Steve McMillan, formerly senior vice president of Oracle‘s (NYSE: ORCL) customer success and managed cloud services business, has been appointed to serve as executive VP of global services business at F5 Networks (Nasdaq: FFIV). He will formally join the Seattle-based application delivery networking technology provider Oct. 9, F5 said in …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 29, 2017 — Greg Souchack, partner for managed services and cloud solutions at IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) global business services unit, has said the U.S. Army can utilize the Watson artificial intelligence technology to establish an “analytical edge” for condition-based maintenance, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. “[Watson] can read and analyze pools of …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 13, 2017 — Greg Souchack, partner for managed services and cloud solutions at IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) global business services unit, has said the company’s Watson artificial intelligence technology will work to help the U.S. Army perform an analysis of the cost of transporting military equipment, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. C4ISRNet reported …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 8, 2017 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) has entered into a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to establish a $240 million laboratory that will facilitate joint research and development efforts in artificial intelligence, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday it will work with MIT to …

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has secured a potential $135 million contract to extend cloud services, software development and cognitive computing support for U.S. Army‘s Logistics Support Activity. The company said Wednesday it will provide managed services, apply risk management framework security controls to LOGSA’s information technology enterprise and help the Army predict vehicle maintenance issues under …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 22, 2017 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) anticipates a sole-source contract from the U.S. Air Force for the delivery of a statistical analysis software package to the Air University, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps sources sought notice posted Friday that it requires an enterprise-level software …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 16, 2017 — IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) cognitive computing technologies will be integrated into the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International’s 9-1-1 guidance software in efforts to gain insight on emergency communications, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday APCO International will utilize Watson Speech-to-Text and Watson Analytics for the IntelliComma guide card software …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 14, 2017 — Nicole Gardner, vice president and head of the Public Service Eminence Academy at IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) global business services unit, has helped establish the Former Government Executives Council at the IBM Center for the Business of Government, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. Dan Chenok, the …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 1, 2017 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) has collaborated with the Army Materiel Command in efforts to deploy the company’s Watson artificial intelligence platform to help predict maintenance needs for the Stryker armored combat vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. GCN reported Thursday that AMC’s logistics support activity installed sensors …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 24, 2017 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) will provide free consulting services on public safety, immigration, economic development and affordable housing to five municipalities around the world in efforts to advance the Smarter Cities Challenge program, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday it awarded the consultative engagement grants to San Jose in …