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  • BlackBerry Mobility Offerings Receive DISA STIG Approval for DOD Use; David Kleidermacher Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry Mobility Offerings Receive DISA STIG Approval for DOD Use; David Kleidermacher Comments

    BlackBerry‘s latest operating system and its multi-OS enterprise mobility management platform have received the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Security Technical Implementation Guides approval for use across the Defense Department. BlackBerry said Tuesday the STIG approval certifies its BES12 platform and BlackBerry OS 10.3.2 for smartphones as compliant with efforts to help government agencies and organizations prevent cyber attacks. “Security is one of the […] More

  • DoD Program Implements SteelCloud's Automated STIG Remediation Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Program Implements SteelCloud’s Automated STIG Remediation Software

    A cross-service tactical program of the Defense Department has deployed SteelCloud‘s automated remediation platform to drive compliance with the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Security Technical Implementation Guide standards. SteelCloud said Thursday ConfigOS is designed to scan Windows and Linux systems for STIG controls in less than a minute and remediate a system in less than two minutes without manual labor. “It […] More

  • Vahna Releases Updated Version of 'Edge' Cloud-Based Cyber Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vahna Releases Updated Version of ‘Edge’ Cloud-Based Cyber Platform

    Vahna has launched the latest version of its Edge cloud-based cybersecurity platform in efforts to expand integration across Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems at the enterprise level. Washington-based Vahna said Monday the updated Edge system also works to feature automated integration with network intrusion detection systems and enterprise-wide monitoring of live processes. Brendan Conlon, Vahna CEO and founder, said […] More

  • Good Technology: Enterprises Adopt Various Mobile Apps for Secure Data Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Good Technology: Enterprises Adopt Various Mobile Apps for Secure Data Access

    A new report by Good Technology says 67 percent of enterprises are increasing the usage of different mobile applications to secure corporate data. Good Technology said Tuesday its Mobility Index Report has found that custom apps, secure browser, document access, instant messaging and document editing are the top app categories among corporate organizations. “As the mobile […] More

  • Gerald Cohen: Information Builders Partners With Arrow to Extend BI Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gerald Cohen: Information Builders Partners With Arrow to Extend BI Offering

    Information Builders and Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions have forged a partnership in which Arrow will market Information Builders’ business intelligence service offering. The business computing provider will distribute Information Builders’ WebFOCUS Express offering, Information Builders said Wednesday. Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders, said the companies intend for the partnership “to extend the […] More

  • Texas School District Deploys Microsoft Office 365, Windows Devices; Lenny Schad Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Texas School District Deploys Microsoft Office 365, Windows Devices; Lenny Schad Comments

    Microsoft has partnered with the Houston Independent School District to support its PowerUp initiative to boost the learning and teaching experience of the district’s 14,000 students and 1,200 teachers through deployment of new education technology. Microsoft Office 365 and HP Elitebook Folio 9470m Ultrabook laptops running Windows are available to faculty, staff and students, with features designed to […] More

  • Google, Citrix to Deploy Windows Apps Through Chromebook; Sudhakar Ramakrishna Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Google, Citrix to Deploy Windows Apps Through Chromebook; Sudhakar Ramakrishna Comments

    Google has partnered with Citrix to provide customers with access to Windows applications via the Google-developed Chromebook computers. Citrix’s XenApp virtual app, HDX technology and HTML5 Receiver products will be integrated into the Chromebook for users to perform business operations by using Windows apps, Citrix said Tuesday. “With the growing acceptance of new computing platforms in the enterprise, […] More

  • SAP, Xamarin Form Enterprise Mobile App Development Team; Bill Clark Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP, Xamarin Form Enterprise Mobile App Development Team; Bill Clark Comments

    SAP America and Xamarin have partnered to help organizations customize enterprise applications for Android, iOS and Windows devices. The alliance’s goal is to encourage developers to build personalized mobile apps to integrate with SAP technology and other back-end data sources, Xamarin said Monday. SAP and Xamarin announced their collaboration at the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2014 […] More

  • Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Designs Cyber Tool for Security Teams - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Designs Cyber Tool for Security Teams

    Parsons Corp. has introduced a new cybersecurity product that is designed to send crash information from reports generated by Windows operating system to a server for analysis. The Cran product is built to analyze information and determine whether the crash was caused by a hacker, Parsons said Monday. Parsons unveiled patent-pending Cran at the Washington-based […] More

  • CGI to Help Install Windows 8.1 on Sweden Transport Agency PCs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI to Help Install Windows 8.1 on Sweden Transport Agency PCs

    CGI will work with Sweden’s national transport administration to install Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 operating system on computers housed inside 11,000 workplaces across 120 locations in the country. The company will provide the modernization and operation services to Trafikverket under a potential seven-year contract worth up to an estimated $76.9 million, CGI said Tuesday. Sweden’s Trafikverket agency has […] More