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  • Navy Set to Release Shipboard Computer Equipment RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Set to Release Shipboard Computer Equipment RFP

    The U.S. Navy plans to issue a request for proposals for a new shipboard network computing equipment procurement on or around Friday, Nextgov reported Monday. Bob Brewin writes the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command expects to award the next Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services contract to up to three companies. Awardees will compete for […] More

  • IBM to Help Build Epilepsy Care Data System; Robert Merkel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM to Help Build Epilepsy Care Data System; Robert Merkel Comments

    IBM has teamed up with Belgian biopharmaceutical firm UCB for a project that aims to help medical professionals use analytics technology for treating patients suffering from epilepsy. The companies seek to develop an interactive system that converts volumes scientific and patient data into insights for doctors to use when making treatment decisions at the point […] More

  • General Dynamics Unveils New Film Storage Transfer System; Bob McGill Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Unveils New Film Storage Transfer System; Bob McGill Comments

    A General Dynamics division has released an optional update to a stabilized camera system, intending to help film directors record data in separate storage systems and transfer video files for post-production editing. The Data+ upgrade aims to form layers of metadata onto Super 35 Format video for cinematographers to direct computer-generated images to the camera’s […] More

  • IBM Servers Aiming To Help Bank Store Data; Taiwo Otiti Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Servers Aiming To Help Bank Store Data; Taiwo Otiti Comments

    IBM has delivered computing technology to a Nigeria-based private bank, aiming to help the bank restructure its service delivery operations. Keystone Bank purchased the IBM Power 795 and Power 770 enterprise-class servers, as well as the System Storage DS8800, IBM said Wednesday. The servers are intended to help the bank manage its banking, database and […] More

  • Kroll's Michael DuBose: Corporate Insiders Could Steal Trade Secrets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kroll's Michael DuBose: Corporate Insiders Could Steal Trade Secrets

    The recent hacking allegations against China are potential distractions from the threat of corporate insiders stealing trade secrets and proprietary data, according to Kroll Advisory Solutions white paper released Tuesday. “If hackers can do this much damage from the outside, just imagine what the individuals with the keys to the kingdom are capable of,” said […] More

  • Report: Microsoft, Symantec Help US Govt Stop Botnet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Microsoft, Symantec Help US Govt Stop Botnet

    Technicians from Microsoft and Symantec helped U.S. federal marshals raid data centers in New Jersey and Virginia Wednesday in order to stop a global cyber crime operation, Reuters reports. Jim Finkle writes the Bamital botnet could control infected computers, install viruses for identity theft and place computers into networks that attack websites and conduct other […] More

  • IBM Providing University IT Systems for Cloud-Based Platform; Nguyen Kim Hoa Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Providing University IT Systems for Cloud-Based Platform; Nguyen Kim Hoa Comments

    IBM has signed a contract with a university to provide information technology infrastructure for a virtual campus based in a cloud computing environment, the company said Thursday. The University of Information Technology, a member of Vietnam’s national university system, is using IBM’s Smarter Computing platform to develop training courses and online applications in the cloud […] More

  • General Dynamics to Provide Navy Mission Computers for Boeing F-18, EA-18 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Provide Navy Mission Computers for Boeing F-18, EA-18

    General Dynamics has won a $19,189,504 contract modification to provide the U.S. Navy 76 mission computers for the branch’s F/A-18E/F and E/A-18G aircraft fleet, both made by Boeing. The Defense Department said the company’s advanced information systems unit will perform 80 percent of the work in Bloomington, Minn. and the rest in Albuquerque, N.M. through […] More

  • HP Providing Enterprises SAP Business Computing Center; Bill Veghte Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP Providing Enterprises SAP Business Computing Center; Bill Veghte Comments

    Hewlett-Packard has launched a new center for excellence aimed at helping enterprise organizations use business applications designed for in-memory computing, the company said Thursday.  HP Enterprise Services will work with customers in SAP HANA and the company’s engineering labs unit will build architectures and platforms for in-memory computing. The company will also provide customers servers, […] More

  • BAE to Build DARPA Weapons Computing Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Build DARPA Weapons Computing Tech

    BAE Systems has won funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop new computing technology for weapons systems, Nextgov reports. The $10.6 million award comes through the Power Efficiency Revolution For Embedded Computing Technologies initiative, which aims to provide more effective embedded computing per watt of electrical power, Dawn Lim reports. DARPA recently […] More

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