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Intelâ€™s Neil Green on High-Performance Computingâ€™s Role in Government Initiatives

Neil Green, president of Intelâ€™s federal business, has said the U.S. government has launched programs that seek to leverage the use of high-performance computing platforms. Green wrote in an FCW opinion piece published Tuesday that President Barack Obamaâ€™s National Strategic Computing Initiative and the Cancer Moonshot program are some of the efforts that focus on […] More

by Jane Edwards November 9, 2016, 8:29 am
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Fulcrum Receives Army, DIA Intelligence Support Subcontracts; Jeff Handy Comments

Fulcrum has secured separate subcontracts fromÂ Booz Allen Hamilton andÂ Absolute Business Solutions Corp. to support work under respective task orders from the Defense Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Army. Centreville, Virginia-based Fulcrum said it will support Booz Allen’s effortsÂ as a prime contractor under DIA’s Enterprise Platform Services and Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering and Operation Services task orders […] More

by Ramona Adams November 8, 2016, 9:54 am
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Airbus to Purchase 2 CAE-Built C295 Simulators; Gene Colabatistto Comments

Airbusâ€™ defense and space business has ordered two additional CAE-built flight simulators for the C295 aircraft under a memorandum of understanding. Airbus will install one C295 flight simulator at the companyâ€™s international training center in Spain and provide the other one for an unnamed aircraft operator, Airbus said Monday. Gene Colabatistto,Â president of CAEâ€™s defense and […] More

by Jane Edwards November 8, 2016, 9:16 am
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Harris Lands 5-Year NCI Clinical Data Mgmt Extension; Carl Dâ€™Alessandro Comments

HarrisÂ has received a potential five-year, $43 million contract to continue to help theÂ National Cancer Institute‘s cancer research centerÂ manage data under NCI’s intramural clinical trials program. The company said MondayÂ it will performÂ clinical data management, quality assurance and control, clinical audit, research databases and systems update and clinical trials safety and compliance monitoring services for the institute. […] More

by Ramona Adams November 8, 2016, 5:20 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Commercial Ka-band Network Could Help Meet VIP Special Airlift Missionsâ€™ Satcom Requirements

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president atÂ Inmarsat,Â has said VIP special airlift missions aircraft fleet should adopt commercial Ka-band satellite communications services in support of mission-critical operations of unified combatant commandersÂ and other senior government leaders. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a blogÂ post published Thursday that commercial Ka-band satcom networks work to facilitate â€œinteroperability with military satellite resourcesâ€ for […] More

by Jane Edwards November 7, 2016, 6:40 am
in Featured, General, Mobility, News

Bill Rowan: DISA Issues Security Technical Implementation Guide for VMware Mobility Mgmt Platform

TheÂ Defense Information Systems AgencyÂ has released a Security Technical Implementation GuideÂ forÂ the latest version of VMwareâ€™s enterprise mobility management platform. DISAâ€™s STIG forÂ VMware AirWatch 9.XÂ seeks to provide cybersecurity policies and guide agencies on how to install the platform for use on Defense Department-run networks, the company said Thursday. BillÂ Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware, said […] More

by Jane Edwards November 4, 2016, 10:11 am
in Featured, General, Government Cloud, News

VMware Mobility Mgmt Software Obtains FedRAMP ATO From Census Bureau; Bill Rowan Comments

The U.S. Census Bureau has grantedÂ VMwareÂ authority-to-operate approval under theÂ Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer the company’s cloud-based enterpriseÂ mobility management platform in the public sector. TheÂ FedRAMP ATO designation is for theÂ VMware AirWatch platform that worksÂ to help usersÂ manage, secure and remotely deliver mobile applications from cloud environments,Â the companyÂ said Thursday. BillÂ Rowan, vice president of federal sales […] More

by Jay Clemens November 3, 2016, 12:00 pm
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

HPEâ€™s Earl Matthews: Analytics, Speed, Intell Key to Cyber Situational Awareness

Earl Matthews, a vice president atÂ Hewlett Packard Enterprise,Â has said speed, analytics, integration, resiliency, intelligence and expertise are the six attributes that are key to cyber situational awareness, Signal magazine reported Wednesday. Matthews, VP ofÂ enterprise security solutions for HPEâ€™s U.S. public sector business, made the remarks Wednesday at the three-day MILCOM 2016 conference hosted by AFCEAÂ InternationalÂ and […] More

by Jane Edwards November 3, 2016, 10:23 am
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BAEâ€™s DeEtte Gray: Investments in Cyber, STEM Programs Needed to Address Demand for Cyber Professionals

DeEtte Gray, an executive at BAE Systemsâ€™ U.S. arm, has said industry, government, academia and organizations should collaborate to make investments in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and cyber education initiatives in an effort to develop a pipeline of cyber professionals. Gray, president of the intelligence and security sectorÂ at BAE Systems Inc., made the remarks during […] More

by Jane Edwards November 3, 2016, 4:45 am
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Dell EMC Survey: Federal IT Execs Single Out Cloud as Govt’s Top Tech Trend

A new survey backed byÂ DellÂ EMCÂ says 91 percent of federal market information technology leaders consider cloud computing as the top technology trend at their agencies. Dell said WednesdayÂ it commissioned market research firmÂ Penn Schoen BerlandÂ to conduct an online survey of 100 federal IT and business decision makers in May as an extension to the State of IT […] More

by Jane Edwards November 2, 2016, 11:50 am
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Mark Testoni: Natl Kidney Foundation Targets Greater Education, Awareness

Two statistics from theÂ National Kidney Foundation feature theÂ number nine in striking terms that describe the impact ofÂ kidney disease in AmericansÂ and otherÂ figuresÂ tell a tale of a veteranÂ population that is particularlyÂ at risk. The foundation says kidney disease is the U.S.’ ninth-leading cause of death at a greater volume than breast cancer or prostate cancer, while 26 million […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 2, 2016, 11:40 am
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SpaceX Narrows Focus of Investigation Into Root Cause of Falcon 9 Pad Explosion

SpaceX noted that it has discovered a wayÂ to replicate the conditions of the helium tank when aÂ Falcon 9 rocket exploded Sept. 1 as part of ongoing work to determine the root cause of the incident, Space News reported Friday. Jeff Foust writes SpaceX looks to focus its investigation efforts on tanks made from fiber composite […] More

by Scott Nicholas October 31, 2016, 11:24 am