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CACI Receives ISO Certification for Info Security Practices; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI InternationalÂ has received certification from the International Organization for Standardization for the companyâ€™s information security policies and practices following an external audit on its corporate information technology infrastructure. The ISO 27001 certificateÂ reflects CACIâ€™s compliance with the ISO standard for corporate IT securityÂ policies and represents the companyâ€™s second enterprise-wide ISO credential since May, CACIÂ said Wednesday. “This […] More

by Jay Clemens December 21, 2016, 8:07 am
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Siemens Lands Energy Savings Performance Contracts With Federal Agencies; Barbara Humpton Comments

Siemens has received a series of Energy Savings Performance Contracts to implement energy and water conservation measures at federal agencies. Barbara Humpton, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, said in a statement released Monday the company will work to help federal agencies cut carbon emissions and meet the White Houseâ€™s sustainability and energy conservation […] More

by Jane Edwards December 20, 2016, 10:26 am
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CenturyLink to Install, Maintain Senate’s Unified Communications Platform; Erich Sanchack Comments

The U.S. Senate’s sergeant-at-arms office has awarded CenturyLink a potentialÂ seven-year, $26.6 million contract to install, maintain, operate and manage a unified communications-as-a-service platform at more than 450Â Senate state offices nationwide. CenturyLinkÂ said Monday it will provide hardware, software, training and held desk support to help senators’ offices access a platform forÂ hosted voice-over-internet-protocol service. Erich Sanchack, senior […] More

by Dominique Stump December 20, 2016, 8:25 am
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Lockheed-Collinear Partnership Aims to Commercialize Wireless Transmission Tech; Rick Ambrose Comments

Lockheed MartinÂ and Collinear NetworksÂ have partnered to commercialize a globalÂ wireless transmission technology designed for telecommunications network operators. Lockheed said Thursday its space systems business has worked with Collinear since June 2014 underÂ a licensing and development agreement to marketÂ a Lockheed-developed hybrid point-to-point wireless transmissionÂ platform. The agreement gives CollinearÂ exclusive marketing and non-governmental sales rights to the product. Rick […] More

by Ramona Adams December 16, 2016, 9:04 am
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AT&T to Help NASA Update Deep Space Network’s Comms Capacity Through VPN; Mike Leff Comments

AT&TÂ has been selected by NASA to provide a high-speed virtual private network intendedÂ to connect the radio antennas ofÂ a scientificÂ telecommunications system that supports the agency’s interplanetary spacecraft missions. The company said WednesdayÂ its VPN technology will work to increaseÂ the Deep Space Network‘sÂ data transmission capacityÂ up toÂ three times faster than its current bandwidth without the need for hardware upgrades. […] More

by Scott Nicholas December 15, 2016, 7:59 am
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Parsons Subsidiary Lands Cybercom Support Task Order; Carey Smith Comments

Parsons‘ Secure Mission Solutions subsidiary has secured a five-year task order from the General Services Administration to provideÂ support services forÂ the U.S. Cyber Command. Parsons said Wednesday itÂ will help USCYBERCOMÂ address itsÂ capability development group’s requirements through research and development, engineering, test and evaluation, information technology and professional services. “This award continues our longstanding support of USCYBERCOMâ€™s mission […] More

by Scott Nicholas December 15, 2016, 4:03 am
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Paul Smith: Red Hatâ€™s Operating System Cryptographic Modules Get NIST Data Security Certifications

Red Hat has secured Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 certifications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for its nine cryptographic modules associated with the companyâ€™s operating system. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 OS received nine FIPS certifications for modules that include OpenSSL, OpenSSH Server, OpenSSH Client, Libgcrypt, NSS, Libreswan, Kernel Cryptographic API, […] More

by Jane Edwards December 14, 2016, 10:40 am
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NTT Data to Help Operate California Teacher Pension Fund’s SAP System; Tim Conway Comments

The California State Teachers’ Retirement System has chosenÂ NTT DataÂ for a five-year agreementÂ to maintain and operate theÂ pension fund’s SAP-based business management system. NTT Data said Tuesday it will conduct onsite maintenance for CalSTRS’ Business Direct system to support operations and business expansion of applications and services. â€œCalSTRS was seeking a vendor that would be able to […] More

by Dominique Stump December 14, 2016, 9:54 am
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Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh on Federal IT Trends to Watch in 2017 & Cyber’s Info Mgmt Aspects

Work to implement the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act along with continuedÂ digital transformation, cloud computing andÂ data analytics initiatives at agencies were among several topics that led the federal IT landscape in 2016. The federal and commercial technology market landscape also shifted this year as the former Dell Inc. closed the industry-record $67 billion purchase […] More

by Ross Wilkers December 13, 2016, 2:15 pm
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Lockheed’s Carl Marchetto: WorldView-4 Satellite to Provide Images to Govt Officials, Disaster Relief Workers

DigitalGlobeÂ has shown the first image from theÂ Lockheed Martin-builtÂ WorldView-4Â satellite that launched in November from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to join the geospatial content and imagery providerâ€™s satellite constellation. â€œSeeing these first images is only a glimpse of the value WorldView-4 will bring to the world,â€ Carl Marchetto, vice president and general manager of Lockheedâ€™s […] More

by Jane Edwards December 13, 2016, 6:14 am
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CACI to Help Army Develop Payload Modeling, Simulation & Training Systems; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI InternationalÂ has received a $31 million task order to help the U.S. ArmyÂ developÂ electro-optical/infrared and signals intelligence payload modeling, simulation and training systems for data collection efforts. The company said Monday it will support technology for the night vision and electronic sensors directorate of the Army Research, Development and Engineering Commandâ€™s communications-electronics research, development and engineering […] More

by Jay Clemens December 12, 2016, 10:30 am
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Wayne Lewandowski on Vormetric’s Integration Into Thales, Bookings Growth & Data Encryption Trends at Agencies

Defense and industrial conglomerate Thales Group completed its estimated $424 million acquisition of data security technology maker Vormetric in March to add new product and service offerings into the Thales e-Security business portfolio. Based in Silicon Valley, Vormetric designed its platform to help enterprises and public sector agencies defend their information and applications in either […] More

by Ross Wilkers December 7, 2016, 2:00 pm