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  • VA Issues Mobile Navigation App RFI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Issues Mobile Navigation App RFI

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun its search for potential contractors that can deliver an application designed to provide veterans and their families outdoor and indoor navigation support at VA’s medical facilities. VA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted May 10 the MyVA Way app seeks to provide 24/7 navigational support to users, reduce […] More

  • Interior Dept Taps AT&T to Provide Mobile Device Mgmt Platform; Mike Leff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Interior Dept Taps AT&T to Provide Mobile Device Mgmt Platform; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T will deliver IBM‘s mobile device management platform to the Interior Department to help DOI protect and manage 27,000 mobile devices. AT&T, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, said Tuesday it will provide IBM’s Maas360 mobile device management platform to DOI as an authorized reseller. Mike Leff, vice president of AT&T’s global public sector business for civilian agencies, said the […] More

  • VMware, Oracle Forge Mobile Business Application Management Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VMware, Oracle Forge Mobile Business Application Management Partnership

    VMware and Oracle have agreed to streamline management and ensure security of Oracle’s portfolio of mobile business applications. Enterprise organizations with business apps built on the Oracle Mobile Cloud Service offering can leverage VMware’s AirWatch and Workspace ONE mobility management platforms under the partnership, Oracle said Thursday. VMware AirWatch works to help users manage and protect […] More

  • Cog Systems Seeks NIAP Certification to Offer Mobile Security Platform in Govt Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cog Systems Seeks NIAP Certification to Offer Mobile Security Platform in Govt Sector

    Cog Systems has applied for National Information Assurance Partnership certification to offer a mobile security platform designed with bare-metal virtualization technology to U.S. government agencies. The company said Monday its D4 Secure Platform is listed as eligible for use on a mobile device under the National Security Administration‘s Commercial Solutions for Classified program. Carl Nerup, chief marketing officer at Cog Systems, said the D4-based device is built to […] More

  • MobileIron Supports DoD's Mobile Derived Credentials; Sean Frazier Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MobileIron Supports DoD’s Mobile Derived Credentials; Sean Frazier Comments

    MobileIron has integrated with the Defense Department‘s Purebred derived credentials in a push to eliminate the need for common access cards to authenticate mobile identity. The company said Wednesday its derived credentials technology works to help government agencies authorize employees’ use of mobile devices to access resources without using additional hardware such as smart card readers. Sean Frazier, chief technical evangelist of MobileIron, […] More

  • Hypori's Virtual Mobile Device Obtains Federal Info Processing Standard Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hypori’s Virtual Mobile Device Obtains Federal Info Processing Standard Certification

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has certified Hypori‘s virtual mobile device offering as compliant with Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 level 1. Hypori said Monday federal civilian agencies, intelligence communities and military branches can now utilize the company’s virtual mobile device to help secure applications and data that might be vulnerable on a physical mobile device. The device is […] More

  • Hypori Adds Bluetooth Functionality to Virtual Mobile Infrastructure Under DHS SBIR Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hypori Adds Bluetooth Functionality to Virtual Mobile Infrastructure Under DHS SBIR Contract

    Hypori has integrated Bluetooth access control functionality with its virtual mobile infrastructure platform designed to help government agencies safeguard applications and data in mobile devices from cyber threats. The company added the functionality as part of the Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract it secured from the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate in […] More

  • Lookout's Mobile Endpoint Security Tech Earns FedRAMP Ready Status; Bob Stevens Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lookout’s Mobile Endpoint Security Tech Earns FedRAMP Ready Status; Bob Stevens Comments

    A Lookout-built mobile endpoint security platform has obtained a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program designation that reflects the product’s capacity to meet technical cloud adoption requirements in the government. Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security has been listed on the FedRAMP marketplace for federal agencies and government contractors as the first mobile security system to receive the “FedRAMP Ready” status, […] More

  • VA Posts Enterprise Mobile Mgmt System RFI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Posts Enterprise Mobile Mgmt System RFI

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun to explore potential industry sources of a managed system to facilitate management of authorized mobile phones and tablets across the VA enterprise. VA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday it looks to migrate approximately 38,000 devices from its current cloud hosting environment and mobile device management software to another private cloud hosted and […] More

  • Lockheed-Collinear Partnership Aims to Commercialize Wireless Transmission Tech; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Collinear Partnership Aims to Commercialize Wireless Transmission Tech; Rick Ambrose Comments

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

  • Boeing, DISA Develop Mobile Device for Top-Secret Military Communications; Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, DISA Develop Mobile Device for Top-Secret Military Communications; Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn Comments

    The Defense Information Systems Agency and Boeing have developed a mobile device designed to help military commanders transmit and receive top-secret messages, Defense One reported Nov. 1. Patrick Tucker writes the Boeing Black mobile phone works with virtual private networks and mobile device management platforms and has a dual-SIM functionality that allows users to use […] More

  • Bill Rowan: DISA Issues Security Technical Implementation Guide for VMware Mobility Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Rowan: DISA Issues Security Technical Implementation Guide for VMware Mobility Mgmt Platform

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has released a Security Technical Implementation Guide for the latest version of VMware’s enterprise mobility management platform. DISA’s STIG for VMware AirWatch 9.X seeks to provide cybersecurity policies and guide agencies on how to install the platform for use on Defense Department-run networks, the company said Thursday. Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware, said […] More