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IBM has won a $23.1 million contract from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency to help consolidate budget, accounting and finance management systems at the Defense Department. The company will provide technical and functional support services for the Defense Agencies Initiative under the cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-price contract, DoD said Thursday. The program’s goal is to leverage […] More
Neustar has appointed Deborah Rieman of Metamarkets and Paul Ballew of Ford Motor Company as new members for its board of directors. “They both bring a wealth of expertise in identity management, customer analytics, marketing and security services,” Lisa Hook, president and CEO of Neustar, said Thursday. Rieman, executive chairman of Metamarkets, has served as CEO of Check Point Software and […] More
Daniel Collins, formerly senior solutions executive at IBM, has joined Cubic Corp. as vice president and general manager of the company’s Urban Insights subsidiary. He will report to Matt Cole, executive vice president of strategy and business development for Cubic Transportation Systems, Cubic said Thursday. “Dan’s tremendous experience and knowledge in this field will be […] More
Boeing has begun construction work on a new facility in Oklahoma City as part of its plan to move the aircraft sustainment and modernization division’s headquarters there. The company said Wednesday it will open the 290,000-square-foot building in the summer of 2016 to accommodate personnel involved in research and development and engineering operations. Leanne Caret, president […] More
TeleCommunication Systems has added 14 U.S. patents and nine foreign patents for public safety, location-based services, GIS/mapping, messaging and wireless data technology during the second quarter of its current fiscal year year. The company said Thursday it purchased two of the new U.S. patents while the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the other 12 U.S. patents. “This patent portfolio protects […] More
CACI International has received a $48.6 million task order to continue its operational support for information technology systems at the U.S. Defense Department comptroller’s office. The company said Thursday it will help maintain, integrate and secure IT systems that the DoD comptroller uses to manage budgetary and accounting functions. “By leveraging our experience in business […] More
FireEye has identified a group of state-backed hackers the company says is responsible for a new advanced persistent threat that is designed to evade detection. FireEye said Wednesday the APT29 group behind the Hammertoss malware originates from Russia and is supported by the Kremlin. “The novel approach APT29 takes to carry out its attacks and […] More
PricewaterhouseCoopers and Tanium have agreed to combine their platforms through an alliance in an effort to help companies and government agencies protect their computer networks from insider threats and potential cyber attacks. PwC will integrate Tanium Accelerator tools and software platform intended for systems and endpoint management with its cybersecurity practice, which consists of consulting […] More
Boeing has presented the first of 12 EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft to the Australian air force as part of a foreign military sales contract between the U.S. Navy and Australia signed in 2014. Australia will incorporate the Growler into its fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornet multirole fighter planes as part of its Plan Jericho program that seeks to create an integrated […] More
Raytheon has completed the installation of the Launch and Checkout System hardware on the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System as part of efforts to modernize GPS capabilities in the U.S. The company said Wednesday it performed hardware installation at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado, which will house the future GPS OCX Master Control Station. Matt Gilligan, vice president of navigation […] More
Joel Dolisy, chief information officer of SolarWinds, wrote in a guest piece published Wednesday on GCN that government agencies can minimize security risks in their information technology systems by managing IT network performance. He recommended that agencies standardize their computer networks to help IT personnel to avoid configuration errors and automate system implementations. Organizations should […] More
Lockheed Martin has formed a healthcare technology alliance to consolidate the health information technology services of partners such as academic institutions and medical technology firms. The company said Wednesday group members include Cisco, Cloudera, Illumina, Intel and Montgomery College. Alliance members will work to develop technology services for efforts to protect patient data, extract results from genomic research […] More
