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John Dancy: CSRA to Migrate Workload to Microsoft Azure Government Cloud

CSRA will transfer its workload to Microsoftâ€™s Azure Government cloud platform under a three-year enterprise agreement between the two companies. The dealÂ also allowsÂ CSRA to use Microsoftâ€™s Office 365 software platform for the cloud environment, CSRA said Monday. John Dancy, chief information officer of CSRA, said the company aims to operate 70 percent of its applications […] More

by Jane Edwards February 7, 2017, 4:12 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

SAP NS2â€™s Mark Testoni: AI Could Help Prevent Cyber Attacks Through Threat Classification

Mark Testoni, president and CEO ofÂ SAPÂ National Security Services, has said artificial intelligence could help block cyber attacks through classification of network threats, CSO reported Friday. â€œAn AI has supervised learning capabilities using neural networks for entity and pattern recognition for intrusion detection systems and event forensics applications,â€ Testoni told CSOâ€™s John BrandonÂ in an interview. Testoni […] More

by Jane Edwards February 6, 2017, 6:01 am
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Michael Isman: Booz Allen Opens DC Innovation Hub to Facilitate Partnerships With Entrepreneurs, Startups

Michael Isman, a vice president and strategic innovation group executive at Booz Allen Hamilton, has said the company unveiled a new center in downtown Washington in May 2016 as part of the firmâ€™s investment efforts to advance innovation, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Isman said the newÂ Innovation Center aims to help project teams â€œwork in […] More

by Jane Edwards February 6, 2017, 4:21 am
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

Parsons Lands DTRA Task Order for Phase 2 Lebanon Border Surveillance Project; Carey Smith Comments

Parsons has received a task order from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to continue to provide surveillance services for land border regiments in Lebanon in support of the countryâ€™s Border Security Project. The task order for the projectâ€™s second increment was awarded through DTRAâ€™s Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract IIÂ and covers equipment delivery and training […] More

by Jane Edwards February 3, 2017, 3:16 am
in Executive Spotlight, Featured, General, Government Technology, News

Rob Davies on ViON’s Industry Partnership Outlook & Cloud Acquisition Methods at Agencies

Rob Davies overseesÂ areas such as cloud computing and professional services for ViON Corp. in his role as executive vice president of operations for the Herndon, Va.-based technology services contractor. Davies first joined ViON in May 2014 as a vice president after three years at CA Technologies, which he transitioned to in 2011 through CA’sÂ acquisition of […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 2, 2017, 2:15 pm
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Quantum’s Don Maruca on Data Storage Challenges in Govt & Cost Pressures at Agencies

Don Maruca leads the federal sales unit of informationÂ storage and security company Quantum, which works with U.S. government agencies to handle large volumes of data and apply new technologies in collaboration and sharing functions. Maruca joined the company in October 2013 as federal sales vice president and holds two decades of experience from companies such […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 2, 2017, 2:00 pm
in Big Data & Analytics News, Executive Spotlight, Featured, General, News

Bill Sullivan on Cloudera Public Sector Arm’s Staff Growth & Agencies’ Data Management Priorities

BillÂ Sullivan, a nearlyÂ two-decade GovCon industry veteran, joined global software services providerÂ ClouderaÂ March 2016 as vice president and general manager for public sector operations in North America to help drive the company’sÂ open source offerings for agencies. ClouderaÂ centers itsÂ open source services for government around the Apache HadoopÂ software framework to help agencies manage and apply large volumes of data […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 1, 2017, 2:30 pm
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John Borghard on CA Technologies’ Rally Software Buy & Cloud Priorities at Agencies

John Borghard leads all public sector activities for global software company CA TechnologiesÂ in the U.S. federal, stateÂ and local government markets along with those in Canada. Borghard has held the role ofÂ senior vice president forÂ public sector salesÂ since April 2013 and is responsible for CA’s push into technology areas such as cloud computing and virtualization. He recently […] More

by Ross Wilkers January 31, 2017, 2:30 pm
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SAP NS2â€™s Mark Testoni: Trump Administration Should Work With Commercial Sector to Address Cyber Issues

Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said President Donald Trumpâ€™s administration should reach out to the private sector to address cybersecurity challenges, the National Defense magazine reported. Testoni told the magazine that â€œcommercial capabilitiesâ€ will play a significant role in efforts to address cyber issues. â€œThere are solutions that are […] More

by Jane Edwards January 27, 2017, 10:30 am
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MITRE’s Roger Furr on Nonprofit Org’s Role as Government’s ‘Bridge’ to Commercial Sector

Roger Furr leads work to form and administer both contracts and subcontracts in his role as an executive director at nonprofit research organization MITRE Corp. MITRE operates federally-funded research and development centers for the government that act as hubs for agencies and commercial companies to collaborate on scientific research, analysis, development, systems engineering and integration. […] More

by Ross Wilkers January 25, 2017, 2:30 pm
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N&C Unveils IBM Watson-Based Regulatory Analytics Platform; Andras Szakal Comments

N&C has launched an analytics platform intended to help public and private organizationsÂ analyzeÂ regulatory documents from theÂ Federal Register. RegendusÂ is based on the natural language processing platform of IBM‘s Watson cognitive computing system,Â N&C said Monday. IBM helpedÂ build the Regendus prototype as N&C’s technology partner and the platform was further developed through collaborationsÂ with the White House and 23 […] More

by Ramona Adams January 25, 2017, 8:50 am
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Joe Kopfman on AMERICAN SYSTEMS’ Market Strategies in Testing, Health IT & Human Capital Services

Chantilly, Va.-based AMERICAN SYSTEMSÂ had an active 2016 with key events that included a majorÂ fifth-generation fighter jet testing services contract winÂ and new health information technology servicesÂ offerings for agenciesÂ — two key areas of growth for the government services contractor. Joe Kopfman, a four-decade company veteran, is one of the key leaders over those endeavors in his dual […] More

by Ross Wilkers January 24, 2017, 2:30 pm