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IBM (NYSE: IBM) has won an $11, 861, 333 contract to blueprint and design an enterprise resource planning system for the U.S. Air Force. The branch aims to integrate its military personnel and pay processes into one system under the Air Force Integrated Personnel and Pay System program, the Defense Department said Thursday. Six offers were submitt...
Phyllis Schneck, global public sector vice president and chief technology officer at McAfee, since 2009, has officially been appointed deputy homeland security undersecretary for cybersecurity. She will work to help further develop the government’s ability to protect information systems and networks of national interest, Homeland Security ...
Denise Ho Lippuner, a former IBM (NYSE: IBM) executive, has been appointed partner for the global public sector business at Grant Thornton LLP. Lippuner will direct financial management advisory services and brings previous leadership experience as a managing associate and collaborator at several companies, Grant Thornton said Friday. “She co-auth...
Abe Peled and Simon Bax have been appointed non-executive directors to Inmarsat‘s board, effective immediately. Peled becomes a member of the nominations committee while Bax joins the remuneration committee, Inmarsat said Tuesday. Peled currently serves as senior vice president of Cisco‘s (NASDAQ: CSCO) video and collaboration group and...
Dr. Jane Snowdon, a 17-year veteran of IBM Research (NYSE: IBM), has been appointed to the newly-created position of chief innovation officer for the company’s U.S. federal business unit, Information Week reports. Elena Malykhina writes she will be responsible for developing big data, cloud computing and mobile strategies for government client...
HP Enterprise Services (NYSE: HPQ), IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAI) have each won contracts to help the U.S. Navy manage equipment and other assets at medical facilities. The contracts are potentially worth $49.9 million combined over five years and the companies will compete for delivery orders under the Re...
Jim Finn, a former IBM (NYSE: IBM) executive, has joined Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) as vice president of corporate communications. Finn will be based in CSC’s Falls Church, Va. headquarters and report to Peter Allen, executive VP of global sales and marketing, PRWeek US reports. Brittaney Kiefer writes Finn will lead external and internal...
IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 85 cents per common share, continuing payments to shareholders every year since 1916. The dividend is payable March 9 to stockholders of record as of Feb. 8, 2013, the company said. IBM also has scheduled its next annual shareholder meeting for April 30...
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to award up to three companies positions on a potential $5 billion contract for information technology products, the Washington Post reports. For this award, Kathleen Miller writes the VA will reserve prime positions for companies that have up to 150 employees on staff. Jo Schuda, a VA spokeswoman, told...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has appointed Anne Altman, formerly general manager for the global public sector, to serve as GM for the U.S. federal government business. According to Washington Technology, she assumed leadership of the global public sector in 2009. The company says she was responsible for strategy, direction, development and sales for public secto...
