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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.
Rob Davies, executive vice president of operations at ViON, will participate in a MeriTalk-hosted webcast on federal big data management to be held on Wednesday. He will discuss with federal and industry executives big data leadership, strategies related to big data management and the impact of big data on agencies’ modernization programs, MeriTalk said Thursday. Davies, an […] More
Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of public sector at Hortonworks, has said local and state government agencies should adopt open-source technology platforms to handle large volumes of data, StateScoop reported Wednesday. Bierweiler said big data management tools based on open-source work to help government leaders gain access to intelligence data and analytics needed to carry out […] More
The Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has asked information on potential vendors that can provide development, security and operations support services, Nextgov reported Monday. USCIS said in a July 12 notice on FedBizOpps it wants information on how companies apply “DevSecOps” to machine learning, analytics, big data and other fields. The […] More
Tony Frazier, senior vice president of government solutions at DigitalGlobe, has said the U.S. government acknowledges the need to leverage big data analytics, machine learning, automation and other commercial technology platforms in order to help transform the intelligence community and global mapping efforts. Frazier wrote in a blog post published Friday that government leaders such as Robert Cardillo, director […] More
CAE looks to use big data analytics to optimize its future flight simulators and address training challenges that students face, AIN Online reported Saturday. Gene Colabatistto, president of CAE’s defense and security group, said at the 2017 Paris Air Show that data from mission playbacks can be analyzed to determine particular maneuvers, procedures or exercises where students […] More
Novetta has launched a big data analytics platform in the Amazon Web Services marketplace. Mission Analytics is a web-based visualization application that works to merge data from different sources in various formats and helps users customize views and map connections between entities, the company said Monday. Kevin Heald, vice president of defense intelligence at Novetta, said […] More
Hortonworks and ViON‘s Ascolta subsidiary have teamed up to offer big data analytics in an appliance-like or as-a-service deployment. The joint offering integrates Ascolta’s analytics platform with the Hortonworks Data Platform to provide support for federal, state and local agencies as well as commercial organizations, Ascolta said Thursday. “As data volume dramatically increases, organizations need access to tools that allow […] More
DigitalGlobe and MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates have entered an agreement to make data from MDA’s RADARSAT-2 satellite available via DigitalGlobe’s GBDX geospatial big data platform. The partnership intends to make new GBDX uses possible through the integration of optical and radar satellite data, DigitalGlobe said Monday. The RADARSAT-2 satellite works to collect synthetic aperture radar data to help users see Earth […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has picked five organizations to create computing platforms designed to analyze and extract insights from large volumes of data. Intel, Northrop Grumman, Qualcomm Intelligent Solutions, Georgia Tech and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will develop “graph analytics processors†under the Hierarchical Identify Verify Exploit program, DARPA said Friday. The HIVE program […] More
The U.S. Navy‘s Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command has used Esri‘s mapping and analytics platform with unmanned maritime vehicles in an effort to optimize information gathering ahead of ocean and near-shore operations. Esri said Thursday NMOC conducted the Unmanned System Operational Demonstration in Gulfport, Mississippi from May 30 to June 1 in a push to show how location analytics of marine environments can aid decision-making. […] More
MarkLogic and NTT Data have agreed to expand their business partnership to accelerate the delivery of database platforms and data utilization support services to customers in Japan, North America, Europe and South America. The companies will create “go-to-market strategies†through the expanded alliance in order to facilitate customer development efforts across the three continents and […] More
The Department of Homeland Security wants information on potential sources of data analytics and visualization offerings that could support DHS’ office of cyber and infrastructure analysis. OCIA needs a capability that can help evolve its analytic tools; develop data visualizations, mapping tools and related software applications; and build a research and development framework to launch new platforms, DHS said […] More
