Inside Elastic's method of scouting for integrators & opportunities
Technology provider Elastic actively looks to the community of system integrators as partners and is glad to let them do much of the heavy-lifting for agencies.
SAIC's juggling act: a CEO transition and Engility integration
SAIC is going through both a CEO transition and the Engility integration at the same time, both of which will shape the contractor for years to come.
FBI needs more time to recompete $5B IT product contract
Owing partly to the recent government shutdown, the FBI needs more time to recompete its $5 billion contract for commodity IT products and services.
Booz Allen protests $500M Air Force contract ahead of award
Booz Allen Hamilton has filed a protest objecting to how a $500 million Air Force contract is progressing so far.
Competition poised to heat up on $50B EIS contract
Now there are three primes with ATOs under the $50 billion EIS contract and expectations are rising that more task orders and competition are all on the way.
For Lockheed's venture fund, the investment is only the beginning
Lockheed Martin embraces the idea of "technology scouting" through its ventures fund that invests in emerging tech firms. But Lockheed Ventures lead Chris Moran reminded our WT Power Breakfast audience that the investment is merely the tip of the iceberg and designed to take measured risks in innovation.
AF's Kessel Run wants contractors to supply software development, project management skills
Kessel Run is looking to hire companies to supply contractors with skills in software development and project management to work on their government-owned software repository.
Merlin invests in Wickr cybersecurity platform
In a move beyond traditional reselling agreements, Merlin International has invested in Wickr, a company with a secure, anti-hacking communications platform, to develop more of those solutions for the government space.
DIA developing $2.1B applications development contract
The Defense Intelligence Agency is developing a multiple award contract that could be worth more than $2 billion for a broad set of application development services.
Worth Reading: NY Times reviews JEDI contract
The JEDI contract has hit the pages of the New York Times, which provides a review of the controversial $10 billion Defense Department cloud contract.
Don't sweat a flat IT budget
President Trump's 2020 budget proposal shows the IT budget as flat but that doesn't mean it is a stagnant market. There is a lot of activity under the surface.
Navy explores HUBzones for submarine support work
The Navy is exploring whether a HUBzone small business can provide IT support needed to maintain, engineer and procure submarines.
Integrators are now scouts for new technology
Traditional systems integrators are adopting the practice of scouting technology now that most innovation is driven by the private sector, not government.
How data literacy drives successful IT modernization
For IT modernization to truly change the government, agencies and contractors need to put an emphasis on data literacy. Here are three key factors to consider.
Army moves cyber to the front lines
The Army Cyber Command plans to move more cyber and electromagnetic activities to the battlefield and into every brigade combat team, division, corps and Army service component staff.
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