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  • Tech Trade Group Issues Policy Principles to Promote Responsible AI R&D, Deployment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Trade Group Issues Policy Principles to Promote Responsible AI R&D, Deployment

    A technology trade group has issued policy principles that aim to advance responsible design and adoption of artificial intelligence platforms, The Hill reported Tuesday. “As we develop and design AI, human safety will be at the center of that deployment,” said Dean Garfield, president and CEO of the Information Technology Industry Council. The policy principles […] More

  • ThinkSmart Adds New Features to Workflow Automation Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ThinkSmart Adds New Features to Workflow Automation Platform

    ThinkSmart has updated a technology platform designed to help government and enterprise customers automate workflows and business processes. The company said Monday it incorporated new features into the Automation Platform that will work to help users configure and integrate the product with any system that runs Salesforce or Google application program interfaces. Paul Hirner, CEO at ThinkSmart, […] More

  • Govt, Tech Industry Vets Named to Govini Board of Advisers; Eric Gillespie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Govt, Tech Industry Vets Named to Govini Board of Advisers; Eric Gillespie Comments

    Govini has named six government and technology industry executives to its board of advisers. “Our clients will directly benefit from the strategic initiatives this board and Govini’s leadership team undertake as we pursue our mission to transform the business of government through data science,” Eric Gillespie, founder and executive chairman of Govini, said in a […] More

  • FedRAMP Board Prioritizes 7 Cloud Firms for Provisional Authorization Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FedRAMP Board Prioritizes 7 Cloud Firms for Provisional Authorization Process

    Seven companies have gained priority status to work with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program‘s Joint Authorization Board to obtain a provisional authority-to-operate for different cloud technology and service offerings. FedRAMP said Tuesday the seven cloud service providers were selected to participate in the FedRAMP Connect initiative based on government demand for the companies’ products and a set […] More

  • Thales Partners With 4 Cloud Service Providers to Support Customer Encryption Key Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Partners With 4 Cloud Service Providers to Support Customer Encryption Key Mgmt

    Thales has integrated its data security technology with cloud technology platforms from Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce as part of efforts to help customers manage their encryption keys. Microsoft collaborated with Thales to provide key management services for Azure and Office 365, which will support users’ efforts to control their data on premise or in the cloud, […] More

  • DLT to Provide Cloud Platforms Under Multistate Cooperative Procurement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT to Provide Cloud Platforms Under Multistate Cooperative Procurement Contract

    DLT Solutions has received a 10-year contract to provide cloud platforms and services to state and local government agencies that are part of the NASPO ValuePoint cooperative purchasing organization. The company said Thursday it will offer its platform-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service and software-as-a-service cloud platforms through Amazon Web Services, Google, Akamai and other vendor partners under the […] More

  • CORL Study: Only 26% of Health Industry Business Associates Have Security Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CORL Study: Only 26% of Health Industry Business Associates Have Security Certification

    CORL Technologies analyzed the certification status of 1,000 vendors from the company’s database of nearly 30,000 health industry business associates and found that just 26 percent of BAs hold a security certification. CORL said Tuesday its analysis also showed that 74 percent of health industry businesses lack security certifications related to health IT. “Without the proper security certifications in place, a security breach experienced by […] More

  • Boeing, SpaceX, OneWeb Seek to Provide Broadband Access Via Satellite Constellations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, SpaceX, OneWeb Seek to Provide Broadband Access Via Satellite Constellations

    SpaceX, Boeing and OneWeb have announced plans to launch satellite constellations that will work to operate in low-Earth orbit and offer high-speed broadband service worldwide, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Samantha Masunaga writes the $224.6-billion broadband industry dominated by cable and telecommunications firms is likely to face a challenge with the potential launch of such […] More

  • Security Magazine Lists 19 Most Influential People in Security for 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Security Magazine Lists 19 Most Influential People in Security for 2016

    Security Magazine has unveiled its list of the 19 Most Influential People in Security for 2016 in an article published Sept. 1. Diane Ritchey writes colleagues and associates nominated the top security leaders based on leadership qualities and the impact of their security projects and programs on shareholders, their organizations, their peers, the public and the overall security landscape. The […] More

  • Report Forecasts Cloud Tech Demand in Financial Services Industry Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report Forecasts Cloud Tech Demand in Financial Services Industry Through 2020

    A Technavio study, released by Research and Markets, predicts the global private and public cloud market in financial services industry will experience a compound annual growth rate of 13.12 percent from 2016 to 2020. The 107-page market research report incorporates analysis and inputs from industry professionals and covers the market landscape and its growth forecast over the next […] More

  • Former Salesforce Exec Adam Bosworth to Take Senior Role at AWS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Salesforce Exec Adam Bosworth to Take Senior Role at AWS

    Adam Bosworth, formerly an executive vice president at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), is set to take a senior position at Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN), Fortune reported Wednesday. Barb Darrow writes Bosworth most recently took charge of Salesforce’s software development projects such as an Internet of Things initiative called Thunder. Bosworth previously served as a vice […] More