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Executive Spotlight: Vince Vlasho, AFSâ€™ Defense Portfolio Lead, on Cloud Migration, ERP Systems, DEAMS

Vince Vlasho, Defense Portfolio lead for Accenture Federal Services (AFS), recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the companyâ€™s five-year, $89.5 million contract to establish a cloud-based common infrastructure for the U.S. Air Force's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.Â â€œCloud is a strategic priority for Accenture Federal Services. I'm keenly focused on is supporting the Department of Defense (DoD) in its continued migration to the cloud."

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by William McCormick October 5, 2020, 9:45 am
in Government Technology, News

Avaya Integrates NVIDIA AI to Advance Avaya Spaces App; Anthony Bartolo, Ian Buck Quoted

Avaya has partnered with NVIDIA to integrate cloud AI solutions that will advance visual, audible and collaborative experiences through the Avaya Spaces app, Avaya reported on Monday. The NVIDIA Maxine cloud-native streaming video AI platform has featured cloud-based audio, video and conversational AI software that will enhance the video conferencing user experience.

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by Sarah Sybert October 5, 2020, 8:47 am
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HII Announces Completion of Stone Cutter Acceptance Trials

The ninth Legend-class national security cutter Huntington Ingalls Industries built for the U.S. Coast Guard has completed two days of acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico.

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by Matthew Nelson October 5, 2020, 7:56 am
in Contract Awards, News

David Stephens: One Network-Alion Team to Provide Master Data Mgmt Support for Air Force Logistics

One Network Enterprises will collaborate with Alion Science and Technology under a five-year, $61.9 million contract to provide software licenses and associated technical services to the U.S. Air Force logistics enterprise.

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by Matthew Nelson October 5, 2020, 7:14 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

AWS’ Dave Levy: Policy-Based Mechanisms Needed for Cyber Threat Info Sharing

David Levy, vice president of Amazon Web Services' federal business and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, has said that law enforcement and private organizations should implement a policy-based information exchange process to thwart cyber attacks, The Michigan Daily reported Wednesday.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers October 5, 2020, 6:07 am
in Government Technology, News

Palantir to Help NIH’s Translational Research Center Integrate, Manage Data

Palantir Technologies has secured a one-year, $36M contract to integrate and manage enterprise data for a National Institutes of Health facility that conducts research into patient treatment delivery processes.

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by Nichols Martin October 5, 2020, 5:37 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

Forcepoint’s Eric Trexler: Zero-Trust, Workforce Investment Key to Direct-to-Cloud Implementation

Eric Trexler, vice president of global government sales at Forcepoint, has said that agencies must invest in cloud experts, implement zero-trust security concepts and ensure operational flexibility in executing direct-to-cloud approaches.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers October 5, 2020, 5:20 am
in Executive Moves, News

Lockheed Vet Michael Werner Joins USfalcon in VP Role

Michael Werner, former senior program and capture manager at Lockheed Martin, has been named vice president of USfalcon's operations, readiness and engineering division.

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by Matthew Nelson October 5, 2020, 5:03 am
in News

Intel, Sandia Nat’l Labs Partner for Neuromorphic Computing Research Program

Intelâ€™s federal business has entered into a three-yearÂ agreement with the Department of Energyâ€™s Sandia National Laboratories to conduct large-scale research intoÂ a new computing concept based on the human neurobiological system.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers October 5, 2020, 4:37 am
in Contract Awards, Cybersecurity News, News

EnDyna to Help CISA Implement Federal Network Vulnerability Info Mgmt System

McLean, Virginia-based consulting services provider EnDyna has secured a potential five-year, $13.5M contract to help the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency deploy and manage a platform for processing reports of security flaws in the federal government's executive branch networks.

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by Matthew Nelson October 5, 2020, 3:53 am
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AWS’ Teresa Carlson on Federal Cloud Adoption During COVID-19 Pandemic

Teresa Carlson, vice president of the worldwide public sector business atÂ Amazon WebÂ Services and aÂ 2020 Wash100Â winner,Â said the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed government agency clients to adopt cloud platforms to address the increasing demands during the health crisis, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday.

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by Jane Edwards October 5, 2020, 3:53 am
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AstraZeneca Books $60M Army Contract for Coronavirus Antibody Drug Production

The U.S. Army has awarded AstraZeneca a $60M contract to produce a combination antibody drug for the prevention and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infections.

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by Matthew Nelson October 5, 2020, 1:50 am