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A Cubic Corp. company has been awarded a $78.2 million contract to provide the U.S. Army’s Fort Polk, Louisiana-based training center with support services, Times of San Diego reported Monday. Ken Stone writes Cubic Applications Inc. will develop theatre-specific combat, mission rehearsal, foreign security and combat forces training services for the Army’s Joint Readiness Training […] More
NTT DATA is expanding its operations in Canada by establishing an Advanced Development Centre in Nova Scotia. “Nova Scotia has proven to be an ideal location for us since we opened our office under the name Keane, Inc. in 1997,” Dean Williams, NTT’s executive vice president of global human capital, said Friday. NTT DATA Canada said it will be […] More
Microsoft will collaborate with Redox Power Systems, Trans-Tech and the University of Maryland to carry out a $5 million government-funded research project on fuel cells as power source for data centers, Data Center Knowledge reported Tuesday. Yevgeniy Sverdlik writes the project will use methane-powered fuel cells installed in data center IT racks to differentiate from an earlier research […] More
Cubic has partnered with Gulf Coast State College, Gulf Power and Florida’s Port Panama City in evaluating products and services to support the Internet of Things and training for job opportunities in the field. The partnership is intended to combine the efforts of local industry, academic institutions and government agencies to create jobs that meet the needs of the Internet of […] More
Anne Altman, general manager for IBM‘s U.S. federal business, suggests that a blend of public and private cloud elements could offer government agencies more control and better security, Nextgov reported Monday. She writes that the hybrid model is gaining traction in the federal market as agencies migrate their information technology functions to the cloud. “It […] More
Raytheon Co. has presented the first Raytheon-Zumwalt scholarship to Harrison Ballard, the son of a retired Naval officer. Ballard will receive a $20,000 grant and pursue a science degree at Duke University in 2018, Raytheon said Monday. The Raytheon-Zumwalt scholarship has been established in honor of Adm. Elmo Zumwalt Jr., former chief of Naval operations, to […] More
Mark Hawkins, former chief financial officer and executive vice president of Autodesk, will serve as chief financial officer salesforce.com starting August 1 and report to Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO. Salesforce.com said Monday that outgoing CFO Graham Smith will stay on as a full-time adviser to assist in the transition until his retirement on March 31 next year. “We are thrilled […] More
Roxanne Decyk, member of Alliant Techsystems’ board of directors, has joined the DigitalGlobe board. Decyk currently serves as board member of offshore driller ENSCO PLC and oil and gas management services provider Petrofac Ltd, DigitalGlobe said Tuesday. “Roxanne’s deep experience in corporate strategy, human resources, government relations, and the oil and gas sector on a global […] More
Chris Checco, president and chief analytics officer of Razorsight, says data science is growing its influence in business as companies continue adopting analytics products and finding more applications for insights generated from data. In an interview posted recently on the Data Science Weekly blog, Checco discussed how data science has been turning into a business requirement as a supplement to give […] More
Genesys today announced that the Business Edition on the Genesys Customer Experience Platform was selected by Red Hat to help transform customer experience in the cloud while striving to provide reliability and high-performance hybrid cloud technologies to customers worldwide. Red Hat chose the platform on their capability to offer a fully-integrated cloud-based customer experience, evaluated […] More
In-Q-Tel has invested and signed an agreement with Vorbeck Materials on the development of the latter company’s graphene technology for applications in the intelligence community and commercial electronics industry. “This collaboration will speed the adoption of graphene-based technologies, leading to robust and versatile consumer electronics products,” John Lettow, Vorbeck Materials president, said Monday. According to Vorbeck, the agreement is geared toward further development […] More
Red Hat has announced a new cloud management certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack platform, within commerical ecosystem of the Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Partner Network. The certification offers businesses assurance that their OpenStack-based cloud data and management offerings are test-worthy and have been approved by Red Hat and participating countries, the company said. […] More
