Tag Archives: Big Data

ArchIntel has published a white paper that features insights from competitive intelligence professionals interviewed by the company to know more about the state of open source competitive intelligence, as well as the current challenges and drivers of success related to the sector. The Know Your Competition report highlights big data and "big change" as the top factors affecting competitive intelligence.

Kevin Heald, vice president of information exploitation at Novetta, has said the company is working to address customer challenges within six to 12 months to demonstrate capacities to expand into bigger programs, SiliconANGLE reported Wednesday.

ManTech has been awarded a five-year, $273 million contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide Business Intelligence Support Services (BISS) in support of the anti-crime and anti-terrorism efforts of the department’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP). ManTech will develop advanced visualizations that enable the agency to simplify complex data findings and turn it into actionable intelligence for CBP officers. 

Gary Newgaard, vice president of public sector at Pure Storage, wrote in an article published Tuesday on FedTech Magazine how artificial intelligence and big data could help government agencies carry out their missions by gleaning insights from large data volumes.  

Christopher Copeland, managing director and chief technology officer (CTO) of Accenture Federal Services (AFS), recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding his promotion to the CTO role. AFS announced Copeland’s appointment in Sept. 2020, where he will develop the company’s future-looking technology vision and strategy and oversee AFS’ focus on IT modernization and transformation. 

L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to help prototype artificial intelligence and machine learning systems that will process large volumes of data from airborne and space-based assets.

As the leader in exclusive peer networking events, virtual events and media in the government contracting (GovCon) sector, Executive Mosaic continues to expand its platform with the launch of ArchIntel Events. On October 22nd, ArchIntel Events will host the ArchIntel - AI in Competitive Intelligence Forum as its first virtual event featuring August Jackson, senior director of Marketing and Competitive Intelligence for Deltek, as the keynote speaker. 

Artificial intelligence-based technology developer Arcarithm has secured a contract from the Missile Defense Agency to update data mining and management tools designed for digital simulation of missile defense systems.

Palantir, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based big data analytics firm, is collaborating with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help analyze large sets of health data to understand the spread of the new coronavirus, FedScoop reported Thursday.

The U.S. Air Force has posted a request for information on the development of an integrated big data platform designed to support USAF operations.

Microsoft has recognized ECS for the latter’s achievements in data science, big data, advanced analytics and business intelligence.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for leading the U.S. Army’s overall strategy and modernization efforts to implement emerging technologies for the service branch.

Chitra Raghu, director for federal health and safety at ECS, has said that agencies must analyze data collection and storage methods before implementing data management capabilities such as external data lakes and microservice apps.

Joe Quaglia, president of the Americas at Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD), told GCN in an interview published Thursday the company’s proposed acquisition of software and cloud technology aggregator DLT Solutions provides an opportunity for Tech Data to capture a share of the federal public sector market.

The U.S. Cyber Command has created a Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture strategy aimed at establishing common firing systems, joint situational awareness platforms, a sensor network and a persistent cyber training environment, Fifth Domain reported Sunday.