The FAA enters into MOA’s with Small Businesses, 8(a), Women-Owned, Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Businesses (SEDB) to provide comprehensive management, engineering and technical support services. This Next Generation professional and support services procurement allows long term acquisition for an expanded array of professional and support services to better serve the requirements of the FAA, and on a limited basis and in the best interest of the Government, all other federal government agencies, nationwide, in an expedited efficient and effective manner.

eFAST streamlines the procurement process for all stakeholders using a web-based acquisition tool and automated workflows compliant with applicable FAA standards. eFAST supports the following contract types: Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursable, Time and Materials, Labor Hour and others as appropriate.

Exceeding our customers’ expectations is fundamental to each service we deliver. This is evident in our superior reputation and client references which span from Fortune 500 leaders to the U.S. government. mPower Software Services, headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, delivers the most effective IT solutions available through a mature but dynamic model that recognizes and responds to changes in technology, markets, and each client’s business objectives. Learn more about mPower’s IT services and see the difference at www.mpowerss.com.

Contact

Michael Soroka

215-497-9730, x211

Michael.Soroka@mpowerss.com

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Under the contract, the Lockheed Martin team will expand upon the existing FAA Traffic Management Advisor (TMA) tool. TMA has been proven to enhance aircraft arrival and departure sequence planning by using time-based metering. The TBFM program will evolve the existing tool into a key component of the FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) because it will help optimize the flow of aircraft into capacity-constrained areas, decrease delays through better predictability of airspace use, and improve fuel efficiency. The initiative includes sustainment of TMA, re-architecture to the new TBFM system, and the design, development, testing and implementation of enhancements that transition TMA into TBFM supporting NextGen Trajectory Based Operations.

The work will be performed at Lockheed Martin locations in Atlantic City, N.J.

Exceeding our customers’ expectations is fundamental to each service we deliver. This is evident in our superior reputation and client references which span from Fortune 500 leaders to the U.S. government. mPower Software Services, headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, delivers the most effective IT solutions available through a mature but dynamic model that recognizes and responds to changes in technology, markets, and each client’s business objectives. Learn more about mPower’s IT services and see the difference at www.mpowerss.com.

Contact

Michael Soroka

215-497-9730

Michael.Soroka@mpowerss.com

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mPower has immediate career opportunities for individuals with skills in the following areas:

• SAP technical developers (all disciplines)
• Middleware applications administrators
• SAP functional ERP specialists
• Training analysts
• Principal developers
• Oracle DBAs
• Quality assurance analysts

mPower is looking for qualified candidates and can provide competitive salaries along with an excellent benefit package. If you are interested, please submit your resume to at www.mpowerss.com/submit-resume or contact an mPower technology recruiter at 215-497-9730.

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mPower Standardized, a complete desktop lifecycle management solution

“mPower Standardized is a unique approach to simplifying desktop management,” said Mark Buscaglia, vice president of managed services at mPower. “We have developed a framework to desktop standardization designed to standardize desktop environments, simplify delivery of new technologies, reduce ongoing end user support costs, and manage technology assets across an entire organization.”

While mPower Standardized is essentially a framework for desktop standardization, Buscaglia points out that the framework can be applied when tackling many large-scale IT initiatives such as Windows 7 migrations, technology refreshes, vendor or license audits, and application rationalization.

The mPower Standardized framework allows businesses to take a comprehensive look at their IT environment and standardize desktops in conjunction with solving whatever the pressing or current IT initiative may be.  This leads to long-term cost savings and a solid desktop management foundation rather than only addressing the pressing initiative.

The mPower Standardized framework is centered on a best-practices approach to creating a standardized desktop environment. Through a multi-layered approach, Standardized delivers a true universal OS and single image technology. The framework includes the following:

• Universal Image – standardize and automate the operating system
• Application Library – organize, automate, and manage applications
• Delivery Toolset – centralize deployment of applications and settings
• Management Hierarchy – organize and manage the alignment of roles and their corresponding application resources
• Security Controls – protecting company assets and information

In addition, through a partnership with BDNA of Mountain View, Ca, mPower Standardized delivers comprehensive IT visibility and data normalization tools used to discover and rationalize an IT environment faster and more accurately than any other available tools.

“We’ve found BDNA’s solutions deliver what we need to quickly discover and normalize data across a client’s entire IT infrastructure,” said Buscaglia, “BDNA allows us to reduce the IT asset discovery phase of a project down to hours or days instead of what literally used to take weeks or months.”

“In simple terms, mPower Standardized is a smarter approach to tackling large desktop initiatives,” said Buscaglia. “We have been able to demonstrate that a standardized and rationalized Windows 7 OS and application environment can cut ongoing management costs by as much as 60% when the mPower Standardized framework is deployed in conjunction with a Windows 7 migration solution.”

mPower Software Services is currently offering free assessments and demonstrations of how mPower Standardized desktop lifecycle management solution can be used  to reduce cost for enterprise-level desktop projects. To register for a free assessment, visit https://www.mpowerss.com/offer.  For additional information about mPower Standardized, please contact mPower Software Services at 215-497-9730 or visit www.mpowerss.com.

About mPower Software Services

mPower Software Services is an IT solutions firm that serves the technology project and staffing needs of mid to large-size businesses. Through a range of desktop solutions, proprietary services including mPower Standardized desktop lifecycle management, application and software development capabilities, and high-technology staffing services, mPower delivers IT solutions that drive change and meet business objectives for their clients. Founded in 1994, mPower has delivered high visibility solutions to clients in industries ranging from public utilities, defense, financial, FAA, and Fortune 500 organizations.

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“We’ve found BDNA’s products deliver what we need to quickly discover and normalize data across a client’s entire IT infrastructure,” said Mark Buscaglia, vice president of managed services at mPower Software Services. “BDNA allows us to cut the time necessary for the IT asset discovery phase of a project down to hours or days instead of what literally used to take weeks or months.”

mPower’s desktop solutions are geared toward helping businesses with enterprise-level IT infrastructures take on today’s most challenging projects including large-scale Windows 7 migrations, software license compliance audits, and technology refreshes – all areas where BDNA’s products help mPower expedite the delivery of a solution.

“Many of these IT challenges businesses are faced with actually present opportunities to drive organization-wide change and long-term cost savings,” said Buscaglia. “Our approach to solving these challenges starts with learning what a client has, what they use, and how they use it. BDNA allows us to accomplish that with both speed and accuracy.”

In addition, BDNA has added mPower Software Services as a service partner. BDNA’s service partners provide BDNA clients with professional consultation, assessment, analysis and implementation using BDNA products.

“mPower offers clients a full range of comprehensive desktop solutions where BDNA products are an exceptional fit,” said Peter Dehn, director of channel sales at BDNA. “We are pleased to be working with them and see this partnership as being very beneficial for both our clients and theirs.”

mPower Software Services is currently offering assessments and demonstrations of how BDNA’s IT visibility solutions combined with mPower Standardized desktop lifecycle management service can help simplify and reduce cost for large desktop projects. For more information about BDNA, visit www.bdna.com. For additional information about this partnership, please contact mPower Software Services at 215-497-9730 or visit www.mpowerss.com.

About mPower Software Services
mPower Software Services is an IT solutions firm that serves the technology project and staffing needs of mid to large-size businesses. Through a range of desktop solutions, proprietary services including mPower Standardized desktop lifecycle management, application and software development capabilities, and high-technology staffing services, mPower delivers IT solutions that drive change and meet business objectives for their clients. With company roots founded in 1994, mPower has delivered high visibility solutions to clients in industries ranging from public utilities, defense, financial, FAA, and Fortune 500 organizations.

About BDNA Corporation
BDNA provides the most comprehensive, accurate view into an organization’s IT infrastructure in order to drive critical IT processes and projects around data centers, desktops and enterprise architecture. BDNA discovers and transforms data into business-relevant information required to accelerate corporate initiatives. Technopedia, the world’s largest catalog of IT product information on more than 90,000 enterprise IT products with more than14 million market data points, helps more than 350 companies dramatically increase their IT visibility. To learn more about BDNA and its products – BDNA Discover, BDNA Normalize, BDNA Normalize as a Service and BDNA Technopedia – visit www.bdna.com.

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Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 11:00 AM PDT / 2:00 PM EDT
Speaker: Don Jones, MVP, Concentrated Tech
Host: BDNA and mPower Software Services

Register Here!

mPower will be presenting along with BDNA and guest speaker Don Jones, MVP, Concentrated Tech on the topic Windows 7 migration and its impact on software licenses. Specifically, mPower will focus on application standardization, and highlight mPower Standardized, an approach to simplifying desktop management, and how the approach can pay big dividends when tackling a large-scale Windows 7 migration.

Are your licensing fees out of line? Do you know what software your users have installed and are actually using?  Are they using every component of their software suites?

If not, your Windows 7 migration might be an excellent time to rationalize what you’re paying for. After all, you’ll be touching every computer anyway.

Join industry expert, Don Jones, as he explores techniques and capabilities that will help you better manage your software licensing. You will learn:

• How to determine what software is Windows 7-compatible
• How to figure out what you got, what you need and what you can get away with during the upgrade
• What software is actually being utilized
• Steps for a better approach to software licensing
• How to achieve and maintain software license compliance

Reduce maintenance and support costs! Find out how in this webcast.

Register now at: http://redmondmag.com/webcasts/2011/09/bdna-oct20.aspx?partnerref=BDNA

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The approach that we adopt is the spiral iterative methodology, where the project goes through one or more iterations of all project stages. The above presentation gives a brief overview of the process.

We have defined processes for requirement capture, analysis, design, development, testing and deployment. We generate UML diagrams representing the Use Case Model, Analysis Model, Design Model, Implementation Model and Test Model.

Requirements Definition

In this stage, the customer requirements are gathered. This is done on the basis of information provided by the customer and which could be in the form of documents, existing systems & process specs, on-site analysis interviews with end-users, market research and competitor analysis. The following steps are necessary (but not limited to):

• Requirements analysis with business application goal and high level requirement gathering
• Creation of visual scope document and feature list
• Providing technical recommendations and high level requirement specification

Analysis

A detailed analysis is carried out from the information in the vision & scope document and feature list. The following steps are necessary (but not limited to):

• Analysis and documentation of Software Requirement Specification
• Document Use Case Specification & Diagram and generate Use Case Model
• Design business rules and process workflow diagrams
• Establish Requirement Traceability Matrix
• Validate scope and estimates against the contract and revise if necessary

Design

Application design is developed based on software requirement specification, use case specification, business rules & diagrams and the scope agreed upon in the Requirement Definition stage. The following steps are necessary (but not limited to):

• Designing Architectural Diagrams
• Creation of High Level Design and Low Level Design class diagrams

• Establishment of Entity Relationship Diagram, Data Flow Diagram and Deployment Diagrams
• User Interface – Prototype is developed and validated against the requirement and presented to the client for approval
• The use cases elaborated in the analysis model are represented using collaboration diagrams
• Design model elaborations are made from the analysis model. Validation of the scope, estimates against the contract and revisions are made if necessary
• The Implementation Model is generated from design
• The Test Model is generated from use cases

Development

The actual code based on the design is created and tested against design requirements and test cases. The following steps are necessary (but not limited to):

1) The development of code base proceeds as per implementation and design models
2) The application source code is tested according to the test cases and test plan
3) Documentation of processes
4) Creation of Use Case Test results

Integration & Testing

The developed application is tested through test cases, test plans and user acceptance criteria in the deployed environment.

• Integration and quality testing is carried out resulting in test reports.
• Client acceptance tests carried out.
• Client feedback and debugging.
• Client acceptance

Deployment & Acceptance

Developed application is deployed on the live server.

• Integrated application and deployment plan
• Implementation on client location or hosting server.
• Implementation acceptance by client.
• Creation of archived software
• Transition to the maintenance team.

The steps above are iterated through until the final deliverable is completed.

We will submit a detailed project schedule in accordance with the above deliverables. The project schedule will clearly indicate the responsibility of the client and the developer and indicate the dates by which each person will submit their deliverables.

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Computer Sciences Corporation CSC is an information technology (IT) and business Services Company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. CSC predominantly provides IT personnel staffing services in the following areas: systems integration and professional services; enterprise application development and management; application software for the financial services industry; business process outsourcing; managed hosting services; and application and IT infrastructure outsourcing. CSC’s consulting and professional services include advising clients on the acquisition and utilization of IT and on business strategy, security, modeling, simulation, engineering, operations, change management and business process reengineering. CSC serves Fortune Global 1000 companies in fifteen industries and national and local governments.

Project Description

Computer Sciences Corporation under contract with the Federal Aviation Administration is developing the modernization of the Traffic Flow Management System. The TFM System is a strategic air traffic control system that supports planning national air traffic. CSC is following a full software lifecycle development. The architecture is service oriented. The development work is using Java within a J2EE environment.

mPower Software Services is providing software development activities include design, code and test, QA, Systems Administration and Technical Writing and Site Survey. The support skill level requires background in software development including design. Key skills include Java programming, J2EE including Enterprise Java Bean development and Oracle application server. The hardware platform is HP workstations and servers running Linux. mPower IS developing the software design using standard TFMM processes, templete and tools. Support peer reviews of the Prime contractor design products. mPower will prepare and conduct software tests using standard TFMM processes. All work is being performed at CSC Egg Harbor Facility in New Jersey with some testing at the William J. Hughes Technical Center in Pomona, New Jersey.

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Computer Sciences Corporation CSC is an information technology (IT) and business Services Company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. CSC predominantly provides IT personnel staffing services in the following areas: systems integration and professional services; enterprise application development and management; application software for the financial services industry; business process outsourcing; managed hosting services; and application and IT infrastructure outsourcing. CSC’s consulting and professional services include advising clients on the acquisition and utilization of IT and on business strategy, security, modeling, simulation, engineering, operations, change management and business process reengineering. CSC serves Fortune Global 1000 companies in fifteen industries and national and local governments.

Project Description

The Logistics Modernization Program (LMP) is the Army’s core initiative to totally replace the two largest, most important warfighting support National-level logistics systems; the inventory management Commodity Command Standard System (CCSS), and the depot and arsenal operations Standard Depot System (SDS). LMP is a backbone for achieving Army Log Domain Strategic IT Plan and the Single Army Logistics Enterprise (SALE) vision.

mPower Software Services provides development and programming support to CSC for portions of this imitative.

LMP leverages an international industry standard application, SAP, which provides integrated logistics management capability to manage supply, demand, asset availability, distribution, and maintain data, financial control and reporting. LMP supports the Core Business Mission strategic capabilities specifically in the areas of weapon system life cycle management, material supply and service management while supporting financial management. It delivers an integrated production management capability supporting critical systems such as the armored, wheeled and aviation fleets, and command and control electronics delivery systems for the warfighter and foreign military sales (FMS) operations. LMP’s phased implementation assures continuity of current supply chain solutions during critical Operations for Iraqi Freedom (OIF).

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ABi is a network services provider that expands your world of possibilities through complete connectivity solutions – regionally, nationally, and on an international level. ABi leverages their established relationships with the best providers in the industry to deliver consistently superior experiences, at competitive rates.

Aggregation Solutions from ABi offer customers the opportunity to migrate away from legacy network providers with a fully integrated solution. Utilizing telecom, cable, satellite, 3G/4G wireless and more, depending upon your needs. If your network configuration requires multiple providers, ABi can simplify your business day, with one point of contact, and one single bill. Whether you have 10 or 10,000 locations, ABi provides scalable, manageable, nation-wide telecommunication connectivity solutions.

Project Description

mPower is engaged by ABi to provide project management and programming and development support for the ABiCS system. ABiCS is a one of a kind solution in the ISP market place, providing consolidation of networks, implementation, support and billing possible through a one-stop shop methodology.

ABiCS provides real time access to all open orders, filled orders, in process orders, pricing and more to the ABi Operations and Management team. Further enhancements are in pipeline to make this application a true Customer / Provider portal and will provided added value for all the services provided by ABi. Integration with third party products (eg: accounting system) is also possible via scalable data transfer mechanism already inbuilt in the application.

mPower is involved in providing project management support and all aspects of the development effort, including requirements development, design, coding, testing, implementation, training and production support. The initial release was implemented in September, 2010. Website info: www.american-bb.com

Environment

.Net Framework 2.0/3.5, ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#.NET, ADO.NET, XML, Visual Studio 2005/2008, AJAX,EXT JS, JAVA SCRIPT,HTML, CSS, SQL Server 2008, SSIS , SSAS, SSRS.

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