The Central Intelligence Agency is making information sharing a higher priority, said Bobby Brady, the deputy chief information officer at CIA, April 23 at an industry gathering.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. says its Opteron 64-bit processor can open new markets for systems integrators in high-performance computing, migration services and server consolidation.
A team led by Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded $8.3 million by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a prototype of a passive sonar.
Systems integrator Sysorex Consulting has completed the integration of Information Systems Consortium Inc. and plans to "jump-start" efforts in the federal market.
ITT Industries Inc., White Plains, N.Y., won a $31 million contract with the Boeing Co., Chicago, to install jam-resistant equipment on 12 Global Positioning System satellites, the company announced Thursday. Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems division awarded the work.
Veridian Corp., Arlington, Va., has won a service contract worth up to $19.7 million to support the National Reconnaissance Office, the company announced Thursday.
The former head of the National Information Assurance Partnership, has founded an office to develop the standards for certifying that new agency systems are secure, Ross told Washington Technology today.
When the FBI wanted to speed up installation of software and computers for its Trilogy modernization program after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, reseller GTSI Corp. shifted its delivery schedule into high gear.
Potential buyers of wireless solutions abounded at the 27th annual FOSE government IT trade show, but industry observers said many parties still hesitated to purchase them, citing inadequate security guidance from their agencies.
As the war in Iraq draws to a close, the U.S. Agency for International Development is ramping up efforts to rebuild and modernize that country's infrastructure with projects that likely will include business for IT integrators.
Anticipating a convergence between the markets of physical security and network security, Computer Associates International Inc. has started an industry group to foster interoperability between the solutions used in the two fields, the company announced this week.
The Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology is soliciting industry, government labs and academia for new technologies that can be used in homeland defense, the center announced April 15. It will supply funds and expertise to winning applicants so they can bring their technologies to a wider market, including the Defense Department and civil homeland security agencies.
A new solution developed by WebMethods Inc., Fairfax, Va., and Informatica Corp., Redwood City, Calif., is designed to help integrators save time and money on e-government and other modernization work.
The release of a new version of a storage solution offered by EMC Corp. meets Defense Department requirements for records management, said David Cahill, senior manager of compliance technology for EMC. Version 2.0 of EMC's Centera, a storage system built specifically for records management, complies with Department of Defense Directive 5015.2.
Potential buyers of wireless solutions abounded at the 27th annual FOSE government IT trade show, but some industry observers noted many potential buyers were still hesitant, citing inadequate security guidance from their agencies.
Fiber-optic installations to agency offices and even to worker desktops might be an emerging market, judging from company presentations and technologies at the annual FOSE government IT trade show.
Interoperability was the buzzword on opening day of the 27th annual FOSE government IT trade show. A myriad of vendor solutions are being introduced to simplify the lives of the agency workers and the contractors that support them.
