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TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 11, 2018 — CAE (NYSE: CAE) has developed a big data analytics-powered training system built on Microsoft‘s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Azure Government cloud that will work to deliver real-time assessments of pilot competencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 27. The CAE Rise platform, which is available to the defense market, …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 11, 2018 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has entered into a partnership with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to develop a joint service that will work to secure digital identities while enabling consumers to manage and share identity data using trusted devices, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 4. Mastercard said Dec. …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 5, 2018 — Delphix, a Carahsoft Technology partner, has expanded the capabilities of its data management offering with the goal to support the migration of government agencies to Microsoft‘s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Azure Government cloud, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 2. Carahsoft offers the Delphix Dynamic Data Platform to …

Ro Dhanda, an information technology industry veteran, has joined Snowflake Computing as regional vice president of U.S. federal business, GovConWire has learned. He spent eight years at Dell EMC, where most recently served as director of federal sales at the company’s Isilon business and head of federal sales for the …

Six companies have won spots on a potential 10-year, $3.17B blanket purchase agreement from the U.S. Navy to provide worldwide perpertual licenses and annual subscriptions for Microsoft-made (Nasdaq: MSFT) software products to the Defense Department, intelligence community and U.S. Coast Guard. DoD said Thursday the products are intended to address …

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has won a potential $479.1M other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army to produce augmented reality technology prototypes for potential use in military training and battlefield missions. A contract award notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps says the company will provide hardware, software and associated interface control documentation as part of …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 30, 2018 — Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has said the company will continue to work with the government to help shape the use of artificial intelligence and other technologies and support efforts to protect the U.S. against threats, ExecutiveBiz …

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has agreed to acquire Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) for approximately $34B in a move both companies expect to create a global hybrid cloud provider. IBM said Sunday it will pay $190 in cash for each share of Red Hat under the deal that is expected to conclude in …

Google has dropped plans to compete for the Defense Department’s potential 10-year, $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement contract, Federal News Network reported Monday. “We couldn’t be assured that it would be aligned with our artificial intelligence (AI) principles,” Aileen Black, an executive director at Google, said of the JEDI contract. …

Tom Reilly, CEO of Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR), told CNBC in an interview that aired Friday the proposed merger of the Palo Alto, Calif.-based software firm with Hortonworks (Nasdaq: HDP) will create a new company that will deliver software across all major cloud service providers. “We work on Amazon, Microsoft, Google, the IBM Cloud, …