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  • QTS to Support Y2Fox Gov’t Business Expansion With VMware Cloud Platform
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    QTS to Support Y2Fox Gov’t Business Expansion With VMware Cloud Platform

    Y2Fox Data Solutions has selected QTS Realty Trust to provide a FedRAMP-compliant cloud platform that works to help meet the requirements of government customers and expand Y2Fox’s business in the public sector. QTS said Wednesday it will support the deployment of Y2Fox’ production environment on the FedRAMP-compliant VMware vCloud Government Service built on the VMware vSphere platform. “The […] More

  • Cisco’s Data Center Mgmt Platforms Available on Avnet’s GSA Schedule
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    Cisco’s Data Center Mgmt Platforms Available on Avnet’s GSA Schedule

    Avnet Government Solutions has added Cisco‘s portfolio of computing, storage and networking technologies for data centers to its General Services Administration schedule contract. Avnet said Wednesday the company and its partner resellers can now offer agencies Cisco platforms designed to manage information technology applications, virtual machines and cloud-based systems. Cisco and Avnet have partnered on multiple data center offerings over the […] More

  • Lockheed-Raytheon JV Receives Defense Sec’s Performance-Based Logistics Award for Javelin Missile
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    Lockheed-Raytheon JV Receives Defense Sec’s Performance-Based Logistics Award for Javelin Missile

    A joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon has won a system-level support award from the Office of the Defense Secretary in recognition of the JV’s work on the Javelin missile program. The Javelin Joint Venture accepted the performance-based logistics award with the U.S. Army’s close combat weapon systems project office that served as its partner on the weapon […] More

  • Lockheed and Air Force Named Aviation Week Laureate Awardee for Auto ACAS
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    Lockheed and Air Force Named Aviation Week Laureate Awardee for Auto ACAS

    Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force-built Automated Air Collision Avoidance System has won Aviation Week’s Laureate Award. The team composed of the office of the Under Secretary of Defense Personnel and Readiness, Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Air Force Test Center and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works developed Auto ACAS in an effort to […] More

  • Robert Scott Joins Grant Thornton as National Advisory Services Leader
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    Robert Scott Joins Grant Thornton as National Advisory Services Leader

    Robert Scott has been appointed as national advisory services leader of Grant Thornton where he will oversee the business line’s operations. Grant Thornton said Monday Scott joins the company from Toronto-based boutique advisory firm Ember Advisory which he founded and brings with him 25 years of experience in advisory and technology. “We are pleased to have Rob join the Senior […] More

  • DHS Federal Protective Service Signs X-Ray Inspection Tech Deal With Smiths Detection
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    DHS Federal Protective Service Signs X-Ray Inspection Tech Deal With Smiths Detection

    Smiths Detection has signed a five-year, $65 million deal with the Department of Homeland Security‘s Federal Protective Service to provide x-ray inspection systems in government buildings across the U.S. FPS will use the x-ray systems to detect potential threats at more than 9,000 government facilities under its responsibility, the company said Wednesday. SDI aims to complete deliveries and installations of the x-ray systems by 2021 and […] More

  • CGI Gets $130M Deal From Scottish Borders Council for ICT Delivery CoE
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    CGI Gets $130M Deal From Scottish Borders Council for ICT Delivery CoE

    The Scottish Borders Council has awarded an estimated $130 million contract to CGI Group to help establish the Scottish Center of Excellence for information and communications technology within the Scottish Borders region. The council said Monday the 13-year digital services contract requires CGI’s support in the creation of the Scottish ICT Delivery Center of Excellence and the development […] More

  • Nuance Output Manager Receives Army Networthiness Certification; Mike Rich Comments
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    Nuance Output Manager Receives Army Networthiness Certification; Mike Rich Comments

    Nuance Communications has received the U.S. Army’s Certificate of Networthiness for its Output Manager software that works to address the security, compatibility and sustainability requirements to support the service branch’s document workflow. Mike Rich, Nuance executive vice president and general manager, said in a statement released Tuesday the company’s Document Imaging portfolio added 15 military customers that use AutoStore and […] More

  • GSA’s 18F Org Issues Draft RFQ for FedRAMP Dashboard Task Order
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    GSA’s 18F Org Issues Draft RFQ for FedRAMP Dashboard Task Order

    The General Services Administration’s 18F organization has issued a draft request for quotations under the Agile blanket purchase agreement for a task order to develop a public dashboard for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. GSA’s draft RFQ posted Monday on GitHub says the task order is for the group of Pool 3 vendors […] More

  • Microsoft Eyes Govt Cloud Security Authorization for High Impact Baseline, Levels 4 & 5
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    Microsoft Eyes Govt Cloud Security Authorization for High Impact Baseline, Levels 4 & 5

    Microsoft will participate in a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program pilot for the high-impact baseline in efforts to receive a Provisional Authorization to Operate to support high-impact government data in the cloud. Microsoft Azure Government aims to obtain the FedRAMP High P-ATO from the federal Joint Advisory Board by the end of March, Microsoft Federal CTO Susie […] More

  • Jacobs Joins US Space Advocacy Trade Group; Ward Johnson Comments
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    Jacobs Joins US Space Advocacy Trade Group; Ward Johnson Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group has become a member of an organization that represents U.S.-based industry and nonprofit groups to advocate for government investment in space exploration, the company said Tuesday. The Seabrook, Texas-based Coalition for Space Exploration counts close to 30 aerospace industry companies as members and aims to raise awareness and build support for U.S. space exploration programs. “We share the commitment […] More

  • Trifacta Forges Data Wrangling Resale Pact With Carahsoft in Federal Market Push
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    Trifacta Forges Data Wrangling Resale Pact With Carahsoft in Federal Market Push

    San Francisco, Calif.-based data wrangling software company Trifacta has formed a partnership with government technology reseller Carahsoft in a push to accelerate access public sector agencies have to the former company’s products. Carahsoft will offer Trifacta’s software to federal agencies that seek to carry out new analytics initiatives and build up scale of analysis, Trifacta said Tuesday. Trifacta served as a […] More