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  • Mick Ord: BAE Engineers Design Mobile App to Navigate Warship Construction Sites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mick Ord: BAE Engineers Design Mobile App to Navigate Warship Construction Sites

    BAE Systems has developed a mobile application to help engineers and other personnel navigate the construction work zones on the British navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. Platform Navigation works to scan quick response tags located in the warship’s more than 3,000 compartments and find the best route for a tour inside the vessels, BAE said […] More

  • Inmarsat Partners with Sasken Comm Tech on Satellite Phone; Ronald Spithout Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Partners with Sasken Comm Tech on Satellite Phone; Ronald Spithout Comments

    Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd. has completed the design and development phases for Inmarsat’s new satellite mobile device offering. Sasken worked to design the software, hardware and antenna systems, as well as to integrate and test the IsatPhone 2 mobile handset, Sasken Communication said Monday. The satellite phone features network registration, voicemail, emergency assistance, built-in E-compass […] More

  • NC County Adopts Microsoft Cloud, Mobile Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NC County Adopts Microsoft Cloud, Mobile Tools

    Microsoft is helping government employees in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County perform business transactions and public services with the company’s software suite, cloud and mobile offerings. Mecklenburg County is using the Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Surface Pro devices and Windows Azure cloud platform, Microsoft said Wednesday. The county’s Food Services Department uses Microsoft’s products for food and restaurant inspectors to run state applications and medical examiners […] More

  • Gilat to Build Terminals for Inmarsat Global Xpress Network; Rupert Pearce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gilat to Build Terminals for Inmarsat Global Xpress Network; Rupert Pearce Comments

    Gilat Satellite Networks will develop a portfolio of ground-based terminals and related services for enterprise customers of an Inmarsat global mobile satellite communications service. Inmarsat selected Gilat to build very small aperture terminals and network management services for the Global Xpress satellite value-added reseller program, Gilat said Wednesday. The partnership aims to drive adoption of the GX […] More

  • Bryan Coapstick: HP's New Public Sector Mobility Mgmt Offering Aimed at Compliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bryan Coapstick: HP’s New Public Sector Mobility Mgmt Offering Aimed at Compliance

    HP Enterprise Services has introduced a new mobility management offering for U.S. public sector agencies that seek to securely access applications from multiple devices. The cloud-based mobility service offering is hosted on HP’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program cloud environment in order to comply with regulations, HP said Wednesday. Bryan Coapstick, mobile innovation director for […] More

  • Accenture, Samsung Team to Market Knox Mobile Security Tech; Jin Lee Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture, Samsung Team to Market Knox Mobile Security Tech; Jin Lee Comments

    Accenture and Samsung Electronics have partnered to help enterprise customers procure and implement Android devices that are built to support Samsung’s Knox mobile security platform, the Economic Times reported Friday. Harichandan Arakali writes the companies aim to offer pre-packaged software applications and managed service offerings through the partnership. Jin Lee, senior managing director at Accenture […] More

  • Amit Jasuja: Oracle Mobile Security Tool for Companies With BYOD Initiatives - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amit Jasuja: Oracle Mobile Security Tool for Companies With BYOD Initiatives

    Oracle has launched a mobile security product that is built to integrate identity and access management systems in order to protect enterprise data and applications on corporate and personal devices used in the workplace. The company said Feb. 26 that the Oracle Mobile Security Suite works to isolate personal and enterprise data and help corporate information technology staffers […] More

  • IBM to Tap Mobile Software Makers for Watson Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM to Tap Mobile Software Makers for Watson Project

    IBM will seek the help of software developers worldwide to make mobile applications that use Watson’s data analysis and machine learning tools, Wired reported Feb. 26. Klint Finley writes that the IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge will kick off March 31 and the company will select 25 finalists to use Watson’s developer application programming interface in order […] More

  • Sherif Hamoudah: SAP Seeks MENA Mobility Market Growth Presence Through Telecom Deals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sherif Hamoudah: SAP Seeks MENA Mobility Market Growth Presence Through Telecom Deals

    SAP has moved to grow its mobile services market presence in the Middle East and North Africa region by signing agreements with telecommunications companies STC and Etisalat for enterprise mobility and network life-cycle management tools, Gulf Business reported Monday. Aarti Nagraj writes SAP announced the deals with Saudi Arabia-based STC and United Arab Emirates-based Etisalat at […] More

  • Insurance Services Provider Uses Kofax Platform to Capture Mobile Images, Files - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insurance Services Provider Uses Kofax Platform to Capture Mobile Images, Files

    A health insurance and medical assistance services provider has adopted a Kofax-built technology platform to extract large volumes of claims data from mobile devices. HTH Worldwide uses the Kofax Mobile Capture platform to help customers submit documents and manage transactions through an HTH application, Kofax said Tuesday. The platform works to capture, process and secure […] More

  • Report: LTE Spending to Hit $2B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: LTE Spending to Hit $2B by 2020

    Market spending on public safety LTE infrastructure could reach $2 billion per year by 2020 due to increasing demand for the mobile broadband standard, according to new analysis from Reportsnreports.com. The number of installed base stations will hit almost 155,000 at a 60-percent compound annual growth rate between 2014 and 2020, serving close to 4 […] More

  • Indus' EPA Water Quality App Wins ACT-IAC Top Innovation Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Indus’ EPA Water Quality App Wins ACT-IAC Top Innovation Award

    An online waterway monitoring tool developed by Indus Corp. for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has won an innovation award from The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council. Indus and EPA received the Top Innovator award for their How’s my Waterway application through the ACT-IAC Igniting Innovation Awards Program, Indus said Wednesday. The […] More