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  • Autodesk Buys Circuits.io for Circuit Design Market Push; Samir Hanna Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Autodesk Buys Circuits.io for Circuit Design Market Push; Samir Hanna Comments

    Audodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) has purchased Circuits.io for an undisclosed amount as part of moves to expand product offerings in electronic circuit design and simulation. Circuits.io’s technology and development team offers web-based applications and collaboration tools for a community of circuit designers, innovators and entrepreneurs, Autodesk said Monday. “The rise in affordable, programmable microprocessors like the […] More

  • Brian Krzanich: Intel Courts Mobile Security Market with Antivirus Product Rebrand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brian Krzanich: Intel Courts Mobile Security Market with Antivirus Product Rebrand

    Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has unveiled a rebranding of the company’s McAfee Antivirus software as part of efforts to gain a larger share of the mobile security market, CNet.com reported Monday. Seth Rosenblatt writes that Krzanich told an audience at Las Vegas’ Consumer Electronics Show on Monday the product will now trade under the name Intel Security. […] More

  • John Keese: Autonomic Resources Earns FedRAMP Qualification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Keese: Autonomic Resources Earns FedRAMP Qualification

    Autonomic Resources has earned FedRAMP reauthorization for its ARC-P cloud offering, the first company to pass the federal agency’s ongoing assessment process. The ARC-P Community and ARC-P Private infrastructure-as-a-service platforms received initial accreditation in December 2012, the company said Monday. The re-inspection performed by a third-party assessment organization was checked against more than 100 NIST […] More

  • NSF Records First University Research Spending Decline Since 1974 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSF Records First University Research Spending Decline Since 1974

    The National Science Foundation has estimated a 1.1 percent decrease in university research spending for the 2012 fiscal year, the first decline it recorded since 1974, the Baltimore Sun reported Monday. Scott Dance writes that university officials attributed the decline to budget cuts and the government’s withdrawal of the economic stimulus package. Dance reports that […] More

  • Dun & Bradstreet: Big Data, Healthcare to Push IT Growth in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dun & Bradstreet: Big Data, Healthcare to Push IT Growth in India

    A new Dun & Bradstreet study predicts India’s information technology sector will expand in 2014 amid growing interest in big data analytics, healthcare IT, and engineering, research and development outsourced services, Telegraph India reported Sunday. According to the Telegraph, D&B forecasts an an onrushing demand for big data implementation for a deluge of unstructured information […] More

  • Stephen Fuller: Two-Year Budget Deal Helps 'Neutralize' Sequester's Impact on DC Economy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stephen Fuller: Two-Year Budget Deal Helps ‘Neutralize’ Sequester’s Impact on DC Economy

    Some Washington-area business leaders see 2014 as being a better year for the local economy compared to a 2013 that saw market uncertainty resulting from sequestration, the Washington Post reported Monday. Sarah Halzack writes that a Post poll of economists, executives and academics indicates general agreement of an improved business climate and most respondents cited […] More

  • Canadian Regulators Set Start Date for CGI Filing System Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Canadian Regulators Set Start Date for CGI Filing System Contract

    CGI and Canadian regulators have finalized the details of a project to manage Canada’s document filing systems, clearing the way for a Jan. 13 launch of the securities databases under new management, the Globe and Mail reported Friday. Janet McFarland writes the Montreal-based information technology company won a potential eight-year deal in April but the scheduled […] More

  • Argon ST, Hilbert to Collaborate on ISR Data Anomaly Detector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Argon ST, Hilbert to Collaborate on ISR Data Anomaly Detector

      Boeing subsidiary Argon ST is working with Hilbert Technology to develop a context independent anomaly detection system for the U.S. Army. Argon has been under contract to support the Joint Unified Multi-Capable Protection System project and has worked to develop a military sensor test bed, laboratory and data center over the past seven years, Hilbert said […] More

  • Gagan Mehra: Speed, Data Quality, Apps to Lead Big Data 2.0 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gagan Mehra: Speed, Data Quality, Apps to Lead Big Data 2.0

    Big data technology is moving beyond providing the basic infrastructure to become the next version of itself, according to Gagan Mehra, Terracotta chief evangelist at Software AG. Mehra noted this evolution is presenting speed, data quality and applications as the top elements enterprises now need to consider when shopping for the right vendor. Mehra noted […] More

  • Maryland Picks Optum for Health Care Portal; Matt Stearns Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maryland Picks Optum for Health Care Portal; Matt Stearns Comments

    Optum has won a $4 million project to help the Maryland state government update its health care exchange, MedCity News reported Sunday. Group spokesman Matt Stearns told the publication the two-month project involves performance and stability upgrades on the Marylandhealthconnection.gov website. Meredith Cohn writes the Columbia-based company is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, the same […] More

  • Three Wire Joins RedSeal's Amplify Channel Partner Program; Allan Thompson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Three Wire Joins RedSeal’s Amplify Channel Partner Program; Allan Thompson Comments

    Three Wire Systems is among the latest federal partners to join RedSeal Networks‘ amplify channel partner program. Other new members in the program include immixGroup, MAD Security, SMS Data Products, TSPi and VAE IT, RedSeal said Dec. 10. Santa Clara, Calif.-based RedSeal aims to maximize its market reach with the expanded partner ecosystem to also include […] More

  • Carl Fulp: ViON Shifts Focus to Software as Businesses Seek Converged Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carl Fulp: ViON Shifts Focus to Software as Businesses Seek Converged Infrastructure

    ViON has changed its focus from being a hardware integrator into a solutions and services company, says Carl Fulp, chief technology officer and vice president of product management at ViON. ViON decided on the shift to follow its research on market trends, and changes in the information technology industry and the company’s customer base, Fulp […] More