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DISA Updates VMware vSphere STIG to Add Software-Defined Storage Platform; Bill Rowan Comments

The Defense Information Systems Agency has updated its Security Technical Implementation GuideÂ for VMwareâ€™s vSphere offering to include the companyâ€™s hyper-converged infrastructure platform. DISAâ€™s upgraded STIG seeks to offer cybersecurity policies and guide agencies on how to installÂ the VMware vSAN HCI system in Defense Department-run networks in compliance with the departmentâ€™s security requirements, VMware said Thursday. […] More

by Jane Edwards April 17, 2017, 4:50 am
in Big Data & Analytics News, Featured, General, News

IBMâ€™s Sam Gordy: Federal Govt Should Consider Cognitive Intell, Analytics to Process Unstructured Data

Sam Gordy, general manager of IBMâ€™s federal business, has said that federal government leaders should work to target artificial intelligence components such as advanced analytics and cognitive intelligence that work to help facilitate analysis of real-time data. â€œCognitive intelligence and advanced analytics have the ability to mine unstructured data,â€ Gordy told MeriTalk in an interview […] More

by Jane Edwards April 13, 2017, 3:20 am
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BAE Eyes Prototype Design, Test, Integration Task Orders Under Army Contract; DeEtte Gray Comments

BAE SystemsÂ is in line to provide design, test and integrationÂ support forÂ space, high-altitude and missile defense technology prototypes to theÂ U.S. Army‘s Space and Missile Defense Command and Army Forces Strategic Command. The company said WednesdayÂ it will bid on task orders to provide the required services under a potential $3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantityÂ contract the Army awarded to eight […] More

by Anna Forrester April 12, 2017, 11:09 am
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CenturyLink Awarded GSA VoIP Service Contract; Erich Sanchack Comments

The General Services Administration has awarded CenturyLink a potential five-year, $6 millionÂ to provideÂ a hosted contact center and voice over internet protocol service to the agencyâ€™sÂ Federal Acquisition Service. CenturyLinkÂ said Monday it aims toÂ helpÂ FAS manage approximately 800,000 inbound and outbound calls annually through the hosted contact center. The contract has aÂ one-year base valueÂ ofÂ $1.3 million plusÂ four one-year options […] More

by Scott Nicholas April 10, 2017, 10:25 am
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

Kay Kapoor: AT&T Eyes First Responder Service Delivery by Yearâ€™s End Under FirstNet Partnership

Kay Kapoor,Â president of AT&Tâ€™s global public sector solutions business, told Dallas Business Journal staff writer Shawn Shinneman in an interview published Thursday that the company plans to provide priority and pre-emption service to first responders by the end of 2017 under a 25-year public-private partnership with the First Responder Network Authority. TheÂ Commerce Departmentâ€™s FirstNet awarded […] More

by Jane Edwards April 7, 2017, 11:10 am
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SAIC to Set Up Tech Integration Facility in Tennessee; Tony Moraco Comments

Science Applications International Corp. plans to build a new facility in Cookeville, Tennessee, that will work to provide information technology support to commercial firms, federal civilian and defense agencies as well as local and state government agencies. SAIC will unveil the Technology Integration Gateway facility in the summer of 2017 and add 300 jobs over […] More

by Jane Edwards April 5, 2017, 9:42 am
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: DoD Should Shift Bulk of Wideband Satcom Needs to Commercial Sector

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy atÂ Inmarsat, has said the Defense Department should transition a larger partÂ of its wideband satellite communications requirements to industry, Defense News reported Tuesday. Valerie Insinna writes Cowen-Hirsch told Defense News in a Friday interview before the Space Symposium that service branches should use their military-owned satcom […] More

by Jane Edwards April 5, 2017, 9:36 am
in Featured, General, Government Cloud, News

Salesforce Gov’t Cloud Gets DISA Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization; Dave Rey Comments

SalesforceÂ has secured provisional authorizationÂ at Impact Level 4 from the Defense Information Systems Agency for the deployment of the company’s cloud platform forÂ the public sector. The IL4 provisional authorization serves to enable Defense DepartmentÂ mission owners and contractors to useÂ Salesforce Government CloudÂ to manage controlledÂ unclassified information, the company said Tuesday. “The aerospace and defense sectors are ripe for […] More

by Anna Forrester April 4, 2017, 2:48 pm
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Leidos, UK Defense Ministry Open Military Logistics Facility; Roger Krone Comments

Leidos and U.K.’s defense ministry have opened an 861,112-square-footÂ facility in Shropshire, England, to provideÂ logistics, commodities and support services to the British military. The Defence Fulfilment Centre is built to also storeÂ food, clothing, general and medical supplies ofÂ the U.K.’sÂ armed forces, Leidos said Tuesday. A Leidos-led delivery team that includesÂ Kuehne+Nagel and TVS Supply Chain Solutions will operate […] More

by Ramona Adams April 4, 2017, 10:18 am
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CenturyLink to Offer EagleForce’s Pharmaceutical Predictive Analytics Tech to Gov’t; Erich Sanchack Comments

CenturyLinkÂ will offer EagleForce Associates‘Â predictive analytics technology forÂ pharmaceuticalÂ monitoring to federal, state and local government agenciesÂ under anÂ exclusive sales and distribution agreement between the two companies. The deal works to expand CenturyLink’s big data analytics portfolio and support government efforts to curb prescription drug waste, fraud and abuse, the company said Tuesday. Erich Sanchack, CenturyLink senior vice president […] More

by Anna Forrester April 4, 2017, 9:30 am
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CSRA’s John Dancy: Federal Agencies Should Adopt Targeted Approach to Website Security, Accessibility

John Dancy, chief information officer of CSRA, has said he believesÂ federal agencies shouldÂ go “back to basics” to address the security and accessibility challenges onÂ government-runÂ websites. HeÂ wrote in a guest pieceÂ published Monday on FedScoop that agenciesÂ should evaluate their asset management program, increase visibility into website assets and categorize thoseÂ assets within their vulnerability management program. “By taking […] More

by Ramona Adams April 4, 2017, 9:07 am
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VMWare’s Bill Rowan: Cloud Migration Projects to Drive Govt IT Automation

Bill Rowan,Â vice president of federal sales atÂ VMware, has said government agencies’ cloud migration efforts and use of technologies such asÂ software-defined networking could lead to increasedÂ automation, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Rowan, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, told Jason MillerÂ in an interview thatÂ automation can help agenciesÂ isolate malware during an attack; protect connected systems; […] More

by Ramona Adams April 3, 2017, 9:22 am