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  • CenturyLink Lands DHS Task Order for Cyber Services to Civilian Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Lands DHS Task Order for Cyber Services to Civilian Agencies

    CenturyLink will continue to deliver cybersecurity services to U.S. federal civilian agencies under a one-year task order from the Department of Homeland Security‘s office of cybersecurity and communications. The company said Monday the task order is part of a four-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for cybersecurity services that CenturyLink won in March 2013. DHS awarded the order under its EINSTEIN program, which aims to help agencies […] More

  • Nubity Joins IBM Cloud Program; Rita Radi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nubity Joins IBM Cloud Program; Rita Radi Comments

    Nubity has joined IBM‘s cloud entrepreneur program in a move to expand Nubity’s cloud services worldwide. The Mexico City-based startup company partners with IBM’s SoftLayer Catalyst program to access an open cloud infrastructure, executive mentorship and an ecosystem of customers, IBM said Friday. “Through a comprehensive mix of consulting, a robust ecosystem and scalable global cloud infrastructure, Nubity is helping its clients […] More

  • IDC Evaluates 12 IaaS Vendors as Gov't Cloud Adoption Continues - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC Evaluates 12 IaaS Vendors as Gov’t Cloud Adoption Continues

    IDC‘s Government Insights segment has released a new report on its evaluation of 12 cloud infrastructure-as-a-service vendors in the federal marketplace against set of weighted parameters for both short-term and long-term deployments. The research firm said Friday that the “IDC MarketScape: U.S. Government Private Cloud IaaS 2014 Vendor Assessment” report used pricing, scalability, compute services, value-added services and a single […] More

  • Cubic to Design, Test Updates for SPAWAR Data Link; Mike Twyman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Design, Test Updates for SPAWAR Data Link; Mike Twyman Comments

    Cubic Defense Applications will continue to provide support for the U.S. Navy’s data link systems used in operational missions under a $3.1 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Under the project, the company will work to prolong the life cycle of SPAWAR’s AN/USQ-167 Common Data Link System by developing and testing […] More

  • IBM Rolls Out Beta Version of Watson Analytics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Rolls Out Beta Version of Watson Analytics

    IBM has released a beta version of the Watson Analytics cognitive service for business clients. IBM Watson is now available to customers as a cloud-based free premium service via desktop computers and mobile devices, IBM said Thursday. Business users will have access to the Watson Analytics community to share news, best practices, technical support and training services. The cognitive system is designed to […] More

  • Lockheed's Horace Blackman: 'Biggest Opportunities' Lie in Federal Health IT Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Horace Blackman: ‘Biggest Opportunities’ Lie in Federal Health IT Space

    Horace Blackman, Lockheed Martin’s vice president of health and life sciences, attributes new business growth opportunities to the federal health information technology market, The Washington Post reported Saturday. Jay Hancock writes Lockheed Martin’s business with the Department of Health and Human Services has more than doubled to $300 million annually since 2006. “The biggest opportunities I would point to are efforts associated […] More

  • CBP Selects Astrophysics' Scanning Tech for Air Cargo Inspection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CBP Selects Astrophysics’ Scanning Tech for Air Cargo Inspection

    The Customs and Border Protection agency has awarded Astrophysics a potential five-year, $23.1 million contract to deliver X-ray machines for CBP personnel to screen cargo at U.S. ports of entry. Astrophysics will provide three kinds of its parcel scanning system and associated peripherals and training support for the agency’s Non-Intrusive Inspection program, Astrophysics said Wednesday. […] More

  • Dave Dunning: Fluor- CNNC Team to Pursue Nuclear, Renewable Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Dunning: Fluor- CNNC Team to Pursue Nuclear, Renewable Markets

    Fluor Corp. and China National Nuclear Corp. have signed a memorandum of understanding to pursue nuclear and renewable energy business opportunities in Europe and China. CNNC and Fluor will collaborate on various civil nuclear-related projects in the U.K., Germany and China, as well as on wind farms and solar power opportunities, Fluor said Thursday. “We are excited to cooperate […] More

  • CenturyLink to Offer Cloud IaaS Through GSA Networx Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Offer Cloud IaaS Through GSA Networx Contract Vehicle

    A CenturyLink infrastructure-as-a-service offering has been included on a General Services Administration contract vehicle that federal agencies use to acquire telecommunications services. CenturyLink said Thursday its cloud IaaS is now available for purchase through the Networx Universal program as well as the agency’s IT Schedule 70. The data center service offering is designed to help […] More

  • Battelle, Rhombus Team to Pursue DoD Nuclear Threat Detection Program; Matthew Shaw Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle, Rhombus Team to Pursue DoD Nuclear Threat Detection Program; Matthew Shaw Comments

    Battelle has partnered with Rhombus Power to develop and offer platforms for detecting nuclear and radiological materials to the U.S. Defense Department. The companies plan to jointly compete for the agency’s Man Portable Radiation Detection System development program, Battelle said Thursday. Rhombus Power builds nuclear threat detectors for customers in the security, intelligence and defense […] More

  • Christopher Bogdan: DoD Wants More Industry Competition for F-35 Training Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Christopher Bogdan: DoD Wants More Industry Competition for F-35 Training Systems

    The F-35 Joint Program Office aims to increase competition for work to build new training and simulation systems for the fighter program, Defense News reported Thursday. Aaron Mehta writes Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, the F-35 JPO’s executive officer, said the office could seek competitive bids on the Deployable Mission Rehearsal Trainer development contract. “I think […] More

  • Research and Markets: Global Cloud Services Market Size to Grow 17% Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Global Cloud Services Market Size to Grow 17% Through 2020

    Research and Markets has released a new report that projects the global cloud services market will reach $555 billion in 2020. The compound annual growth rate is estimated to be 17.6 percent between 2014 and 2020, Research and Markets said Wednesday. The report contains analyses for formulating market strategies and examines market factors to determine growth trends in various geographies. The report also identifies key application segments […] More