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  • VBrick Seeks FedRAMP Approval for Cloud-Based Enterprise Video Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VBrick Seeks FedRAMP Approval for Cloud-Based Enterprise Video Platform

    VBrick is seeking a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer a cloud-based video management technology to government agencies. The company said Monday its Rev enterprise video platform is currently undergoing the FedRAMP security assessment framework review process. Rev is designed to help users create, view and share live and recorded video content across an organization. “Undertaking the […] More

  • Sonny Hashmi: Box Unveils Cloud Content Mgmt Service for Govt Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sonny Hashmi: Box Unveils Cloud Content Mgmt Service for Govt Agencies

    Redwood City, California-based internet services company Box has unveiled a new industry product built to help government agencies at the federal, state and local levels manage cloud computing resources. Sonny Hashmi, managing director at Box, said Thursday in a blog post on the company website that “Box for Government” looks to provide agencies a single product to […] More

  • MIL Corp Eyes IT Sector Opportunities Through Salesforce Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MIL Corp Eyes IT Sector Opportunities Through Salesforce Alliance

    MIL Corp. has teamed up with customer relationship management services firm Salesforce in an effort to continue the former company’s push to expand its information technology business. MIL’s partnership with the CRM company has facilitated an increase in the number of workers on Salesforce-based projects and in its customer base, MIL said Monday. The company added it […] More

  • DMI, USDA to Add Features for Food Safety & Inspection Service Agency Mobile App - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DMI, USDA to Add Features for Food Safety & Inspection Service Agency Mobile App

    Bethesda, Maryland-based mobile services company Digital Management Inc. and the Agriculture Deparment will incorporate new features into an app operated by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. DMI said Wednesday it looks to release updates for The FoodKeeper mobile app in May and August to add hotline access, multi-lingual support, imperial or metric format measurement display, calendar of events updates, general cooking information, educational videos and […] More

  • Noblis Among 2016 SECAF Small Business Partner of the Year Award Finalists - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Noblis Among 2016 SECAF Small Business Partner of the Year Award Finalists

    Falls Church, Virginia-based nonprofit research organization Noblis has been named a finalist for the 2016 edition of the Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum awards. SECAF has listed the nonprofit organization among the top finalists for its small business partner of the year award bestowed upon government contractors and industry players reliant on small businesses, Noblis said […] More

  • Deloitte, MIT, Datawheel Launch US Public Data Visualization Engine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte, MIT, Datawheel Launch US Public Data Visualization Engine

    Deloitte, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Datawheel have launched a new visualization engine to display U.S. public data. MIT’s Macro Connections Group partnered with Deloitte and Datawheel to develop Data USA that works to aggregate and visualize data from multiple sources including government agencies such as Commerce Department, Labor Deparment and Education Department, Deloitte said Monday. […] More

  • Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Rep. Will Hurd to Headline FireEye Government Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Rep. Will Hurd to Headline FireEye Government Forum

    Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe will be among the keynote speakers at a FireEye-hosted forum to be held in Washington April 12. FireEye said Tuesday that Hurd and McAuliffe will headline the FireEye Government Forum with the theme “The Path to Cyber Resilience” with attending FireEye executives David DeWalt, board chairman and CEO, and Kevin […] More

  • NIST Seeks 2 New Institutes for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Seeks 2 New Institutes for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a solicitation for proposals on two future institutes that will become part of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. Each institute will receive up to $70 million in federal funds over five years through a cooperative agreement and has to meet any advanced manufacturing need that has […] More

  • IBM Concludes Upgrade Work on NOAA’s Weather Forecasting Supercomputers; Kathryn Sullivan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Concludes Upgrade Work on NOAA’s Weather Forecasting Supercomputers; Kathryn Sullivan Comments

    IBM has completed upgrade work on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s supercomputing systems intended for weather and climate forecasts under a $44.5 million contract. The company worked to increase the operational computing capacity of the Luna and Surge supercomputers from 776 teraflops to 2.89 petaflops each, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. “The faster runs and better spatial […] More

  • NIST to Invest $140M for 2 New Manufacturing Innovation Centers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST to Invest $140M for 2 New Manufacturing Innovation Centers

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology intends to award up to $140 million in federal funds for the establishment of additional two institutes that will demonstrate advanced manufacturing processes. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that NIST will seek applications from consortia of government, academic and industrial organizations in January 2016 for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation institutes. […] More

  • MDA Corp. Wins DigitalGlobe WorldView-4 Ground Station Upgrade Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Corp. Wins DigitalGlobe WorldView-4 Ground Station Upgrade Contract

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has secured a contract to introduce updates to DigitalGlobe’s international ground stations for customers to directly receive and process Earth imagery and geospatial data from DigitalGlobe’s future WorldView-4 commercial satellite. MDA said Thursday WorldView-4 is scheduled to launch in September 2016 to provide customers with multi-spectral images of the Earth’s surface. The company aims […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Taps Raytheon for 2016 WorldView-4 Satellite Launch Mission Planning Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Taps Raytheon for 2016 WorldView-4 Satellite Launch Mission Planning Support

    DigitalGlobe has selected Raytheon‘s Constellation Scheduling System to provide mission planning and launch support for DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 commercial satellite in September 2016. Raytheon said Thursday CSS is a commercial geospatial system that works to provide automatic scheduling and mission planning support for satellite operators and geospatial data providers. DigitalGlobe announced last year its plans to expedite […] More