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  • Cubic to Help 12 SF Area Agencies Adopt Smart Card Fare Payment System; Matt Newsome Comments
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    Cubic to Help 12 SF Area Agencies Adopt Smart Card Fare Payment System; Matt Newsome Comments

    Cubic Transportation Systems will help 12 suburban transit agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area implement a new fare card payment system under a $7.5 million contract modification. The company said Wednesday it will install the Clipper fare collection equipment on buses, retail devices, handheld card readers for payment inspection and wireless networks for data connectivity with bus garages. […] More

  • HP Launches New Enterprise Storage Disk Array; David Scott Comments
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    HP Launches New Enterprise Storage Disk Array; David Scott Comments

    Hewlett-Packard has released an enterprise-class storage disk array that is designed to help customers consolidate storage, make data available and recover from disasters. HP XP7 Storage is built to consolidate up to 4.5 petabytes of data in a single array, deliver up to 3 million I/O per second, support different media choices and use multiarray virtualization to protect data, the […] More

  • William Meaney: Iron Mountain Makes Acquisitions to Target Int’l, Storage Rental Revenue Growth
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    William Meaney: Iron Mountain Makes Acquisitions to Target Int’l, Storage Rental Revenue Growth

    Iron Mountain has completed approximately $65 million in domestic and international acquisitions to further build its presence in the document storage and data management markets and among small- and medium-sized business clients. The records management company closed $60 million in purchases of five international companies and an additional five U.S. companies between January and early April, […] More

  • Finnish Bus Operator Applies Microsoft Analytics Tool, CGI Warehouse to Manage Routes
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    Finnish Bus Operator Applies Microsoft Analytics Tool, CGI Warehouse to Manage Routes

    A Helsinki, Finland-based public bus company has adapted a Microsoft business intelligence platform to help monitor traffic data, gas usage and driver performance. Helsingin Bussiliikenne Oy uses Power BI for Office 365 alongside a CGI-built data warehouse system and Microsoft’s SQL Server, SharePoint, Office and Power Mapplatforms, Microsoft said Monday. The city-owned bus operator competes with private operators to serve transportation routes and cannot raise fares […] More

  • Hughes to Help Manage Kazakhstan’s National Digital TV Network; Arunas Slekys Comments
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    Hughes to Help Manage Kazakhstan’s National Digital TV Network; Arunas Slekys Comments

    Hughes Network Systems will provide its HX broadband satellite system to manage Kazakhstan’s national digital terrestrial television network, which is operated by Kazteleradio. Hughes said Tuesday that it will install more than 800 contract HX260 mesh terminals at DVB-T2 Standard television towers across the country for Kazakhstan’s national broadcasting operator. “It represents one of the largest mesh TDMA networks deployed anywhere, supporting a […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Wins $33M Contract to Operate Navy Vessels; Thomas Merrell Comments
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Wins $33M Contract to Operate Navy Vessels; Thomas Merrell Comments

    General Dynamics‘ ship operating subsidiary has been awarded by the U.S. Navy with a contract modification worth $32.7 million to provide operations and maintenance services for the Military Sealift Command‘s seven large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ships. General Dynamics American Overseas Marine will provide crewing, engineering, procurement and provisioning support for the vessels as part of the potential seven-year, $238 million contract originally awarded […] More

  • Verizon’s Janet Brumfield: Enterprises Should Consider Partnering With MSSPs
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    Verizon’s Janet Brumfield: Enterprises Should Consider Partnering With MSSPs

    Verizon Enterprise Solutions recommends that companies partner with a managed security service provider to defend their networks against cyberattacks as they turn to technologies such as mobility, big data and cloud. Janet Brumfield, the company’s director of corporate communications, said Tuesday that hybrid cybersecurity-management model is seen as the solution to meet these c0mpanies’ needs. Such needs involve “more sophisticated […] More

  • Susan Arthur: HP to Implement Colorado’s Medicaid Mgmt System for CMS Platform Transition
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    Susan Arthur: HP to Implement Colorado’s Medicaid Mgmt System for CMS Platform Transition

    HP Enterprise Services will help configure and implement a new Medicaid management system for the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing under a five-year, $116.9 million contract. As Colorado’s Medicaid fiscal agent, the company will also manage maintenance and upgrade work for the Medicaid Management Information System that is based on HP’s interChange Healthcare platform, HP said Tuesday. “The […] More

  • Microsoft, Motorola Solutions Ink Patent License Deal for Android Devices; Nick Psyhogeos, Joe White Comment
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    Microsoft, Motorola Solutions Ink Patent License Deal for Android Devices; Nick Psyhogeos, Joe White Comment

    Microsoft has entered into a patent licensing agreement with Motorola Solutions that provides global coverage for the latter’s devices that run on Android or Chrome operating systems. The agreement is part of Microsoft’s intellectual property licensing program that includes patent licensing for Android device-makers such as Samsung, Acer and Motorola Mobility, Microsoft said Monday. “Microsoft and Motorola Solutions share a respect for […] More

  • CRGT to Mentor 2 Small Businesses for DHS Protege Program; Tom Ferrando Comments
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    CRGT to Mentor 2 Small Businesses for DHS Protege Program; Tom Ferrando Comments

    CRGT will act as a mentor to two small businesses in the big data, cybersecurity and agile development industries – Novel Applications of Vital Information and EnProVera. CRGT will work with Novel Applications and EnProVera through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Mentor-Protege program, CRGT said Tuesday. “CRGT embraces our small business partners and considers these two firms as […] More

  • Andrew Sukawaty: Inmarsat to Provide Satellite Tracking Services for Commercial Jets
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    Andrew Sukawaty: Inmarsat to Provide Satellite Tracking Services for Commercial Jets

    Inmarsat Chairman Andrew Sukawaty has announced the company’s plans to provide airlines with free satellite tracking services for commercial aircraft following the recent disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The plan is intended to be part of a future global satellite tracking system for commercial jetliners, which mainly use ground-based […] More