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  • Neustar’s Jennifer Gilmore: Financial Services Firms Bolstered DDoS Protection Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neustar’s Jennifer Gilmore: Financial Services Firms Bolstered DDoS Protection Systems

    A new report from Neustar indicates that financial services firms have doubled their protection measures against distributed-denial-of-service-attacks compared to other industries. Thirty-two percent of financial services companies are implementing services to minimize the impact of DDoS attacks, Neustar said Monday. Jennifer Gilmore, manager of strategic offer marketing within Neustar’s financial services business, writes that site disruptions […] More

  • Vivek Rao: Unisys Adds New ClearPath Services to Help Clients Refresh App Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vivek Rao: Unisys Adds New ClearPath Services to Help Clients Refresh App Environments

    Unisys has unveiled a new set of information technology services for customers to update their application environments with the goal of meeting their growing business demands. Users of the ClearPath application modernization services will be able to build automation, Web interfaces, mobile devices and social computing technologies for their business applications, Unisys said Tuesday. Vivek Rao, […] More

  • Analysts: Defense Firms Adjust 2014 Strategic Priorities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Analysts: Defense Firms Adjust 2014 Strategic Priorities

    U.S. contractors’ investments in overseas markets and other business segments this year should help offset the impact of weak domestic orders and defense spending limits, The Washington Post reported Monday. Amrita Jayakumar writes that General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grummanposted stronger profits in the companies’ earnings reports for the first quarter of 2014 but […] More

  • BMC Unveils Change Management Console; Gur Steif Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BMC Unveils Change Management Console; Gur Steif Comments

    BMC Software has introduced a new management tool intended to help developers and information technology operators within a single organization to collaborate on software modifications. The Control-M Workload Change Manager is part of the Control-M Workload Automation suite and is built for development teams to design workflows for implementation by the IT department while maintaining site standards, […] More

  • Will Jones: Carahsoft, Shavlik Partner to Offer Gov't Customers Security Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Will Jones: Carahsoft, Shavlik Partner to Offer Gov’t Customers Security Tools

    Carahsoft has formed a partnership with Shavlik to provide security and patch management services to government clients and partners. Carahsoft will offer Shavlik’s Shavlik Protect Standard, Advanced and Patch for Microsoft System Center products to government customers, Shavlik said Tuesday. The products feature patch management and asset inventory systems. “Carahsoft and Shavlik are working together to provide […] More

  • Level 3 Subsidiary Receives ISO Certification for Security Testing Services; Leonardo Barbero Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Level 3 Subsidiary Receives ISO Certification for Security Testing Services; Leonardo Barbero Comments

    A Level 3 Communications subsidiary based in Latin America has obtained an ISO certification for the business’ security testing services. Level 3 Argentina S.A. holds a three-year ISO/IEC 20000 certification for its information technology management practices, vulnerability detection system and penetration technologies, Level 3 said Monday. Leonardo Barbero, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Level 3 in […] More

  • Qatari Bank to Use NCR's ATM Hack Prevention Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Qatari Bank to Use NCR’s ATM Hack Prevention Tools

    NCR Corp. has been chosen by Qatar Islamic Bank to supply hardware and software products that are designed to safeguard automated teller machines against hackers. The bank selected NCR’s Solidcore Suite for APTRA platform to keep unauthorized codes from entering QIB banking networks, NCR said Monday. NCR will also provide its Skimming Protection Solution to […] More

  • NCI to Install Wi-Fi at Army Medical Facilities; Brian Clark Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCI to Install Wi-Fi at Army Medical Facilities; Brian Clark Comments

    NCI Inc. has won a $19.4 million task order to provide information technology services to the U.S. Army‘s Information Systems Engineering Command. IT services will include work to develop, install and evaluate wired and wireless local area networks at Army medical treatment locations, NCI said Tuesday. Brian Clark, NCI’s president, said the company intends to […] More

  • SRA Awarded 5-Year Energy Star Program IT Support BPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRA Awarded 5-Year Energy Star Program IT Support BPA

    SRA International has been awarded a potential $38 million blanket purchase agreement to provide information technology support services for a Environmental Protection Agency-run energy efficiency program. SRA will work with the EPA’s climate protection partnership division to maintain systems used to track clean energy initiatives and certifications under the ENERGY STAR program, SRA said Monday. […] More

  • Colin Lacey of Unisys: CIOs Eye Cloud Platforms to Store Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Colin Lacey of Unisys: CIOs Eye Cloud Platforms to Store Data

    Chief information officers and senior information technology executives continue to transition organizational data to cloud environments amid a growing security threat landscape, says Colin Lacey, vice president of data center and cloud transformation solutions and services at Unisys. “Security concerns are not stopping CIOs from making use of the cloud to reduce costs and increase their […] More

  • Sam Gordy: Leidos Backs Council on Cybersecurity’s Security Controls Updates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sam Gordy: Leidos Backs Council on Cybersecurity’s Security Controls Updates

    The Council on Cybersecurity, which includes Leidos, has updated its security control framework intended to help security practitioners mitigate risks within their networks. The 20 critical security controls were made to serve as guidelines for organizations to build up their security posture, Leidos said Monday. Sam Gordy, Leidos ‘integrated systems group president, said the company […] More

  • Rigil Listed on GSA IT, Services Contract Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rigil Listed on GSA IT, Services Contract Vehicles

    Rigil Corp. has been authorized to develop information technology and integrated services for federal agencies under two General Services Administration contract vehicles. The technology and strategy consulting firm holds a place on GSA’s Information Technology Schedule 70 and Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services vehicles, Rigil said Jan. 13. Rigil will sell products and services to agencies on pre-negotiated […] More