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Erin-Michael Gill to Oversee Qbase Product Portfolio in EVP Role; Steven Baldwin Comments

Erin-Michael Gill, formerly a managing director and chief intellectual property officer at MDB Capital Group, has joined Qbase Technologies as an executive vice president responsible for managing products and intellectual property. Gillâ€™s responsibilities include overseeing business processes from product design and creation to marketing and sales, and IP strategy and protection, the company said Monday. […] More

by Neel Mehta February 4, 2014, 12:00 am
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Kofax Names James Urry to its Board of Directors; Greg Lock Comments

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. â€œJamie brings to the Kofax board a deep understanding of capital markets and wealth of […] More

by reynolitoreso-or February 4, 2014, 12:00 am
in Featured, General, Industry News, News

Virginia Barnes: Boeing Looks to AMRO in ‘Next-Gen’ Space Supplier Search

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 withÂ marketing and business development, management development and supply chain management work for the SLS, Boeing said Friday. AMRO is a […] More

by reynolitoreso-or February 3, 2014, 3:31 pm
in Industry News, News

Ball Aerospace Tests NOAA Satellite Interoperability With SpaceWire; Cary Ludtke Comments

Ball Aerospace & TechnologiesÂ has evaluated how a U.S. weather forecasting satellite platform could integrate with the spacecraft communication network SpaceWire. Joint Polar Satellite System-1 is a collaboration between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and is designed to track global climate patterns, Ball Aerospace said Monday. The company built the JPSS-1’s satellite bus […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 3, 2014, 12:33 pm
in Big Data & Analytics News, News

IBM Unveils HR Tool for Big Data, Workforce Management

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

by reynolitoreso-or February 3, 2014, 11:46 am
in Government Cloud, News

HP Enterprise Services, UNIT4 to Host UK Education Cloud Platform

HP Enterprise Services has teamed with UNIT4 Business SoftwareÂ 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 thatÂ HP will also deploy Virtual Private Cloud as an infrastructure-as-a-service offering. â€œAt a time of great change for the education sector, clients are examining closely the relationships […] More

by reynolitoreso-or February 3, 2014, 10:54 am
in Big Data & Analytics News, News

Teradata, Jaspersoft Partner on Data Analytics Offering

Teradata has partnered with business intelligence services provider Jaspersoft to integrate its BI functions with Teradataâ€™s data management platforms and produce insights to guide business decision-making. Jaspersoft’s BI suite includes a tool that parses through big data sources for reporting on current and historical data, Jaspersoft said Thursday. â€œThe growing number of data-driven businesses has […] More

by David J. Barton February 3, 2014, 10:10 am
in News, Products & Service

IBM Unveils Enterprise Social Computing Tools at Connect 2014

IBM has introduced a cloud-based software offering designed to combine email and social networking features at the IBM Connect annual technology event, CMSWire reported Friday. Tom Petrocelli writes the IBM Mail Next platform is designed with an enterprise user interface to help multiple users communicate and interact with each other. IBM Connect also highlighted the […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 3, 2014, 10:06 am
in Mobility, News

DLF to Analyze Customer Behavior With IBM Mobile App; Ramesh Gopinath Comments

IBMÂ has partnered with India-based real estate company DLF to analyze the shopping behavior of customers at DLFâ€™s malls through an IBM mobile phone application, Business Standard reported Monday. The app will be designed to gather data from shoppersâ€™ movements inside the DLF Promenade mall in New Delhi City and convert that information into insights for […] More

by Jay Clemens February 3, 2014, 9:28 am
in Industry News, News

Report: Lockheed Supplier Uses Robotics to Build F-35 Tail

A Lockheed MartinÂ partner has been applying robotics in manufacturing work on components for the F-35 fighter jet, Popular Science reported Thursday. Kelsey Atherton writes Magellan Aerospace, a Toronto-based supplier for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, uses a robotic arm to build tails for the aircraft. The mechanical arm features a milling tool that works […] More

by Jay Clemens February 3, 2014, 9:24 am
in C4ISR News, News

Satcom Direct to Offer Aerospace Clients Inmarsat Broadband Net Access; David Greenhill Comments

Satcom Direct will distribute Inmarsat‘sÂ 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. â€œOur aerospace clients […] More

by reynolitoreso-or February 3, 2014, 9:13 am
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CenturyLink Tapped to Provide Colocation Services to eDiscovery Firm KNJ

CenturyLinkâ€™s technology solutions unit has been selected to provide colocation services for the additional data center needed for eDiscovery company KNJâ€™s expansion into forensic technology services, the two companies said Thursday. Drew Leonard, vice president for colocation product management at CenturyLink, said the company will work with KNJ to address its added storage and information […] More

by David J. Barton February 3, 2014, 8:49 am