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  • Rigil Listed on GSA IT, Services Contract Vehicles
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    Rigil Listed on GSA IT, Services Contract Vehicles

    Rigil Corp. has been authorized to develop information technology and integrated services for federal agencies under two General Services Administration contract vehicles. The technology and strategy consulting firm holds a place on GSA’s Information Technology Schedule 70 and Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services vehicles, Rigil said Jan. 13. Rigil will sell products and services to agencies on pre-negotiated […] More

  • Indus’ EPA Water Quality App Wins ACT-IAC Top Innovation Award
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    Indus’ EPA Water Quality App Wins ACT-IAC Top Innovation Award

    An online waterway monitoring tool developed by Indus Corp. for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has won an innovation award from The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council. Indus and EPA received the Top Innovator award for their How’s my Waterway application through the ACT-IAC Igniting Innovation Awards Program, Indus said Wednesday. The […] More

  • Bill Lochten, Chris Steel: Speed Critical for Cyber Response
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    Bill Lochten, Chris Steel: Speed Critical for Cyber Response

    Cyber awareness in corporations is on the rise and they need tools to help with the decision making process in case a cyber attack occurs, Software AG executives Bill Lochten and Chris Steel said to On The Frontlines magazine. Government senior officials, mission leaders and information technology professionals need real-time insight into the important aspects of their […] More

  • FireMon Exhibits Continuous Monitoring Platform Offering; Albert Nieves Comments
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    FireMon Exhibits Continuous Monitoring Platform Offering; Albert Nieves Comments

    FireMon showcased its continuous monitoring platform offering at a defense and technology exposition in San Diego on Feb. 11 to 13. The company has also appointed Kelly Jones and Andrew Stephens to its federal services team and named Albert Nieves vice president of federal sales, the company said Feb. 11. The security intelligence provider attributed its […] More

  • Informatica Unveils Healthcare Application Retirement Offering; Amit Walia, Dave Wilson Comment
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    Informatica Unveils Healthcare Application Retirement Offering; Amit Walia, Dave Wilson Comment

    Informatica has introduced an application retirement offering for healthcare customers that work to modernize business applications. The new tool is built based on the Informatica Data Archive platform and works to retain necessary data and consolidate information technology infrastructure upon retirement of legacy systems, Informatica said Tuesday. Dave Wilson, senior director for health and life sciences […] More

  • Terremark’s Rafeeq Rehman on Potential Security Lessons from Data Breaches
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    Terremark’s Rafeeq Rehman on Potential Security Lessons from Data Breaches

    Rafeeq Rehman, senior security solutions architect at Verizon Terremark, has urged enterprises to draw lessons from large data breaches that have occurred to retailers in the U.S. and around the world. “While IT and security professionals are trying to piece together information about how the recently reported  U.S. data breaches happened and how many customers are […] More

  • Rodney Hite: ViON to Apply Big Data in Cybersecurity
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    Rodney Hite: ViON to Apply Big Data in Cybersecurity

    ViON has a Hadoop-based cyber tool for information technology systems management that Rodney Hite, product manager for big data solutions, said is built to address threats to the big data architecture landscape. The company’s Big Cyber Security platform combines big data technology with traditional methods used to protect information assets and is intended to mitigate […] More

  • Yasmine Winkler: UnitedHealthcare Helps Consumers Pay Medical Bills Through Online Service
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    Yasmine Winkler: UnitedHealthcare Helps Consumers Pay Medical Bills Through Online Service

    A UnitedHealthcare electronic bill-payment service has processed more than $20 million in medical payments to more than 20,000 providers to date. UHC’s myClaims Manager platform is built with an InstaMed technology to help plan participants across the U.S. manage their medical claims and help member organizations receive healthcare-related payments, United Healthcare said Monday. “By enabling consumers […] More

  • Kim Vanderland Named Workplace Strategy SVP at Jones Lang LaSalle; Bernice Boucher Comments
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    Kim Vanderland Named Workplace Strategy SVP at Jones Lang LaSalle; Bernice Boucher Comments

    Kim Vanderland, founder of workplace management firm Space Matters Consulting, has joined Jones Lang LaSalle as senior vice president for the Washington-based workplace strategy group. She has more than 14 years of experience helping organizations implement strategies for corporate working conditions, real estate portfolios and employee satisfaction, JLL said Thursday. “Kim is seasoned in delivering workplace […] More

  • Terri Spoonhour: Alion Picks Up Spot on Potential $4B WMD Countermeasures Vehicle
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    Terri Spoonhour: Alion Picks Up Spot on Potential $4B WMD Countermeasures Vehicle

    Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a position on a potential 10-year, $4 billion contract to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency research and develop technologies for countering weapons of mass destruction. DTRA selected Alion as one of seven contractors that will compete for task orders to perform anti-WMD  software and hardware systems R&D, […] More

  • Companies Continue Quest for Clean Energy
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    Companies Continue Quest for Clean Energy

    Governments, universities and companies continue in their efforts to find sustainable, clean energy, and yet mankind is nowhere near dislodging coal, abundant and cheap but the least clean of all, as the top source, Ian Marcus of RTKL said Feb. 20. Marcus, a mechanical engineer based in the company’s Washington, D.C., office, mentioned several studies into alternative […] More

  • Bill Monet Receives Award for Safety-Driven Culture at Akima
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    Bill Monet Receives Award for Safety-Driven Culture at Akima

    Akima President and CEO Bill Monet has joined the National Safety Council’s “CEOs Who Get It” list for his efforts to push employee wellbeing. The award is annually given out to ten leaders committed to elevating worker safety and health through leadership and engagement, safety management systems, risk reduction and performance measurement, Akima said Jan. […] More