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NT Concepts Gets Certification Under Google Cloud Partner Program; Darin Powers Quoted
NT Concepts has received the Machine Learning Partner Specialization under the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program after demonstrating its capacity to build machine learning offerings through the Google Cloud service.
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Tech Companies Back Federal Government’s COVID-19 Response Initiatives
Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google and other technology companies are reaching out to the federal government to help with coronavirus pandemic response efforts, FedScoop reported Monday. “This is unprecedented and so the response from the tech sector has been unprecedented,“ Nick Sinai, a senior adviser at venture capital firm Insight Partners, told the publication.
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in NewsPublic-Private Consortium Aims to Hasten COVID-19 Response With Supercomputing Tech; Michael Kratsios, Teresa Carlson Quoted
Several U.S. government, commercial and academic organizations have vowed to provide high-performance computing resources to support COVID-19 research and development efforts worldwide through a newly formed public-private consortium.
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US Government, Tech Firms Eye Use of Smartphone Location Data to Fight COVID-19
The U.S. government is in discussions with health professionals and technology companies such as Google and Facebook about possible ways to obtain insights from smartphone location data to fight the new coronavirus, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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White House Asks Tech Firms to Help Combat COVID-19; Michael Kratsios Quoted
The White House on Wednesday called on technology companies to help the government in its campaign against the new coronavirus, The Hill reported Wednesday. “The White House's top priority is ensuring the safety and health of the American people amid the COVID-19 outbreak," Michael Kratsios, U.S. chief technology officer and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said during a phone call Wednesday. "Cutting edge technology companies and major online platforms will play a critical role in this all-hands-on-deck effort."
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Former GSA Official Beth Angerman to Join Slalom; Luanne Pavco Quoted
Beth Angerman, former principal deputy associate administrator of the Office of Governmentwide Policy within the General Services Administration, will take on a client service partner role at Slalom starting Monday, FedScoop reported Thursday.
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Brian Mihelich Named CFO at COMSovereign Holding
Brian Mihelich, former executive at Swedish telecommunications firm Ericsson, has joined COMSovereign Holding to serve as chief financial officer.
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NOAA Partners With AWS, Microsoft, Google to Open Up Environmental Data; Dave Levy Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 8, 2020 “” Amazon Web Services, Google (Nasdaq: GOOGL) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) received contracts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to make the agency's environmental data available on the companies' cloud platforms, GovCon Wire reported Dec. 23.
