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  • AT&T, Tesla Form In-Car Mobile Connectivity Partnership; Ralph de la Vega Comments
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    AT&T, Tesla Form In-Car Mobile Connectivity Partnership; Ralph de la Vega Comments

    AT&T has signed a multi-year deal to provide high-speed wireless Internet service in Tesla‘s line of electric cars. Tesla will utilize AT&T technology to help drivers and passengers access in-car remote engine monitoring, telematics and multimedia services via a touchscreen display, AT&T said Tuesday. “It’s an honor to work with a company as innovative as […] More

  • Siemens, Iberdrola Form Middle East Smart Grid Alliance
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    Siemens, Iberdrola Form Middle East Smart Grid Alliance

    Siemens and Spanish utility company Iberdrola have reached an agreement to consolidate smart grid infrastructures for Middle East clients, Renew Grid reported Tuesday. The two companies plan to build smart grid technologies for energy and water in Qatar and the rest of Middle East, according to the report. Siemens and Iberdrola intend to combine renewable […] More

  • Microsoft Seeks to Build Customer Service Offerings with Parature Purchase
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    Microsoft Seeks to Build Customer Service Offerings with Parature Purchase

    Microsoft has sought to build its customer relationship management portfolio with a move to purchase cloud-based customer service software company Parature. The acquisition will see Parature’s customer self-service suite implemented as part of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM with a goal to engage users in an environment with large numbers of networks and connections, Microsoft said Tuesday. […] More

  • Hudson Institute: FAA Could Generate Own Revenue Under Single-Mission Org Model
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    Hudson Institute: FAA Could Generate Own Revenue Under Single-Mission Org Model

    A new Hudson Institute study has identified several strategies that are intended to help the Federal Aviation Administration modernize its air traffic control system. The agency faces tight budgets, complex purchasing rules and other organizational roadblocks to owning new technologies, the institute said Monday. However, Hudson believes the FAA could stand to benefit from having a single-mission […] More

  • RTKL to Design Mixed-Use Development Project in China; Greg Yager Comments
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    RTKL to Design Mixed-Use Development Project in China; Greg Yager Comments

    RTKL has won a series of contracts worth more than $25 million combined to provide architectural and strategic branding services for an urban development project in the city of Guiyang, China. The ARCADIS subsidiary will work with Chinese developer Zhongtian Group to design entertainment centers, commercial offices and residential buildings in the Guizhou Province’s commercial […] More

  • Autodesk Buys Circuits.io for Circuit Design Market Push; Samir Hanna Comments
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    Autodesk Buys Circuits.io for Circuit Design Market Push; Samir Hanna Comments

    Audodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) has purchased Circuits.io for an undisclosed amount as part of moves to expand product offerings in electronic circuit design and simulation. Circuits.io’s technology and development team offers web-based applications and collaboration tools for a community of circuit designers, innovators and entrepreneurs, Autodesk said Monday. “The rise in affordable, programmable microprocessors like the […] More

  • Dell Helps Clients Migrate Apps to Salesforce Platform; Raman Sapra Comments
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    Dell Helps Clients Migrate Apps to Salesforce Platform; Raman Sapra Comments

    Dell has introduced services for customers to develop and migrate applications to the Salesforce platform. Dell will provide advisory and application migration services to clients and serve to help design and manage applications, Dell said Tuesday. Raman Sapra, executive director and global lead of strategy and business innovation services at Dell Services, said the company […] More

  • Mike Haysley Named to LexisNexis Strategic Services Director Role
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    Mike Haysley Named to LexisNexis Strategic Services Director Role

    Mike Haysley, a two-decade legal veteran, has been appointed director of strategic services for the CounselLink business at LexisNexis Legal & Professional. He will be responsible for driving growth and client results for the CounselLink strategic consulting services, LexisNexis announced Tuesday. Haysley will work with executives and legal departments to work on strategic services process stages […] More

  • Jacobs Engineering Wins Award for Novartis Facility
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    Jacobs Engineering Wins Award for Novartis Facility

    Jacobs Engineering Group has won an award for a Novartis facility that it provided design, engineering, procurement and construction management services for. The  U.S. Flu Cell Culture Facility at the Novartis Campus in Holly Springs, N.C. won the 2013 Facility of the Year Award from the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, INTERPHEX and Pharmaceutical Processing […] More

  • SageNet CEO Daryl Woodard to Hold Chief Exec Role at Spacenet Post-Acquisition
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    SageNet CEO Daryl Woodard to Hold Chief Exec Role at Spacenet Post-Acquisition

    Daryl Woodard, CEO of Tulsa, Okla.-based business and managed services provider SageNet, will also serve as chief executive of the recently-acquired Spacenet, a Washington-headquartered network services contractor. The transaction completed in December 2013 and both companies aim to complete their full integration in mid- to late- 2014, Spacenet announced Monday. Glenn Katz, outgoing Spacenet CEO, […] More

  • Tim Zuber Becomes U.S. Partner-In-Charge at KPMG
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    Tim Zuber Becomes U.S. Partner-In-Charge at KPMG

    Tim Zuber has been appointed U.S. partner-in-charge of knowledge and collaboration management at KPMG. In his new role, Zuber will lead efforts to adopt best practices throughout the firm and will serve on the U.S. strategic investments committee, KPMG said Tuesday. Steven Hill, U.S. vice chair of strategic investments, said Zuber brings experience in team building […] More

  • Ian Dix Named VP of Business Marketing at CenturyLink
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    Ian Dix Named VP of Business Marketing at CenturyLink

    Ian Dix has been named vice president for business marketing at CenturyLink where he is responsible for the business solutions group’s product, program and field marketing. Prior to CenturyLink, the more than 25-year marketing veteran served as senior vice president of marketing and market development at Trilogy Software. Dix was chief marketing officer at Xtendwave, SafeNet […] More