Industry experts and federal employees met at a workshop hosted this week at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland to hammer out the details of the new federal cybersecurity framework draft requested by President Donald Trump in his executive order. The framework will fulfill five key functions:&...
DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) has agreed to merge its U.S. public sector business with Vencore and KeyPoint Government Solutions to establish a “top five” independent, publicly traded contractor within the government information technology services sector. All three companies expect to complete the merger by the end of March ...
Bikash Koley, head of network architecture, engineering and planning at Google, will join Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) in August as chief technology officer. He will directly report to CEO Rami Rahim and will oversee the company™s technology strategy and execution of technology platforms such as AppFormix and Contrail, Juniper said Tuesda...
Executives from Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s (NYSE: HPE) enterprise services segment have been named to vice president and director roles at the future merged CSC-HPE ES company that will operate as DXC Technology when it debuts April 3, CRN reported. Michael Novinson writes ...
Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) has purchased Reston, Virginia-based information technology services provider Blue Canopy for an undisclosed sum in a strategy to expand the former™s digital platforms offered under a connected enterprise framework. Jacobs said Thursday it aims to broaden the Jacobs Connected Enterprise framework™s digi...
Antonio Neri, president of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), will succeed Meg Whitman as CEO of the Palo Alto, California-based technology company in a move that takes effect Feb. 1, 2018. Neri will also join the company™s board of directors as part of his promotion, HPE said Tuesday. Whitman, who will continue to serve as ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 28, 2017 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, participated at the Satellite Industry Association’s 13th annual DoD Commercial SATCOM Workshop as a moderator on a panel discussion about integrated satellite communications, GovCon Executive reported Dec. 1...
Cristiano Amon, executive vice president of Qualcomm™s (Nasdaq: QCOM) technologies business, has been named president of the San Diego, California-based telecommunications equipment provider in a move that takes effect Jan. 4. Amon will help develop growth strategies for the company™s core businesses in his new position, continue to serve ...
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BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm has received a potential $1.7 billion contract from the U.S. Army to manufacture additional howitzerz and ammunition carrier vehicles. The contract has a $413.7 million initial value that will cover execute the third and final option under the ongoing low-rate initial production of M109A7 self-propelled how...
