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GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | February 19, 2022

Precision agriculture tools are helping farmers better manage their operations and become more efficient. These new types of technology are supporting farmers in their efforts to preserve valuable resources while providing more protection against diseases and insects. With the AgriInnovate program, under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, the Government of Canada is providing repayable contributions for projects that aim to accelerate the commercialization, adoption and/or demonstration of i...

Reuters | July 07, 2020

The U.S. government signed a $450 million contract with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (REGN.O) for its potential COVID-19 antibody cocktail, the drugmaker said on Tuesday. The agreement, the first by the Trump administration to support a therapy, comes under the government’s “Operation Warp Speed” program that is aimed at faster distribution of vaccines and treatments to fight the new coronavirus when trials are successful. The United States is also funding manufacturing and se...

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

Nearmap | May 19, 2022

Nearmap, a leading aerial imagery and location intelligence company, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., the Trusted IT Solutions Provider, announced a partnership that will make it easier for Government customers to obtain geospatial data. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as a distributor of Nearmap products to U.S. government customers, making Nearmap aerial imagery and geospatial data available to the public sector through Carahsoft's network of reseller partners, NASA...

Kaspersky | March 02, 2020

Last week, Kaspersky’s Polys project unveiled the prototype of its blockchain-based Polys Voting Machine. The device will work alongside the Polys online election system. This is the same Kaspersky that produces antivirus software. In September 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ordered federal agencies to remove Kaspersky products from their computers. In 2017, Kaspersky launched Polys, the Ethereum based online voting system. The platform allows ballot verification and vote t...