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  • Lisa Durant: IT Should Base BYOD Policies on Users, Device, App, Content
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    Lisa Durant: IT Should Base BYOD Policies on Users, Device, App, Content

    Lisa Durant, a research analyst at Nemertes Research, says information technology companies that adopt bring-your-own-device programs should develop policies for the applications, content, users and their devices to protect the organization from data leaks. Durant wrote in a piece published Monday on AT&T‘s Networking Exchange Blog that administrators should cover these factors in their approach to help facilitate user flexibility and information […] More

  • Alistair Rennie: IBM, CPSI Partner for Predictive Healthcare Analytics Project
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    Alistair Rennie: IBM, CPSI Partner for Predictive Healthcare Analytics Project

    IBM and Computer Programs and Systems will collaborate on a healthcare project that seeks to leverage predictive analytics technology to help rural and community hospitals cut readmission rates. CPSI and its TruBridge subsidiary plan to use IBM’s SPSS Modeler data mining and analytics platform to identify patients at increased risk of readmission in hospitals participating […] More

  • GSA Chooses HumanTouch SaaS App to Manage Agency’s IT Processes; Jim Benson Comments
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    GSA Chooses HumanTouch SaaS App to Manage Agency’s IT Processes; Jim Benson Comments

    HumanTouch will provide the General Services Administration with a software-as-a-service platform designed to integrate and manage enterprise information technology functions. GSA picked the company’s EnLight SaaS application to help agency personnel monitor IT programs, investments and portfolios across the organization, HumanTouch said Tuesday. “EnLight is an example of the type of solution organizations can configure […] More

  • CACI to Maintain Maritime Data Sets for NGA
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    CACI to Maintain Maritime Data Sets for NGA

    CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has been awarded $32 million contract to maintain maritime data sets in digital and hardcopy formats for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The company will provide digital mapping and charting services to NGA’s navigation office in order to help the armed services plan missions, navigate ships, protect critical infrastructure and prepare for disasters, CACI said Tuesday. The contract […] More

  • Navy Tests Lockheed’s F-35C Aboard Carrier at Night
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    Navy Tests Lockheed’s F-35C Aboard Carrier at Night

    Lockheed Martin‘s F-35C Lightning II aircraft has completed an initial round of at-sea development tests aboard the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, where the Joint Strike Fighter performed nighttime landings and other maneuvers. The U.S. Navy said Monday that the F-35 Lightning II Integrated Test Force of the Naval Air Station Patuxent River’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 evaluated the aircraft’s suitability and […] More

  • Lockheed Starts InSight Mars Spacecraft Integration Work; Stu Path Comments
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    Lockheed Starts InSight Mars Spacecraft Integration Work; Stu Path Comments

    Lockheed Martin has entered the final production stage of a new Mars lander that is scheduled for launch by NASA in March 2016. The company said Monday its technicians will integrate avionics, power, telecommunication, navigation, control, guidance and thermal systems in the InSight spacecraft during the six-month assembly phase. “Physically, InSight looks very much like […] More

  • Bill Staib: BAE Submits Proposal for US Army Aircraft Protection System
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    Bill Staib: BAE Submits Proposal for US Army Aircraft Protection System

    BAE Systems has submitted a proposal to build an aircraft protection system for the U.S. Army in a move to protect troops from infrared-guided missiles. The common infrared countermeasure program is a laser-based system designed to counter missile threats against rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft, BAE said Monday. Bill Staib, director of threat management services at BAE Systems, said the company intends […] More

  • Unisys’ Premkrishnan Venkatasubramanian Highlights Software-Defined Network Approaches
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    Unisys’ Premkrishnan Venkatasubramanian Highlights Software-Defined Network Approaches

    Premkrishnan Venkatasubramanian of Unisys Corp. has discussed approaches toward software-defined networks as a way to secure enterprise data center. Venkatasubramanian wrote Friday that the software-defined network concept is gaining traction as protection of the data center boundary alone is insufficient. The insertion of firewalls and switches leads to increased complexity of management, he said. He said one approach to achieve […] More

  • Airbus to Build Orion Spacecraft’s Service Module; Francois Auque Comments
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    Airbus to Build Orion Spacecraft’s Service Module; Francois Auque Comments

    Airbus‘ defense and space business has won a $485.7 million contract with the European Space Agency to develop and build the service module for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft. Airbus will design the module to be based on the automated transfer vehicle the company built for ESA as a supply craft for the International Space Station, Airbus said Monday. The definition phase began […] More

  • Boeing Awards Raytheon Hyperspectral Satellite Sensors Contract
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    Boeing Awards Raytheon Hyperspectral Satellite Sensors Contract

    Raytheon has won a contract to manufacture hyperspectral imaging technology for two Earth-observation spacecraft under development by Boeing. Boeing is building the satellites for HySpecIQ and chose Raytheon to provide sensing instruments intended to capture data across the electromagnetic spectrum, Raytheon said Monday. According to Raytheon, the satellite sensors will work to provide analysts with […] More

  • James Moos: Leidos to Help Magellan Midstream Partners Expand Midstream Processing System
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    James Moos: Leidos to Help Magellan Midstream Partners Expand Midstream Processing System

    Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has been selected to develop and install a condensate splitter for Magellan Midstream Partners. Leidos will provide engineering, procurement and construction services to Magellan’s Corpus Christi, Texas-based processing and storage terminal through a portfolio of DesignBuild services, Leidos said Monday. James Moos, president of Leidos engineering services group, said the company will work to advise Magellan on the expansion […] More

  • ReportsnReports.com: North America to Lead EMR Market’s Growth Through 2018
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    ReportsnReports.com: North America to Lead EMR Market’s Growth Through 2018

    ReportsnReports.com projects compound annual growth rate of at least 7 percent for the electronic medical record market across North America, Europe and Asia from 2012 to 2018 due to what the firm sees as technology advancements in the healthcare sector. The firm said Saturday North America has the largest and fastest-growing EMR market at a 7.96-percent CAGR, followed by […] More