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  • Megan Anderson: In-Q-Tel Backs Newlans’ Mobile RF Tech Development
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    Megan Anderson: In-Q-Tel Backs Newlans’ Mobile RF Tech Development

    In-Q-Tel has invested an undisclosed amount in technology startup Newlans to help the latter company further develop radio frequency modules for wireless communication devices. “The Newlans approach represents a step forward in analog signal processing technology,” Megan Anderson, vice president of IQT’s field deployable technologies practice, said Thursday. Anderson added the company sees Newlans-designed tunable […] More

  • Boeing Wraps Up CST-100 Design, Risk Evaluations
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    Boeing Wraps Up CST-100 Design, Risk Evaluations

    Boeing has evaluated the safety features of a commercial spacecraft the company is building for NASA‘s human flight missions into low-Earth orbit. The company said Thursday it conducted the CST-100 hazard analysis to identify possible life-threating risks and ensure that capsule design is safe. CST-100 would transport up to seven astronauts and cargo to the […] More

  • TPC Rolls Out Benchmarking Kit for Big Data Systems
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    TPC Rolls Out Benchmarking Kit for Big Data Systems

    The Transaction Processing Performance Council has rolled out a new benchmarking tool to cater to big data systems that Cisco’s Raghunath Nambiar indicated have become a “critical” element of a company’s information technology platform. TPCx-HS aims to generate vendor-neutral reports on hardware and software performance, including metrics for price and energy consumption, TPC said Monday. […] More

  • Frost & Sullivan: Tech Procurement, Fleet Renewals to Steer Defense Spending in 10 Countries
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    Frost & Sullivan: Tech Procurement, Fleet Renewals to Steer Defense Spending in 10 Countries

    A recent Frost & Sullivan report on defense markets projects military spending across 10 selected countries to reach $3.41 trillion by 2022 due to military reorganization, increased threat perceptions, penetrable borders and territorial disputes. The study covers defense budgets in Algeria, Brazil, Chile, India, Indonesia, Japan, Oman, Poland, Russia and the United Arab Emirates, the firm said Wednesday. […] More

  • CGI Helps West Virginia, Colorado Implement ERP Systems
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    CGI Helps West Virginia, Colorado Implement ERP Systems

    The governments of Colorado and West Virginia have adopted a CGI enterprise resource planning system to automate purchasing and accounting processes. CGI said Thursday the new Colorado Operations Resource Engine uses the firm’s Advantage ERP technology and is built to help the state government manage budgeting and procurement functions. The company also helped West Virginia’s […] More

  • Level 3 Unveils Herndon Data Center; Paul Savill Comments
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    Level 3 Unveils Herndon Data Center; Paul Savill Comments

    Level 3 Communications has opened a data center in Herndon, Virginia, to deliver cloud computing and managed information technology services to government and other enterprise clients. The Herndon facility is the newest addition to the company’s Premier Elite global infrastructure network and features power, cooling, security and connectivity systems, Level 3 said Thursday. Premier Elite […] More

  • NetApp’s Kirk Kern: Feds Should Plan Strategy Before Moving IT Systems to Cloud
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    NetApp’s Kirk Kern: Feds Should Plan Strategy Before Moving IT Systems to Cloud

    Kirk Kern, chief technology officer for cloud at NetApp‘s U.S. public sector practice, has outlined five strategies that federal agencies can adopt when restructuring their IT systems for a cloud environment, FCW reported Wednesday. According to Kern, agencies are increasingly turning to the cloud and other IT re-architecture solutions to address concerns with operational costs, […] More

  • Dennis Kelly: A-T Solutions to Launch New Mobile Data Collection Tools
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    Dennis Kelly: A-T Solutions to Launch New Mobile Data Collection Tools

    A-T Solutions is participating at Fed Summits‘ 2014 Federal Mobile Computing Summit this week in Washington, where CEO Dennis Kelly said the company will unveil its new mobile data collection tools. The company said Wednesday it will showcase the new Data Collection Toolkit and release the “Top Three Ways In-Field Data Collection Helps Achieve Urgent Objectives” white paper. A-T Solutions wrote […] More

  • Andrew Tyler: Northrop in Talks With Potential Global Hawk Buyers in Europe
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    Andrew Tyler: Northrop in Talks With Potential Global Hawk Buyers in Europe

    Andrew Tyler, CEO of Northrop Grumman‘s businesses in the U.K. and Europe, said that three European nations are interested in buying Global Hawk surveillance drones from the company, Reuters reported Wednesday. “At the moment I would say that the hottest three (potential European buyers) are Germany, U.K. and Norway, in the sense that we’ve got […] More

  • SAP HANA Software Gets 3,600 Users
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    SAP HANA Software Gets 3,600 Users

    SAP SE has reported that the number of clients that use its SAP HANA information technology solutions platform has reached more than 3,600 to date. SAP HANA combines multiple business processes in one simplified system in real time, with customized solutions based on specific IT requirements intended to lower overhead costs and open new revenue […] More

  • Michael Baker International to Build U.S. OSCE Offices
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    Michael Baker International to Build U.S. OSCE Offices

    The State Department has awarded Michael Baker International a contract to build the U.S. headquarters for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The work will include construction and engineering services in compliance with OBO objectives for U.S. facilities in their host countries, the company said Friday. Baker indicated that the OSCE offices will occupy […] More