The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) continued to drop for the fifth consecutive day to close at 108.162 off 0.03 percent with the McKesson Corp. down 5.52 percent on the day. Advancing shares outpaced declining 2 to 1. The three major indices all advanced for the day with the S&P500 and NASDAQ Composite reaching new highs. The...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 27, 2017 ” MapR Technologies has received recognition for its converged data platform offering that works to manage the big data of enterprise customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Oct. 19 it was awarded the “Best Big Data Product or Technology” in the internet-of-things ca...
Weekly Roundup October 23 – October 27 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson With October coming to a close, let’s take a look at the most significant M&A activity that took place over the course of this month. Notable M&A activity includes: S...
Archana œArchie Deskus, formerly chief information officer at oil and gas company Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHGE), has joined Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) as global CIO. HPE President Antonio Neri wrote in a blog post posted Thursday Deskus will help advance an information technology strategy as the company works to implement its HPE Next i...
The General Services Administration has awarded 70 companies spots on a 10-year, $5 billion governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology support services. GSA said in a FedBizOpps award notice posted Thursday 187 bids were submitted for the Veterans Technology Services 2 contract vehicle through a request for proposals issued in Ap...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 26, 2017 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will provide computer-based, web-based and virtual training support for the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific under a potential $45.8 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it will also ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 26, 2017 ” In-Q-Tel has invested in artificial intelligence company Primer in efforts to deliver AI technologies that will work to support analysts in the government, financial and retail sectors, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. IQT said Tuesday the strategic investment agreement aims to utilize Primer...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 25, 2017 ” EY will work to build robotic process automation capabilities for customer organizations in partnership with UiPath, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The collaboration involves the award of licensing to EY for UiPath’s RPA and intelligent automation software to help clients utilize robo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 24, 2017 ” Harris (NYSE: HRS) has unveiled new land mobile radio technologies that will work to support the voice and data communications needs of public safety and utility professionals, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Sunday the converged LMR/LTE single-band XL-185P radio and the XL-1...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 24, 2017 ” Intel‘s (Nasdaq: INTC) investment arm has placed more than $60 million in funds to support 15 startups as they work to develop cybersecurity, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and autonomous technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Thursday the startups fr...
