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  • Darryl Shaw: Verizon Unveils IT Package for Healthcare Sector
    in Healthcare IT, News

    Darryl Shaw: Verizon Unveils IT Package for Healthcare Sector

    Verizon Enterprise Solutions has released new HIPAA-ready healthcare technologies to manage the exchange of electronic patient health information and inquiries from both patients and healthcare professionals on health services. “Healthcare is behind other industries when it comes to applying technology to the delivery of services due in part to today’s regulatory climate,” Darryl Shaw, director of healthcare solutions and new product […] More

  • ViON’s Richard Breakiron: Secured Downloads, Authentication Key to IoT Security
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    ViON’s Richard Breakiron: Secured Downloads, Authentication Key to IoT Security

    Richard Breakiron,ViON‘s senior director of cyber solutions, has recommended steps he believes can help secure the Internet of Things from what he calls potential vulnerabilities in devices. Breakiron wrote in a GCN op-ed published Thursday that potential flaws in IoT devices during the design and development phase could lead to national security risks. He recommends downloads of […] More

  • Research and Markets: Missile Defense Systems Market to Grow 5% Through 2024
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    Research and Markets: Missile Defense Systems Market to Grow 5% Through 2024

    Research and Markets has released a new report that predicts the global missile defense systems market could grow to $38.5 billion in value through 2024, up 4.93 percent from 2014. The report analyzes market size over the next decade, global industry values, market demand and industry challenges, Research and Markets said Wednesday. Research and Markets projects the market for missile defense systems during the […] More

  • Globecomm Builds Ground Satcom Terminals for Int’l Oil Exploration Project
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    Globecomm Builds Ground Satcom Terminals for Int’l Oil Exploration Project

    Globecomm has built and deployed ground-based satellite communications terminals for a European company that is exploring for oil and natural gas in Iraq. The client will use Globecomm’s very small aperture terminal network to help oil exploration crews access data and voice communications in the field, the satcom technology firm said Wednesday. Globecomm says the […] More

  • Dynetics, Aerojet Rocketdyne Eye 3D Printing for Rocket Engine; Steve Cook Comments
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    Dynetics, Aerojet Rocketdyne Eye 3D Printing for Rocket Engine; Steve Cook Comments

    Dynetics and Aerojet Rocketdyne are using 3-D printing technology to build a new rocket engine in an effort to replace the current Russian-built engine used to send Atlas V to space, Nextgov reported Thursday. Marcus Weisgerber reports that the project started two years ago before the White House, Defense Department and Congress indicated plans to replace the RD-180 engine due to tension with the Russian government. “Going […] More

  • Software AG’s David Overos Highlights Cloud Integration Trends
    in Cloud, News

    Software AG’s David Overos Highlights Cloud Integration Trends

    David Overos, director of product marketing at Software AG, has highlighted several trends in cloud computing and hybrid integration areas. Overos wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that “the number of cloud services used in large organizations is proliferating.” He says there is a growing landscape of cloud services ranging from customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, human […] More

  • General Dynamics Captures NSA Secure Mobile Contract; Chris Marzilli Comments
    in Mobility, News

    General Dynamics Captures NSA Secure Mobile Contract; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics C4 Systems has been awarded a contract to supply encrypted smartphone units for use by enterprise information technology managers in government. The Defense Mobile Classified Capability project includes 100 units of Samsung Galaxy S4 mobile phones equipped with Samsung Knox and GD Protected security features, the company said Thursday. The award builds on […] More

  • Report Maps Fiscal Year End Dates for State, Local, Education Markets
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    Report Maps Fiscal Year End Dates for State, Local, Education Markets

    Government business intelligence company Onvia has published a report that studies the fiscal year end dates of more than 80,000 government agencies and their impact on contractors. The company said Wednesday it sought to help vendors focused on state, local and education markets better plan their purchasing strategies based on the spending cycle analysis report. […] More

  • Jeff Lush, HP Federal Civilian Segment CTO, on Gov’t IT and Where We Go From Here
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    Jeff Lush, HP Federal Civilian Segment CTO, on Gov’t IT and Where We Go From Here

    Jeff Lush serves as chief technologist for HP‘s federal civilian segment, where he is responsible for leveraging technologies within HP and understanding the needs of customers. Lush most recently served as a chief technology officer at Dell and was also executive chief technology officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs. In his conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Lush […] More

  • Mark Testoni: SAP to Offer US Agencies Cloud Package With ‘Secured Support’ Options
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    Mark Testoni: SAP to Offer US Agencies Cloud Package With ‘Secured Support’ Options

    SAP and its U.S. subsidiary SAP National Security Services have developed a new managed cloud package for U.S. federal agencies to host government and custom applications and operations. SAP said Thursday it worked with agencies to develop a portfolio that combines cloud, hosted and on-premise functions to meet particular agency needs and regulatory or security requirements. The company designed the cloud offering to comply with the National Institute […] More

  • Cubic to Help Queensland Transit Org Install Travel Info Systems
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    Cubic to Help Queensland Transit Org Install Travel Info Systems

    A Cubic Transportation Systems subsidiary has won a contract to build GPS-based equipment for displaying vehicle arrival information across the TransLink public transportation network in Queensland, Australia. NextBus will provide its Real-Time Passenger Information Systems to 19 TransLink operators throughout southeast Queensland, Cubic said Wednesday. Installation of NextBus RTPIS consoles is slated to be complete […] More

  • Research and Markets: US Gov’t Cyber Market to Grow 7% by 2018
    in Cybersecurity, News

    Research and Markets: US Gov’t Cyber Market to Grow 7% by 2018

    Research and Markets has released a new report that projects the cybersecurity market for U.S. federal agencies to grow 7.41 percent in value by 2018. The report covers the period of 2014 through 2018 and consideres the revenue from the sales of cybersecurity services to the Department of Homeland Security, Defense Department and the U.S. intelligence community, Research and Markets said Thursday. […] More