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  • Professional Services Council Buys TechAmerica Foundation
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    Professional Services Council Buys TechAmerica Foundation

    The Professional Services Council purchased the TechAmerica Foundation from CompTIA in a deal that sees the foundation’s annual Vision Forecast and Conference and other initiatives continue under the auspices of the PSC. “As we evaluated our strategic direction, we recognized that the activities of the TechAmerica Foundation could be better served by an organization aligned to […] More

  • AWS Adds Health Check Service to GovCloud Offering
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    AWS Adds Health Check Service to GovCloud Offering

    Amazon Web Services has added the AWS Trusted Advisor monitoring and alerting tool to the company’s cloud platform offering for U.S. government agencies. The tool will work to help GovCloud (US) region users to perform up to 19 checks and is designed to offer security, cost and system management suggestions, AWS said Thursday. All GovCloud […] More

  • BAE to Build UAS Sensor for Navy Antisubmarine Warfare Program
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    BAE to Build UAS Sensor for Navy Antisubmarine Warfare Program

    BAE Systems is developing a sensor payload for unmanned aircraft systems that will help the U.S. Navy‘s Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon jet detect enemy submarines by monitoring disturbances in the magnetic field, Intelligent Aerospace reported Monday. John Keller writes the P-8A maritime patrol aircraft will use an air-launched UAS equipped with an antisubmarine warfare payload, including a magnetic anomaly detector, to pinpoint the location of submerged submarines, […] More

  • Lockheed to Help UK Cyber Firms Pursue Investments; Stephen Ball Comments
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    Lockheed to Help UK Cyber Firms Pursue Investments; Stephen Ball Comments

    Lockheed Martin has invested an additional $376,000 in a virtual technology cluster that comprises industry, academia and investors in an effort to help UK-based cybersecurity firms obtain funds for new technologies. The investment aims to help UK’s supply chain work with small cyber businesses to access capital, professional services and suppliers, Lockheed Martin said Jan. 16. “Our VTC is a […] More

  • FireEye, Telefonica to Combine Security Tech, Intell, Services for Enterprise Customers
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    FireEye, Telefonica to Combine Security Tech, Intell, Services for Enterprise Customers

    FireEye has moved to integrate its cybersecurity technologies with Telefonica‘s managed security and mobile security services under a new partnership for the business-to-business market. FireEye said Thursday Telefonica will offer its enterprise customers the FireEye Mobile Threat Prevention product and other security offerings to counter advanced persistent threats. “[The] reality is modern attack groups can execute a sophisticated hack against any […] More

  • Research and Markets Forecasts ITaaS Demand in Public Sector Through 2019
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    Research and Markets Forecasts ITaaS Demand in Public Sector Through 2019

    Worldwide revenue from information technology-as-a-service platforms is forecast to grow 31 percent annually from 2014 to 2019, according to a new Research and Markets report. The market analyst said Thursday a growing demand for ITaaS offerings across the government sector and for low-cost enterprise infrastructure will help spur market growth. Vendors use the ITaaS technology delivery […] More

  • Spire to Launch 20 Small Weather Satellites This Year; Peter Platzer Comments
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    Spire to Launch 20 Small Weather Satellites This Year; Peter Platzer Comments

    Spire is lining up the launch of its small weather satellites that will work to collect atmospheric data to fill a gap in weather forecasting capabilities. The company said Thursday the “shoebox-size” satellites will leverage the GPS Radio Occultation technique to monitor changes in weather and climate. It added that the network will eventually perform 10,000 readings a day to build up the accuracy of forecasting […] More

  • AM General Hires Howard Glaser as Commercial Business President, Pat Kemp as Mobility Ventures EVP
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    AM General Hires Howard Glaser as Commercial Business President, Pat Kemp as Mobility Ventures EVP

    Howard Glaser and Pat Kemp have joined AM General as president of the company’s commercial business segment and executive vice president of Mobility Ventures, respectively. Glaser, formerly an EVP at OTG Management, will be responsible for AM General’s commercial business execution and report to President and CEO Charlie Hall, AM General said Thursday. He also held […] More

  • Frank Spina to Head Northrop’s Navigation Systems Business in Italy
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    Frank Spina to Head Northrop’s Navigation Systems Business in Italy

    Frank Spina, a former manufacturing and supply chain executive at a Selex ES subsidiary in Turkey, has joined Northrop Grumman as managing director of the company’s Italy-based navigation systems business. Northrop said Friday Spina will oversee programs and business operations in Italy, such as the delivery of integrated avionics systems and attitude heading reference systems to customers worldwide. […] More

  • TechNavio: Global Healthcare IT Market to Grow at 5.7% CAGR in 2014-2018
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    TechNavio: Global Healthcare IT Market to Grow at 5.7% CAGR in 2014-2018

    A TechNavio report predicts a 5.7 percent average growth for the worldwide health information technology market on a year-over-year basis through 2018. The research firm identified CareFusion, Cerner, Dell, McKesson and Philips Healthcare as among the key vendors in the sector, Reports and Intelligence said Thursday. The report indicates that government and private organizations have […] More

  • DTE Energy Extends ICF’s Call Center, IT Services Contract
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    DTE Energy Extends ICF’s Call Center, IT Services Contract

    Detroit-based power company DTE Energy has awarded a one-year contract extension for call center and information technology services to ICF International (NASDAQ: ICFI). ICF said Thursday it will continue to work with DTE on programs in areas such as heating and cooling, insulation and windows, home energy analysis and improvements, lighting and appliance and low-income resident programs. […] More

  • Transparency Market Research: Global Smart Weapons Market Worth $67B in 2019
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    Transparency Market Research: Global Smart Weapons Market Worth $67B in 2019

    A new Transparency Market Research report states that air-to-ground and surface-to-air missiles dominated the global smart weapons market in 2012, with further growth projected to give the market a value of $66.91 billion by 2019. The company said Thursday the market will achieve a compound annual growth rate of 10.3 percent from $34 billion in 2012 to reach the projected […] More