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Businesswire | August 09, 2023

Talkdesk®, Inc., a global cloud contact center leader for enterprises of all sizes, today announced that Talkdesk CX Cloud™, its AI-powered cloud contact center platform, has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) In Process designation and is listed in the FedRAMP marketplace. FedRAMP® is a U.S. federal government-wide compliance program that promotes the adoption of secure cloud products and services across U.S. federal agencies by providing a ...

SparkCognition | May 28, 2020

Austin-based artificial intelligence company SparkCognition is launching a subsidiary company, SparkCognition Government Systems, that will focus on government and national defense products. The new company will expand on SparkCognition’s existing defense and national security business, the company said. SparkCognition Government Systems will produce software products and fully integrated systems and platforms available to all U.S. military branches and government institutions, according t...

Google | February 27, 2020

The federal government needs to "get back in the game" if the US wants to maintain a technology lead over China. That's the message from former Google executive Eric Schmidt in an op-ed published Thursday in The New York Times. Schmidt, who was CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011 and later the executive chairman of parent company Alphabet, said Silicon Valley leaders have put too much faith in the private sector to ensure the US' global leadership in technology. "For the Ameri...

The Post-Star | June 04, 2020

The semiconductor industry is seeking a $37 billion financial aid package from the federal government in a bid to reduce the United States' dependance on China for computer chip technology, an idea that has gathered support as the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the dangers of a high-tech trade imbalance with Asia. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the proposal, which is being prepared by the Semiconductor Industry Association.The aid package, which faces an uncertain fate in ...