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IBM will spend $1.2 billion to build a global network of cloud computing centers in an initiative aimed at expanding the company’s geographical footprint, CruxialCIO reported Friday. Antone Gonsalves writes IBM intends to add 15 data centers this year and will focus on providing its SoftLayer cloud storage and networking technology to enterprise clients. The […] More
Information Builders has been named the No. 1 intelligence and analytics provider in a research firm’s list of the most cost-effective and capable companies in the healthcare industry. According to KLAS, Information Builders is flexible, easily supports integration, improves operational efficiencies, the company announced March 24. The survey found that 78 percent of Information Builders […] More
SOS International featured its various offerings at the 3rd annual Iraqi Defense, Security and Aviation Fair in Baghdad, Iraq from March 1 to March 4. SOSi joined more than 48 international companies, seven Iraqi companies and 16 foreign military missions at the fair, the company announced recently. “We are proud of our work in Iraq, and our […] More
Michael P. Ronayne, director of Integrity Applications Inc.‘s operations in Dayton, Ohio, has joined a working group of industry representatives that will advise veterans on how to find civilian jobs. The Veterans and Employers’ Connection working group, sponsored by the Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley, will also discuss hiring practices for long-term jobs in the Miami […] More
Chris Kubasik, former president and chief operating officer at Lockheed Martin, has joined New York City-based investment banking firm Seabury Group to serve in the same roles. John Luth, Seabury chairman and CEO, said Monday that the firm appointed Kubasik for his experience in the international and professional services markets, as well as his background in […] More
Erik Buice leads Northrop Grumman‘s health systems management unit as vice president and leads a team of more than 800 personnel who help federal health agencies manage their information technology systems. Buice’s career has included stops at firms ranging from large to small, including IT and consulting roles at companies such as CGI, Patriot Technologies, […] More
A Battelle-led energy consortium has been awarded a contract option to continue to manage the Idaho National Laboratory for five more years through Sept. 30, 2019. The Energy Department exercised the option under a 10-year contract the agency initially awarded to Battelle Energy Alliance in November 2004, the lab said Thursday. BEA members include URS […] More
Orbital Sciences has begun to integrate payloads for Iridium Communications‘ NEXT satellite constellation at an Orbital-run facility in Gilbert, Az. Orbital is responsible for assembling and testing NEXT low-earth-orbit satellites under an agreement signed with Thales Alenia Space, the project’s prime contractor, Orbital said Thursday. Under that contract, Orbital will deliver 66 satellite platforms, nine […] More
General Dynamics C4 Systems has opened an online portal for the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate to exchange data and access technology resources. The Knowledge Management System environment within the EDGE network is built for members to develop and deploy existing and new technologies to end users, General Dynamics said Thursday. Chris Marzilli, […] More
Tim Reardon serves as vice president and general manager of Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin‘s defense & intelligence solutions business units, a 15,000-employee organization. The 15-year Lockheed veteran was most recently the president of the information systems and global solutions-national unit and has previously served as the president of the former IS&GS-global unit and the enterprise integration group. Reardon, a 10-year CIA veteran, […] More
L-3 Communications‘ MAPPS will build subsystems for Canadian navy crews to manage propulsion, electrical and auxiliary equipment on patrol vessels under a subcontract awarded by Lockheed Martin. Lockheed is a primary supplier for Canada’s arctic and offshore patrol ships fleet and has picked L-3 MAPPS to support design work on the fleet’s integrated platform management system, L-3 […] More
The U.S. Army‘s Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command has adopted a Textron Systems product for personnel to collect, analyze and share socio-cultural data during missions. “The software has the ability to ingest random, disconnected cultural cues and events and transform them into predictable and actionable portraits of potential activity,” Steve Overly, senior vice president and general […] More
