Leidos eager for role in agencies' commercial cloud move

Commercial cloud providers are jockeying for position in the federal market as agencies increasingly eye cloud migrations: a trend Leidos sees as suiting itself just fine.

Booz Allen sees AI investments 'faster than we expected'

Agencies have been slow to invest in and adopt artificial intelligence and other automation technologies, but that is rapidly changing and Booz Allen Hamilton sees it as a train that will not be stopped.

Is Trump the last hope for those wanting to stop JEDI?

The judge's written opinion rejecting Oracle's protest against the JEDI cloud contract is now out. It's also now becoming clear that any future protests will have a hard time gaining traction.

Microsoft CEO offers defense for military work

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gives his defense of working with the federal government and the U.S. military in particular: a push back against those who think the software firm should look elsewhere for business.

Opinion

Black Hats and Good Guys: How the deal is won

Whether you are defending an incumbent contract or trying to wrest away a deal from someone else, you need to know who the bad guys are.

Opinion

Why subscription-based models are the future of federal IT investments

As agencies move to meet the growing list of IT modernization initiatives, they'll have little other choice but to turn to subscription-based solutions.

How General Dynamics is positioning IT beyond this transition year

General Dynamics' IT services shop is just as busy looking and casting its net outward for large opportunities as it is with integrating CSRA.

Peraton wins partial victory in battle for $655M Air Force contract

Peraton has won a court injunction to stop the Air Force from making a final award of a $655 million contract but it failed to convince the judge that a bridge contract should not have gone to its competitor.

Podcasts

More insights on General Dynamics' federal market strategy

In part two of this two-part podcast, General Dynamics Executive Vice President Chris Marzilli talks about the integration of CSRA and how the company is positioning itself for new opportunities from there.

How Lockheed thinks about scale in light of Raytheon-UTC mega deal

Questions about scale are ever present for government services companies but now are starting to be asked of the largest defense primes in light of the Raytheon-UTC mega deal. Lockheed Martin: you're up first.

Former Agilex, Accenture execs launch new venture: Steampunk

A group of former Agilex executives who went to Accenture when they bought the company have acquired and are now rebranding SE Solutions as Steampunk: which will focus on the "collision" of humans and technology.

Does the death of sequestration just delay the pain?

Congressional leaders and the White House have agreed to a budget deal that effectively kills the 2011 Budget Control Act and sequestration. But is that really a good thing?

Podcasts

General Dynamics' Marzilli on strategy, outlook

Listen to our Top 100 interview with General Dynamics executive Chris Marzilli, who leads the Mission Systems and Information Technology businesses, as he shares the company's strategy and outlook in the first segment of a two-part podcast.

Republicans urge Trump not to interfere with JEDI cloud buy

Top defense committee Republicans sent a letter to President Donald Trump, warning that delays to the $10 billion JEDI cloud acquisition would endanger national security.

Air Force battles through $13B SBEAS protest saga

Like its predecessor NetCents contracts, the Air Force's $13 billion SBEAS contract continues to battle through a huge volume of protests.

Trump says he'll review JEDI contract

While speaking to a group of reporters at the White House on Thursday, President Trump said he's haring "tremendous complaints" about the JEDI cloud contract and will take a look at it.

Air Force developing 'smarter' supply chain contract

The Air Force is looking for contractor support as its moves toward an enterprise-level supply chain that has a focus on readiness.

Single-award JEDI contest far from a shutout for cloud vendors

Whether Amazon or Microsoft prevails, analysts see the $10 billion single-award JEDI contract as driving more cloud spending and plenty of associated services opportunities.

Contractors face big changes from DOD's Cybersecurity Maturity Model

Contractors will be facing big changes and tight timelines when DOD's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification goes live next year.

Does Oracle's lost protest lay the foundation for future litigation?

Oracle is done with the JEDI cloud procurement but the company may have laid the ground work for future protests after an award is made.