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Judy Marks: Siemens, GSA Target Carbon Emission Cuts at Federal Buildings

Siemens Government Technologies will work to install new heating and cooling plants at three federal buildings under a $37.2 million General Services Administration contract, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Andy Medici writes that Siemens will pay upfront costs of energy-savings retrofits for 13 projects spread across the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building, Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. […] More

by Admin February 13, 2014, 9:59 am
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Charlie Thomas: Razorsight’s Mobile App Built to Extract Data Variables, Sets

RazorsightÂ has launched a real-time predictive analytics mobile application for communications and media customers that is designed to help gain insights into customer experience. The app works to help business executives view and predict trends for potential churn and disruptions across markets, as well as to identify customer sentiment and upsell opportunities through the cloud-based app, […] More

by Jay Clemens February 12, 2014, 9:35 am
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Carahsoft to Offer ReversingLabs Products on GSA Schedule; Michael Shrader Comments

Carahsoft Technology has added cyber threat product provider ReversingLabs to its General Services Administration schedule as part of a partnership on bringing ReversingLabsâ€™ solutions to public-sector customers. ReversingLabsâ€™ threat detection, analysis and classification tools will be available through Carahsoftâ€™s GSA Schedule No. GS-35F-0119Y, CarahsoftÂ said Tuesday. Michael Shrader, vice president for intelligence and innovative solutions at […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh February 12, 2014, 8:26 am
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Portable Sanitation Supplier to Open Indiana Distribution Hub; John Babcock Comments

An international portable sanitation equipment manufacturer is set to invest $6.9 million for building a new distribution and operations center in Bristol, Ind., aiming to add 70 new jobs in the town. Satellite IndustriesÂ will lease a 13,000 square-foot temporary facility in Elkhart before constructing the future 106,000-square-foot center on 22 acres of space in Bristol, […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh February 11, 2014, 4:10 am
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Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Designs Cyber Tool for Security Teams

Parsons Corp. has introduced a new cybersecurity product that is designed to send crash information from reports generated by Windows operating system to a server for analysis. The Cran product is built to analyze information and determine whether the crash was caused by a hacker, Parsons said Monday. Parsons unveiled patent-pending Cran at the Washington-based […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 10, 2014, 3:47 pm
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Deltek’s Chris Dixon: Tech Vendors Should Factor Risk Into Consortium Procurements

Government contracting analyst Chris Dixon believes there is potential as well as risk for technology vendors working with consortium-based buyers and they must include several factors in their risk assessments, he writes in a column published SaturdayÂ by the Washington Post. Dixon, a senior manager at Deltek, writes state and local governments buy as a […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh February 10, 2014, 10:56 am
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Paul Lemmo: Lockheed, AeroVironment Forge UAS Development Alliance

Lockheed Martin and AeroVironmentÂ have signed a global partnership agreement to jointly explore technologies such as atmospheric satellite systems for drones. The companies aim to integrate Lockheed’s mission and ground aircraft platforms with AeroVironment’s unmanned aerial system Global Observer, AeroVironment said Thursday. â€œWe look forward to partnering with AeroVironment to potentially develop integrated solutions for the […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 7, 2014, 9:54 am
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Charlie Thomas: Real-Time Analytics Key to Customer Experience

Mobile operators are increasingly looking to real-time analytics as a means to help customers address issues with their devices as service providers aim to proactively address those situations and deliver a positive customer experience, Razorsight CEO Charlie Thomas has told Pipeline. Action on the part of operators would occur before a customer files a complaint, […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 6, 2014, 4:17 pm
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HP to Help Texas Install New Teacher Pension Info System; Amy Morgan, Mike Poth Comments

Hewlett-PackardÂ has been awarded a potential eight-year contract to help the state of Texas install a new pension administration system intended to serve more than 1 million active and 300,000 retired teachers. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas manages a $120 billion trust fund that was started to finance member benefits and manage accounts, HP said […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 6, 2014, 9:21 am
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AT&Tâ€™s Chris Smith: Agencies Can Push Mobile, Cloud, Internet of Things

Increasing use of mobile technologies in federal agencies are among several changes that federal agencies must keep up with and turn to their advantage AT&T‘sÂ Chris SmithÂ has told FCW. Smith, vice president of technology for the company’s federal business organization, also highlighted cloud computing and the “Internet of Things” as having potential to transform operations in […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh February 6, 2014, 8:25 am
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Ray Johnson: Lockheed Looks to Mide for Sensor Tech Commercialization

Lockheed MartinÂ has selected a sensor technology offering built by startup company Mide for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s Aegis weapon system. The novel piezoelectric sensor technology is designed to measure variations in pressure, acceleration, strain and force through electrical conversion, Lockheed said Wednesday. “In the last ten years, we have been able to transition about […] More

by Jay Clemens February 5, 2014, 11:49 am
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John Harris II: Defense Firms Must Bolster Transatlantic Industrial Cooperation

John Harris II, RaytheonÂ International CEO, has asked industry and government leaders to build up defense technologies throughÂ transatlantic industrial cooperation. Harris addressed his statement to participants of a panel discussion on the future of European defense during the 50th Munich Security Conference, Raytheon said Friday. “We need to pursue initiatives that deliver greater cost efficiencies in […] More

by Jay Clemens February 4, 2014, 6:04 am