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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Learn about the latest developments regarding the use of big data and analytics in the public sector as well as insights from experts in the government contracting industry.
DLT Solutions and DataRobot have partnered to offer a big data, analytics and data science platform to government agencies. DLT said Monday its AnalyticsStack platform will work to help agencies architect, acquire and deploy enterprise analytics tools such as big data infrastructure, advanced analytics and data science systems. “To answer new questions of extremely large and complex […] More
A new Deltek report says U.S. law enforcement entities increased spending on big data platforms and services between fiscal years 2014 to 2016. Christine Fritsch, a Deltek research analyst, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that the Justice Department grew its contract spending on big data technologies to $39 million in FY 2016, from $36 million in […] More
Altamira has started to offer its big data fusion, analysis and visualization platform on the Microsoft Azure marketplace as part of efforts to help customers transform information into actionable intelligence. Altamira said Tuesday the integration of its Lumify platform with Azure services seeks to accelerate deep learning and data analytics in real time. Lumify is designed to help users […] More
Tony Frazier, a senior vice president at DigitalGlobe|Radiant, has said several geospatial intelligence efforts seek to reflect how collaboration between industry and government can help address challenges in the intelligence community and advance GEOINT innovation. Frazier wrote in a blog post published Thursday some of these initiatives include DigitalGlobe’s SpaceNet online satellite imagery repository and […] More
DLT Solutions and Tableau Software have forged a partnership to facilitate the delivery of Tableau’s business analytics software to federal agencies and other public sector clients. Tableau will integrate its software platform into DLT’s AnalyticsStack under the partnership to perform data analytics and business intelligence functions in the latter’s analytics layer in an effort to help users […] More
DigitalGlobe has released the results of the second round of its SpaceNet Challenge that aims to accelerate innovation in machine learning technologies. The company said Monday the SpaceNet Challenge Round 2, hosted by TopCoder, sought automated mapping algorithms that work to extract features of building footprints from overhead imagery. SpaceNet is a collaborative effort of DigitalGlobe, […] More
Diane Gongaware, vice president of U.S. public sector services at Cisco, has said government agencies should establish an information technology network that will work to help them analyze and derive insights from large data workloads as a result of the adoption of internet-connected devices. Gongaware wrote in a FedTech article published Tuesday that an IT […] More
DLT Solutions and Hortonworks have teamed up to expand the adoption of open source-based analytics platforms designed to help federal agencies and other public sector institutions perform data analysis and management operations. DLT said Wednesday it will collaborate with Hortonworks to provide open data platforms that will work to provide actionable intelligence support to agencies without […] More
Govini has named six government and technology industry executives to its board of advisers. “Our clients will directly benefit from the strategic initiatives this board and Govini’s leadership team undertake as we pursue our mission to transform the business of government through data science,†Eric Gillespie, founder and executive chairman of Govini, said in a […] More
Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of public sector at Hortonworks, has said cultural shift is one of the factors that drive the evolution of big data storage. Bierweiler told FedScoop in an interview published Tuesday that he observed data was previously used in a “transactional” manner but has now become crucial to decision-making. “We like to say that […] More
DLT Solutions has introduced a new big data and analytics platform designed to help government agencies analyze and generate insights from disparate and unstructured data sources as well as facilitate digital transformation efforts. AnalyticsStack works to address use cases and big data requirements of public sector organizations and leverages the ecosystem integration of various stack […] More
From public health to transportation, the new release from SAS titled “A Practical Guide to Analytics for Governments: Using Big Data for Good” is a solid indicator of how analytics is already modifying the way government works. This substantial piece of literature features contributors ranging from doctors to criminal justice experts, sharing their strategies, techniques […] More
