TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 25, 2017 ” Mark Johnson, director of modern platforms for government at Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), has urged government IT decision-makers to consider three factors in efforts to ease and secure migration to the cloud, ExecutiveBiz reported April 17. He wrote in a commentary published April 14 that IT leaders should purs...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 25, 2017 ” VMware (NYSE: VMW) and the state of Utah have inked a nine-year agreement for the delivery of infrastructure-as-a-service and software-as-a-service platforms through the National Association of State Procurement Officers’ ValuePoint vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 25, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has opened a new autonomous systems research facility at the Grand Sky unmanned aircraft systems business and aviation park in North Dakota in a move to increase support for the Grand Forks Air Force Base, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday the bu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 25, 2017 ” Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with the U.S. Navy‘s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to explore a healthcare delivery model that aims to boost both patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, ...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index followed advancing global markets to close at a 30 day high of 91.881, up 1.437 percent. Global markets surged with major U.S. indices up over 1.0 percent on French election results. There are strong indication that Emmanuel Macron (a centrist) will win the June runoff against Marine Le Pen, easing c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 24, 2017 ” Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) has received recognition as a “Military Friendly Employer” for its employment opportunities available to military veterans, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Thursday Victory Media awarded the designation as part of the 2017 Military Friendly Emp...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 24, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has transferred the launch and checkout platform of the U.S. Air Force™s GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System to Schriever Air Force Base for site-specific acceptance and qualification tests, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday previous...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 24, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will offer research, development, sustainment, engineering and update support for the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division™s Combat Environment Instrumentation Systems through its position in a $198 million U.S. Navy contract, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The com...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 24, 2017 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) has named data center services provider QTS Realty Trust as an “Advanced Consulting Partner” after the latter met requirements to manage client access to AWS cloud, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. QTS said Thursday the certification works to build on its Hybri...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index ended the week on Friday at 91.565 up 1.7 points or 1.90 percent above the Monday morning open. The major markets closed the week in the positive with the NASDAQ leading the way, up almost two full percentage points. For the week the S&P500 was up 19.74 or 0.8 percent, the DJIA...
