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Dell EMCâ€™s Cameron Chehreh: Modernizing Govt Tech Act Seeks to Help Agencies Fund IT Upgrades

Cameron Chehreh,Â chief technology officer at Dell EMCâ€™s federal business, has said he would support the Modernizing Government Technology Act introduced by Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) because the bill aims to provide agency executives access to capital needed to fund information technology modernization efforts. Chehreh told MeriTalk in a Data Center Brainstorm interview held Thursday in […] More

by Jane Edwards March 28, 2017, 4:47 am
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Yale University and McKinsey & Co. Hold First Ever Cyber Leadership Forum

Yale University and global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. aim to facilitate a conversation on how legal, business and policy leaders can work together on cybersecurity issues at the â€œBridging the Divideâ€ conference March 30-April 1 in New Haven, Conn. This first-ever Yale Cyber Leadership Forum aims to offer attendees an environment to exchange ideas […] More

by David Smith March 23, 2017, 9:05 am
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Siemens to Help Implement Energy Conservation Measures at Army Battle Tank Repair Facility; Barbara Humpton Comments

SiemensÂ has received a potential 15-year, $11.8 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform upgrades at the Lima, Ohio-based Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in an effort to reduce the facilityâ€™s energy consumption. Siemens said Monday it expects the facility upgrades under the energy savings performance contract to result in approximately $20 million […] More

by Jane Edwards March 21, 2017, 5:30 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Govtâ€™s Partnership With Commercial Satcom Industry Key to Space Resiliency

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy atÂ Inmarsat,Â has said the federal government should advance partnership with the commercial satellite communications industry to help the Defense Department ensure resilience in space and gain access to secure satcom worldwide. Cowen-Hirsch told MilsatMagazine in anÂ interviewÂ she believes such a partnership canÂ facilitate the integration of satcom advancements […] More

by Jane Edwards March 20, 2017, 6:41 am
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Vectrus Unit Secures Recompete Contract for Maxwell AFB Base Operations Support; Chuck Prow Comments

A Vectrus subsidiary has secured a $37 million recompete contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide base operations support services at theÂ Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base in Alabama. The companyÂ said Friday Vectrus Systems‘ contract covers support for foreign object damage, transient and static display maintenance; resource management; communications and information technology; publishing; installation management and […] More

by Ramona Adams March 17, 2017, 11:47 am
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Parsons Gets DoD Accreditation for Munition Geophysical Classification; Carey Smith Comments

Parsons has received accreditation under the Defense Departmentâ€™s Advanced Geophysical Classification Accreditation Program. The company said Tuesday it secured the DAGCAP certification after the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation assessed Parsons’ geophysical classification and technical management platforms. Carey Smith, Parsons federal group president and an inductee into Executive Mosaicâ€™s Wash100 for 2017, said the company […] More

by Jane Edwards March 15, 2017, 9:30 am
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Dell EMC Survey: 64% of Federal IT Execs Report Software-Defined Data Center Adoption at Agencies

A new survey sponsored byÂ DellÂ EMCÂ has found that 64 percent of federal information technology leaders said their agencies had fielded software-defined data centers. Dell said Monday it commissioned market research firm Penn Schoen Berland to perform an online survey of 100 federal IT and business decision makers in May 2016 as an extension to theÂ State of […] More

by Jane Edwards March 14, 2017, 4:56 am
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ViON Releases New Cloud Guidance in Response to AWS S3 Service Disruption; Rob Davies Comments

ViON has issued new guidance that seeks to help organizations reassess their cloud strategies in response to an Amazon Web Services outage in February. A service disruption related to AWS Simple Storage Service occurred on Feb. 28 in the Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) region after an authorized S3 team member ran a command that resulted in […] More

by Jane Edwards March 13, 2017, 10:30 am
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Hughesâ€™ Rick Lober: Space Launch Backlog a Concern for Commercial Satellite Industry

Hughes Network Systemsâ€™ Rick Lober has said the backlog of launches faced by space launch service providers has raised concerns among commercial satellite operators that work to provide global communications support to military clients, National Defense reported Wednesday. “There are more [satellites] going up so that is fueling demand and there have been a few […] More

by Jane Edwards March 10, 2017, 4:57 am
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NTT Data Awarded $62M CDC IT Support Contract; Tim Conway Comments

NTT Data has secured a potential five-year, $62 million contract to provideÂ a range of information technology services to theÂ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The company said Thursday it will host applications, manage cloud systems,Â store files, monitor operations and perform data center support for CDC under the contract. The IT services are intended to help […] More

by Scott Nicholas March 9, 2017, 10:18 am
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US Govt Cancels Solicitation for Kuwait Security Support Recompete Contract; Vectrus’ Chuck Prow Comments

Vectrus has disclosedÂ that the U.S. government has called off the solicitation for a security and base operations services recompete contract in support of U.S. Army facilities in Kuwait due to changes in mission requirements. The company is the current contractor on the Kuwait Base Operations and Security Support Services contract that is set to expire […] More

by Jane Edwards March 8, 2017, 5:33 am
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Hughes to Provide Satcom Support for General Atomics’ Predator B RPA; Rick Lober Comments

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has partnered withÂ Hughes Network SystemsÂ to update the satellite communications system of theÂ Predator B remotely piloted aircraft. HughesÂ said MondayÂ it will provide customized airborne modems for Predator B’s SkyGuardian variant as part ofÂ a contract with General Atomics. TheÂ broadband satellite technology companyÂ designedÂ its Hughes HM series modems to increaseÂ data transfer rates as well asÂ secure […] More

by Ramona Adams March 7, 2017, 10:00 am