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  • Peter Simpson Rejoins Analytics Firm Datawatch as Visualization Strategy VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peter Simpson Rejoins Analytics Firm Datawatch as Visualization Strategy VP

    Peter Simpson, a 20-year information technology veteran, has returned to Datawatch as vice president of visualization strategy at the Bedford, Massachusetts-based visual analytics company. He will oversee the company’s efforts to grow its visual data discovery business and capital market footprint in his new position, Datawatch said Wednesday. “Peter’s in-depth knowledge of our visualization software, as well […] More

  • Vencore, Havas Health Sign Analytics Tech Marketing Pact; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore, Havas Health Sign Analytics Tech Marketing Pact; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore has partnered with Havas Health to market data analytics technology that aims to help pharmaceutical companies identify people with rare diseases. Mac Curtis, Vencore CEO and an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2016, said Friday the partnership will allow the company “to expand its reach and make a life-changing, and in some cases life-saving, impact on patients who suffer from ailments that have […] More

  • Cloudera to Hold Fifth Data Analytics Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cloudera to Hold Fifth Data Analytics Conference

    Cloudera will hold its fifth annual conference on data analytics in Washington on March 15 to discuss how agencies execute their decisions and reduce costs through the use of data. The 2016 Cloudera Government Forum will convene public and private sector professionals and government officials such as Rep. William Hurd (R-Texas) and White House’s chief […] More

  • Vistronix to Support NIEHS' Toxicological Data Analysis Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vistronix to Support NIEHS’ Toxicological Data Analysis Program

    Vistronix Intelligence & Technology Solutions has been awarded a five-year, $30 million contract to provide information technology and data analytics support to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The company said Friday it aims to help build analytical tools for NIEHS researchers to collect, integrate and visualize data on chemical agents under the National Toxicology Program. The National […] More

  • Commonwealth Informatics, FDA Forge Clinical Data Analytics Agreement; Geoffrey Gordon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Commonwealth Informatics, FDA Forge Clinical Data Analytics Agreement; Geoffrey Gordon Comments

    Commonwealth Informatics and the Food and Drug Administration have forged a two-year agreement to utilize the Commonwealth Clinical Data Analytics platform designed to help FDA assess drug safety data. The company will work under the research collaboration agreement to help FDA reviewers detect and investigate safety signals when new drug applications are being tested, Commonwealth […] More

  • Xerox PARC, NRI Enter Data Analytics, Info Security R&D Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox PARC, NRI Enter Data Analytics, Info Security R&D Partnership

    Xerox’s PARC subsidiary and consulting firm Nomura Research Institute have teamed up to develop new technological platforms for medium-size and large corporate organizations through research and development collaboration. The companies will work to explore project opportunities in the areas of data analytics, information technology systems, information security and consulting services under the memorandum of understanding, Xerox […] More

  • ISF’s Steve Durbin Forecasts 2016 Security Trends - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISF’s Steve Durbin Forecasts 2016 Security Trends

    Steve Durbin, managing director of nonprofit Information Security Forum, has outlined five security trends that he says will dominate the coming year, IDG Connect reported Monday. Durbin said 2016 will see an increase in the size, severity and complexity of cyber threats, according to the report. “I say that because increasingly I think we are […] More

  • BAE Systems: Company Leaders to Focus on Cyber Defense Strategy in 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems: Company Leaders to Focus on Cyber Defense Strategy in 2016

    BAE Systems predicts that corporate executives will prioritize the development of strategies in 2016 that will work to protect their companies’ computer networks from potential cyber attacks. The company said Thursday the adoption of chip-enabled or EMV cards in the U.S. will help reduce incidents of in-person card fraud over the next year but will encourage […] More

  • Macquarie Telecom Adopts MapR Cloud-Based Data Analytics Platform; Justin Bock Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Macquarie Telecom Adopts MapR Cloud-Based Data Analytics Platform; Justin Bock Comments

    Macquarie Telecom has implemented a MapR Technologies cloud-based data platform in Australia in an effort to help government agencies there protect online communications from potential cyber attacks. MapR Distribution works to analyze big data workloads in hybrid cloud environments and detect network vulnerabilities through the Apache Hadoop software framework, MapR said Tuesday. Apache Hadoop is designed to process […] More

  • Executive Profile: Chris Raymond, Boeing Electronic & Information Solutions Division VP, GM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Chris Raymond, Boeing Electronic & Information Solutions Division VP, GM

    Chris Raymond serves as the vice president and general manager of the electronic and information solutions division within Boeing’s network and space systems business unit. Raymond helps manage the company’s subsidiaries in the E&IS division such as Ventura Solutions, Argon ST and Digital Receiver Technology. He also oversees the delivery of data analytics, cybersecurity, intelligence, reconnaissance, surveillance and communications […] More

  • GE Unveils Dubai-Based Aviation Tech Support Hub; Jim Daily Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE Unveils Dubai-Based Aviation Tech Support Hub; Jim Daily Comments

    General Electric has opened a facility at an airport free zone in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to provide support services for customers of GE-built aircraft engines and other systems. GE said Monday it also established the Middle East Aviation Technology Center for data scientists, application developers and user-experience designers to help clients adopt the company’s Internet of Things management platform Predix. “We see […] More

  • Ashok Sankar: Firms Must Build New Resilience-Focused Security Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ashok Sankar: Firms Must Build New Resilience-Focused Security Strategy

    Ashok Sankar, director of cybersecurity at Raytheon-Websense, has recommended organizations rethink their security strategies and refocus on resilience amid a changing threat environment, ComputerWeekly.com reported Thursday. Warwick Ashford writes that Sankar told an audience at the 2015 RSA Conference in the United Arab Emirates that security must adapt as companies adopt technologies such as mobile and cloud. “As technology innovations promise […] More