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  • PwC Report Forecasts 5 Global Trends That Could Disrupt Defense & Security Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PwC Report Forecasts 5 Global Trends That Could Disrupt Defense & Security Environments

    A new report from PwC details five global trends the consulting firm forecasts as set to disrupt defense and security environments across the world. PwC said Thursday the “Five Megatrends and their implications for Global Defense and Security” report analyzes the potential impacts from shifts in global economic power; demographic shifts; urbanization; the rise of technology; and climate change […] More

  • Serco to Maintain Dubai Airport Buildings, Infrastructure; Joe Boyle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco to Maintain Dubai Airport Buildings, Infrastructure; Joe Boyle Comments

    Serco has secured a six-year facilities management contract with Dubai Airports to maintain a large portion of Dubai International Airport’s buildings and infrastructure. Serco said Monday its Middle East subsidiary will manage facilities at terminals 1 and 2 and maintain other cargo and ancillary buildings at the airport. Joe Boyle, managing director of Serco Middle East’s integrated facilities services sector, […] More

  • Polycom Helps Spanish Defense Ministry Implement Unified Comms Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Polycom Helps Spanish Defense Ministry Implement Unified Comms Platform

    Spain’s defense ministry has adopted Polycom‘s unified communications platform to help maintain contact between the country’s defense headquarters and personnel across the world. The company said Nov. 3 its RealPresence Platform works to connect the Spanish defense headquarters with the armed forces, military headquarters and NATO. “Our communication needs are quite varied as we need to be able […] More

  • Andras Szakal: IBM, Cloud Service Providers Adapt Offerings to Meet Client Demands - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andras Szakal: IBM, Cloud Service Providers Adapt Offerings to Meet Client Demands

    Andras Szakal, vice president and chief technology officer of IBM‘s U.S. federal business, has participated in a panel discussion that tackled how public sector organizations utilize and acquire cloud services, Sys-Con Media reported Wednesday. Dana Gardner writes Szakal discussed how cloud service providers have created purpose-built cloud environments for federal government entities which have enterprise applications that […] More

  • Vecna Receives DoD Accreditation for Patient Check-In System; Bill Donnell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vecna Receives DoD Accreditation for Patient Check-In System; Bill Donnell Comments

    Vecna has received a Defense Department accreditation and authorization to operate the company’s patient self-service check-in system on the DoD network. The DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process and ATO from the Defense Health Agency serve to clear Vecna’s system for DoD use with the department’s electronic health record and dental application, the company said Tuesday. The self-service […] More

  • Siemens, IBM Launch Alliance to Help Promote Application of Population Health Management - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens, IBM Launch Alliance to Help Promote Application of Population Health Management

    IBM and Siemens have launched a global alliance to support efforts by health providers to treat patients with complex and chronic illnesses such as heart diseases and cancer. The alliance seeks to assist hospitals, health systems, integrated delivery networks and other providers in value-based patient care through the Population Health Management platforms, IBM said Tuesday. Siemen’s Healthineers subsidiary will offer PHM services […] More

  • Veris Group to Offer Agencies Cyber Services Under GSA Schedule 70 Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Veris Group to Offer Agencies Cyber Services Under GSA Schedule 70 Contract

    Veris Group will offer penetration testing, cyber hunting and risk and vulnerability assessment services to government agencies through the General Services Administration‘s Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services Special Item Number. The company said Friday its adaptive threat division that offers red teaming, hunt operations and application security assessment services will act as a primary provider of services […] More

  • HHS Invests Funds to Back Cyber Info Sharing Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Invests Funds to Back Cyber Info Sharing Efforts

    The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $350,000 in cooperative agreements to help private and public healthcare sector partners address cybersecurity threats and develop an information sharing ecosystem. HHS said Tuesday its Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology awarded a competitive agreement to the Ormond Beach, Florida-based National Health Information Sharing and Analysis […] More

  • Sean DuGuay Named Federal BD Director at Excella Consulting; Dave Neumann Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sean DuGuay Named Federal BD Director at Excella Consulting; Dave Neumann Comments

    Sean DuGuay, former chief revenue officer at Visionary Integration Professionals, has joined software development services provider Excella Consulting as business development director for the company’s federal business division. Arlington, Virginia-based Excella said Thursday DuGuay holds 20 years of experience in information technology product sales and will oversee the company’s pursuit of strategic opportunities in the defense, civilian and healthcare […] More

  • DoD Clears Fort Drum-HealtheConnections EHR Exchange Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Clears Fort Drum-HealtheConnections EHR Exchange Partnership

    The Defense Department has approved an electronic health information exchange between Fort Drum’s medical department activity and community healthcare providers in New York. Under the initiative, Fort Drum MEDDAC has integrated the medical electronic records of soldiers and their families into HealtheConnections‘ data exchange system, the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization said Wednesday. The partnership aims to prevent duplicate medical procedures and […] More

  • Research and Markets: Data Mgmt Tech Helps Drive Health IT Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Data Mgmt Tech Helps Drive Health IT Market Growth

    Research and Markets predicts the global healthcare information technology market will grow at an annual rate of 13.4 percent to reach $228.79 billion by 2020. The company said in a report published in August that efforts to reduce medical costs and regulations for safety and security of patient data will drive the demand for healthcare IT offerings through 2020. Data management requirements from […] More

  • IBM Awards Grants for Five Healthcare Projects; Jen Crozier Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Awards Grants for Five Healthcare Projects; Jen Crozier Comments

    IBM has selected five domestic and international organizations to receive public health-related pro bono consulting services worth a total of $2.5 million under the company’s Health Corps program. The winning projects aim to provide chemotherapy medicines in sub Saharan Africa, track and control Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases in Taiwan and Panama, perform health interventions in southeastern U.S. and […] More