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Dovel Technologies will work to develop an electronic filing system for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s information technology office by using Oracle-built tools. Dovel will build a new Electronic Filing for Administrative Proceedings system for the Office of the Secretary under the five-year contract, the company said Monday. “We look forward to building a system that meets […] More
CACI International has won a $21 million task order to help the U.S. Army integrate data networking and connectivity tools for the branch’s tactical command infrastructure. The potential two-year contract also covers research and development, prototyping, logistics, systems engineering and software support services, CACI said Monday. The Army uses the battle command system to manage […] More
Iusacell has rolled out a TeleCommunication Systems-built locator application to customers across Mexico. TCS designed the TCS Family Locator to help customers view the locations of their family members and friends on a map via assisted-GPS and wireless local area network connectivity, the company said Monday. In Mexico, the application is branded as Ubicacel Familiar. Jay Whitehurst, […] More
A Boeing GPS satellite launched Friday morning aboard a Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GPS IIF-6 will work to facilitate real-time transfer of position, timing and navigation data globally for commercial, scientific and civil use, the Air Force said Friday. Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager for Boeing’s space and intelligence systems […] More
A SpaceX-built cargo ship has landed in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday after delivering nearly 5,000 pounds of experiments and supplies to the International Space Station, Military Times reported Sunday. James Dean writes that SpaceX’s Dragon unmanned capsule left the ISS at 9:26 a.m. Eastern time and then came down approximately 300 miles off the […] More
Some trade groups in the U.S. hope to see adjustments to India’s business policies following election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Politico reported Friday. Linda Dempsey, vice president for international economic affairs at the National Association of Manufacturers, told Politico that India’s new government could introduce a “strong opportunity for a fresh start.†“The new […] More
IBM will build an open-source hybrid cloud infrastructure for South Korea’s anti-corruption and civil rights commission to centralize operations and consolidate public service phone numbers into one communications channel. The company said Friday that the agency has adopted the IBM zCloud platform for electronic services such as e-People and The 110 Government Call Center, which processes complaints, civil petitions and administrative appeals. […] More
UnitedHealth Group‘s UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania has unveiled two text-messaging services from Voxiva to enable its Medicaid enrollees in York, Allegheny and Philadelphia counties to manage and monitor their own health and well-being. Txt4health is designed to send personalized messages on medical appointments, schedule of medication, preventive care guidelines and other health tips, while Text4kids alerts parents on their child’s check-ups, vaccines […] More
Informatica has selected 12 organizations from among 5,000 of its customers for the 2014 Informatica Innovation Awards for leveraging the company’s data integration offerings to boost business. The award winners were honored at last week’s Informatica World event in Las Vegas, the company said Thursday. “Each year, Informatica Innovation Awards winners demonstrate the transformative power of clean, […] More
Exelis marked its continued partnership with NASA in advancing space exploration with an exhibit at the ongoing Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. The event highlights 50 years of the agency’s Deep Space Network program, a global network of antennas tasked to communicate with spacecraft missions, the company said Monday. Exelis provides support in the form […] More
The U.S. military can increasingly look to the contractor workforce as a source for training and augmentation services as the Defense Department eyes control of personnel costs as a means to control the defense budget, according to retired Air Force Col. Scott Seavers. Seavers, who joined Fairfax, Va.-based Salient Federal Solutions as a vice president […] More
A Verizon security research report indicates that cyberespionage was the motive behind 22 percent of breach incidents over the past year. Mike Fey, chief technology officer for Intel‘s security business, discusses the findings of Verizon’s “2014 Data Breach Investigations Report” in an article published Thursday on the Verizon website. Fey writes the research cited manufacturing, […] More
