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Emerging Technology, Government Business

Appvance | October 10, 2022

Appvance and Peraton have entered into a collaborative partnership to accelerate the software testing process for federal government agencies. The partnership will focus on supporting digital transformation initiatives within government agencies, updating their digital operations and capabilities for better efficiency and responsiveness, and ultimately delivering improved quality and user experiences that better meet their organizational missions. "We're exc...

Google | March 21, 2020

Google Ads has new policies, going into effect in May, on advertising government documents and official services. Government documents and official services now fall under the ‘other restricted businesses’ policy, which means Google will no longer show ads for them. As stated by Google, this policy applies to the government itself and companies that provide products and services on the government’s behalf....

Apple | January 30, 2020

Less than three weeks after quietly acquiring artificial intelligence company Xnor.ai, Apple has swiftly canceled the company’s preexisting contract with the Pentagon that would have seen its tech used in the controversial “Project Maven” military drone operation. That’s according to a report from The Information, citing a person familiar with the matter. Project Maven is the Pentagon’s initiative to use artificial intelligence to identify objects and targets of int...

Cybersecurity

VMD Corp | May 10, 2022

VMD Corp, a leading provider of cybersecurity, agile engineering, and critical infrastructure protection to the U.S. Federal Government, announced that it has promoted former Executive Vice President of Business Development Gregg Leone to the newly created role of Chief Growth Officer, effective immediately. Since joining VMD five years ago, Gregg has been instrumental in our growth helping us go from a small to a mid-sized contractor while also deepening our...