security Software to Raellic Systems

    General Dynamics‘ C4 systems business unit and technology startup Raellic Systems have entered into a licensing agreement covering a software product designed to protect computers against malicious threats. Raellic licensed the General Dynamics C4 Systems-made Pitbull trusted operating system and intends to pair the product with a Raellic communications security platform, Raellic said Wednesday. Pitbull […] More

  • Jeffrey Geiger: General Dynamics-Built Navy Submarine Undergoes Sea Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Jeffrey Geiger: General Dynamics-Built Navy Submarine Undergoes Sea Trials

    The U.S. Navy has completed alpha sea trials of a nuclear-powered attack submarine General Dynamics Electric Boat designed and built for the service. Navy and Electric Boat personnel tested North Dakota‘s ability to operate on and below the surface and evaluated its propulsion system’s mission capability, General Dynamics said Wednesday. “It was an outstanding effort […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Health Cloud Tech Market to See 20.5% CAGR Through 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    MarketsandMarkets: Health Cloud Tech Market to See 20.5% CAGR Through 2017

    A MarketsandMarkets report on the healthcare cloud computing market forecasts the industry will enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 20.5 percent in the years leading up to 2017. Revenue for health-focused cloud offerings worldwide is projected to grow from $1.8 billion in 2011 to $5.4 billion in 2017, MarketsandMarkets said Tuesday. The report indicates […] More

  • NCI Lands Army IT Support Contract Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    NCI Lands Army IT Support Contract Extension

    NCI Inc. has won a $5.2 million task order to provide quality control and engineering services for a range of U.S. Army information technology systems globally. The company will also continue to support IT projects of the Army’s  Information Systems Engineering Command at military installations in the U.S., Europe and the Pacific, NCI said Tuesday. […] More

  • Jun Choi: Northrop, Infor Partner to Deliver Enterprise Apps in Federal Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Jun Choi: Northrop, Infor Partner to Deliver Enterprise Apps in Federal Sector

    Northrop Grumman and enterprise software company Infor have forged an alliance to help U.S. government customers implement and operate applications for managing organizational functions. Infor said Tuesday that Northrop will provide deployment and management services for public agencies that will acquire Infor software offerings through the partnership. Jun Choi, Northrop director for enterprise business solutions, […] More