What can you do to keep your health IT secure?

As health IT evolves, so do security threats. Modern health IT is not like the health IT of old, and needs to be addressed differently, and for this reason, Health IT Security gave a list of things you can do to make your health care IT infrastructure more secure.

How to react to sequestration? Focus on performance

In the middle of March, MicroTech named two new executives to its leadership team in an effort to work through the challenges of sequestration.

At Deltek’s Clarity event last week, MicroTech’s new chief financial officer, Lynn Wasylina, spoke a bit about how the company is fairing so far.

SEDNA Digital Solutions nabs $56M contract for engineering, technical services

SEDNA Digital Solutions has won a $56 million contract with the U.S. Navy for engineering and technical services in support of simulation and processing software development.

This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a base value of $10.2 million, and the services to be provided will go toward high fidelity simulation/stimulation and common processing system software development, the Defense Department said in a release.

New apps focus on health IT jobs

HealthITJobs.com has launched two mobile applications that will help health IT professionals search for jobs on their smart phones, Pymnts.com reported. 

The company released an apps for the iPhone and Android operating systems, each of which is fully synchronized with the website. Saved searches, applications and messages are updated in real time on both the app and on the website, Pymints.com said.

Northrop Grumman wins $13.5 million contract mod for surveillance kits

Northrop Grumman has won a $13.5 million contract modification with the U.S. Navy that adds three years and two additional items to a previous contract.

Due to the modification, the previous contract’s value bumped up to $43 million, and Northrop Grumman will additionally provide (V)4 Electronic Surveillance Enhancement kits and technically refreshed Electronic Surveillance Enhancement kits used in the AN/SLQ-32 anti-ship missile system, the Defense Department said in a release.

Work will be performed in Goleta, Calif., and is expected to be completed by April 2016.

Funding in the amount of $2.1 million is obligated at the time of the award, and will expire at the end of fiscal 2013.

Sequestration remains a mystery

Listen to the earnings calls from Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics, and they will closely follow the themes struck by Lockheed Martin the day before: When it comes to sequestration, the impact so far is minimal.

5 reasons why the cloud is on top

Cloud computing is booming, and the Huffington Post pointed to five reasons why in a recent Huffington Post article.

First off, cloud computing saves money and the environment because it does not require paper; it’s green and cheap, in other words. Second, it can save time when you look at all of the filing and printer maintenance that you won’t have to do. Third, it makes working a lot easier, with different departments being able to access the same piece of work in real time, thereby reducing the need for lengthy meetings.

Small-biz support needed for Tricare

The Defense Department’s health care system, Tricare, is looking for small businesses to help in program and task coordination related to the electronic health standards.

Other services include preparing and developing requirements and tracking compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Cloud puts its stranglehold on traditional hardware, software vendors

InfoWorld reported that the rise in cloud computing is choking out hardware and software vendors, according to a Baird Equity Research Technology report. Companies are becoming more reliant on cloud-based services, and are growing away from traditional IT hardware and software.

The impact on such hardware and software is not all that great currently, but as time goes on – perhaps by 2016, InfoWorld reported – the impact will be much greater. The Baird report estimated that, for every dollar spent on Amazon’s cloud, there are three or four dollars not being spent on traditional IT, and this ratio is expected to grow, Infoworld reported.

It will be interesting to see, InfoWorld said, how the technology industry adjusts to these changes, and how these traditional IT hardware and software providers will prepare themselves for the change.

CenturyLink wins DISA's $750M DREN III contract

CenturyLink has won a 10-year, $750 million task order contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency to solve complicated and time-consuming problems with parallel computing and high-speed networking.

This contract, known as the Defense Research and Engineering Network III contract, was awarded by DISA’s Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization.