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  • Mattermost Expands Industry Partnerships to Boost Microsoft, Atlassian Support; Barry Duplantis Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mattermost Expands Industry Partnerships to Boost Microsoft, Atlassian Support; Barry Duplantis Quoted

    Secure collaboration platform provider Mattermost has expanded its partner network to increase support for Microsoft and Atlassian tools and drive the adoption of artificial intelligence, DevSecOps and zero trust architecture across the Department of Defense and the federal government. SOS International partnered with Mattermost to serve as the primary interface for reviewing analysis results for […] More

  • Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System Enters Phase 2 of Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System Enters Phase 2 of Development

    The updated version of the U.S. Army’s new augmented reality headset will enter the second stage of development following the completion of the user assessment phase conducted by the Program Executive Office Soldier, Army Times reported Thursday. The 1.2 prototype version of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System was evaluated to assess its navigation tools, weapons […] More

  • ECS Recognized for Cloud Services With Microsoft Solutions Partner Designation; John Heneghan Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ECS Recognized for Cloud Services With Microsoft Solutions Partner Designation; John Heneghan Quoted

    ECS has achieved the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation in three categories. Building on over two decades of partnership with Microsoft, ECS received recognitions in the Azure Infrastructure, Digital & App Innovation and Data & AI areas, the Fairfax, Virginia-based company announced on Wednesday. John Heneghan, president of ECS and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, highlighted the organization’s 23 […] More

  • Microsoft Partners With Vana Solutions on $9B DOD Cloud Procurement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Partners With Vana Solutions on $9B DOD Cloud Procurement Contract

    Microsoft has teamed up with Beavercreek, Ohio-headquartered information technology services company Vana Solutions to provide the Department of Defense with commercial cloud services under the $9 billion Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contract vehicle, Dayton Business Journal reported Wednesday. Vana Solutions has experience in delivering cloud capability to defense customers. It previously created a dual cloud […] More

  • DARPA, 4 Companies to Work on AI Cyber Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, 4 Companies to Work on AI Cyber Challenge

    Microsoft, Google, Anthropic and OpenAI will collaborate with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on a two-year competition to advance the development of artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity systems that could be used to detect and address software vulnerabilities and protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. The AI companies will share their technologies and expertise with DARPA’s AI […] More

  • Harish Luthra on SAP NS2-Microsoft Partnership for Secure Cloud Deployment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harish Luthra on SAP NS2-Microsoft Partnership for Secure Cloud Deployment

    Harish Luthra, CEO of SAP National Security Services, said SAP NS2’s partnership with Microsoft enables the deployment of software on cloud environments of government and public sector agencies without compromising the security of mission-critical workloads. Microsoft and SAP have created a secure cloud model that helps government and public sector agencies transform their mission-critical data […] More

  • 4 Companies Form Industry Body to Pursue Responsible Frontier AI Model Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    4 Companies Form Industry Body to Pursue Responsible Frontier AI Model Development

    Microsoft, Google, Anthropic and OpenAI have established an industry body that seeks to advance responsible and safe development of frontier artificial intelligence models. The Frontier Model Forum has four core objectives and these are identifying best practices; advancing AI safety research; sharing knowledge with policymakers, civil society, companies and academics about trust and safety risks; […] More

  • AIS Granted 2 Additional Microsoft Advanced Specializations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AIS Granted 2 Additional Microsoft Advanced Specializations

    Applied Information Sciences was granted advanced specializations in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning on Microsoft Azure and DevOps with GitHub on Microsoft Azure following a  third-party audit. AIS said Friday it is now eligible for customer project funding and resources from Microsoft and has access to product previews and insights. With the new advanced specializations, […] More

  • Sachin Sinha: Microsoft Secures FedRAMP Authorization for Azure OpenAI Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sachin Sinha: Microsoft Secures FedRAMP Authorization for Azure OpenAI Service

    Microsoft has received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its cloud-based generative artificial intelligence service offering to federal agencies. The Azure OpenAI Service secured the FedRAMP authorization after meeting the security requirements for handling government data and related workloads through the program’s rigorous assessment process, Sachin Sinha, director of technology […] More

  • Army to Test Updated Microsoft Mixed Reality Headset; Doug Bush Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army to Test Updated Microsoft Mixed Reality Headset; Doug Bush Quoted

    The U.S. Army has received 20 pieces of Microsoft‘s redesigned Integrated Visual Augmentation System and plans to test the prototype headsets next month, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Doug Bush, acquisition chief at the Army and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, told reporters Wednesday he expects the test to help the service branch determine whether the IVAS […] More

  • Kirsten Kliphouse Joins Dun & Bradstreet's Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kirsten Kliphouse Joins Dun & Bradstreet’s Board

    Kirsten Kliphouse, a technology industry leader, has been named to the board of directors of business decisioning data and analytics provider Dun & Bradstreet. She brings to the board decades of leadership experience and information security, data privacy, innovation and technological knowledge, the company said Wednesday. Kliphouse’s “deep technological expertise and significant leadership experiences at […] More

  • NIST Adds Microsoft's Jay Lewis to CHIPS for America R&D Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Adds Microsoft’s Jay Lewis to CHIPS for America R&D Team

    Jay Lewis, partner for silicon projects at Microsoft, has joined a National Institute of Standards and Technology office responsible for implementing research and development programs funded under the CHIPS for America Act. Lewis will spearhead program areas within the CHIPS for America Research and Development Office that support the National Semiconductor Technology Center, the agency […] More