MacB’s Enlighten IT Develops Big Data Tool Set for Data Scientists
MacAulay-Brown, Inc. has announced that Enlighten IT Consulting, a MacB subsidiary, has developed a comprehensive analytic solution, called RAPID, for use by big data scientists. RAPID helps experts obtain critical insight from complex Defense Department information network data that’s essential for cybersecurity national defense. Similar analyst tools have been developed for smaller datasets, but RAPID is
Intel’s Melvin Greer Named Chairman of the WashingtonExec Big Data Council
In its sixth year of discussions, the WashingtonExec Big Data Council is excited to welcome new leadership: Melvin Greer, who’s been named chair of the 30-member group. Greer is chief data scientist of the public sector Americas at Intel Corp. and has worked with WashingtonExec for several years. Projects have included the successful pilot program
Altamira Makes Its Data Visualization Platform Available on Amazon
Altamira announced its Lumify platform—a big data fusion, analysis and visualization tool—is now available in the Amazon Web Services Marketplace. Amazon services allow for greater flexibility and usability of Lumify, which aims to empower actionable intelligence through the swift analysis of vast amounts of information, according to Altamira. Lumify, which visually links data points through
MacAulay-Brown Inc. Launches Updated Version of RADMF Cyber Defense Environment
MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB), a leading national security company delivering advanced engineering services, cybersecurity and product solutions, announced today that Enlighten IT Consulting (EITC), a MacB company, recently launched new cyber defense capabilities (version 2.5) of its proprietary Rapid Analytic Deployment and Management Framework (RADMF). The technology offers Department of Defense (DoD) and other Government customers
SAIC’s Sanjay Sardar: Big Data Is A Big Responsibility
Knowledge is power, and when it comes to big data, there’s a lot up for grabs. Big data promises countless benefits to industry, consumers and society—from predicting wildfires to reducing wait times at airport security. As more data becomes available each day, the opportunities—and risks—grow, too. “One of the things we always talk about in
WashingtonExec Hosts Chief Data Officer Summit With Intel Coporation
Industry research has predicted investments in Big Data and data science technologies will expand significantly as organizations pursue stronger alignment between IT and strategic business objectives. These investments include core analytics, cognitive computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence, impacting commerce and consumers worldwide. Building upon this, in 2012 the Obama Administration launched the Big Data
Havas Health and Vencore Announce HVH Patient Precision Analytics
Havas Health, part of Havas Group, and Vencore have formed HVH Patient Precision Analytics, an entity that will leverage analytics and predictive modeling with deep therapeutic area expertise that will provide data and insights into the rare and niche disease market. As part of the new venture, HVH is now launching its first service offering
SAVE THE DATE: NVTC to Host Big Data and Analytics Committee Event, Feb. 4
NVTC Big Data and Analytics Committee will host a big data event at the Gannett Conference Center in McLean, Va. on Thursday, Feb. 4. Registration and networking is scheduled from 7:30 to 8 a.m. The program will begin at 8 a.m. and finish at 10 a.m. The event will center on how companies in the
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Tiffanny Gates Joins Novetta as President of Federal Division, CEO Peter LaMontagne Comments
Earlier this morning Novetta, an advanced analytics technology firm based in McLean-Virginia, announced Tiffanny Gates as President of the company’s Federal division. Gates is the first major executive appointment by Novetta since The Carlyle Group revealed its acquisition of company in September 2015. Gates will lead the division’s overall strategy, profitability, business development, and delivery
Mark Testoni of SAP National Security Services: The Promise of Big Data, Within Reach
What’s the weakest link in internet security? This is one of many questions that Mark Testoni tackles in his role as President and Chief Executive of SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2®), a provider of software and support services for U.S. national security and critical infrastructure customers. “The internet doesn’t serve itself or other machines,
Kevin Shelly: MarkLogic’s NoSQL Technology Addresses “Tsunami of Data”
Skim the day’s headlines, and it’s clear: The need for a new generation database is only growing. The older relational databases that both public and private sectors relied on for decades are no longer a match for today’s “tsunami of data,” as Kevin Shelly, Group Vice President, Global Public Sector at MarkLogic, calls it. What
Donna Roy, Executive Director of the DHS Information Sharing Environment Office, Speaks to WashingtonExec Federal Business Council
Donna Roy was the latest keynote speaker for the WashingtonExec Federal Business Council morning roundtable summer series. Roy serves as executive director of the Information Sharing Office at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). With the DHS’s reliance on big data management to secure to protect the United States, Donna Roy offered a candid inside perspective of data application and
CRGT’s Manoj Gandhi Talks IoT Application Development for Public Sector Health, Intel and Defense Markets
Continuing the popular discussion on the Internet of Things (IoT), WashingtonExec turns to Manoj Gandhi for his view on IoT’s impact within the public sector marketplace. As the Vice President of CRGT’s Enterprise Solutions Group, Gandhi has worked with IoT applications personally and professionally for many years, well before the technology was branded ‘IoT’. Connecting
Rob Zitz Conducts GISCafe Video Interview about Leidos’ Geo-Spatial Intelligence Strategy
At GEOINT 2015 Rob Zitz sat down with GISCafé for a video interview discussing Leidos’ role in U.S. geospatial intelligence and how the company will affect the future of the industry. In such a data-reliant field, Leidos is considered to be experts in data collection and management in both the national security and healthcare sectors.
SAVE THE DATES: MobileGov Summits on Cybersecurity, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing This Summer
MobileGov will host four upcoming summits throughout the summer on the topics of cybersecurity, big data, cloud computing and mobile computing. ATARC Federal Big Data Summit will be held June 18, 2015, at the Washington Marriott at Metro Center. Featuring Big Data subject matter experts from the federal government and academia on panels with the following topics:
Anika Systems’ Kiran Gullapalli Discusses Meeting the Government’s Big Data Needs Head-On
From enhancing security practices to modernizing emergency response efforts, big data is changing the way our government does business. Agencies need a platform that can sift through the mountains of data that threaten to overwhelm them, and turn them instead into useful information that can be leveraged for better decision-making. Kiran Gullapalli and his company,
Big Data: Big Opportunity or a Big Mess? A Conversation with David Simon of CSC
In the first half of the 20th century, organizing and disseminating large amounts of information was relegated to the world of librarians and academics. But on this side of the Information Age, the term big data is part of the everyday vernacular in the business world, no matter what industry you’re in. WashingtonExec recently spoke
Diane Schmidt, Noetic Partners Managing Director, Speaks About Increasing Prevalence, Need of CDO
The role of a Chief Data Officer (CDO) is becoming the next hot job as companies seek to find new ways to analyze data and leverage it to their advantage and finding new revenue sources, while managing privacy and security. Noetic Partners Managing Director Diane Schmidt spoke with WashingtonExec about the changing role of the CDO, the
Novetta Solutions Acquires SigInt Technologies, Expands Intelligence-Oriented Analytics Capabilities
Novetta Solutions, a McLean, Va.-based agile big data solutions company, acquired SigInt Technologies earlier this month in a move that expands its intelligence community-tailored analytics offering. The acquisition comes days after Novetta, a portfolio company of private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners, also acquired Global News Intelligence — a company that offers sentiment and influence analytics
DataRPM Adds Big Data Expert Alexander Stojanovic to Advisory Board
DataRPM has announced that big data expert and 20-year industry veteran Alexander Stojanovic has joined its advisory board. The Fairfax-based company provides a platform for cognitive big data discovery and developed the patent-pending Computational Graph Search technology. Stojanovic is a vice president at Oracle, where he founded and leads the business strategy for the new
MarkLogic Public Sector Guru Kevin Shelly Talks Solving Challenges: Helping in Haiti to Big Data Innovation
Passion for work, passion for play and passion for service to others drives Kevin Shelly, vice president of the Public Sector at MarkLogic. Shelly and his wife Pam, who live in Oakton, provide relief and missionary service in Haiti in their spare time, focusing on disadvantaged youths. At first, he was slow to jump onboard
DataRPM Announces Sean Mulvihill as New VP of Sales and Marketing
Fairfax-based DataRPM this week announced that it has hired Sean Mulvihill as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mulvihill has 20 years of expertise in Silicon Valley to DataRPM, which provides a platform for instant big data discovery. Mulvihill joins the company during a time of major growth; subscription revenues were 29 times greater in
Gartner Names “Cool Vendors” of Content, Social Analytics
When it comes to big data innovation, the target of research runs the gamut, ranging from enhancing encryption to addressing privacy concerns to finding the most efficient means of identifying insights across multi structured data, among other aims. A Gartner, Inc. “Cool Vendor” report released last month identifies the five big data vendors who offer unique approaches
Nation’s Data Capital: Region’s Businesses Set to Capture Market Share in Big Data, Analytics, Report Says
The Northern Virginia and Potomac region’s concentration of data analytics businesses and workers, federal government presence and STEM educational potential positions it to compete as the “nation’s data capital,” according to a research report released last month by consulting firm Attain LLC, the Northern Virginia Technology Council, a tech membership and trade association and George Washington University.
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