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Randy Fuerst, Oceus Networks Inc. president and chief operating officer, has been named as one of the 100 individuals chosen by Federal Computer Week who “transformed their agency or accelerated their agency’s mission” through information technology. Fuerst was included in the FCW 2014 Federal 100 for his leadership involving the company’s various programs in 2014 […] More
QinetiQ North America has been awarded two task orders worth $15 million combined from the General Services Administration for information technology and software development services. The agency’s Public Buildings Service issued the orders through GSA’s Information Technology and Development Services blanket purchase agreement, QNA said Tuesday. For the Enterprise Data Repository Management task order, the […] More
The U.S. Army has selected Lockheed Martin for a $22 million contract to provide the Apache helicopters of the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command with targeting and night vision sensors. For the three-year contract, Lockheed Martin will provide the command with Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensors tools and test equipment for maintenance […] More
A new study has found that the big data industry is set to become a $50 billion market in three years due to improving confidence in and growth of big data-related services and products, Silicon Angle reported Monday. Bert Latamore writes Wikibon‘s “Big Data Vendor Revenue and Market Forecast 2013-2017″ predicts market growth will slow […] More
Thales has been awarded a contract to help the Aeronautical Radio of Thailand refresh air traffic control equipment and management systems, Defenseworld.net reported Tuesday. Aerothai aims to use the Thailand Modernization CNS/ATM system to air traffic in the country and facilitate interoperability with neighboring countries, the report said. The TMCS will be based on the company’s […] More
Jeremy Glesner serves as chief technology officer at software and analysis firm Berico Technologies, a company he helped start in 2006 as the “federal sector began embracing agile methodologies and open source technologies to deliver increased capability to the warfighter while reducing cost,” the company notes. Glesner and Berico’s other co-founders saw an opportunity to provide interdisciplinary teams […] More
Parsons Corp. has introduced a new cybersecurity product that is designed to send crash information from reports generated by Windows operating system to a server for analysis. The Cran product is built to analyze information and determine whether the crash was caused by a hacker, Parsons said Monday. Parsons unveiled patent-pending Cran at the Washington-based […] More
Hewlett-Packard will build a research and development center at the University of South Australia, itnews said Monday. Allie Coyne writes a $5.5 million grant will be provided by the Australian government for the Innovation and Collaboration Center to be located at the university’s city west campus. “Students, graduates, commercialisation experts and industry have opportunities to explore new ideas […] More
Boeing will launch a business accelerator with the goal of finding employees that have ideas for technology products that the company could commercialize, the St. Louis Business Journal reported Thursday. Brian Feldt writes the accelerator will fall within the company’s Defense, Space & Security segment and be based in St. Louis. “It’s essentially a method for […] More
SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott told a group of investors in New York Tuesday that the company intends to cut the amount of hardware it uses by migrating more applications into the company’s cloud-based HANA computing platform, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Moving to the High Performance Analytic Appliance database management tool would help customers simply their […] More
Deborah Doyle McWhinney, former CEO of CitiGroup‘s global enterprise payments business, has joined Fluor Corp.’s board of directors, Fluor said Thursday. Prior to Citi, McWhinney was president of Schwab Institutional, a division of Charles Schwab, Inc. where she was responsible for the global risk committee. “The perspectives we will gain from her experience in banking, finance and government […] More
Mobile operators are increasingly looking to real-time analytics as a means to help customers address issues with their devices as service providers aim to proactively address those situations and deliver a positive customer experience, Razorsight CEO Charlie Thomas has told Pipeline. Action on the part of operators would occur before a customer files a complaint, […] More
