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  • Melanie Lang: Lockheed Applies Missile Detection Tech to Patient Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Melanie Lang: Lockheed Applies Missile Detection Tech to Patient Data

    Lockheed Martin has worked to modify its missile defense analytics technology for early detection of sepsis, a potentially fatal blood condition. The Sia analytic framework was tested on 4,500 patients and the technology identified sepsis conditions 90 percent of the time during the trial, Lockheed said Monday. “Lockheed Martin took insights from real-time, streaming sensor data, […] More

  • Gerald Cohen: Information Builders Aims to Help Healthcare Providers Meet Business Demands - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gerald Cohen: Information Builders Aims to Help Healthcare Providers Meet Business Demands

    Information Builders has worked to help its healthcare customers access and process large amounts of data from disparate sources through business intelligence and analytics platforms. Clients use WebFOCUS, DataMigrator and iWay platform offerings to deliver patient care, manage population health, manage finances and address compliance risks, Information Builders said Monday. Gerald Cohen, president and CEO […] More

  • Marcus Collier: General Dynamics to Support Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marcus Collier: General Dynamics to Support Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center

    A General Dynamics business unit has won a $138 million contract to help the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center perform clinical services for service members and veterans. General Dynamics Information Technology’s traumatic brain injury specialists, healthcare workers and service coordinators will be deployed across 15 medical treatment sites of the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments, General […] More

  • New CA Technologies Cloud Offering Plans to Turn Mobile Challenges into Opportunities; John Borghard on the Impact of Cloud in Government - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New CA Technologies Cloud Offering Plans to Turn Mobile Challenges into Opportunities; John Borghard on the Impact of Cloud in Government

    The new portfolio contains products for enterprise mobility management, application development and Internet-connected devices, CA said Monday. Ram Varadarajan, general manager of new business innovation at CA Technologies, said the company aims for the cloud management offering to help businesses turn mobile challenges into opportunities. CA Technologies built the mobility management component for handling mobile […] More

  • Kris Lovejoy: IBM Partners With CrowdStrike on a Cybersecurity Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kris Lovejoy: IBM Partners With CrowdStrike on a Cybersecurity Offering

    IBM Corp. and CrowdStrike Inc. have jointly developed a managed security service aimed at helping customers to combat cyber threats. The cyber threat intelligence service is intended to combine intelligence, technologies, analysts and services from both companies so that organizations can assess their security posture, CrowdStrike said Monday. Kris Lovejoy, general manager of IBM security […] More

  • Microsoft Launches Cloud-Based GPS Data Collection Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Launches Cloud-Based GPS Data Collection Tool

    Microsoft has introduced a new cloud-based mobile tool built to detect and gather location data from GPS satellites, The Register reported Monday. Simon Sharwood writes the Cloud-Offloaded GPS Experimental Kit is developed for mobile devices to log GPS signals for cloud processing. Microsoft built the Low Energy Assisted Positioning cloud server to receive GPS signals and […] More

  • Jay Whitehurst: TCS Mobile Mapping Tool Built to Contain Weather Info, Search Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jay Whitehurst: TCS Mobile Mapping Tool Built to Contain Weather Info, Search Tools

    TeleCommunication Systems has launched a new mapping and navigational technology offering for mobile device users. TCS developed the Gokivo 2.0 app with existing location-based services technologies for users to view weather conditions in real time through the DopplerNav weather overlay, TCS said Monday. Jay Whitehurst, president of TCS’ commercial software group, said Gokivo 2.0 is intended to […] More

  • Ed Powers: New Deloitte Cyber Concept Seeks to Help Clients Prepare for Incidents - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ed Powers: New Deloitte Cyber Concept Seeks to Help Clients Prepare for Incidents

    Deloitte has introduced a new idea for cyber risk management that aims to help organizations perform business transactions in a secure environment. The Secure.Vigilant.Resilient. concept recommends that enterprises focus on identifying cyber threats and building up response methods in order to mitigate attacks, Deloitte said Thursday. Ed Powers, national managing principal for Deloitte’s Cyber Risk […] More

  • IBM, Bryan University Partner to Build Healthcare Informatics Simulation Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, Bryan University Partner to Build Healthcare Informatics Simulation Lab

    IBM has partnered with Bryan University to develop a healthcare informatics simulation laboratory with the goal of helping to train students on the subject. Students enrolled in a master’s degree program for applied health informatics will have access to IBM’s analytic tools as they work to analyze healthcare processes and results, Bryan University said Thursday. The […] More

  • Boeing Receives On-Orbit Signals from its GPS Satellite; Craig Cooning Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Receives On-Orbit Signals from its GPS Satellite; Craig Cooning Comments

    Boeing has received initial signals from its global positioning system satellite from space following the spacecraft’s Thursday launch. The GPS IIF 5 satellite was launched into space aboard  a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., and transmitted signals after more than three hours, Boeing said Friday. The spacecraft has […] More

  • David Thompson: Orbital Sciences Seeks to Extend Launch Partnership With Skybox Imaging - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Thompson: Orbital Sciences Seeks to Extend Launch Partnership With Skybox Imaging

    Orbital Sciences will launch Skybox Imaging’s imaging and spacecraft into space in late 2015 under a contract of an undisclosed value. The commercial Minotaur-C space launch vehicle will be used to transport six Skybox spacecraft into low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Orbital said Thursday. Orbital’s small-class launch vehicles unit within its launch systems group […] More

  • Siemens Unveils New Healthcare Mgmt Platform Offering; John Glaser Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Unveils New Healthcare Mgmt Platform Offering; John Glaser Comments

    Siemens’ healthcare business unit has introduced a new healthcare management platform offering that is intended to help providers fulfill new care and payment requirements of different service models. The CareXcell system contains new technologies designed to help providers manage patient care and monitor risks through an open communication and data sharing platform, Siemens said Thursday. […] More