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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.
Many value-added resellers of cloud, analytics and cybersecurity technologies see potential for growth in the state and local government and education markets, VSR reported Friday. Julie Ritzer Ross writes Michael Shrader, vice president of intelligence and innovative solutions at Carahsoft, said he believes “analytics-ready” tools designed to clean, manage and integrate data can be useful […] More
DigitalGlobe and Orbital Insight have formed a geospatial big data partnership to help Orbital Insight’s customers gain insights into global economic trends. Orbital Insightwill have access to large volumes of high-resolution imagery within DigitalGlobe’s geospatial big data platform, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. “Having access to this volume of data gives us the ability to visualize and […] More
In-Q-Tel has invested in Boston-based technology startup Celect to help develop and offer a customer choice modeling platform in the U.S. intelligence sector. The Celect Optimization Platform is designed to allow retail planners, merchandisers and inventory analysts to manage product assortments and analyze purchasing behavior of customers, IQT said Sept. 3. Robert Ames, senior vice […] More
Teradata Corp. has released the findings from a survey of executives across six industries that saw what they described as “significant†return on investments from big data analytics. The survey reveals that nearly two-thirds of respondents have reported “significant, measurable impact on revenues†from big data investments, Teradata said Tuesday. “Companies aren’t just committed to […] More
A report from Semiconductor Research Corporation and Semiconductor Industry Association says the U.S. needs to boost investments in information technology research with an emphasis on future Internet-of-Things and big data usage. SIA and SRC said Tuesday those investments should go through the National Computing and Insight Technologies Ecosystem program, a research initiative between the government and industry partners to promote technological advancements […] More
IBM and ARM have partnered to offer an expanded IBM Internet of Things Foundation platform linked with ARM mbed-enabled devices to support data analytics functions. IBM said Thursday the integrated offering seeks to facilitate the collection and analysis of large device data volumes and subsequent decisions from the analysis. “IoT is now at an inflection point,” said Pat Toole, general manager […] More
Pivot3 and Tracewell Systems have combined their respective offerings to develop a hyper-converged service intended to help fulfill the computing requirements of defense customers. Tracewell intends for the partnership to help clients virtualize applications and maximize storage using Pivot3’s HCI software, Pivot3 said Tuesday. “The high storage efficiency of Pivot3 HCI, combined with low compute […] More
IBM and French high performance computing agency GENCI have partnered to develop a new exascale computing system. The team will prepare scientific applications for systems designed to perform more than 100 petaflops of calculation under the 18-month collaboration, IBM said Friday. “We fully expect our collaborative efforts will produce innovations capable of moving the supercomputing […] More
Deltek has forecast the U.S. Defense Department will increase spending on big data platforms and services by 8.7 percent year-over-year from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2019. Alex Rossino, a Deltek principal research analyst, wrote in a piece published Tuesday on C4ISR & Networks that the research firm expects DoD’s efforts to manage cybersecurity threats and […] More
Appian and Zoomdata have partnered to combine their business process management and visual analytics offerings in an effort to help customers gain insights from big data. Appian will integrate its SAIL technology into Zoomdata’s interface as part of the agreement, Appian said Tuesday. “By embedding Zoomdata for fast exploration and visualization across both real-time and legacy […] More
Sandia National Laboratories has teamed with San Diego-based small business EyeTracking on a cooperative research and development agreement to build tools that improve the interaction between intelligence analysts and visual information. Sandia said Thursday the partnership aims to develop technology that helps drive effectiveness and efficiency in analyzing images and extracting insights from large, diverse and […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton and Hogan Assessment Group have conducted a job analysis survey to evaluate the traits of data scientists. Booz Allen received almost 200 responses that indicate “the most important attribute to emerge was a data scientist’s flexibility and problem solving capabilities,†the company said Monday. “Data scientists are inherent problem solvers who thrive […] More
