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Department of Defense and NTIA Launch 5G Challenge

The US Department of Defense (DoD), in collaboration with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), has launched the 5G Challenge Preliminary Event: RAN Subsystem Interoperability.

US 5G

·3 years ago

U.S. DoD awards Verizon almost $1 billion in new business

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded Verizon Public Sector three Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) task order awards worth $966.5 million.

News US

·3 years ago

Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI contract

The U.S. Defense Department has cancelled a 10-year, $10 billion cloud-computing contract it awarded to Microsoft. The Defense Department announced the cancellation of the long-awaited procurement on Tuesday.

US Connected Microsoft

·3 years ago

DOD Awards $600 Million for 5G Experimentation and Testing at Five Military Sites

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has selected AT&T, Deloitte, Nokia, Ericsson and others to take part in 5G testing at five military sites - the largest full-scale 5G tests for dual-use applications in the world.

Connected US 5G

·4 years ago

DoD reaffirms Microsoft for JEDI Contract

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has completed a comprehensive re-evaluation of its $10bn Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud (JEDI) cloud computing contract proposals and determined that Microsoft's submission still represents the best value for the government.

US Microsoft

·4 years ago

BlackBerry UEM gains Department of Defense Information Network Approval

BlackBerry has received approval from the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) for its BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager software (UEM). BlackBerry UEM is the only MDM solution on the DoDIN Approved Product List.

BlackBerry

·4 years ago

DOD IG says Trump did not influence Microsoft’s JEDI Contract Award

The US Defense Department's inspector general has found that the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) project cloud contract award process wasn't improperly influenced by President Trump.

US Microsoft

·5 years ago

Pentagon to reconsider Microsoft’s JEDI contract

The Pentagon is reconsidering its awarding of a major cloud computing contract to Microsoft after rival Amazon protested what it called a flawed bidding process.

US Amazon Microsoft

·5 years ago

US Judge halts Microsoft’s JEDI contract

A US federal judge has granted Amazon’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Defense from proceeding with a $10bn US defence contract awarded to Microsoft while the case is litigated.

US Amazon Microsoft

·5 years ago

BlackBerry First company to Support Purebred Across All Key Platforms

BlackBerry announced today it is first to support Purebred across all key platforms used by the Department of Defense (DoD) such as native iOS, Android, Android Enterprise, Samsung Knox, Windows 10 and BlackBerry 10.

BlackBerry

·7 years ago

CSRA Signs Three-Year Agreement to Migrate to Microsoft’s Azure Government Cloud Platform

CSRA has announced that it has signed a three-year Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft to enable CSRA to utilize Microsoft's products, such as Microsoft Office365, for the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.

Microsoft US

·8 years ago

US Department of Defense moving 4 million devices to Windows 10

Microsoft has announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), one of the largest enterprises anywhere, plans to deploy 4 million seats of Windows 10.

Microsoft US

·9 years ago

DoD approves Biometric Associates smart card reader, bringing BlackBerry 10 Certification

Biometric Associates has announced that its 3000MP Bluetooth Smart Card Reader has been approved by the Department of Defense as a Multifunction Mobile Device.

US BlackBerry

·9 years ago

BlackBerry Receives New U.S. Department of Defense Approval for BlackBerry Smartphones

BlackBerry today announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has approved the use of derived Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) credentials on BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10 smartphones.

BlackBerry US

·9 years ago

GD Protected Samsung KNOX Smartphones by General Dynamics Connect Mobile Government Workers to Classified DoD Networks

General Dynamics C4 Systems recently received the Defense Mobile Classified Capability (DMCC) contract from the National Security Agency (NSA).

Android US Samsung

·10 years ago

BlackBerry Secure Work Space for iOS and Android receives Security Technical Implementation Guide approval for the U.S. Department of Defense

BlackBerry Further Expands Unparalleled Security Credentials with New Government Approval for Multi-Platform Management BlackBerry today announced that Secure Work Space...

US BlackBerry

·10 years ago

Samsung Knox officially approved by US Department of Defense

In a first for Android powered devices, Samsung smartphones and tablets with Samsung Knox can be used by the US...

Android US Samsung

·10 years ago

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