IBM (NYSE: IBM) has purchased systems integrator Optevia in an effort to address a demand for software-as-a-service customer relationship management offerings within the public sector. Optevia will be part of IBM Global Business Services and support the business unit’s digital consultancy practice and CRM leadership, IBM sa...
Skot Butler, vice president of satellite networks and space services at Intelsat General — a U.S. subsidiary of the Luxembourg-based satellite services provider — has been promoted to president. His promotion is effective April 4 and he will succeed Kay Sears, who is leaving the company after a 10-year care...
Ascolta, a subsidiary of ViON, has appointed Brad Cox as chief data scientist and Clint Green as chief technology officer. Cox will be responsible for the design and execution of detection tools intended for network intrusions in his role at the Herndon, Virginia-based analytics firm, Ascolta said Thursday. Prior to joining Ascolta, Cox worked ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a contract modification to manufacture two passive microwave instruments for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Joint Polar Satellite System, increasing the total contract value to $390.5 million. The $177.7 million modification awarded by NASA on behalf ...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA March 17, 2016 — Leidos Holdings CEO Roger Krone has been inducted into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his leadership in growth strategy and financial performance. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector leade...
The GovCon Index continued on a steady upward trend to close at 74.289, up 0.408%. The Index rode the market up as WTI broke the $40/barrel mark and on positive economic news from the Federal Reserve agreeing to hold interest rate firm, at least for the time being. According to Bloomberg, stocks are finally in the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 17, 2016 ” CAE (NYSE: CAE) has included a new C-130H/L-382 full-mission simulator to its C-130 training center in Florida that also features Rockwell Collins™ (NYSE: COL) Flight2 glass cockpit avionics system, ExecutiveBiz reported March 8. Ray Duquette, president and general manager of CAE USA, said in a company r...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 17, 2016 ” Fulcrum has announced Laura Smith as the company’s program manager in charge of business opportunities with the Defense Department and the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services, GovCon Executive reported March 8. “Laura fits right into our team&br...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 17, 2016 ” Genesys Works will work with Fairfax County public schools in efforts to expand the company’s information technology internship program, GovCon Executive reported March 8. The company said March 7 that AT&T (NYSE: T) shared $500, 000 to help fund the program, which will cater to ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 17, 2016 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. has been included in Ethisphere Institute™s list of the World™s œMost Ethical Companies of 2016 in the scientific and technical services category, GovCon Executive reported March 8. CTC said March 7 Ethisphere used its Ethics Quotient to me...
