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  • Scott Forney: General Atomics Aims to Grow Product Lines Through Mississippi Site Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Forney: General Atomics Aims to Grow Product Lines Through Mississippi Site Expansion

    General Atomics has moved to expand its manufacturing facility in its Shannon, Miss.-based site and plans to open 80 new positions there. Product portfolios for defense, nuclear, oil and energy storage clients will be relocated to the Heritage Bag building at the Tupelo/Lee Industrial Park South, the Mississippi Development Authority said Monday. “There is significant […] More

  • Battelle Asks FCC to Adopt New Wireless Tech Rules; Philip Schofield Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Asks FCC to Adopt New Wireless Tech Rules; Philip Schofield Comments

    Battelle has moved forward with its plan to deliver 10 Gigabits of data connection by petitioning the Federal Communications Commission to consider new wireless technology rules. The fresh data stream technology is intended to combine the speed of fiber optic cable with traditional wireless system in order to support spectrum beyond 100 Gigahertz for public […] More

  • Symantec to Analyze Security Data with Splunk Software Platform; Julie Talbot-Hubbard Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Symantec to Analyze Security Data with Splunk Software Platform; Julie Talbot-Hubbard Comments

    Symantec Corp. has partnered with Splunk Inc. to build up security intelligence initiatives with a Splunk-developed software platform. Symantec will work to examine events and detect threats by using the Splunk Enterprise 6, which works to consolidate and analyze security information, Splunk said Friday. The Splunk software platform is intended for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act […] 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

  • FireMon Exhibits Continuous Monitoring Platform Offering; Albert Nieves Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireMon Exhibits Continuous Monitoring Platform Offering; Albert Nieves Comments

    FireMon showcased its continuous monitoring platform offering at a defense and technology exposition in San Diego on Feb. 11 to 13. The company has also appointed Kelly Jones and Andrew Stephens to its federal services team and named Albert Nieves vice president of federal sales, the company said Feb. 11. The security intelligence provider attributed its […] More

  • Informatica Unveils Healthcare Application Retirement Offering; Amit Walia, Dave Wilson Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Informatica Unveils Healthcare Application Retirement Offering; Amit Walia, Dave Wilson Comment

    Informatica has introduced an application retirement offering for healthcare customers that work to modernize business applications. The new tool is built based on the Informatica Data Archive platform and works to retain necessary data and consolidate information technology infrastructure upon retirement of legacy systems, Informatica said Tuesday. Dave Wilson, senior director for health and life sciences […] More

  • Jean-Paul Bergeaux: SwishData Cyber Practice Aims to Help Counter 'Rising Tide' of Threats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jean-Paul Bergeaux: SwishData Cyber Practice Aims to Help Counter ‘Rising Tide’ of Threats

    SwishData has formed a new cybersecurity practice that will work to help agencies combat cyber threats. The company intends to help agencies identify anomalies and attacks, as well as to gain access to forensic and behavioral analytics through the new practice, SwishData said Wednesday. Jean-Paul Bergeaux, chief technology officer at SwishData, said agencies are facing a […] More

  • Yanek Korff: FireEye Cyber Defense Offering Integrates Malware Analytics, Threat Intell - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Yanek Korff: FireEye Cyber Defense Offering Integrates Malware Analytics, Threat Intell

    FireEye Inc. has launched a new subscription-based cyber defense offering for customers to identify threats and respond to attacks. The FireEye Managed Defense technology is designed to combine a continuous monitoring system, threat intelligence and context from the FireEye Security Platform, the company said Tuesday. Yanek Korff, vice president of FireEye Managed Defense, said the fresh […] More

  • Bill Miller: Optum Builds Health Intell Platform for Physicians, Hospitals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Miller: Optum Builds Health Intell Platform for Physicians, Hospitals

    Optum has unveiled a new health intelligence platform that is intended to help healthcare providers extract insights from large volumes of patient data. The Optum One platform is built for customers to analyze information from electronic medical record systems and make decisions based on the results by using applications, Optum said Tuesday. The technology is designed […] More

  • Verizon, RSA Partner on New Cybersecurity Program; Eddie Schwartz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon, RSA Partner on New Cybersecurity Program; Eddie Schwartz Comments

    Verizon and RSA have reached an agreement for Verizon Enterprise Solutions to help EMC Corp. subsidiary run its managed security partner program. Verizon’s clients will have access to new cyber defense technologies such as big data security analytics, critical incident response and risk management under the partnership, Verizon said Monday. Eddie Schwartz, vice president of global […] More

  • Philips Survey IDs Clinical Tech, Mobile as Major Purchases by Healthcare Orgs; Joe Frassica Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Philips Survey IDs Clinical Tech, Mobile as Major Purchases by Healthcare Orgs; Joe Frassica Comments

    More than half of respondents to a Royal Philips survey of healthcare executives cited clinical devices and mobile technologies as among their major information technology investments targeted toward compliance. Interoperability, mobile connectivity and applications were also mentioned as items on the agendas of health IT executives in 2014, Philips said Monday. Fifty-nine percent of respondents cited clinical […] More