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  • Tech Companies Intel, IBM, Oracle, Raytheon Look to Offer AI Tools to DoD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Companies Intel, IBM, Oracle, Raytheon Look to Offer AI Tools to DoD

    Intel, IBM, Oracle and Raytheon have expressed interest in joining a potential competition to provide the Defense Department with artificial intelligence technologies that would support the U.S. military, Nextgov reported Wednesday. The four companies are among 42 businesses that hope to join an AI demonstration event hosted by the Army Research Lab, DoD’s Joint Artificial […] More

  • Report: Amazon Selects NYC, Northern Virginia for New Headquarters Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Amazon Selects NYC, Northern Virginia for New Headquarters Project

    Amazon has reportedly picked Northern Virginia’s Crystal City and New York’s Long Island City to house its two new headquarters sites, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Sources said the Seattle-based e-commerce firm could officially announce its decision as early as Tuesday and government officials from both regions plan to host events for the imminent […] More

  • Report: Amazon Eyes Northern Virginia for Second HQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Amazon Eyes Northern Virginia for Second HQ

    Amazon is in talks with stakeholders about plans to establish its second corporate headquarters in Northern Virginia’s Crystal City, the Washington Post reported Saturday. Sources familiar with the matter told The Post the discussions are now in the advanced stages and more elaborate than those the company has had with other potential sites within the […] More

  • Amazon, Air Force Team Up on E-Commerce Pilot Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amazon, Air Force Team Up on E-Commerce Pilot Program

    The U.S. Air Force and Amazon have partnered on a pilot program that allows contracting officers to make small procurements on the company’s e-commerce portal through the use of government purchase cards, Bloomberg Government reported Friday. The pilot program comes as the General Services Administration works to implement its e-commerce program in accordance with the […] More

  • Report: AWS Eyes Space Market Entry - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: AWS Eyes Space Market Entry

    Amazon Web Services recently posted job openings for a data processing engineer and a product manager for space and satellite platforms, CNBC reported Wednesday. This Just In, a website that reports on AWS endeavors, discovered the cloud services provider’s listings that were removed for unknown reasons. The engineer would be tasked to develop and maintain satellite […] More

  • Six Tech Firms Vow to Advance Health Care Interoperability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Six Tech Firms Vow to Advance Health Care Interoperability

    Six companies have issued a joint statement at the CMS Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference to address barriers to the use of technology platforms that work to facilitate health care interoperability. Microsoft, IBM, Google, Salesforce, Oracle and Amazon have vowed to work together to “unlock the potential in health care data, to deliver better outcomes at […] More

  • DLT Certified to Distribute Red Hat Products on AWS GovCloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT Certified to Distribute Red Hat Products on AWS GovCloud

    DLT Solutions has signed an agreement to distribute Red Hat‘s enterprise-grade products in Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloud marketplace for government organizations and regulated industries. DLT said Thursday it has collaborated with Red Hat over the past four years in efforts to help customer agencies adopt cloud technology and will offer the latter’s technologies via DLT managed services for the […] More

  • Kratos’ Stuart Daughtridge: Satellite Industry Requires Other Cybersecurity Measures - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos’ Stuart Daughtridge: Satellite Industry Requires Other Cybersecurity Measures

    Stuart Daughtridge, vice president of advanced technology and business development at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, said at a panel event that there is a need to further modify the satellite industry’s cybersecurity strategies, SpaceNews reported Thursday. “There are still other measures that you have to follow to guarantee as much as you can your safety,” Daughtridge […] More

  • Report: Tech Firms Form Coalition to Counter DoD’s JEDI Cloud Single-Award Contract Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Tech Firms Form Coalition to Counter DoD’s JEDI Cloud Single-Award Contract Plan

    A coalition of technology companies has begun efforts to counter the Defense Department’s plan to pursue a single-award contract for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement program, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Sources told the publication the coalition includes Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, VMware, Red Hat, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dell Technologies, SAP’s U.S. arm and General Dynamics’ CSRA unit. […] More

  • Eric Shander: Red Hat Eyes Back-End Support in DoD Cloud Procurement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eric Shander: Red Hat Eyes Back-End Support in DoD Cloud Procurement Contract

    Eric Shander, an executive vice president and chief financial officer of Red Hat, has said the company is in talks with Defense Department officials regarding the company’s back-end cloud software and service offerings, News Observer reported Tuesday. DoD reportedly intends to award a $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract that may potentially go to a major cloud service […] More

  • AWS GovCloud Offers Deep Learning Machine Images - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS GovCloud Offers Deep Learning Machine Images

    Amazon Web Services has included Amazon machine images or AMIs, which are master images for the creation of virtual servers, for deep learning in the AWS GovCloud, a cloud region built for sensitive data and regulated workloads. The AMIs are designed to provide a platform wherein developers would construct artificial intelligence applications based on deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, Apache […] More

  • AWS Expands Cloud Contract Center for Public Sector Organizations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Expands Cloud Contract Center for Public Sector Organizations

    Amazon Web Services has expanded its web-based center that works to help public sector entities find and procure multiple cloud service offerings. AWS said Tuesday the Public Sector Contract Center contains a database of contract vehicles through which the company’s partners offer services to federal, state, local, education and international government organizations. The platform offers information about the General Services […] More