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  • Booz Allen's Karen Dahut Outlines Ways to Drive Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen’s Karen Dahut Outlines Ways to Drive Innovation

    Karen Dahut, an executive vice president at Booz Allen, has outlined several components and systems to drive innovation across an organization. Dahut, head of Booz Allen’s strategic innovation group, authored a blueprint that highlights methods for harnessing an organization’s capabilities and developing avenues for fresh ideas, Booz Allen said Thursday. “By taking the right steps and focusing their energies, […] More

  • Defense Sec. Chuck Hagel Backs Navy LCS Modernization Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Sec. Chuck Hagel Backs Navy LCS Modernization Plan

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel supports the U.S. Navy‘s proposed modernization effort of the Littoral Combat Ships that are made by Austal USA and Lockheed Martin, Reuters reported Thursday. Andrea Shalal writes the Navy wants to integrate new missiles, radar technology and other combat systems into the LCS fleet. “The Navy’s new proposal, like the LCS, will […] More

  • Transparency Market Research: Big Data Market Worth $48B by 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Transparency Market Research: Big Data Market Worth $48B by 2019

    Transparency Market Research (TMR) stated in a new report that it expects the global big data market to grow at a 40.5-percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2012 through 2019, reaching a market value of $48.3 billion. Growing at a CAGR of 45.3-percent the storage sector represents the largest share of revenues. The report stated that technology applications in […] More

  • Steven Shugart on GardaWorld's US Gov't Market Aims, the Global Security Sector's Future - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steven Shugart on GardaWorld’s US Gov’t Market Aims, the Global Security Sector’s Future

    Steven Shugart joined GardaWorld Government Services — a U.S.-based subsidiary of global security services contractor GardaWorld — in October of this year as president. Shugart’s GovCon career includes time at DynCorp International, where his roles included senior vice president of business development, VP of operations at International RAM Associates and 10 years in law enforcement. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Shugart discusses […] More

  • Mike Petters: Huntington Ingalls Eyes Energy Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Petters: Huntington Ingalls Eyes Energy Sector

    Mike Petters, CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, identified the energy market as a potential area of growth for the shipbuilding giant in an address to the Atlantic Council, Reuters reported Wednesday. Petters told the think tank Wednesday that Huntington Ingalls has invested in the energy sector and established healthcare centers at its facilities as part of its long-term goals, Andrea Shalal […] More

  • Visiongain: Military Electro-Optical IR Systems Market Hit $8B in 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain: Military Electro-Optical IR Systems Market Hit $8B in 2014

    Visiongain has released a new report that indicates the military electro-optical infrared systems market reached $8.38 billion in 2014. The report also predicts an increase in demand for military EO/IR systems through 2024, with North America and Europe slated to lead the market in technology and research and development, Reportlinker said Wednesday. Emerging military nations will look to integrate those systems into new procurement and […] More

  • Transparency Market Research: Global Military Radar Market to Reach $8.4B in 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Transparency Market Research: Global Military Radar Market to Reach $8.4B in 2019

    Transparency Market Research has released a report that predicts the global military radar market will reach $8.44 billion in worth in 2019. The increase represents a 2.9 percent compound annual growth rate from the $6.9 billion recorded in 2012, Transparency Market Research said Thursday. Security and economic concerns, strategic alliances, border protection issues, growing government defense investments and increasing demand […] More

  • Norma Lee Todd: Johns Hopkins APL Records Tech Transfer Increase in 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Norma Lee Todd: Johns Hopkins APL Records Tech Transfer Increase in 2014

    Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory says it has experienced record growth for initiatives to move its scientific discoveries into the commercial sector in 2014. APL said Wednesday it signed 77 license agreements covering lab-developed technologies this year, up from 40 technology license deals recorded a year ago. The number of invention disclosures from the […] More

  • IBM Develops Analytics-Based Cloud Management Tech; Leonard Hand Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Develops Analytics-Based Cloud Management Tech; Leonard Hand Comments

    IBM has developed and patented an automated, analytics-based technique for the movement of workloads between cloud centers in an effort to help bolster the performance of cloud computing systems. The company said Tuesday the “dynamic” cloud management technology uses analytics to determine the optimal allocation of cloud resources and works to provide greater control over deployments and workloads. “Cloud delivery models are […] More

  • QTS Secures FedRAMP Compliance Via CSP Supplied Path; Chad Williams Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Secures FedRAMP Compliance Via CSP Supplied Path; Chad Williams Comments

    QTS has established Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program compliance for its QTS Federal Cloud offering following a third-party security assessment by Veris Group. The company said Wednesday it secured FedRAMP compliance through the CSP Supplied path, allowing federal agencies to assess the company’s security package for agency-specific security authorization. Chad Williams, chairman and CEO of QTS, said FedRAMP compliance enables […] More

  • DLT Highlights Cyber Threats to Gov't in 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT Highlights Cyber Threats to Gov’t in 2014

    DLT Solutions has highlighted what it sees as the top cybersecurity threats the U.S. government faced in 2014 and the countermeasures agencies have adopted to combat those threats. Caron Beesley wrote in an analysis piece published Wednesday the lack of awareness and cyber training among federal employees hampers government efforts to counter sophisticated attacks. Beesley, editor of DLT Solutions’ […] More

  • DHS Seeks Method to Automate Cyber Defense - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Method to Automate Cyber Defense

    The Department of Homeland Security has reached out to industry for ideas on how to automatically defend cyber systems and networks against attacks. DHS issued a request for information on Dec. 3 that indicates the agency’s plan to create an automated environment for monitoring security risks to government infrastructure. The Enterprise Automated Security Environment program […] More