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Jim Cushman was named the new senior vice president of commercial and products division of Novetta Solutions where he will handle the marketing and implementation of the company’s analytics offerings for data problems. Cushman was most recently the vice president of business process and decision management at IBM, the company announced Thursday. “[Cushman] has an […] More
Ed Davis, formerly commissioner of Boston’s police department, has joined the advisory board of Connecticut-based communications and multimedia company Mutualink. Davis led the department and surrounding law enforcement agencies through their response to the Boston Marathon bombing and led the city’s police for seven years, Mutualink announced Monday. The 35-year law enforcement veteran also worked to help the city […] More
Mike Ettling, former CEO of global human resources and payroll services firm NGA Human Resources, has joined SAP as head of the German software conglomerate’s cloud for human resources line of business. Ettling will be responsible for SAP’s SuccessFactors subsidiary and the SAP ERP Human Capital Management Solution, SAP announced Monday. “Cloud is transforming business in every […] More
Hughes Network Systems has received a potential four-and-a-half year task order to provide broadband communications platforms and services for multi-agency government distance education initiatives. The company will design, install and maintain a satellite-based audio and video system for a government education and training network comprising of defense, executive branch and federal judiciary agencies, Hughes said […] More
BAE Systems will offer a big data storage system originally developed for government and military agencies to commercial customers. TeraStar is built to store large amounts of data gathered from sensors and be compatible with different types of storage media devices, BAE said Monday. “We originally developed the TeraStar data storage system to fit the […] More
Battelle has moved forward with its plan to deliver 10 Gigabits of data connection by petitioning the Federal Communications Commission to consider new wireless technology rules. The fresh data stream technology is intended to combine the speed of fiber optic cable with traditional wireless system in order to support spectrum beyond 100 Gigahertz for public […] More
Evolving tactics and the speed of how the number of cyber attacks has grown are leaving infrastructure vulnerable as technology officers increasingly scramble for new ways to predict a strike, FireEye Senior Global Threat Analyst Kenneth Geers has warned. “Across the board, we are seeing a global expansion of APTs, malware, CnC infrastructure and the use of publicly […] More
MITRE Corp. and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation have launched a training program for air navigation service providers, civil aviation authorities and industry partners on the implementation of the Aviation System Block Upgrades framework, both organizations said Monday. Jeff Poole, CANSO director general, said training on the International Civil Aviation Organization’s ASBU methodology is expected to guide the planning and […] More
A group of nonprofit community health centers in the state of New York will use Microsoft‘s Office 365 software and cloud email platform to maintain connections and communications during crises. Community Healthcare Network works with more than 75,000 patients per year across 11 health centers in four boroughs, Microsoft said Feb. 25. Catherine Abate, CHN […] More
Lockheed Martin Australia and the country’s defense and science technology organization have formed a 10-year alliance to collaborate on research and development work into technology. “We have agreed to undertake joint research in a range of areas including predictive logistics, trusted assurance, the Aegis combat system, over the horizon radar, hypersonics and operational analysis,” Alex Zelinsky, the […] More
Symantec Corp. has partnered with Splunk Inc. to build up security intelligence initiatives with a Splunk-developed software platform. Symantec will work to examine events and detect threats by using the Splunk Enterprise 6, which works to consolidate and analyze security information, Splunk said Friday. The Splunk software platform is intended for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act […] More
A Los Angeles public school district has implemented Microsoft‘s Office 365 cloud computing platform for administrators and faculty members to access, organize and share documents from multiple devices. Microsoft partner SADA Systems worked to help the Los Angeles Unified School District adopt the cloud email system, Microsoft said Thursday. Office 365 includes privacy and security […] More
