TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 7, 2017 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch of Inmarsat urges the Defense Department to utilize commercial satellite communications technology to meet its wideband satcom requirements and reserve military-owned satcom platforms only for specialized missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. “Rather tha...
Weekly Roundup April 3 – April 7 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week the GovCon industry witnessed several large-scale mergers and acquisitions, as well as a number of executive moves in both the public and private sectors. Computer Sciences Corp....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 7, 2017 ” Tony Moraco, CEO of Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has said the company is poised to address the federal government’s needs in training and simulation, information assurance, enterprise IT and platform integration in the current budget environment, ExecutiveBiz reported ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 7, 2017 ” AT&T (NYSE: T) will install Internet of Things technologies such as network-connected sensors at Maxwell Air Force Base to support operations and resources at the military facility, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday it will also perform proof-of-concept demonstrations of the &...
Belcan, a portfolio company of private investment firm AE Industrial Partners, has agreed to buy Schafer Corp. from Metalmark Capital Partners for an undisclosed amount in a move to expand its technical and engineering service offerings. Both companies expect to complete the transaction in the second quarter of 2017, Belcan said ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2017 ” John Dancy, chief information officer of CSRA (NYSE: CSRA), has said federal agencies should adopt a targeted approach to address accessibility and security challenges associated with government websites, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. He wrote in a guest piece published Monday that agencies should look into w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2017 ” Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware (NYSE: VMW), has said the use of cloud and other technologies such as software-defined networking works to drive IT automation at government agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Federal News Radio reported Friday that Rowan, an inductee into Ex...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2017 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has entered into an exclusive sales and distribution agreement with EagleForce Associates to offer the latter’s predictive analytics tool to government agencies for use in pharmaceutical monitoring, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The partnership aims to leverag...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2017 ” The Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) cloud platform for the public sector has received Impact Level 4 provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency for deployment to Defense Department users, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday Salesforce Government Cl...
Shamlan Siddiqi, formerly vice president for digital and cloud services at NTT Data (NYSE: NTT), has assumed the role of chief technology officer for the company’s public sector business. NTT Data said Thursday Siddiqi will oversee the public sector group’s technology, advisory and innovation programs with government agencies. ̶...
