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Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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  • Iron Bow’s Ray Harris: CIOs Consider Operational Factors in IT Systems Procurement for ‘Internet of Things’
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    Iron Bow’s Ray Harris: CIOs Consider Operational Factors in IT Systems Procurement for ‘Internet of Things’

    Ray Harris, chief information officer at Iron Bow Technologies, has said that most corporate CIOs focus on the operational aspect when purchasing and managing information technology systems in an effort to leverage the Internet of Things. Harris advised CIOs to conduct pilot testing of IoT-based projects to determine their capabilities before they launch large-scale programs, Iron Bow’s TechSource […] More

  • Army Taps Motorola Solutions Software for VoIP Communications; Michael Thurston Comments
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    Army Taps Motorola Solutions Software for VoIP Communications; Michael Thurston Comments

    The U.S. Army has purchased a Motorola Solutions-built software platform intended to facilitate communication between disparate devices, the branch website said Thursday. The service branch will integrate the WAVE software tool with its tactical communications network to meet program requirements of the Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications – Tactical in Maryland. WAVE is designed to convert […] More

  • Boeing to Relocate Aircraft Sustainment, Modernization Division in Oklahoma City
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    Boeing to Relocate Aircraft Sustainment, Modernization Division in Oklahoma City

    Boeing has begun construction work on a new facility in Oklahoma City as part of its plan to move the aircraft sustainment and modernization division’s headquarters there. The company said Wednesday it will open the 290,000-square-foot building in the summer of 2016 to accommodate personnel involved in research and development and engineering operations. Leanne Caret, president […] More

  • PwC, Tanium Forge Cybersecurity Alliance; Kris McConkey Comments
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    PwC, Tanium Forge Cybersecurity Alliance; Kris McConkey Comments

    PricewaterhouseCoopers and Tanium have agreed to combine their platforms through an alliance in an effort to help companies and government agencies protect their computer networks from insider threats and potential cyber attacks. PwC will integrate Tanium Accelerator tools and software platform intended for systems and endpoint management with its cybersecurity practice, which consists of consulting […] More

  • Boeing Unveils 1st Growler Electronic Attack Jet for Australia in 12-Plane Buy
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    Boeing Unveils 1st Growler Electronic Attack Jet for Australia in 12-Plane Buy

    Boeing has presented the first of 12 EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft to the Australian air force as part of a foreign military sales contract between the U.S. Navy and Australia signed in 2014. Australia will incorporate the Growler into its fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornet multirole fighter planes as part of its Plan Jericho program that seeks to create an integrated […] More

  • Deltek’s Alex Rossino: Pentagon’s BBP Initiative Promotes Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable Process Adoption
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    Deltek’s Alex Rossino: Pentagon’s BBP Initiative Promotes Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable Process Adoption

    The Defense Department’s Better Buying Power program has spurred the adoption of “lowest price-technically acceptable” methods to procure supplies and services across DoD, Alex Rossino writes in a blog post for Deltek. Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, says BBP aims to speed up acquisitions and help the DoD integrate platforms with its information technology infrastructure through “short term procurements with […] More

  • Inovalon-HP Team to Provide Analytics Tools for Georgia Health Programs; Mike Burgin Comments
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    Inovalon-HP Team to Provide Analytics Tools for Georgia Health Programs; Mike Burgin Comments

    Inovalon and Hewlett-Packard have signed a multi-year agreement to provide analytical platforms for the Georgia Department of Community Health in an effort to help the state agency manage its health insurance programs. Inovalon said Wednesday it will combine its iPORT cloud-based platform for data integration and Quality Spectrum Insight cloud-based analytics tool with HP’s reporting, analytics […] More

  • CTC Gets US Patent for Magnesium Battery System; Michael Pollock Comments
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    CTC Gets US Patent for Magnesium Battery System; Michael Pollock Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a U.S. patent for a magnesium-based battery intended to power water purification machines for the production of drinkable water in disaster-struck areas and remote locations. The MagC carbon battery is designed to produce energy through the use of magnesium and applies saltwater brine derived from reverse osmosis-based waste stream as an electrolyte, CTC said […] More

  • TechNavio Forecasts 35% CAGR for Big Data Professional Services Market by 2019
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    TechNavio Forecasts 35% CAGR for Big Data Professional Services Market by 2019

    A new TechNavio study predicts the compound annual growth rate for professional services in the global big data market to reach 35.05 percent over the next four years. The need to fill expertise and experience in the implementation of big data projects will drive market growth, ReportBuyer said Tuesday. The report also noted that adoption of Analytics as a […] More

  • Harris Wins $29M Navy Avionics Manufacturing Contract; Ed Zoiss Comments
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    Harris Wins $29M Navy Avionics Manufacturing Contract; Ed Zoiss Comments

    Harris Corp. has received a $29 million contract to produce and supply avionics components for the U.S. Navy for two years. The company said Tuesday the avionics will be integrated with the distributed targeting platform onboard the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft and F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter jet of the service branch and Australia. The distributed […] More

  • NCI Lands $6M IT Communication Service Task Orders With US Army
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    NCI Lands $6M IT Communication Service Task Orders With US Army

    NCI has secured two task orders worth $6 million combined to provide information technology services for two directorates under the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command. The company said Tuesday it won the task orders under the Total Engineering and Information Systems III indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. NCI will provide systems engineering, installation, testing and training […] More

  • Cisco: Angler Exploit Kit, Adobe Flash Among Common Network Threats
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    Cisco: Angler Exploit Kit, Adobe Flash Among Common Network Threats

    A new study released by Cisco says commercial enterprises need to implement new tools in order to reduce the time spent on detecting cyber attacks and other network vulnerabilities. Cisco said Tuesday its 2015 Midyear Security Report cited the Angler Exploit Kit and Adobe Flash Player as some of the common threats to corporate networks. According […] More