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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 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
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
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, 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
Alasdair Cathcart, Bechtel LNG general manager, said two liquefied natural gas storage tanks on Curtis Island in northeastern Australia have completed up to four weeks of tests for strength and leaks. “The LNG tanks are not only one of the most visible and complex parts of these plants, they are also among the most critical […] More
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
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
Harris Corp. has attained certification from the National Security Agency for the company’s new multi-channel manpack radio system. Harris will be able to deploy Falcon III RF-340M radios up to the Top Secret level of secure voice and data communications under the Type-1 certification, the company said Wednesday. The Army intends to use the multi-channel manpack in its […] More
Lockheed Martin has completed the integration of Northrop Grumman‘s Scalable Agile Beam Radar into the F-16V aircraft as part of a design review stage in the U.S. Air Force‘s F-16 modernization program. Lockheed said Wednesday that the active electronically scanned array radar meets its requirements and those of the Air Force as they aim to launch the F-16V variant in Taiwan. Other updates to Taiwan’s fleet […] More
NASA has partnered with cloud services provider InfoZen to migrate several of the space agency’s public-facing websites and applications to a cloud computing environment. InfoZen moved 110 online NASA portals into an Amazon Web Services-powered, open-source content management platform within 22 weeks under the NASA WESTPrime web migration contract, InfoZen said Wednesday. “WESTPrime provides a […] More
A new Research and Markets report forecasts a 4.2 percent compound annual growth rate for the global ammunition market by 2020 due to modernization programs and ongoing conflicts in some parts of the world. The market research firm said Tuesday that ATK, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Nammo and Raytheon could lead the market as it shifts focus from the west to Asia-Pacific and the Middle […] More
