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CenturyLink Unveils New Center to Facilitate IT Devt Collaboration; Erich Sanchack Comments

CenturyLink has opened a new facility in Arlington, Virginia, that seeks to provide the company and its partners a workspace to build and demonstrate platforms and capabilities designed to help federal agency clients meet information technology requirements and implement digital transformation initiatives, ExecutiveBiz has learned. Erich Sanchack, senior vice president and general manager of CenturyLinkâ€™s […] More

by Jane Edwards October 5, 2017, 5:15 am
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Sevatec Re-Awarded USCIS Data, Business Intelligence Support Task Order

Sevatec has received a follow-on task orderÂ to provide analytics and business intelligence support for the enterprise data warehouse at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The company said WednesdayÂ it will useÂ agile development, DevOps and data science methods to help USCIS manage information technology systems and applications. Work under theÂ Data and Business Intelligence Support Services III […] More

by Nichols Martin October 4, 2017, 12:31 pm
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Engility to Help NOAA Develop High-Performance Computing Software; Lynn Dugle Comments

Engility has received a pair of task orders worth $14 million combined to develop and optimize high-performance computing software for theÂ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s climate and weather research efforts. The companyÂ said MondayÂ it will also help NOAA’s Geophysical FluidÂ Dynamics Laboratory access scientific data and manage cybersecurity of a research and development HPC system. â€œAs we […] More

by Nichols Martin October 2, 2017, 1:00 pm
in Big Data & Analytics News, Industry News, News

Deltek: Federal IT Spending to Reach $105B by Fiscal 2022

A new report by DeltekÂ forecasts that federal spending on information technology products and services will reachÂ $99.5 billion at the end of fiscal year 2017 andÂ increase to $104.9 billion in FY 2022. Deltek said FridayÂ it expects the Trump administration and Congress to renegotiate budget caps through the end of fiscal year 2021 or for the next […] More

by Ramona Adams October 2, 2017, 7:30 am
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Thales Opens UK Innovation Hub for Digital Tech Efforts

Thales has opened a new innovation hub at the One Station Square business center in Cambridge, England, as part of the company’s digital technology growth and expansion efforts. The company said FridayÂ its new facility offers a workspace for engineers, research, development and innovation professionals to collaborate with customers, partners and suppliers. “The move to One […] More

by Scott Nicholas September 29, 2017, 7:51 am
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Dtex to Help DISA Automate Insider Threat Detection With Behavioral Analytics Tech

DtexÂ has secured a two-year contract to help theÂ Defense Information Systems AgencyÂ implement a behavioral analytics-based platform to automatically identify misuse of DISA credentials and insider threats. DtexÂ said WednesdayÂ it will integrate the company’sÂ Advanced User Behavior Intelligence Platform within DISA’sÂ Cyber Situation Awareness Analytics Capabilities technology on a big data platform to support endpoint monitoring. The automated system […] More

by Nichols Martin September 28, 2017, 9:24 am
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IBMâ€™s Greg Souchack: AI Tool Can Add â€˜Analytical Edgeâ€™ to Army Conditioned-Based Maintenance

Greg Souchack, manager of service cloud solutions at IBM, has said he believes the companyâ€™s Watson artificial intelligence platform would bring an â€œanalytical edgeâ€ to the U.S. Armyâ€™s conditioned-based maintenanceÂ efforts, Defense Systems reported Thursday. CBM programs seek to help the Army adopt “repair-when-needed” strategy to maintenance through the use of data analytics tools. Watson works […] More

by Jane Edwards September 25, 2017, 1:35 am
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4 Firms Win Navy Data Analytics Support Contracts

The U.S. Navy has awardedÂ four companies up to $22.6 million in contracts to perform data analytics services for the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Altarum Institute, Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte andÂ Kennell and Associates will vie for task orders to help BUMED examineÂ operational process efficiencies; populations health management strategies; and quality of medical care and […] More

by Ramona Adams September 19, 2017, 5:12 am
in Big Data & Analytics News, Government Cloud, News

AWS Govt Cloud Platform Obtains Provisional Authorization to Host DoD Impact Level 5 Data

Amazon Web Services has received provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency to host the Defense Department‘s Impact Level 5 workloadsÂ in the company’s isolated cloud region for U.S. government customers. Organizations working with DoD can now use GovCloud (US) to comply with theÂ DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide for impact levels 5, 2 and […] More

by Ramona Adams September 13, 2017, 11:00 am
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CAE Teams Up With Tech3Lab to Study Pilotsâ€™ User Experience in Flight Simulators

CAE has partnered with a research laboratory at Canada-based business school HEC Montreal to build up aviatorsâ€™ performance through research on user experience in flight simulators. CAE said Tuesday it will collaborate with the schoolâ€™s Tech3Lab to use big data analysis, neuroscience and biometrics to study pilotsâ€™ behaviors in a training environment. Marc St-Hilaire, vice […] More

by Jane Edwards September 13, 2017, 7:07 am
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IBMâ€™s Greg Souchack: Army Could Leverage AI Platform to Analyze Transportation Costs

Greg Souchack, partner for managed services and cloud solutions at IBMâ€™s global business services unit, has said the U.S. Army could leverage the companyâ€™s WatsonÂ artificial intelligence platform to help analyze spending on the transportation of spare parts and other shipment, C4ISRNETÂ reported Thursday. â€œThe Army would like to see if Watson could look at all of […] More

by Jane Edwards September 8, 2017, 8:24 am
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Dell EMCâ€™s Cameron Chehreh: Navy Should Adopt Data Analytics Tech to Manage Ship Operations

Cameron Chehreh,Â chief technology officer ofÂ Dell EMCâ€™s federal business, told MeriTalk in an interview published Thursday that the U.S. Navy should leverage and manage large amounts of data through adoption of converged and hyperconverged architecture aboard ships to provide analytical results to commanders in real time during combat missions. Chehreh said the use of such platforms […] More

by Jane Edwards September 1, 2017, 6:47 am