HP Enterprise Services has won a $220 million contract to help build and implement a new information system for Indiana’s Medicaid program as the state seeks to comply with state and federal healthcare regulations. HP will build and manage the state’s interChange Medicaid Management Information System for up to six-and-a-half …

Carahsoft Technology has signed an agreement to offer cloud-based networking products from Arista Networks on a General Services Administration schedule contract. Carahsoft will serve as a master government aggregator for Arista’s products and sell them to public sector agencies, Carahsoft said Tuesday. Michael Shrader, Carahsoft vice president of innovative and …

MCR Federal has won a potential three-year $22 million contract to provide program management services to the U.S. Energy Department. The company will support cost analysis, scheduling and earned value management work at the Sandia National Laboratory, MCR said Monday. DOE awarded the contract as a contract purchase agreement and …

Avaya has offered a preview of its next collaboration tool for enterprises to create and deploy applications across mobile, social and cloud platforms. The company unveiled the Aura Collaboration Environment during International Avaya User’s Group Converge 2013, a networking and education event for its customers, Avaya said Tuesday. “Companies are …

Salesforce.com has agreed to acquire cloud marketing firm ExactTarget for about $2.5 billion cash, or $33.75 per share, in a move to bolster its portfolio of customer relationship management products. Salesforce expects to close the deal late in its fiscal second quarter, which ends July 31, Salesforce said Tuesday. The …

CGI Group has been selected by two state health insurance cooperatives to perform business process outsourcing services over the next five years. Kentucky Health Cooperative and Louisiana Health Cooperative are among 24 consumer operated and oriented plans created under the Affordable Care Act, CGI said Monday. “Healthcare payers must implement …

General Dynamics‘ Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions unit has rolled out a suite of new offerings designed to help enterprises identify and block malware hiding in PDF files, e-mails, instant messages and social networks. Fidelis XPS Vector is intended to protect computer networks against both common and targeted malicious software programs, according …

Siemens is installing a regenerative energy storage system on TriMet, a light rail project that extends from Portland to Milwaukie, Ore. The Sitras SES system uses supercapacitors to store train braking energy and reuse it to save energy or stabilize voltage during peak times, Siemens said Monday. TriMet’s southeast Tacoma …

A subsidiary of the Marathon Patent Group has acquired a portfolio of patents for communication terminal equipment and network technology from Siemens. Bismarck IP obtained three U.S. and 10 international patents and patent applications, Marathon announced Thursday. Marathon has also formed a partnership with IPNav to license the patents to …

ARINC Managed Services will join a team including Scientific Research Corp. in providing information technology support services under the U.S. Army‘s global tactical advanced communications systems program. GTACS is a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for servicing the Army’s program executive office for command, control and communications-tactical, AMS said in a statement on …

Ciber has signed an agreement with the Dutch National Library to install an an e-book platform for library members to access digital books on their mobile devices. Bibliotheek.nl seeks to make library volumes available to a larger audience by using Ciber’s mobile application software, the company said Thursday. The company …

Dell has opened a new innovation center at its complex in Austin, Texas to focus on developing technologies for customers operating scale-out data centers. The company is working with eBay to explore technology and engineering concepts intended to help the online auction firm manage its data centers, Dell said Thursday. …

A German company has selected Dell‘s Compellent storage system to automatically analyze, collect and archive up to 120 terabytes of data from offshore wind farms. BARD Engineering operates wind turbines designed to resist high-sea weather conditions and is seeing increasing volumes of data build up in its legacy storage infrastructure, …

Accenture is providing its data analytics technology for a pilot program in Singapore aimed to enhance situational awareness, operational efficiency and response times to public emergencies in the city. Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs and Economic Development Board selected Accenture to implement the one-year Safe City project, according to a …

In-Q-Tel has signed a strategic investment and technology development agreement with Pure Storage aimed at further developing an all-flash array technology for government agencies. Pure Storage’s FlashArray features compression, deduplication and thin provisioning mechanisms that are intended to help enterprises reduce their data footprint, the company said Wednesday. The company …