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Avaya to Support NORAD Santa Tracking Program With Contact Center Tech; Jerry Dotson Comments

Avaya will deploy its contact center technology platform to support the North American Aerospace Defense Commandâ€™s annual Tracks Santa program that will kick off Dec. 24. The Avaya Customer Engagement platform works to help volunteers at the NORAD operations center at Peterson Air Force Base in ColoradoÂ track the flight of Santa Claus during Christmas and […] More

by Jane Edwards December 13, 2017, 9:28 am
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Nicole Gardner: IBM Looks to Hire 2K More Military Veterans

Nicole Gardner, a vice president ofÂ IBMâ€™s global business services division,Â has said the company intends to employ 2,000 additional veterans, Park Cities People reported Tuesday. Gardner said during a panel discussion on the â€œKeeping Americaâ€™s Promiseâ€ program that veterans are great team players and contribute to companies through their problem-solving skills. â€œThey are obviously up for […] More

by Jane Edwards December 13, 2017, 8:50 am
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DoD Eyes Cloud Services Contract Award in Q4 FY 2018; IBMâ€™s Sam Gordy Comments

The Defense Department plans to award a potential 10-year contract to a single vendor by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018 to provide cloud computing platforms and services across the agency, Nextgov reported Tuesday. DoD said in the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure strategy document it plans to award an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a full […] More

by Jane Edwards December 13, 2017, 4:50 am
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SSL Offers Satellite Rideshare Service to NASA Solar Research Mission; Richard White Comments

Maxar Technologies‘Â SSL subsidiary will collaborate with a team at NASA‘sÂ Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of Michigan to carry out a space mission to study the sun. SSL said Monday the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment aims to launch aÂ small satellite constellation designed to explore how solar energetic particles are accelerated and emitted into interplanetary […] More

by Ramona Adams December 12, 2017, 5:20 am
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SAP NS2’s Human Capital Mgmt Suite Gets FedRAMP Provisional ATO; Mark Testoni Comments

SAP National Security Services has received a provisional authorization-to-operate status under the theÂ Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program forÂ a suite of cloud-based human capital management offerings. FedRAMP’s Joint Authorization BoardÂ granted P-ATO to theÂ SAP NS2 Cloud-SuccessFactors HCM Suite for Government, which is designedÂ to help customer agencies manage talentÂ acquisition, talent and learning management, workforce analytics, planning and […] More

by Scott Nicholas December 8, 2017, 9:15 am
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DLT Lands Spot on DoD Enterprise Software Contract; Brian Strosser Comments

DLT Solutions has secured a position under a potential five-year, $40 million blanket purchase agreement to deliver enterprise software to the Defense Department. TheÂ enterprise software initiative BPA was awarded by the U.S. Army‘s Contracting Command on behalf of DoD and the contract includesÂ Quest enterprise management software products and services, the company said last Thursday. DoD […] More

by Andy Reed December 6, 2017, 5:01 am
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Bob Fortna: Fortinet Aims to Help Federal Clients Address IT Security Challenges With Tech

Bob Fortna, president of Fortinetâ€™s federal business, has said the company offers security platforms designed to help customer agencies address mission requirements and challenges associated with information technology modernization efforts. Fortna said in an interview published Monday that Fortinet Federal‘s portfolio of security tools for agencies features the Fortinet Security Fabric as a â€œfoundational element.â€ […] More

by Jane Edwards December 5, 2017, 5:04 am
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Leidos Opens Tech Collaboration Facility in Canberra, Australia; Tim Reardon Comments

Leidos has opened a new facility in Canberra, Australia, in a move to provide collaboration space for the company’s employees, clients and partners to explore new technology platforms, ARN reported Friday. The CONNECT hub will employ at least 20 professionals and support government customer programs in the information technology, communications, cyber, geospatial analytics and simulation […] More

by Nichols Martin December 4, 2017, 7:25 am
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CTC to Support FEMA Electronic Validation Tech; Ed Sheehan Comments

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has secured a one-year, $1.8 million contract from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support a mobile-based electronic validation technology the company developed through previous agreements with FEMA. CTC said ThursdayÂ it helped develop FEMA’sÂ Federal and Mutual Aid Emergency Response Official Accountability Tracking SystemÂ for the agency to identify personnel in the event of […] More

by Scott Nicholas December 1, 2017, 9:32 am
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Carey Smith Talks About Parsons’ Williams Electric Purchase, Control System Business Expansion

Carey Smith, federal group president at Parsons, has said the company expects the acquisition of control system integration company Williams Electric to create new opportunities as the Pasadena, California-based engineering services contractor operates in the Middle East and other regions, the Pasadena Star-News reported Thursday. Smith toldÂ Pasadena Star-News she believes Parsonsâ€™ contractual relationships with federal […] More

by Jane Edwards December 1, 2017, 6:25 am
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DXC’s Earl Matthews: DoD Could Address Cyber Workforce Shortfall Through Civilian Reserve Corps

Earl Matthews,Â vice president of DXC Technology‘s enterprise security solutions group, has said that the U.S. government and Defense Department should consider establishing aÂ civilian reserve cyber corps to address the shortage of cyber personnel. Matthews wrote in an article posted Friday on SIGNAL magazine that theÂ civilian cyber corps can be modeled after theÂ Civil Reserve Air Fleet […] More

by Ramona Adams December 1, 2017, 6:19 am
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Barbara Humpton: Siemens Gets Army Contract Modification for Battle Tank Repair Facility Upgrades

SiemensÂ has received a potential $37 million contract modification from theÂ U.S. Army to carry out upgrades at the Lima, Ohio-based Joint Systems Manufacturing Center to help reduce the facilityâ€™s energy consumption. The Army Corps of Engineers made the award as a modification to a previously awarded contract in March worth approximately $11.8 million and expects the […] More

by Jane Edwards December 1, 2017, 5:20 am