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  • Delphix Gets Onboard Dell Cloud Marketplace; James Thomason Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Delphix Gets Onboard Dell Cloud Marketplace; James Thomason Comments

    Delphix has joined the Dell Cloud Marketplace as it targets performance and data management gains for clients with public and hybrid cloud setups. The virtual data solutions company said its participation will provide IT managers and developers an opportunity to seamlessly move, distribute and retrieve data, Delphix said Nov. 5. The Dell Cloud Marketplace self-service […] More

  • Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. Unveils Business Verification Service for Veterans; Jeff Stibel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. Unveils Business Verification Service for Veterans; Jeff Stibel Comments

    Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. has developed a new business verification tool for active and veteran military service members. Veteran VERIFIED uses an authentication process that works to help small business owners who are members of the armed forces elevate their military profile and win government contracts or funding for veteran-owned establishments, the company said Monday. […] More

  • TWD Awarded 10 Contracts on AV Upgrades; Larry Besterman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TWD Awarded 10 Contracts on AV Upgrades; Larry Besterman Comments

    TWD & Associates has won 10 contracts worth over $3 million combined to provide unified communications and advanced audio-visual functions to both new and continuing projects. The McLean, Virginia-based company said Monday that the award involves work to equip clients from the public and private sectors with video conferencing technology. The contract extensions include AV upgrade work on operations centers […] More

  • KCG Receives A2LA Accreditation as Cloud Inspector; Maryann Hirsch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KCG Receives A2LA Accreditation as Cloud Inspector; Maryann Hirsch Comments

    Knowledge Consulting Group has received an accreditation as a third-party cloud products and services assessor for FedRAMP after the company complated an evaluation from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation. The ISO/IEC 17020:2012 permits KCG to conduct inspections and tests of cloud information systems on behalf of the government, the company said Monday. KCG President Maryann Hirsch said the […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: EO/IR Systems for Military Market Set for 8% Growth Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: EO/IR Systems for Military Market Set for 8% Growth Through 2020

    The market for electro-optical and infrared systems in the military will be worth $16.35 billion by 2020, according to a new MarketsandMarkets report. The analysis firm said Monday the figure represents a 7.71 percent year-over-year increase and is prompted by growing demand for EO/IR systems in surveillance platforms. Electro-optics are becoming popular in naval close-in weapons systems for threat detection […] More

  • Software AG's Chris Steel Pushes for Rethink in Federal IT Procurement Practices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Software AG’s Chris Steel Pushes for Rethink in Federal IT Procurement Practices

    Chris Steel, chief solutions architect at Software AG Government Solutions, has proposed a rethink in federal information technology spending in an effort to better help managers stay within budget, he wrote in a piece for Information Week published Friday. “Agency IT leaders must find ways to create innovative solutions that will meet the requirements for both today […] More

  • Air Force Posts RFI for IT Asset Management Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Posts RFI for IT Asset Management Services

    The Department of the Air Force is looking at alternative ways to manage its information technology assets, according to a sources sought notice posted Friday on the FedBizOpps website. This request for information aims to identify companies that can provide a comprehensive IT asset management service at the enterprise level, including a three-year cost estimate. According […] More

  • NASA, Lockheed Prep 'Orion' Spacecraft for Rollout to Launchpad - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Lockheed Prep ‘Orion’ Spacecraft for Rollout to Launchpad

    Preparations for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft’s December maiden flight from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station will begin with its rollout from NASA’s Launch Abort System Facility on Nov. 10. The facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida currently houses the aircraft designed for manned exploration of deep space. NASA said Thursday it has planned […] More

  • Navy, Lockheed Complete Third MUOS Delivery; Iris Bombelyn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Lockheed Complete Third MUOS Delivery; Iris Bombelyn Comments

    The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin moved closer to the completion of the Mobile User Objective System constellation with a new satellite delivery to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Nov. 5. MUOS-3 is the third spacecraft in the satellite array and is due for further tests before it is loaded onto an Atlas V rocket for  launch early next year. The […] More

  • MDA Conducts Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Intercept Trial - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Conducts Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Intercept Trial

    The Missile Defense Agency recently conducted a demonstration of the Lockheed Martin-built naval component of its ballistic missile defense system, in collaboration with the U.S. Pacific Command and the U.S. Navy. In the Oct. 16 flight test, a medium-range Raytheon ballistic missile target launched from the Kauai-based Pacific Missile Range Facility was identified, located, engaged and […] More

  • Research and Markets: Mobile Broadband Market in Public Safety Set for 8% CAGR in 2013-2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Mobile Broadband Market in Public Safety Set for 8% CAGR in 2013-2018

    Mobile broadband for public safety sector use will see an average year-on-year growth rate of 7.81 percent through 2018, Research and Markets forecasts say. The analyst has published a new report that it said Wednesday looks at the market’s prospects from 2013 to 2018, factors that could spur growth, top vendors in the field and the challenges they could encounter during […] More