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  • Boeing, BlackBerry Aim to Offer Tamper-Proof Smartphone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, BlackBerry Aim to Offer Tamper-Proof Smartphone

    Boeing and BlackBerry will collaborate to offer government customers an Android smartphone designed to have a tamper-proof covering and a security architecture, Bloomberg reported Saturday. John Chen, chairman and CEO of BlackBerry, confirmed the partnership during an earnings call with investors on Saturday, according to the report by Julie Johnsson and Gerrit De Vynck. Johnsson […] More

  • Dynetics to Offer Virtualization Services as Citrix Silver Solution Adviser; Nichole O'Brien Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics to Offer Virtualization Services as Citrix Silver Solution Adviser; Nichole O’Brien Comments

    Dynetics is now a Citrix Silver Solution Adviser as part of the companies’ partnership to address the growing demand for mobile capabilities by offering virtual desktop, mobile workspace and cloud networking services. Nichole O’Brien, Dynetics’ information engineering branch manager, said Monday that the company aims to help an increasingly mobile workforce adopt new security, optimization and mobility tools. She added that virtualization supports […] More

  • Apple, IBM Unveil Initial 'MobileFirst for iOS' App Set; Bridget van Kralingen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Apple, IBM Unveil Initial ‘MobileFirst for iOS’ App Set; Bridget van Kralingen Comments

    Apple and IBM have partnered to offer the first batch of IBM MobileFirst for iOS applications that deliver big data and analytics functions to enterprise customers in sectors such as government whose workers use iPhone and iPad devices. Bridget van Kralingen, senior vice president at IBM Global Business Services, said Wednesday that the collaboration works to help businesses adopt enterprise mobility technologies for individual engagement […] More

  • Chris Marzilli: US Soldiers Use General Dynamics WIN-T for Ebola Mission in Africa - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Marzilli: US Soldiers Use General Dynamics WIN-T for Ebola Mission in Africa

    U.S. Army soldiers and commanders are using a General Dynamics-built communications network to exchange information as they conduct operations to stop the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. General Dynamics said Tuesday its Warfighter Information Network–Tactical system is designed to help military personnel send each other voice, image and data files over a satellite-based network. “WIN-T […] More

  • Report: US Marshals Service to Use iPhones for New Mobility Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: US Marshals Service to Use iPhones for New Mobility Program

    The U.S. Marshals Service will deploy iPhones for employee use during fiscal 2015 as part of the agency’s mobility initiative, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Aliya Sternstein writes USMS plans to update its current mobility program and is looking into the possibility of accessing agency network through personal devices. The agency also issued a request for information […] More

  • IBM Adds Infrastructure Analytics, Virtualization Products to Mobility Portfolio; Rich Esposito Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Adds Infrastructure Analytics, Virtualization Products to Mobility Portfolio; Rich Esposito Comments

    IBM has unveiled new mobile infrastructure analytics and mobile virtualization desktop-as-a-service products under its mobility services portfolio to support companies that adopt mobile technology for business. These offerings work to help the enterprise monitor the performance of its IT infrastructure, manage application deployment to mobile devices and secure mobile access to enterprise data, IBM said Tuesday. “The trifecta of […] More

  • Robert Griffin: IBM Offers Mobile Police Data Access to Support Crime Prevention - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robert Griffin: IBM Offers Mobile Police Data Access to Support Crime Prevention

    IBM has released a mobile application for its i2 COPLINK offering, which works to expand on the company’s software that supports access to law enforcement data for analysts, investigators or officers in the field. I2 COPLINK Everywhere links with the i2 COPLINK database to enable police officers to use handheld devices to access, check and compare information such as vehicle license plates, […] More

  • Lisa Durant: IT Should Base BYOD Policies on Users, Device, App, Content - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lisa Durant: IT Should Base BYOD Policies on Users, Device, App, Content

    Lisa Durant, a research analyst at Nemertes Research, says information technology companies that adopt bring-your-own-device programs should develop policies for the applications, content, users and their devices to protect the organization from data leaks. Durant wrote in a piece published Monday on AT&T‘s Networking Exchange Blog that administrators should cover these factors in their approach to help facilitate user flexibility and information […] More

  • Vivek Kundra: BlackBerry, Salesforce Form Enterprise Mobile Market Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vivek Kundra: BlackBerry, Salesforce Form Enterprise Mobile Market Partnership

    Salesforce.com and BlackBerry have partnered to develop a mobility product that combines Salesforce’s Customer Success Platform and BlackBerry’s enterprise mobility management tools in an effort to support the productivity, security and collaboration requirements of a mobile workforce. BlackBerry said Thursday its BES12 software works to deliver customer relationship management and device management to deliver mobile end-to-end services across enterprise mobile platforms. “This agreement will allow […] More

  • General Dynamics Captures NSA Secure Mobile Contract; Chris Marzilli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Captures NSA Secure Mobile Contract; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics C4 Systems has been awarded a contract to supply encrypted smartphone units for use by enterprise information technology managers in government. The Defense Mobile Classified Capability project includes 100 units of Samsung Galaxy S4 mobile phones equipped with Samsung Knox and GD Protected security features, the company said Thursday. The award builds on […] More

  • Ranaan Horowitz: Elbit Systems to Help DHS Demo Broadband Services in Interoperability Push - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ranaan Horowitz: Elbit Systems to Help DHS Demo Broadband Services in Interoperability Push

    An Elbit Systems subsidiary has been selected to test the Department of Homeland Security‘s broadband services for public safety operations. Elbit Systems of America will demonstrate WideBridge, which works to combine mission systems with the Federal Information Processing Standards-approved BlackBerry BES10 workspace and Etherstack’s P.25 networks, Elbit Systems said Tuesday. “Ongoing efforts to establish important interoperable broadband solutions for the FirstNet […] More

  • Yogesh Khanna: CSC-MobileIron Team Aims to Help Federal Clients Bolster Mobile Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Yogesh Khanna: CSC-MobileIron Team Aims to Help Federal Clients Bolster Mobile Security

    Computer Sciences Corp. and MobileIron will collaborate to develop cloud-based applications designed to help U.S. military and civil government organizations secure mobile data. The companies seek to integrate MobileIron’s enterprise cloud device management platform into CSC’s mobile security offerings for the federal sector, MobileIron said Wednesday. MobileIron says its technology is built to manage iOS […] More