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  • Deloitte-SAP Team Unveils Cloud-Based HR Tech Offering for Federal Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte-SAP Team Unveils Cloud-Based HR Tech Offering for Federal Agencies

    Deloitte and SAP have rolled out a joint technology offering designed to help federal agencies to manage human resources. The cloud-based HR FedForward platform is based on SAP’s SuccessFactors human capital management platform and offers a consumer-grade HR system to government employees, Deloitte said June 12. Dan Helfrich, a principal at Deloitte’s consulting business, said HR FedForward […] More

  • Accellion Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Content Collaboration Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accellion Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Content Collaboration Tool

    Accellion has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program  certification to offer a cloud-based content collaboration system to federal agencies. The FedRAMP moderate-impact level authorization seeks to facilitate the deployment of Accellion’s kiteworks content collaboration tool on Amazon Web Services’ Cloud platform to help government employees access and transmit sensitive data files, Accellion said Monday. “Earning […] More

  • CGI Offers Cloud ERP Platform Through Multi-State Procurement Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Offers Cloud ERP Platform Through Multi-State Procurement Initiative

    CGI has begun to offer a cloud-based enterprise resource planning platform to state and local government entities that are part of the NASPO ValuePoint cooperative procurement program. The company said Wednesday it offers the CGI Advantage360 software-as-a-service ERP platform to NASPO ValuePoint participants under a master agreement with the state of Utah. CGI Advantage consists of software, business process services and […] More

  • VMWare to Offer IaaS, Saas Cloud Platforms Under Multistate Cooperative Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VMWare to Offer IaaS, Saas Cloud Platforms Under Multistate Cooperative Deal

    VMware has entered into a nine-year master agreement with the state of Utah to offer infrastructure-as-a-service and software-as-a-service platforms via the NASPO ValuePoint multistate cooperative procurement program. The company said Thursday it secured the contract after the state’s sourcing team evaluated multiple vendors of cloud-based information technology platforms. The agreement authorizes participating states and other government or educational agencies […] More

  • VA Eyes Sofware-as-a-Service Model for VistA EHR System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Eyes Sofware-as-a-Service Model for VistA EHR System

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has posted a request for information on cloud-based commercial platforms in a move to identify a potential alternative for VA’s electronic health record system. VA said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice the department is interested in a software-as-a-service model to manage the Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture platforms that are not fully modernized. The RFI focuses […] More

  • Bunchball Engagement Platform Available via Carahsoft's Schedule, SEWP Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bunchball Engagement Platform Available via Carahsoft’s Schedule, SEWP Contracts

    Bunchball has partnered with Carahsoft Technology to offer an enterprise engagement platform and strategic services to agencies via the General Services Administration‘s Schedule and NASA‘s Solution for Enterprise-Wide Procurement vehicle. John Gevisser, vice president of channel and alliances at Bunchball, said in a statement released Tuesday government customers and partner ecosystems can now avail the company’s Nitro software-as-a-service platform. “We are immensely […] More

  • BlackBerry's Crisis Comm Platform Gets FedRAMP Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry’s Crisis Comm Platform Gets FedRAMP Certification

    BlackBerry has obtained certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to provide its cloud-based crisis communication service to federal agencies. The company said Tuesday its AtHoc software-as-a-service offering received FedRAMP authorization through the sponsorship of the Federal Aviation Administration. The U.S. Army also granted AtHoc a certificate of networthiness and authority to operate  in August 2016 to support the […] More

  • Washingtonian Magazine Lists Knight Point Systems Among Top 50 "Great Places to Work" in Washington DC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Washingtonian Magazine Lists Knight Point Systems Among Top 50 “Great Places to Work” in Washington DC

    Washingtonian Magazine has named Knight Point Systems as one of the “Top 50 Great Places to Work” in the Washington, D.C. area in 2017 based on a criteria that includes commitment to charity and community, financial stability, growth opportunities and work/life balance. Knight Point Systems said Thursday a Washingtonian panel of editors assessed almost 200 companies […] More

  • Accenture Helps Develop, Deploy Australian Defense Supply Codification System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Helps Develop, Deploy Australian Defense Supply Codification System

    Accenture has supported the Australian defense department in the development and implementation of a cloud-based supply codification system that works to receive updated supply chain codification data and link with the systems of other NATO nations. The software-as-a-service program is also designed to facilitate new supply chain processes for the Australian DoD and manage defense logistics, […] More

  • GSA Tech Transformation Service Looks to Establish 'Bug Bounty' Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Tech Transformation Service Looks to Establish ‘Bug Bounty’ Program

    The General Services Administration‘s Technology Transformation Service plans to establish a “bug bounty” program that will engage ethical hackers in efforts to discover and address vulnerabilities in TTS web applications, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller writes TTS sought comments from vendors on ways to set up a program where ethical hackers can test applications, report vulnerabilities […] More

  • N&C Unveils IBM Watson-Based Regulatory Analytics Platform; Andras Szakal Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    N&C Unveils IBM Watson-Based Regulatory Analytics Platform; Andras Szakal Comments

    N&C has launched an analytics platform intended to help public and private organizations analyze regulatory documents from the Federal Register. Regendus is based on the natural language processing platform of IBM‘s Watson cognitive computing system, N&C said Monday. IBM helped build the Regendus prototype as N&C’s technology partner and the platform was further developed through collaborations with the White House and 23 […] More

  • CIO John Dancy on CSRA's 'Next-Gen' Tech Partnerships & Post-CSC Spin Journey - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CIO John Dancy on CSRA’s ‘Next-Gen’ Tech Partnerships & Post-CSC Spin Journey

    CSRA‘s journey as an independent company since its late 2015 separation from Computer Sciences Corp. included many moves to position itself in the market as a primary partner for federal agencies and industry vendors seeking to offer new technologies in the government market. Of note, CSRA held a pair of Emerging Technology Day events and an internal “Hack-A-Thon” event […] More