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  • Microsoft Open Technologies Launches Subsidiary in China - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Open Technologies Launches Subsidiary in China

    Microsoft Open Technologies has opened a subsidiary in China to expand the company’s presence in the country and assist in proprietary development processes and open innovation programs. The Microsoft Open Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. will consist of a team of engineers that will work to advance interoperability, open standards and open source investments, Microsoft announced Thursday. […] More

  • Autodesk University Opens Seven Online Classes for Public - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Autodesk University Opens Seven Online Classes for Public

    Autodesk University has released seven online classes for engineering graduates, students or enthusiasts that can be accessed for free through their website. The AU 2013 classes will give registered users access to select sessions, handouts, presentations and more, according to a Thursday blog post of Caron Beesley, an editor of DLT Solutions’ Acronym Online magazine. […] More

  • QTS Unveils Public Sector Cloud IaaS Offering; Jim Reinhart Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Unveils Public Sector Cloud IaaS Offering; Jim Reinhart Comments

    QTS has rolled out an infrastructure-as-a-service offering intended to help U.S. government customers manage virtual data center workloads in the cloud. The QTS Federal Cloud suite is comprised of storage, networking and security services and designed to be compatible with Cisco, EMC and VMware computing environments, QTS said Wednesday. “QTS understands the IT needs and requirements […] More

  • DHS Picks Four Vendors for Security Tools, Sensors; James Yeager Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Picks Four Vendors for Security Tools, Sensors; James Yeager Comments

    Four companies have won task orders worth up to $60 million combined to develop tools and sensors for the Department of Homeland Security to scan its network for security risks, Federal Times reported Thursday. Nicole Blake Johnson writes these awards fall under DHS’ $6 billion continuous monitoring program, which is handled by the General Services Administration. […] More

  • Haywood Talcove: LexisNexis Seeks to Help Indiana Fight ID Theft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Haywood Talcove: LexisNexis Seeks to Help Indiana Fight ID Theft

    Indiana’s Revenue Department has contracted LexisNexis Risk Solutions to help combat identify theft and tax refund fraud in the state. The company plans to use filters to screen requests for tax refunds, checking the ID information against public databases and other sources as part of the verification process, said Wednesday. “Identity-based tax refund fraud causes individuals to […] More

  • Greg Bryant: Alion Opens Charleston SC Office to Work With SPAWAR - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Greg Bryant: Alion Opens Charleston SC Office to Work With SPAWAR

    Alion Science and Technology has opened its Charleston, S.C.-based office in an effort to help customers in the region connect with the company’s resources. The company intends for the facility to house the company’s technical, configuration management, information assurance, cybersecurity, information and C5ISR (command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) services, Alion […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls to Implement Facilities, Workforce Realignment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls to Implement Facilities, Workforce Realignment

    In anticipation of adding additional personnel and future ship competitions, Ingalls Shipbuilding announced various realignment plans during the Surface Navy Association National Symposium, Sea Power Magazine reported Wednesday. Irwin Edenzon, Ingalls Shipbuilding president, said that the company plans to add 2,500 people at its yard in Pascagoula, Miss., by the end of 2014. Ingalls is also opening a […] More

  • ScienceLogic, Data Tactics Form Govt Analytics Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ScienceLogic, Data Tactics Form Govt Analytics Team

    ScienceLogic and Data Tactics have partnered to deliver an integrated analytics platform for government and intelligence agency users to monitor clustered data infrastructures. The alliance combined ScienceLogic’s information technology management software and Data Tactics’ Big Data Engine platform to help organizations manage IT applications, ScienceLogic said Wednesday. “Many of our federal government customers require a […] More

  • CSC, HCL Technologies to Create App Modernization Delivery Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSC, HCL Technologies to Create App Modernization Delivery Network

    Computer Sciences Corp. and HCL Technologies are partnering to create an application modernization delivery network that is intended to help clients transition into a cloud computing platform. The team’s first delivery centers will be based in Bangalore and Chennai and the companies plan to share cloud application modernization revenue and direct costs, CSC announced Wednesday. “Enterprises today […] More

  • Kofax Unveils Mobile Capture Platform Offering; Drew Hyatt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kofax Unveils Mobile Capture Platform Offering; Drew Hyatt Comments

    Kofax Ltd. has introduced a new mobile capture platform offering for organizations to extend applications to customers. Clients are able to deploy various mobile apps through the platform that uses image capture, data extraction and analytics technologies, Kofax said Thursday. Drew Hyatt, senior vice president of mobile applications at Kofax, said the company intends for […] More

  • AECOM $116M Contract to Help Ease HK Travel Time; John Dionisio Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM $116M Contract to Help Ease HK Travel Time; John Dionisio Comments

    AECOM has won a $116-million project to provide consultancy and construction management services for a key highway in Hong Kong that will shorten travel time across the city by 18 minutes. The contract includes designing the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel, an infrastructure that will provide a 2.6-mile express link, for $13 million, AECOM said Wednesday. Another […] More