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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.
ENSCO will supply an application development toolkit for cockpit display systems to Legion Training and Simulation LLC and Roy Aircraft and Avionic Simulation Inc. The aircraft training firms will incorporate ENSCO’s IData graphical displays toolkit into a Virtual ENvironment Operations Module for unmanned aerial systems, ENSCO said Monday. The IData and VENOM offerings will be on display […] More
Economic Systems has obtained a FedRAMP certification for a cloud computing technology the company built for government clients to ensure the offering complies with security requirements under the FedRAMP initiative. Knowledge Consulting Group assessed EconSys’ Federal Human Resources Navigator through an auditing and approval process in order to ensure the tool complies with security requirements under the FedRAMP initiative, KCG said […] More
IBM has launched marketing campaigns to offer its Watson computing technology in the federal market with the goal of helping agencies manage health records, the Washington Post reported Monday. Mohana Ravindranath writes that IBM professionals went to Capitol Hill last year to demonstrate the computer’s potential clinical applications to lawmakers. The company also hopes […] More
NetApp and Red Hat have partnered to design a reference architecture for organizations to build a private cloud based on open-source software OpenStack IceHouse. The companies also seek to combine Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform with a NetApp technology that is built to store and manage enterprise data, Red Hat said Monday. Radhesh Balakrishnan, […] More
A study by McKinsey & Co. and the World Economic Forum found that more than 50 percent of professionals worldwide believe that cybersecurity threats pose strategic risks to their organizations. The research also sought to find out how executives view cybercrime, its impact on business operations and companies’ response to security vulnerabilities, McKinsey said. Data […] More
Battelle Memorial Institute and Xerox Research Centre Canada have forged an alliance to help commercial and government clients develop specialty materials. The alliance seeks to combine the firms’ research and development expertise, provide access to XRCC’s manufacturing scale-up facility and help customers bring new technology to the market, Xerox said Thursday. XRCC scientists design and […] More
CAEÂ has won $55 million in contract awards to supply full flight simulators to Air China, Garuda, Air New Zealand and an unidentified international client. The contracts are the four initial FFS sales deals the company has booked for fiscal 2015 that began April 1, CAE said Wednesday. “As demand in our commercial segment remains strong, […] More
McKinsey & Co. has polled senior executives at businesses that generate more than $1 billion in revenues to examine the levels of their organizations’ research and development reallocation. Data from the research shows that annual R&D budget shifts range between 12.7 percent and 13.7 percent, on average, regardless of a firm’s innovation performance, McKinsey said. […] More
Ronald Sanders, a corporate vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, has co-edited a book that suggests methods to help government agencies hone leadership skills and build collaborative programs to address issues such as cybersecurity, FCW reported Wednesday. Reid Davenport writes the book, titled “Tackling Wicked Government Problems: A Practical Guide for Developing Enterprise Leaders,” highlights […] More
Data from the Office of Science and Technology Policy shows that federal agencies hosted 87 technology-related prize competitions during fiscal 2013, an 85 percent increase over the prior fiscal year.. Cristin Dorgelo, assistant director for grand challenges at OSTP, wrote in a blog post that the White House has been urging agencies to use prize programs to […] More
Harris Corp. has built a new antenna feed structure that the government will use to process data from a geostationary weather monitoring satellite. The company is contracted to develop four 9.1-meter antennas for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series constellation, Harris said Wednesday. “We have worked closely with NOAA and […] More
Unisys has unveiled a new security appliance that the company designed to encrypt sensitive data and make enterprise networks inaccessible to unauthorized users, Network World reported Monday. David Strom writes that Unisys’ Stealth product works by cloaking communication endpoints to keep hackers out of the network. The company built the platform for use with 64- […] More
