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  • DataDirect Networks to Help Australian Metro Area Manage Video Surveillance Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DataDirect Networks to Help Australian Metro Area Manage Video Surveillance Data

    DataDirect Networks has been selected to store video surveillance data generated by the Public Transport Authority’s network of surveillance cameras in Perth, Australia. DDN’s video surveillance and storage archive system is designed to store up to 20 petabytes of data, the company said Monday. PTA intends for the centralized video surveillance storage to help detect […] More

  • Research and Markets: Flash-Based Storage Continues to Gain Traction among Enterprises - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Flash-Based Storage Continues to Gain Traction among Enterprises

    Research and Markets has released a new report that predicts the global software-defined storage market will grow 35.2 percent from 2015 through 2019, spurred by increased enterprise use of flash-based storage. The market research firm said Wednesday that platform interoperability is one of the advantages of using SDS in flash-based storage. The report also identified […] More

  • EMC, VMware Named Platinum, Silver Members of OPNFV Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EMC, VMware Named Platinum, Silver Members of OPNFV Project

    The Open Platform for NFV Project has added EMC as a Platinum member and VMware as a Silver member as the open source platform continues its work to boost innovation using network functions virtualization. OPNFV said Friday EMC and VMware will join other members in collaborating toward the development of an open source framework for NFV. “I’m delighted […] More

  • Adam Famularo: Verizon to Train Partners for New Public Sector Channel Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Adam Famularo: Verizon to Train Partners for New Public Sector Channel Program

    Verizon‘s enterprise business is expanding its partner program to the public sector by training partners to deliver the company’s services to U.S. government customers, CRN reported Tuesday. Mark Haranas writes that the public sector channel program seeks to meet the needs of government agencies for communications, cloud, Internet of Things, mobility and networking technologies and services. “Training, […] More

  • Carahsoft, Gantech Partner on VMware End-User Computing; Will Jones Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft, Gantech Partner on VMware End-User Computing; Will Jones Comments

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to combine VMware licenses with Gantech’s managed services to help clients of the Reston, Virginia-based company’s reseller partners to accelerate deployment and adoption of a VMware end-user computing platform. Under the partnership, Gantech will provide patching, desktop administration, incident reporting and capacity management services to Carahsoft’s VMware resellers, Carahsoft said Thursday. “We believe that […] More

  • Rene LaVigne: Iron Bow Technologies Recognized in CRN Tech Elite 250 List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rene LaVigne: Iron Bow Technologies Recognized in CRN Tech Elite 250 List

    Iron Bow Technologies has been recognized in The Channel Company’s annual CRN Tech Elite 250 list of information technology providers. Rene LaVigne, president and CEO of Iron Bow, said Monday the company’s inclusion in the list for the fifth consecutive year validates Iron Bow’s efforts to “maintain technical excellence.” LaVigne added that Iron Bow leverages […] More

  • Research and Markets: Smartphone Demand, Software to Drive Mobile Security Market Through 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Smartphone Demand, Software to Drive Mobile Security Market Through 2019

    Research and Markets‘ latest report on the global mobile security market projects a 30.7 percent compound annual growth rate through 2019 to reach a market value of $5.75 billion. The company said Wednesday the demand for smartphones and other smart devices, upgrades on mobility software and integration of mobile security with cloud service requirements will drive market growth. The […] More

  • Lockheed Adds Radware to Cybersecurity Alliance; Jeff Laskowski Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Adds Radware to Cybersecurity Alliance; Jeff Laskowski Comments

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with Radware to share cybersecurity best practices and collaborate on cyber-related pilot programs and experiments as part of the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance. The companies said Monday the alliance aims to facilitate the delivery of threat detectors and other cyber measures for customers through partnerships with technology providers. “The addition of Radware could not have come […] More

  • VMware Platform Added to UK Govt Cloud Marketplace; Andy Tait Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VMware Platform Added to UK Govt Cloud Marketplace; Andy Tait Comments

    VMware will offer a hybrid cloud platform through a U.K. government procurement vehicle meant to help the country’s public sector organizations to acquire cloud computing services. The company holds a position on the G-Cloud 6 framework contract to supply its VCloud Air products to British customer agencies, VMware said Tuesday. VCloud Air is designed to […] More

  • Tech Firms Form Open Data Platform Alliance; Siki Giunta Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Firms Form Open Data Platform Alliance; Siki Giunta Comments

    Big data companies have forged an open data platform initiative that aims to further the development of big data technologies based on the Apache Hadoop ecosystem. The alliance comprises GE, Hortonworks, IBM, Infosys, Pivotal, SAS, Altiscale, Capgemini, CenturyLink, EMC, Splunk, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, Teradata and VMware, Pivotal said Tuesday. The companies will collaborate to develop and implement […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds RSA Offerings to GSA Schedule; Robert Moore Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds RSA Offerings to GSA Schedule; Robert Moore Comments

    Carahsoft Technology has added the security products and services of RSA, the security division of EMC, to its General Services Administration schedule. Carahsoft serves as the distributor of RSA’s software, hardware and services to the public sector market through the DHS-GSA Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program under the agreement, Carahsoft said Thursday. RSA’s anti-fraud, identity, governance, risk and […] More

  • VMware Government Cloud Service Achieves FedRAMP Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VMware Government Cloud Service Achieves FedRAMP Certification

    VMware has received certification under the government’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to provide cloud services to public sector customers, Data Center Knowledge reported Wednesday. Yevgeniy Sverdlik writes VMware’s vCloud government service has been confirmed to meet federal security requirements for cloud offerings. VMware’s partner Carpathia provides the government cloud service from its data […] More