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Ray Williams: Radiant Solutions Uses AI, Other Emerging Tech to Help Clients Gain Insights From Data

Ray Williams, vice president and general manager of agile intelligence business at Maxar Technologies“™ Radiant Solutions subsidiary, has discussed how his business works to help clients quickly generate insights from data sources in support of national security, environmental and humanitarian efforts. Williams explained in a blog post published Thursday how the company leverages artificial intelligence, […] More

by Jane Edwards December 21, 2018, 4:08 am
in Big Data & Analytics News, Industry News, News

Viasat Updates NSA-Certified Network Encryption Device; Ken Peterman Quoted

Viasat has updated a device built to help government and military customers secure networks that process sensitive information. KG-142 now works to protect Layer 2 Ethernet communications for big data processing and cloud computing applications, Viasat said Wednesday. The National Security Agency-certified network encryptor is designed to help users simultaneously operate up to 32 peer-to-peer connections at a speed of 10 gigabits […] More

by Matthew Nelson December 20, 2018, 7:15 am
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Mitre, Simudyne Partner to Market Financial Modeling Tech; Jay Schnitzer Quoted

Mitre and Simudyne have teamed up to offer a modeling tool for central banks and other financial institutions to analyze market trends. The agent-based model uses data analytics and seeks to help organizations predict fault lines in the global financial system and gain insight for decision-making, Mitre said Tuesday. The nonprofit company granted Simudyne rights to commercialize […] More

by Matthew Nelson December 19, 2018, 10:40 am
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Deloitte Study Details Challenges to DATA Act Implementation; Dave Mader Quoted

A new study by Deloitte and the Data Foundation predicts the federal government may face challenges in implementing a law to establish an open data set to improve federal spending transparency, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The study states the implementation of the Data Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 faces technical and cultural […] More

by Darwin McDaniel December 14, 2018, 3:00 am
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Hortonworks“™ Shaun Bierweiler: Open-Source Tools Could Help Agencies Gain Actionable Intelligence From Data

Shaun Bierweiler, president of Hortonworks“™ federal business, told Emergency Management in an interview published Wednesday that developers have come up with enterprise open source tools such as Hadoop and Apache NiFi designed to process and generate actionable intelligence from data. “The beauty of using an enterprise open source platform in a disaster response setting […] More

by Jane Edwards December 3, 2018, 10:05 am
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Cybercom Seeks Contractor to Help Build Big Data Platform

The U.S. Cyber Command is seeking a contractor to support the development of a Big Data Platform through engineering expertise, analytical development services and software licenses. Cybercom said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday that the BDP will use a scalable cloud computing infrastructure to support packet capture data, data analysis and secure information sharing […] More

by Darwin McDaniel November 27, 2018, 10:40 am
in Big Data & Analytics News, News

Battelle to Develop Search Systems for Defense Technical Information Center

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential five-year, $14.6M task order to Battelle for information technology services in support of the Defense Technical Information Center’s data search needs. The company said Friday it will work with Securboration and Information International Associates under the Cybersecurity Technical Area Task multiple-award contract to augment the center’s capacity […] More

by Nichols Martin November 19, 2018, 3:09 am
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Air Force Issues RFI on Multi-Intell Fusion, Analytics Tools

The U.S. Air Force has issued a request for information on existing tools designed to analyze and integrate multi-intelligence data sources. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the Air Force Research Laboratory began to explore potential sources of multi-INT fusion and analytics tools from Defense Department laboratories, federally funded research and development centers, academic institutions or industry […] More

by Peter Graham November 12, 2018, 12:17 am
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Johns Hopkins APL Wins First Place at IARPA-Led Geopolitical Forecasting Challenge

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory garnered first place in the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity‘s recent competition on geopolitical event prediction. JHU APL said Thursday it was among teams that competed to answer 165 geopolitical questions over a course of seven months for the Geopolitical Forecasting Challenge. Participants submitted predictions on various geopolitical topics such […] More

by Nichols Martin November 9, 2018, 6:47 am
in Big Data & Analytics News, News

Army Seeks Potential CBRND Analytical Service Sources

The U.S. Army is sourcing for market information on analytical services needed to address various requirements of the Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Program Analysis and Integration Office. CBRND PAIO is in need of analytical support services to provide recommendations for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Enterprise, […] More

by Nichols Martin November 9, 2018, 12:43 am
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SparkCognition-HPE Partnership Augments AI Analytics Platform

SparkCognition will leverage an Hewlett Packard Enterprise-made rugged, converged system in an aim to boost the performance of the former’s industrial artificial intelligence platform, under a partnership between the two firms. SparkCognition said Wednesday its SparkPredict platform will perform at full potential when operating with HPE’s Edgeline Converged Edge System. SparkPredict uses category-leading and machine learning […] More

by Nichols Martin November 8, 2018, 3:00 am
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BayFirst to Help DOT Develop Business Intell, Data Modeling Tools

BayFirst Solutions has secured a task order to help the Transportation Department create data modeling and business intelligence prototypes for the department“™s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The company said Monday it will support PHMSA in efforts to develop tools intended to determine patterns, generate forecasts to identify areas for improvement in the office“™s current functions. Work […] More

by Peter Graham November 6, 2018, 12:47 am

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