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  • Cubic's Ventra Mobile App for Chicago Transit Users Reaches 1 Million Downloads - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic’s Ventra Mobile App for Chicago Transit Users Reaches 1 Million Downloads

    Cubic Corp.‘s Ventra mobile application has achieved more than one million downloads and was utilized for roughly $110 million in fare payments by Chicago-area transit users a year after its launch. Cubic Transportation Systems, the Chicago Transit Authority and transit partners Pace and Metra collaborated to launch the transit app designed to help users plan, organize and pay their […] More

  • Xerox Survey Discovers Demand for Innovation in Transportation Tech; Pat Elizondo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox Survey Discovers Demand for Innovation in Transportation Tech; Pat Elizondo Comments

    A Xerox study reports that 49 percent of respondents from 23 cities around the world believe one application will support all transportation needs while 27 percent see themselves using a self-driving car by 2020. Xerox said Monday the upcoming Global Transportation Survey report reflects citizens’ increased expectations for integrated transportation services and innovation over the coming years. “Mobility is complicated, infrastructure […] More

  • CrowdOptic, SOFWERX Partner to Develop Target-Locating Mobile App for USSOCOM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CrowdOptic, SOFWERX Partner to Develop Target-Locating Mobile App for USSOCOM

    CrowdOptic has entered into an alliance with SOFWERX to deploy a mobile application that will work to help U.S. Special Operations Command field operatives relay data on specified targets to central command. The app will utilize CrowdOptic’s focal clustering technology and proprietary algorithms to deliver live-streams of targets and their GPS location, CrowdOptic said Thursday. “SOF partner forces typically rely on personal cell […] More

  • Military.com, Citi Unveil Mobile App for Soldiers' Transition Processes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Military.com, Citi Unveil Mobile App for Soldiers’ Transition Processes

    Military.com and Citi have partnered to launch a free mobile application that works to assist members of the U.S. armed forces through their transition into civilian life. Military.com said Thursday the Transition app is designed to feature an interactive checklist and a notification system that works to alert users on upcoming tasks and military paperwork. “Our veterans are […] More

  • DHS Solicits White Papers for Security Tool R&D Program for Mobile Apps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Solicits White Papers for Security Tool R&D Program for Mobile Apps

    The Department of Homeland Security has solicited white papers for a five-year contract that aims to conduct research and develop security tools for mobile applications, Federal Times reported Friday. Aaron Boyd writes DHS said in a broad agency announcement posted on FedBizOpps that the Mobile Application Security R&D project seeks to “identify innovative approaches that […] 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

  • CloseWatch Raises Funds for Crime Alert Mobile App; Mike Malcolm Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CloseWatch Raises Funds for Crime Alert Mobile App; Mike Malcolm Comments

    CloseWatch has secured $1.49 million in a seed funding round from ECAP Holdings and a group of angel investors to further develop an analytics-based mobile application designed to help citizens report crimes to law enforcement agencies. The CloseWatch-built iWatch mobile app works to classify tips of illegal activities and threats based on the FBI’s standard crime […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds Liferay’s Open Source Portal to GSA Schedule, SEWP Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds Liferay’s Open Source Portal to GSA Schedule, SEWP Contracts

    Carahsoft Technology will market Liferay’s open source-based portal platform and related products to U.S. government agencies through its General Services Administration schedule and Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contracts. Liferay Portal works to help organizations perform collaboration and content management operations as well as develop websites and mobile applications, Liferay said Tuesday. “We’re a firm believer that innovative open […] More

  • Oak Ridge Lab Taps Citrix Tool for Mobile Device Mgmt; Tina Snyder Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oak Ridge Lab Taps Citrix Tool for Mobile Device Mgmt; Tina Snyder Comments

    The Energy Department‘s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has moved to adopt a Citrix-built platform in an effort to centralize mobile device management operations, GCN reported Thursday. Stephanie Kanowitz writes ORNL mobile managers previously used two different MDM services to manage the national lab’s bring-your-own-device initiative and laboratory-owned devices but decided to implement the Citrix-developed tool […] More

  • ACT-IAC Picks Unisys Fleet Mgmt Mobile App for Leadership Award; Casey Coleman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT-IAC Picks Unisys Fleet Mgmt Mobile App for Leadership Award; Casey Coleman Comments

    The American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council has selected Unisys to receive the ACT-IAC Advanced Mobility Working Group’s leadership award for the company’s fleet management mobile application. Unisys’ Fleet Management System to Go app works to scan data with built-in cameras in Android mobile devices, the company said Monday. “We appreciate this recognition from ACT-IAC of GSA’s and Unisys’ innovative mobile […] More

  • FireEye Integrates Threat Detect System into Samsung Knox; Manish Gupta Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye Integrates Threat Detect System into Samsung Knox; Manish Gupta Comments

    FireEye has incorporated its mobile threat prevention offering into Samsung Knox-enabled devices in a move to help detect and mitigate malicious applications. The combined service works to scan apps using the FireEye mobile security tool to determine the app’s security status, block high-risk apps and notify users of malware, FireEye said Monday. FireEye will also […] More

  • SAP HANA Cloud Platform Mobile Services to Support App Dev't to Deployment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP HANA Cloud Platform Mobile Services to Support App Dev’t to Deployment

    SAP has unveiled a SAP HANA Cloud Platform offering that provides enterprise mobile services through mobile application development, staging and deployment support. The company said Monday the platform-as-a-service product also facilitates connectivity between devices, people and networks through the Internet of Things. “It’s critical for our broad ecosystem of customers and partners to simplify their mobile business and easily create omnichannel, […] More