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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.
Cisco and the University of California San Francisco have teamed up to develop a platform designed to achieve interoperability among health information technology systems. UCSF said Wednesday it will set up a center at the university’s Mission Bay campus to collaborate with Cisco and other health technology experts to develop and test the interoperability tool […] More
Mutualink has introduced a new device for users to send multimedia content and communicate with other first responders and public safety organizations during emergency situations. The Wearable Smart Gateway is a palm-sized device built on Intel-made Edison computing platform and is a product of Mutualink’s Internet of Public Safety Things program, Mutualink said Tuesday. Mike Wengrovitz, vice president […] More
Lockheed Martin’s space systems business has begun the environmental testing phase on NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer spacecraft at its facilities in Denver. NASA said Thursday it plans to launch the OSIRIS-REx space vehicle in September 2016 to collect samples of the Bennu asteroid for further research. Lockheed will subject the spacecraft to […] More
Fortinet has introduced a platform designed to provide users unified access to corporate networks, applications and wireless devices and help businesses protect platforms from potential data breaches and cyber attacks. The Secure Access Architecture works to help enterprises segment access layers and mobile devices across wireless and wired network environments in order to prevent cyber […] More
EMC and VMware have teamed up to establish a new business that will work to provide a portfolio of hybrid cloud platforms for government and commercial clients. Virtustream CEO Rodney Rogers will oversee the joint venture that will operate as part of the Virtustream brand, VMware said Tuesday. The new cloud services business will work to combine […] More
ICF International has subcontracted Pearl Interactive Network to help provide digital media platforms and services for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a potential five-year, $250 million contract ICF holds with CDC. Pearl said Tuesday it will offer staffing support to ICF to help the latter carry out digital channel management work for CDC’s office of the associate […] More
A recent International Data Corp. report predicts government spending worldwide on Internet of Things platforms to hit $1.2 trillion in the next two years, according to an article published Monday on Cisco‘s website. Ruthbea Clarke, smart cities research director at IDC, said transportation, energy, environment and tourism, and public safety are the four public sector divisions that will see […] More
Selex ES, a Finmeccanica subsidiary, has completed the installation of a laser system onboard an NH90 tactical transport helicopter for Italy’s army. The Laser Obstacle Avoidance and Monitoring platform works to detect power lines, pillars and other obstacles as helicopter pilots fly at low altitudes, Selex said Friday. Selex handed the NH90 helicopter with the LOAM system to […] More
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has asked industry to provide information on platforms built to detect insider threats in virtual network environments. NGA said in a FedBizOpps notice published Oct. 13 that it is in search for tools intended to log data on the actions that users and network administrators perform in its virtual infrastructure as well […] More
The Defense Department plans to award Boeing a contract in the next few weeks to replace the current presidential aircraft with a new plane built on a Boeing 747-8 frame, the New York Times reported Sunday. Peter Baker writes the Air Force has requested $102 million in fiscal year 2016 and $3 billion in the […] More
Amazon Web Services and Accenture have teamed up to establish a new business group that will work to help commercial firms migrate and manage their data workloads and applications onto the AWS Cloud platform. The Accenture AWS Business Group will also provide services for enterprise clients, such as application migration and development, refactoring, architecture and […] More
Three companies have won positions on a potential five-year, $49 million contract to build prototype sensors for the U.S. Navy to use during force-protection, intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance operations, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes Northrop Grumman, Consolidated Resource Imaging and Manufacturing Techniques will compete for task orders to develop and deliver sensor systems for different clients. The contract has a […] More
