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  • Raytheon Launches Updated Govt Cyber Monitoring Software; Steven Hawkins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Launches Updated Govt Cyber Monitoring Software; Steven Hawkins Comments

    Raytheon has refreshed its cybersecurity software product that is intended to help federal agencies safeguard networks from insider threats and manage data privacy at the same time. The SureView platform works to monitor employees’ use of classified and unclassified networks while protecting confidential communications, Raytheon said March 13. Version 6.7 is built with policy wizard features […] More

  • Hughes to Link Govt Distance Learning Programs With Broadband SATCOM; Tony Bardo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes to Link Govt Distance Learning Programs With Broadband SATCOM; Tony Bardo Comments

    Hughes Network Systems has received a potential four-and-a-half year task order to provide broadband communications platforms and services for multi-agency government distance education initiatives. The company will design, install and maintain a satellite-based audio and video system for a government education and training network comprising of defense, executive branch and federal judiciary agencies, Hughes said […] More

  • MobileIron Selected by GSA as a Federal Mobility Platform Supplier; Bob Tinker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MobileIron Selected by GSA as a Federal Mobility Platform Supplier; Bob Tinker Comments

    MobileIron has been named a mobile device and application management tools supplier to federal customers under a mobility initiative run by the General Services Administration. The company has served as a subcontractor to Digital Management Inc. for the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s MDM/MAS project, MobileIron said Tuesday. The GSA’s Managed Mobility Program is designed to […] More

  • Accenture Surveys Federal Cloud Deployment Strategies; Annette Rippert Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Surveys Federal Cloud Deployment Strategies; Annette Rippert Comments

    Accenture Federal Services and the Government Business Council have jointly surveyed federal executives to evaluate their views and experiences on their agencies’ cloud implementation. The “The Road Ahead: 3 Years After Cloud First” report indicates that agencies face staffing and procurement processes amid increasing deployment of cloud services, Accenture said Thursday. “While there are initial challenges […] More

  • Autonomic Resources Releases New FedRAMP Compliance Offering for Software Vendors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Autonomic Resources Releases New FedRAMP Compliance Offering for Software Vendors

    Autonomic Resources has released a cloud service offering for software providers to migrate their applications to federally mandated platforms in order to comply with federal agency requirements. Customers can use the new service to move their application stacks into the Federal Risk and Authorization Program and Defense Department-accredited Autonomic Resources cloud platform, Autonomic Resources said […] More

  • New Legislation Set to Curb Cyber Weapons Trade - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New Legislation Set to Curb Cyber Weapons Trade

    New legislation that passed Congress last month will mandate federal agencies to collaborate on how to suppress the proliferation of cyber weapons trade in the black market, Nextgov reported Dec. 20. Aliya Sternstein writes the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act tells agencies to develop intelligence, law enforcement and financial guidelines for controlling the sale of cyberwar […] More

  • Carestream Health Inks $70M DoD Medical Imaging Tech Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carestream Health Inks $70M DoD Medical Imaging Tech Extension

    Carestream Health has been awarded a one-year, $70.2 million contract extension from the Defense Department to provide medical imaging systems for federal agency customers. Carestream will engineer radiography systems for the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agency users seeking to access X-ray results, Carestream said Thursday. The company’s wireless detectors […] More

  • University of North Carolina Report Analyzes Cloud Computing Risks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    University of North Carolina Report Analyzes Cloud Computing Risks

    A report by University of North Carolina researchers for IBM‘s Center for the Business of Government examined the risks state and local governments face when transitioning to cloud platforms, GOVERNING reported Thursday. John Kamensky, a center senior fellow, writes that study authors Shannon Tufts and Meredith Weiss identified issues associated with cloud migration contracts based […] More