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  • TPC Rolls Out Benchmarking Kit for Big Data Systems
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    TPC Rolls Out Benchmarking Kit for Big Data Systems

    The Transaction Processing Performance Council has rolled out a new benchmarking tool to cater to big data systems that Cisco’s Raghunath Nambiar indicated have become a “critical” element of a company’s information technology platform. TPCx-HS aims to generate vendor-neutral reports on hardware and software performance, including metrics for price and energy consumption, TPC said Monday. […] More

  • Frost & Sullivan: Tech Procurement, Fleet Renewals to Steer Defense Spending in 10 Countries
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    Frost & Sullivan: Tech Procurement, Fleet Renewals to Steer Defense Spending in 10 Countries

    A recent Frost & Sullivan report on defense markets projects military spending across 10 selected countries to reach $3.41 trillion by 2022 due to military reorganization, increased threat perceptions, penetrable borders and territorial disputes. The study covers defense budgets in Algeria, Brazil, Chile, India, Indonesia, Japan, Oman, Poland, Russia and the United Arab Emirates, the firm said Wednesday. […] More

  • CGI Helps West Virginia, Colorado Implement ERP Systems
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    CGI Helps West Virginia, Colorado Implement ERP Systems

    The governments of Colorado and West Virginia have adopted a CGI enterprise resource planning system to automate purchasing and accounting processes. CGI said Thursday the new Colorado Operations Resource Engine uses the firm’s Advantage ERP technology and is built to help the state government manage budgeting and procurement functions. The company also helped West Virginia’s […] More

  • Level 3 Unveils Herndon Data Center; Paul Savill Comments
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    Level 3 Unveils Herndon Data Center; Paul Savill Comments

    Level 3 Communications has opened a data center in Herndon, Virginia, to deliver cloud computing and managed information technology services to government and other enterprise clients. The Herndon facility is the newest addition to the company’s Premier Elite global infrastructure network and features power, cooling, security and connectivity systems, Level 3 said Thursday. Premier Elite […] More

  • NetApp’s Kirk Kern: Feds Should Plan Strategy Before Moving IT Systems to Cloud
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    NetApp’s Kirk Kern: Feds Should Plan Strategy Before Moving IT Systems to Cloud

    Kirk Kern, chief technology officer for cloud at NetApp‘s U.S. public sector practice, has outlined five strategies that federal agencies can adopt when restructuring their IT systems for a cloud environment, FCW reported Wednesday. According to Kern, agencies are increasingly turning to the cloud and other IT re-architecture solutions to address concerns with operational costs, […] More

  • Dennis Kelly: A-T Solutions to Launch New Mobile Data Collection Tools
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    Dennis Kelly: A-T Solutions to Launch New Mobile Data Collection Tools

    A-T Solutions is participating at Fed Summits‘ 2014 Federal Mobile Computing Summit this week in Washington, where CEO Dennis Kelly said the company will unveil its new mobile data collection tools. The company said Wednesday it will showcase the new Data Collection Toolkit and release the “Top Three Ways In-Field Data Collection Helps Achieve Urgent Objectives” white paper. A-T Solutions wrote […] More

  • Andrew Tyler: Northrop in Talks With Potential Global Hawk Buyers in Europe
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    Andrew Tyler: Northrop in Talks With Potential Global Hawk Buyers in Europe

    Andrew Tyler, CEO of Northrop Grumman‘s businesses in the U.K. and Europe, said that three European nations are interested in buying Global Hawk surveillance drones from the company, Reuters reported Wednesday. “At the moment I would say that the hottest three (potential European buyers) are Germany, U.K. and Norway, in the sense that we’ve got […] More

  • SAP HANA Software Gets 3,600 Users
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    SAP HANA Software Gets 3,600 Users

    SAP SE has reported that the number of clients that use its SAP HANA information technology solutions platform has reached more than 3,600 to date. SAP HANA combines multiple business processes in one simplified system in real time, with customized solutions based on specific IT requirements intended to lower overhead costs and open new revenue […] More

  • Michael Baker International to Build U.S. OSCE Offices
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    Michael Baker International to Build U.S. OSCE Offices

    The State Department has awarded Michael Baker International a contract to build the U.S. headquarters for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The work will include construction and engineering services in compliance with OBO objectives for U.S. facilities in their host countries, the company said Friday. Baker indicated that the OSCE offices will occupy […] More

  • NSA Certifies Harris Falcon III Manpack Radio; George Helm Comments
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    NSA Certifies Harris Falcon III Manpack Radio; George Helm Comments

    Harris Corp. has attained certification from the National Security Agency for the company’s new multi-channel manpack radio system. Harris will be able to deploy Falcon III RF-340M radios up to the Top Secret level of secure voice and data communications under the Type-1 certification, the company said Wednesday. The Army intends to use the multi-channel manpack in its […] More

  • Lockheed Puts New Northrop AESA Radars In F-16V Jet
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    Lockheed Puts New Northrop AESA Radars In F-16V Jet

    Lockheed Martin has completed the integration of Northrop Grumman‘s Scalable Agile Beam Radar into the F-16V aircraft as part of a design review stage in the U.S. Air Force‘s F-16 modernization program. Lockheed said Wednesday that the active electronically scanned array radar meets its requirements and those of the Air Force as they aim to launch the F-16V variant in Taiwan. Other updates to Taiwan’s fleet […] More