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  • Cloudera Platforms Get Service Organization Control 2 Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cloudera Platforms Get Service Organization Control 2 Certification

    Cloudera has achieved Service Organization Control 2 Type II certification for two of the company’s cloud offerings. The company said Tuesday it received the certification after Coalfire Controls conducted an independent evaluation of Cloudera Director and Cloudera Navigator Optimizer and their compliance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Security Trust Services Principle and Criteria. Cloudera […] More

  • ISC(2) Study: 87% of Federal Data Security Pros Cite Employee Retention as Key to Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISC(2) Study: 87% of Federal Data Security Pros Cite Employee Retention as Key to Cybersecurity

    A new study conducted by the Center for Cyber Safety and Education and nonprofit organization (ISC)2 says 87 percent of federal agency personnel believe that recruitment and retention of data security professionals should be prioritized in order to protect an organization’s information infrastructure from cyber threats. The Global Information Security Workforce Study cosponsored by (ISC)2 with […] More

  • Sweden to Consider Boeing-Saab Trainer Aircraft Contingent Upon USAF T-X Contract Win - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sweden to Consider Boeing-Saab Trainer Aircraft Contingent Upon USAF T-X Contract Win

    Sweden would consider buying the trainer aircraft from a team composed of Boeing and Saab to replace its aging fleet of trainer jets if both companies land the T-X contract with the U.S. Air Force, Defense News reported Monday. Col. Magnus Liljegren, head of Sweden’s air force department, told reporters during a Monday briefing in Stockholm that […] More

  • Palo Alto Networks Debuts Virtual Firewall on Microsoft's Azure Govt Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Palo Alto Networks Debuts Virtual Firewall on Microsoft’s Azure Govt Cloud

    Palo Alto Networks has begun to offer its virtualized firewall on Microsoft‘s Azure Government Cloud platform in a move to help public sector customers protect their applications and data in the cloud. Microsoft said Monday that Palo Alto Networks’ VM-Series firewall works to analyze all traffic in a single pass to determine application identity, content and user identity. The […] More

  • Boeing to Provide P-8A Trainers, Support Services to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Provide P-8A Trainers, Support Services to Navy

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a $42.5 million contract modification to deliver eight deployable mission readiness trainers for the service branch’s P-8A maritime aircraft. Boeing will also provide P-8A mode control panels and program management and engineering services under the modification, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division obligated the full amount of the […] More

  • Thales Links Simulators of 2 UK Air Force Bases Under Self-Funded Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Links Simulators of 2 UK Air Force Bases Under Self-Funded Project

    Thales has connected flight simulators for Tornado aircraft at the British air force’s bases in Lossiemouth and Marham under a self-funded initiative. The company said Friday it provided the building, engineers, instructors, administration staff, classroom facilities and desktop training systems as well as two flight simulators at RAF Lossiemouth and one at RAF Marham under a private financial initiative agreement. Amit Talati, Thales […] More

  • Accenture Lands SEC Cloud Automation BPA; Elaine Beeman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Lands SEC Cloud Automation BPA; Elaine Beeman Comments

    Accenture has received a five-year contract from the Securities and Exchange Commission to set up and maintain a structure designed to deliver enterprise automation support services related to the ServiceNow cloud-based platform to SEC. Accenture’s federal services business has partnered with Bravium Consulting to provide ServiceNow-related capabilities to SEC under the blanket purchase agreement, Accenture […] More

  • AeroVironment Intros Nano Quadrotor UAS for Close-Range ISR Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment Intros Nano Quadrotor UAS for Close-Range ISR Applications

    AeroVironment has debuted a rugged miniature unmanned aircraft system the company designed to aid close-range military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Snipe Nano Quad is equipped with electro-optical/infrared, low-light-capable and long-wave infrared sensors and an integrated tilt mechanism for the transmission of images and record real-time video in daytime and nighttime operations, AeroVironment said Tuesday. “No assembly is required for the five-ounce […] More

  • Tech Industry Vet Tarun Loomba Joins Polycom as Solutions Mgmt EVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Industry Vet Tarun Loomba Joins Polycom as Solutions Mgmt EVP

    Tarun Loomba, formerly vice president and general manager of SanDisk‘s computing storage solutions business, has joined communications technology provider Polycom as executive vice president for solutions management. Polycom said Tuesday the more than 20-year technology industry veteran will oversee the company’s worldwide product and services management teams from its headquarters in San Jose, California. “His in-depth experience in hardware, software […] More

  • Reports: HPE Unveils Regional HQ, Incubator Program in Singapore - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: HPE Unveils Regional HQ, Incubator Program in Singapore

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise has established a Singapore-based regional headquarters in a push to help address a demand for new technologies across the Asia-Pacific and Japanese markets, Nikkei Asian Review reported Tuesday. HPE said it foresees “strong growth” opportunities in the internet of things and hybrid information technology sectors in Singapore, Japan, Australia and India, according to the report. The regional office has […] More

  • UAE Taps CAE for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training Support; Gene Colabatistto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UAE Taps CAE for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training Support; Gene Colabatistto Comments

    CAE has received a potential five-year $40.9 million contract to provide remotely piloted aircraft training support services for United Arab Emirates’ air force and air defense personnel. The company said Monday its CAE Maritime Middle East subsidiary will act as the principal contractor and help the Middle Eastern country establish a training facility for RPAs. Gene Colabatistto, president […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Finishes AR1 Engine Design Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Finishes AR1 Engine Design Review

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed a critical design review of the company-built AR1 rocket engine. The company said Monday it aims to obtain flight certification for the AR1 technology in 2019 to help the Defense Department move away from foreign-made engines. Independent government and industry experts attended the review, which assessed whether AR1’s design meets performance requirements ahead of full-scale manufacturing, Aerojet Rocketdyne added. The […] More