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  • IBM to Open Four Cloud Data Centers with Infused Cognitive Intelligence in the UK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM to Open Four Cloud Data Centers with Infused Cognitive Intelligence in the UK

    IBM will add four new cloud data centers that possess cognitive intelligence capacities in the U.K. to meet a growing client demand. IBM said Monday the new facilities will triple the U.K.’s cloud center capacity as well as support the company’s commitment to deliver new products and services to the country’s market. The new facilities will provide users […] More

  • Engility Lands Navy Tactical Afloat Network Support Extension; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Lands Navy Tactical Afloat Network Support Extension; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility will provide software and networking support to the U.S. Navy‘s tactical afloat network under an 18-month, $16 million task order extension from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Atlantic. The company said Thursday it will help the service branch manage data, transport, voice and video services, systems and cybersecurity of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program. Engility will also […] More

  • Clint Green Named ViON Advanced Analytic Strategy, Dev't Director; Tom Frana Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Clint Green Named ViON Advanced Analytic Strategy, Dev’t Director; Tom Frana Comments

    Clint Green, former chief technology officer at ViON subsidiary Ascolta, has been appointed director of advanced analytic strategy and development at the Herndon, Virginia-based information technology infrastructure services provider. ViON said Wednesday he helped establish Ascolta’s strategic framework and technical vision and has worked on big data, analytics, Hadoop, networking and disaster recovery platforms throughout his career. “Clint brings a wealth of […] More

  • Oracle to Support White House's Wireless Networking Research Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle to Support White House’s Wireless Networking Research Project

    Oracle has joined a public-private research project introduced by the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy that seeks to examine the advantages and challenges of wireless networking. The company said Monday it will provide engineering and technology expertise as well as core network control, analytics and network orchestration tools to the Platforms Enabling Advanced Wireless Program. PAWR, led by the National Science Foundation, […] More

  • FCN Receives DHA Contract to Maintain Cisco Hardware at US Military Treatment Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FCN Receives DHA Contract to Maintain Cisco Hardware at US Military Treatment Facilities

    The Defense Health Agency has awarded FCN a $10.4 million contract to provide maintenance services for Cisco-built infrastructure currently installed at DHA and U.S. military treatment facilities around the world. The Defense Department said Monday the contract has a nine-month base transition-in period and four 12-month options and will include account management, subject matter training, non-standard report preparation and cybersecurity support. DoD noted that existing Cisco hardware […] More

  • Phacil Lands Marine Corps IT Operations Contract; Bill Grabner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Phacil Lands Marine Corps IT Operations Contract; Bill Grabner Comments

    Phacil has been awarded a five-year, $17.4 million contract to provide information assurance, networking and maintenance services to the U.S. Marine Corps. The company will perform enterprise service desk, connectivity services, asset management, enterprise directory, Adobe Experience Manager support, cloud, unified communications and mobility services for the Marine Corps Recruiting Command, Phacil said Wednesday. Bill […] More

  • Verizon Lands Spot on Virginia’s $150M Network, Comms Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon Lands Spot on Virginia’s $150M Network, Comms Support Contract

    Verizon’s enterprise solutions business has won a spot on a potential 10-year, $150 million contract to provide network and communication platforms and related services to Virginia. The multiple-award contract awarded by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency has a five-year base period and five option years, Verizon said Wednesday. Maggie Hallbach, vice president of government and education […] More

  • Cisco's Data Center Mgmt Platforms Available on Avnet's GSA Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco’s Data Center Mgmt Platforms Available on Avnet’s GSA Schedule

    Avnet Government Solutions has added Cisco‘s portfolio of computing, storage and networking technologies for data centers to its General Services Administration schedule contract. Avnet said Wednesday the company and its partner resellers can now offer agencies Cisco platforms designed to manage information technology applications, virtual machines and cloud-based systems. Cisco and Avnet have partnered on multiple data center offerings over the […] More

  • SBA's Mark Walsh to Lead Fireside Chat at April CONNECTpreneur Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SBA’s Mark Walsh to Lead Fireside Chat at April CONNECTpreneur Forum

    Mark Walsh, a top official at the Small Business Administration, will lead a fireside chat session with corporate executives and venture capitalists at the Big Idea CONNECTpreneur XVIII Forum April 28 at the Bethesda, Maryland-based Hyatt Regency. Walsh joined SBA in late 2015 as associate administrator of the office of investment and innovation, an agency component responsible for initiatives […] More

  • Trabus Technologies Wins Potential $12.6M Navy Airborne Comms, Networking Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trabus Technologies Wins Potential $12.6M Navy Airborne Comms, Networking Support Contract

    Trabus Technologies has won a potential $12.6 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide airborne communications and networking technical services to the U.S. Navy. The company will also perform engineering, programmatic services and related certification and information assurance for new, existing and future developments to communication and networking systems, the Defense Department said Monday. Trabus Technologies is one […] More

  • AT&T, IBM to Integrate Managed IT Service, Cloud Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T, IBM to Integrate Managed IT Service, Cloud Offerings

    AT&T and IBM have agreed to further their collaboration as they aim to help organizations manage information technology applications, networks and cloud computing workloads. IBM said Thursday it will oversee AT&T’s managed application and managed hosting services and integrate the offerings into IBM’s cloud portfolio through the partnership. Jon Summers, senior vice president of AT&T’s mobile and […] More

  • Event Promotion: Decision Lens CEO John Kealey to Headline Winter 2015 CONNECTpreneur Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Event Promotion: Decision Lens CEO John Kealey to Headline Winter 2015 CONNECTpreneur Forum

    John Kealey, CEO of software company Decision Lens, will conduct a fireside conversation with company founders, executives and venture capitalists at the Winter 2015 Big Idea CONNECTpreneur Forum Dec. 10 in Tysons Corner, Va. Kealey is also a former CEO of technology firm Vivisimo and satellite-based communications technology company iDirect, which were respectively acquired by IBM and Singapore […] More