Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) cloud computing business recorded a 28 percent increase in revenue during the fourth quarter of 2020, accounting for 10 percent of the total sales of its parent company, CNBC reported Tuesday. The Seattle-based technology company also announced Tuesday that AWS CEO Andy Jassy will succeed Jeff Bezos as CEO of Amazon in the ...
Survey data from Eagle Hill Consulting showed that 57 percent of federal government employees reported experiencing work-related burnout and one-third of them attributed their job stress to events brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic....
Vertosoft, a company focused on driving emerging technology growth in the government, announced today that their partner Zimperium has been named an approved vendor under the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 70. Zimperium is a global leader in mobile device and app security, offering the only real-time, on-device, machine learning...
Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, will proudly present the 2021 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and prominent award in all of GovCon, to the 100 distinguished executives who have demonstrated excellence in leadership, innovation, ...
A new enforcement team within the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. is reviewing previous startup investments to determine the possible involvement of Chinese investors in U.S. technology companies and identify potential national security risks, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday....
Qualtrics International (Nasdaq: XM), an experience management software developer that has spun out of SAP (NYSE: SAP), opened trading Thursday at a price of $41.85 per share, with a valuation of approximately $24.5 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. The opening price represented an increase of nearly 40 percent over its initial public offer...
Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and head of corporate compliance at Zscaler, described four tools he believes government agencies should implement as part of in-depth network defense against encrypted cyberattacks such as ransomware. In a guest piece for FedTech magazine published Wednesday, he urged agency information technology ...
Veritas Capital has agreed to acquire Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) in an all-cash deal worth $7.1 billion and plans to merge the latter with Peraton to establish a government technology platforms provider focused on delivering end-to-end information technology capabilities and mission support to U.S. government clients. Perspecta stockholders will get $29...
James Loeblein, formerly vice president of naval requirements and capabilities at Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense business, has been appointed to su Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) as corporate VP of customer affairs. HII said Tuesday Loeblein succeeds the retiring Dan Holloway and will lead outreach work for ...
Lance Spencer, client executive vice president with AT&T Public Sector, moderated “The DoD Journey to 5G: Where We Are, Where Do We Need to Be, and What’s Next” Panel during Potomac Officers Club’s 5G Summit. The panelists addressed emerging programs, priorities and challenges within the integration process of the new 5G framework. The p...
