GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
ARRIA | August 20, 2021
ARRIA, A leading provider of NLG, Natural Language Generation Technology, today announced that it has been named a manufacturer on the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 (ITES-SW2) contract for the U.S. Army Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS). This contract is held by Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, and is effective through August 30, 2025.
ITES-SW2 is a firm-fixed price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract vehicle for commercial off-the-shelf software products and related services and hardware. The contract has no fees, and ordering is open to all Army, DoD and Federal agencies and authorized systems integrators on a worldwide basis. Under this contract, Carahsoft provides software, software maintenance, and ancillary services from ARRIA NLG to support Federal agencies’ enterprise infrastructure goals.
“A truly data-driven culture, like the Army, DOD and Federal Government agencies, need a data literacy strategy, that democratizes data, engages its stakeholders and gets rapid user adoption. Arria humanizes the way we interact with data. That’s how you optimize the business value of data,” said Sharon Daniels, CEO, Arria NLG. “We are excited to be named to the ARMY-ITES-SW2 contract and we believe that the partnership with Carahsoft is a great fit.”
Arria NLG is a form of artificial intelligence that transforms structured data into natural language. Through data analysis, knowledge automation, language generation and tailored information delivery, Arria software replicates the human process of expertly analyzing and communicating data insights. Arria dynamically turns data into written or spoken narrative—at machine speed and on a massive scale.
ARRIA NLG software, software maintenance, and ancillary services are available through Carahsoft’s ITES-SW2 Contract W52P1J-20-D-0042. For procurement information, contact Carahsoft’s ITES-SW2 contract team at (703) 871-8681 or ITES-SW2@carahsoft.com; or visit Carahsoft’s dedicated ITES-SW2 contract resource center.
About ARRIA NLG
Arria is the world's leading provider of natural language generation (NLG) technology. The Arria Language Platform drives Arria’s technology suite as well as industry led product solutions — giving data the power of language to accelerate the communication and understanding of data insights and actionable intelligence.
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GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Pitney Bowes | June 14, 2022
Pitney Bowes Inc., a global shipping and mailing company that provides technology, logistics, and financial services, announced it has achieved U.S. Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization for the SendPro 360TM solution, its next-generation sending and receiving platform. The FedRAMP authorization is testament to Pitney Bowes firm commitment to the security of data within its SendPro 360 platform and sustained dedication to its federal government clients. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is the sponsoring agency for Pitney Bowes.
FedRAMP is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. Buyers benefit from the reassurance that cloud services adhere to a common set of security standards as authorized by the federal government.
The sending and receiving cloud platform from Pitney Bowes provides federal government clients with secure access to a suite of powerful technologies. These include inbound and outbound mailing software like PitneyShip TM and PitneyTrack TM and comprehensive analytics across the platform. The solutions are some of the very first shipping technologies listed in the FedRAMP marketplace, which simplifies and standardizes access to secure technologies for federal agencies. These FedRAMP services will be provided directly by the dedicated Pitney Bowes Federal Team based in Washington, DC.
This FedRAMP authorization demonstrates the deep levels of investment, innovation and robust security that are integral to our next-generation sending and receiving platform and services. Securing this prominent standard marks our unwavering commitment to our government clients. We are grateful for the support of the Department of Veterans Affairs, our sponsor throughout the process.”
Jason Dies, EVP and President, Sending Technology Solutions, Pitney Bowes
The authorization was achieved following a robust two-and-a-half year process during which Pitney Bowes was required to demonstrate specific standards of cloud security and commitment to government agencies for its sending and receiving software platform. The Department of Veterans Affairs, as sponsoring agency, provided counsel and guidance throughout the process. With this authorization for SendPro 360, Pitney Bowes joins an impressive list of FedRAMP authorized companies that includes IBM, Google and Microsoft.
FedRAMP was established in 2011 to provide a cost-effective, risk-based approach for the adoption and use of cloud services by the federal government. It drives agencies to embrace cloud technologies, with an emphasis on security and protection of federal information.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes is a global shipping and mailing company that provides technology, logistics, and financial services to more than 90 percent of the Fortune 500. Small business, retail, enterprise, and government clients around the world rely on Pitney Bowes to remove the complexity of sending mail and parcels.
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GOVERNMENT FINANCE
White Oak Commercial Finance | November 19, 2021
White Oak Commercial Finance, LLC , an affiliate of White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, announced it provided a $5 million factoring facility to a Texas-based government contractor specializing in providing support services to the U.S. Government and subcontractors.
The transaction was structured against the company’s receivables to fuel its rapid growth and secure new government contracts of increasing size and complexity.
“White Oak was able to deliver a flexible and scalable financing solution that will help the company expand and take on new and larger contracts with confidence. We are proud to support this deserving business at such an important stage of its growth.”
White Oak Managing Director, Robert Mocerino
White Oak is dedicated to helping government contractors make the most of their assets with its federal, state, and local contracting know-how, hands-on consulting, and ready capital up to $250 million.
ABOUT WHITE OAK COMMERCIAL FINANCE, LLC
White Oak Commercial Finance, LLC (WOCF) is a global financial products and services company providing credit facilities to companies across the economy. WOCF’s solutions include asset-based lending, full-service factoring, lender financing, invoice discounting, government contract financing, supply chain financing, inventory financing, U.S. import/export financing, trade credit risk management, account receivables management and credit and collections support. The firm has offices and personnel throughout the U.S., UK, and Australia, including New York, San Francisco, Charlotte, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Los Angeles, London, Glasgow, and Sydney. WOCF is an affiliate of White Oak Global Advisors, LLC and its institutional clients.
ABOUT WHITE OAK GLOBAL ADVISORS
White Oak Global Advisors, LLC (WOGA) is a leading alternative debt manager specializing in originating and providing financing solutions to facilitate the growth, refinancing and recapitalization of small and medium enterprises. Together with its financing affiliates, WOGA provides over twenty lending products to the market, including term, asset-based, and equipment loans, to all sectors of the economy. Since its inception in 2007, WOGA and its affiliates have deployed over $10 billion across its product lines, utilizing a disciplined investment process that focuses on delivering risk-adjusted investment returns to investors while establishing long term partnerships with our borrowers.
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