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    Executive Profile: Babs Doherty, Founder of Eagle Ray

    Babs Doherty is the founder and CEO of Eagle Ray, a provider of strategic consulting services to agencies in the intelligence, defense and homeland security sectors. Doherty served as an information technology program manager at Titan Systems before she founded Eagle Ray in February 2002. She has also previously served as chief architect at Auction Management Solutions, where she was […] More

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    Deltek’s Chris Dixon: Local IT Pros Consider Big Data Strategy to Facilitate ‘Smarter’ Cities

    Deltek and the Public Technology Institute conducted a survey on how government information technology leaders facilitate the transformation of smart cities, the Washington Post reported Friday. Chris Dixon, a senior manager at Deltek, writes the study indicates that more than 60 percent of local IT professionals have been developing frameworks for interagency data sharing and […] More

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    CenturyLink Lands DHS Task Order for Cyber Services to Civilian Agencies

    CenturyLink will continue to deliver cybersecurity services to U.S. federal civilian agencies under a one-year task order from the Department of Homeland Security‘s office of cybersecurity and communications. The company said Monday the task order is part of a four-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for cybersecurity services that CenturyLink won in March 2013. DHS awarded the order under its EINSTEIN program, which aims to help agencies […] More

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    Nubity Joins IBM Cloud Program; Rita Radi Comments

    Nubity has joined IBM‘s cloud entrepreneur program in a move to expand Nubity’s cloud services worldwide. The Mexico City-based startup company partners with IBM’s SoftLayer Catalyst program to access an open cloud infrastructure, executive mentorship and an ecosystem of customers, IBM said Friday. “Through a comprehensive mix of consulting, a robust ecosystem and scalable global cloud infrastructure, Nubity is helping its clients […] More

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    Andrew Dunlop: Veris Group to Support DoD’s Info Assurance Functions

    Veris Group has been selected to offer information assurance services for Defense Department organizations. The company will provide information technology equipment, services and support to the offices of the defense secretary and director of administration and management through the Washington Headquarters Services, Veris Group said Wednesday. “Veris Group is pleased to work with WHS to support the agency’s IA requirements,” said […] More

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    Unisys’ Dan Huberty: Hybrid Service Key to Future Data Center

    Dan Huberty, vice president and chief technology officer at Unisys, has discussed the trends Unisys says could shape the future of data center. Huberty said Tuesday the hybrid service model and the economics of information technology are some of the trends that he believes will shape the data center of the future. He said in a podcast the […] More

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    Drenda Harkins Joins CSG’s Healthcare, Human Services Practice; Andrea Danes Comments

    Drenda Harkins, formerly chief information officer for Arkansas’ division of medical services, has joined CSG Government Solutions healthcare and human services practice. Harkins most recently led the state of Arkansas’ effort to modernize its Medicaid management information systems, CSG said Wednesday. “She has successfully led large MMIS, ICD-10 code-set transition, and electronic health records implementations, providing her with an […] More

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    Unisys to Help Manage Consumer Info Via AWS Cloud; Steve Kousen Comments

    Unisys has been awarded five-year, $7 million contract to provide Amazon Web Services‘ cloud services for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau‘s consumer safety information initiative. The CFPB intends to scale its information technology resources via the AWS cloud in order to fulfill consumer demand for safety information, Unisys said Thursday. “We look forward to helping CFPB provide critical information to consumers while enforcing the country’s […] More

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    Infor’s Wayne Bobby: Predictive Analytics Tech Can Aid Federal Hiring Process

    Wayne Bobby, vice president of federal government solutions at Infor, believes predictive analytics software can help agencies find the right talent to succeed retiring federal workers and to fill critical roles. Bobby writes in an FCW article published Tuesday that analytics-based talent science technology is designed for human resources personnel to assess cognitive, behavioral and […] More

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    IBM to Migrate NSW Fire Department’s IT Systems to Cloud Platform; Mark Brewer Comments

    IBM has landed a five-year contract to help Fire & Rescue New South Wales implement a cloud computing infrastructure intended to consolidate the emergency services agency’s mission-critical workloads. The company said Tuesday it will design, build and operate an information technology-as-a-service platform for FRNSW, as well as migrate agency systems and applications to IBM Cloud. […] More

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    GSA Chooses HumanTouch SaaS App to Manage Agency’s IT Processes; Jim Benson Comments

    HumanTouch will provide the General Services Administration with a software-as-a-service platform designed to integrate and manage enterprise information technology functions. GSA picked the company’s EnLight SaaS application to help agency personnel monitor IT programs, investments and portfolios across the organization, HumanTouch said Tuesday. “EnLight is an example of the type of solution organizations can configure […] More

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    Guran Green: immixGroup Expanded Program Targets Gov’t Biz Opps Gains for IT

    ImmixGroup has expanded its state and local government program in an effort to help information technology vendors pursue business opportunities with the government. The company is investing in various state and local offerings for software and hardware companies to grow their business with government agency clients, immixGroup said Nov. 11. “Our expanded program will help IT companies translate their solutions […] More