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According to the Department of Defense, “L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) was awarded a $61, 018, 760 immediate award contract to provide modifications to MC-130W aircraft to install a Precision Strike package. Eight kits and eight installations are being procured under this acquisition. At this time, $15, 837, 316 has been obligated for a t...
IBM Research’s Chief Technology Officer of Security & Privacy Dr. Charles Palmer told The New New Internet about some of the pressing challenges he’s faced in his role. “The biggest challenge has been getting people to understand two aspects of security; one is that you can never bolt it on at the end of your...
The CIO Government Summit has announced Chuck Prow, Managing Partner, Public Sector, IBM Global Business Services will present the executive keynote speech “Building a Smarter Planet and Smarter Government with Cloud Analytics” on Monday, May 25, 2010 at 6pm. The CIO Government Summit will be held at the InterContinental Montelucia Resort in Sco...
The Federal Aviation Administration have announced a partnership with IBM to secure the civilian aviation system against cyber attacks. IBM will build a prototype security system that is capable of scaling to work on the FAA’s networks. The system will utilize a flexible model that looks retrospectively at system attacks and will correlate dat...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has completed the acquisition of National Interest Security Company, LLC (NISC). Financial terms were not disclosed. The companies had announced a definitive agreement in January to pursue the acquisition. The business will be integrated into IBM Global Business Services, operating initially as a wholly-owned subsidiary. IBM̵...
National Interest Security Company (NISC) has announced that it will be acquired by IBM. NISC, headed by CEO Andy Maner, provides IT services and solutions to U.S. intelligence agencies and the Department of Defense. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Analysts estimate that D C Capital Partners, which had acquired NISC for $19.6 million...
IBM has opened its first Innovation Center in the Philippines in an effort to expand into growing nations and to help local business and academic communities to develop skills and create new technologies that support demand for digital-infrastructure projects in banking, energy, telecommunications, transportation, retail and government industries. T...
IBM has been given two awards from the government of India for its work on improving the lives of individuals with disabilities. The first award was India’s National Award 2009 in the category of “Technological Innovation, ” which recognizes the work of IBM researchers in creating technology for what IBM calls the “Spoken Web...
Juniper Networks announced Thursday that they have reached a new agreement with IBM. IBM now provides Juniper Networks’ Ethernet networking products to its customers. The agreement also extends the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement that IBM will include SRX Series Service Gateways manufactured by Juniper. Juniper Executive VP and...
This morning, IBM announced that it has been contracted by Australian airline Qantas to provide project delivery functions, falling in line with its overarching goal of improved business efficiency. The contract stipulates that IBM draw on and apply its project management delivery expertise and industry knowledge to Qantas’ work in order to en...
