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  • NTT Data-Oracle Partnership to Integrate Cloud Into Healthcare Analytics Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT Data-Oracle Partnership to Integrate Cloud Into Healthcare Analytics Platform

    NTT Data and Oracle have expanded a partnership with the intent to incorporate end-to-end cloud computing features into the latter’s unified healthcare analytics platform. Both companies aim to help healthcare organizations merge, expand or replace data warehouse and data aggregation tools with Oracle’s Healthcare Foundation platform, NTT Data said Monday. Healthcare Foundation is designed to support warehousing of administrative, clinical, financial and -omics modules […] More

  • Microsoft Signs MoU to Help Jharkhand, India, Adopt Cloud Tech for Citizen Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Signs MoU to Help Jharkhand, India, Adopt Cloud Tech for Citizen Services

    Microsoft‘s India-based subsidiary has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian state of Jharkhand to explore cloud technologies that will work to address the state’s digital transformation goals. The company said Friday it will help Jharkhand explore cloud, machine learning and mobile platforms in a push to optimize citizen services and update education and agriculture facilities under the agreement. “Over the past year […] More

  • NTT DATA to Offer IaaS Platform via Multistate Cooperative Contract; Tim Conway Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT DATA to Offer IaaS Platform via Multistate Cooperative Contract; Tim Conway Comments

    NTT DATA has secured a master agreement to provide an infrastructure-as-a-service platform to participating state agencies and local institutions under the NASPO ValuePoint multistate cooperative procurement program. The company said Thursday its IaaS platform is designed to help government and enterprise customers secure cloud environments. Tim Conway, president of NTT DATA’s public sector group, said the agreement offers an opportunity for the company to expand offerings and […] More

  • NGA Taps 4 Firms to Develop AI, Automation Platforms for GEOINT Analysis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA Taps 4 Firms to Develop AI, Automation Platforms for GEOINT Analysis

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded nearly $2 million in research contracts to four companies that seek to facilitate GEOINT analysis through the development of automation and artificial intelligence technology platforms. NGA said Wednesday it awarded the contracts to Raytheon, Concurrent Technologies Corp., HRL Laboratories and Soar Technology in January under the AI and automation topic of a […] More

  • Thales Partners With 4 Cloud Service Providers to Support Customer Encryption Key Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Partners With 4 Cloud Service Providers to Support Customer Encryption Key Mgmt

    Thales has integrated its data security technology with cloud technology platforms from Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce as part of efforts to help customers manage their encryption keys. Microsoft collaborated with Thales to provide key management services for Azure and Office 365, which will support users’ efforts to control their data on premise or in the cloud, […] More

  • Unisys’ Casey Coleman: Agencies Should Pursue IT Modernization Amid Federal Hiring Freeze - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ Casey Coleman: Agencies Should Pursue IT Modernization Amid Federal Hiring Freeze

    Casey Coleman, vice president of the federal civilian business group at Unisys, has said the White House’s implementation of a federal hiring freeze may provide government agencies an opportunity to reassess priorities and advance information technology modernization efforts. She wrote in a Federal Times article published Monday that agencies should work to “take legacy systems and hollow them out […] More

  • Teracore Secures TSA Systems Engineering, Technical Assistance Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teracore Secures TSA Systems Engineering, Technical Assistance Contract

    Teracore has received a $31.5 million contract to provide systems engineering and technical support to the operations and engineering division of the Transportation Security Administration‘s information technology office. The company said Tuesday the contract covers quality assurance, oversight, technical and business operations support for cloud, as-a service, data center migration and business and management activities. Luis Perez, Teracore […] More

  • Sergio Farache: Avnet to Resell AWS Cloud Offerings to Public Sector Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sergio Farache: Avnet to Resell AWS Cloud Offerings to Public Sector Clients

    Avnet has joined Amazon Web Services’ Government Reseller Program to provide AWS cloud offerings to public sector clients. Avnet said Tuesday its technology solutions business will resell AWS cloud platforms and services to state, local government agencies and education institutions through the Avnet Cloud Marketplace. Sergio Farache, senior vice president of strategy and specialist business […] More

  • DLT to Provide Cloud Platforms Under Multistate Cooperative Procurement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT to Provide Cloud Platforms Under Multistate Cooperative Procurement Contract

    DLT Solutions has received a 10-year contract to provide cloud platforms and services to state and local government agencies that are part of the NASPO ValuePoint cooperative purchasing organization. The company said Thursday it will offer its platform-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service and software-as-a-service cloud platforms through Amazon Web Services, Google, Akamai and other vendor partners under the […] More

  • Mythics to Deliver Oracle Products, Support Services to Illinois Public Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mythics to Deliver Oracle Products, Support Services to Illinois Public Agencies

    Mythics has been awarded a multiyear contract by the Illinois Department of Central Management Services to provide Oracle products and services to public sector organizations throughout the state. The Oracle Statewide Master Contract will serve as a vehicle for the state’s government agencies to access and procure cloud, technology, applications, support, hardware, engineered systems and professional services, Mythics said Friday. “We are proud to […] More

  • Microsoft to Offer Cybersecurity Administration Training for Military Vets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft to Offer Cybersecurity Administration Training for Military Vets

    Microsoft has introduced a cybersecurity learning path under the company’s technology training program for military veterans and transitioning service members. The company said its Microsoft Software & Systems Academy will offer the Cybersecurity Administration program that will tackle access controls; cryptology; risk identification, monitoring and analysis; incident response and recovery; and network and communications security. “The increased demand for cybersecurity professionals […] More

  • Booz Allen-Elastic Partnership Seeks to Help Clients Manage Data With Open Cloud-Based Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen-Elastic Partnership Seeks to Help Clients Manage Data With Open Cloud-Based Tech

    Booz Allen Hamilton and Elastic have formed a partnership with the intent to help public and private sector clients adopt open cloud-based technologies to analyze, manage and search large volumes of data. Elastic said Thursday the partnership aims to accelerate real-time analytics, logging, search and security programs as well as assist enterprise customers in efforts to increase their access to […] More