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IBM sold 900 patents to Twitter in December under a patent cross-license agreement, IBM said Friday. “[The deal] demonstrates our commitment to licensing access to our broad patent portfolio,” said Ken King, general manager of Intellectual Property for IBM. “We look forward to a productive relationship with Twitter in the future,†he added. The financial terms […] More
James Urry, partner at Augusta Columbia Capital Group, has been appointed a non-executive director and member of the nominating committee at Kofax. Effective February 3, Urry will be the tenth member of the board for the smart process applications company. “Jamie brings to the Kofax board a deep understanding of capital markets and wealth of […] More
Boeing will mentor metallic structure maker AMRO Fabricating Corp. under a three-year agreement as part of a mentor-protege program run by NASA. AMRO produces aluminum alloy panels for Boeing’s Space Launch System and will help with marketing and business development, management development and supply chain management work for the SLS, Boeing said Friday. AMRO is a […] More
IBM launched a workforce management and talent acquisition tool that is designed for big data analytics during the IBM Connect 2014 event in Orlando, Fla., eWeek reported Thursday. Darryl Taft writes the IBM Kenexa Talent Suite is intended to help human resources and company executives process workforce data for hiring prospective employees, as well as […] More
HP Enterprise Services has teamed with UNIT4 Business Software to host a cloud computing platform for U.K. education institutions to use software-as-a-service tools, ITProPortal.com reported Thursday. Jamie Hinks writes that HP will also deploy Virtual Private Cloud as an infrastructure-as-a-service offering. “At a time of great change for the education sector, clients are examining closely the relationships […] More
Satcom Direct will distribute Inmarsat‘s mobile Broadband Global Area Network service to aerospace clients, continuing a partnership between the two companies that launched in 2007. Inmarsat intends to help Satcom Direct’s customers simultaneously transmit voice and broadband data up to 492 kilobytes per second through the Inmarsat-4 satellite terminals, the companies said Wednesday. “Our aerospace clients […] More
Siemens Convergence Creators, a Siemens division based in Austria, has opened a U.S. branch in what division CEO Daniel Felicio believes is a key move in the company’s international expansion strategy. The office will be located in Los Angeles and the business will attend the Satellite 2014 in March to demonstrate its offerings, the company […] More
Outgoing BAE Systems Inc. President and CEO Linda Hudson spoke to technology leaders Thursday about the changes she believes would address concerns on how to develop U.S. student and professional talent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, FedScoop reported Thursday. Dan Verton writes Hudson appeared at an Northern Virginia Technology Council event to discuss U.S. […] More
ManTech International will work with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific to develop plans for environmental and regulatory issues under a potential seven-year, $85 million contract. The company will also support military training and readiness activities for testing ranges, as well as fleets stationed in the Pacific Ocean and on the West Coast, ManTech said […] More
NetApp broke ground on a research and development center in Mahadevapura, India intended to support global development and business operations, according to an InformationWeek article. The facility is scheduled to be completed in 2015 and will contain 25,000 square foot data center on a 15 acre plot. “To enable increasingly multidisciplinary and collaborative work, we want to […] More
Bostonia Partners LLC has worked with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and General Services Administration to close two leases totaling $258 million for NOAA to remain at its headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. NOAA resides in two buildings at the Silver Spring Metro Center and each lease is for a 15-year term with both set […] More
John Chiaramonte has joined Mission Critical Partners as a senior program manager, where he will work to help MCP expand its Next Generation 9-1-1 business. Chiaramonte joins MCP from a lead associate post with Booz Allen Hamilton, a management consulting firm. At Booz Allen, he managed a portfolio of projects supporting the U.S. Department of Transportation‘s National 911 Program and Next Generation 9-1-1 Initiative, […] More
