TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 20, 2017 ” Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) seeks to support startup companies and other partners in government, academia and local communities with an estimated $1 billion investment that is aimed to advance the development of artificial intelligence technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. “Our belief is that AI will br...
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson has said she has no concerns on Northrop Grumman™s (NYSE: NOC) proposal to acquire Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) and that the service branch intends to monitor the transaction™s progress, Defense News reported Tuesday. œObviously, we watch these things and make sure that no matter [what] happens when c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 19, 2017 ” Rob Zitz, senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Space Systems Loral‘s government systems business, has said the company sees continued opportunities in the areas of in-orbit satellite servicing, small satellites and space robotics. He told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published Wednesday&n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 19, 2017 ” Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC™s federal business, has said the federal government should work to centralize non-mission-critical information technology systems in order to reduce the network attack surface, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 12. MeriTalk reported Sept. 11&...
Serco Group‘s North American subsidiary has received a potential 10-year, $140 million contract to provide information technology services for a U.S. Army Installation Management Command program that supports military children and youth. Serco Inc. said Monday it will help IMCOM engineer, design, install and maintain technology...
Tom Ruff, vice president of public sector at Cambridge, Massachusetts-based content delivery network and cloud services provider Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM), has said government agencies should establish a comprehensive œdefense-in-depth strategy to protect networks from distributed denial-of-service attacks, cross-site scripting and oth...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has agreed to buy Bethesda, Maryland-based information technology platforms provider InfoZen through a $180 million cash transaction that would grow ManTech’s managed cloud services and information technology offerings for the federal civilian market. The companies expect to close the deal in October, ...
Mark Serway, former chief financial officer of government technology provider Govplace, has joined Hitachi Data Systems‘ federal business as CFO and vice president of operations. He will report to HDS Federal President and CEO David Turner and oversee the unit’s controllership, treasury, tax, information technology and customer...
Margaret Anderson, formerly executive director at Washington-based FasterCures, has joined Deloitte Consulting LLP as a managing director for federal health practice. Deloitte said Monday Anderson will oversee the firm™s health outcome improvement efforts through the advancement of platforms and collaboration with stakeholders across feder...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 18, 2017 ” Mark Keeler, acting president of BAE Systems‘ intelligence and security sector, has been named to the board of directors of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The council said Tuesday Keeler will join IntelliDyne CEO Tony Crescenzo, The Ambit Group CEO Kim...
