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Database software maker MarkLogic could evaluate potential acquisitions between the next six and 12 months and also consider a merger with a larger publicly-traded company, according to a report from Oracle World. MarkLogic CEO Gary Bloom told Oracle World that either Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) or IBM (NYSE: IBM) could position themselves to acquire M...
John Dorman, who has served on DataDirect Networks‘ board of directors for five years, has been appointed to serve as president on an acting basis. The appointment is effective immediately and he succeeds Joe Cowan, who has stepped down to pursue other interests, DDN said Thursday. Dorman served as chairman, president and CEO of online...
Ron Police, the former vice president of Apple Government, has joined SAP National Security Services (NS2), the independent national security and critical infrastructure contracting subsidiary of SAP, GovCon Wire has learned. Police developed strategies, built up a sales organization and launched mobility solutions for federal, state and local gover...
Accenture Federal Services (NYSE: ACN) has won a position on a potential $64 million blanket purchase agreement contract to update Oracle-based (NASDAQ: ORCL) applications for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC awarded the BPA as an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with one base year and four one year options,  A...
DLT Solutions has won a potential five-year $227 million blanket purchase agreement with the Department of the Navy for Oracle software product licenses. The BPA includes six options that would bring the contract amount to its full value, the Defense Department said Friday. Four offers were submitted to DON through a solicitation. DON personnel and...
Concurrent Technologies Corp. has won a position on a potential $64.5 million blanket purchase agreement covering engineering services for the Securities and Exchange Commission. CTC will work with the agency’s information technology office to update applications that use Oracle’s platform, CTC said Friday. The BPA includes one base yea...
IBM has signed a $123 million contract to develop and implement a new enterprise human resource system for the Department of Veterans Affairs as the VA aims to centralize HR functions and processes across disparate sites. The company aims to deliver the integrated HR system in a software-as-a-service model and to help the VA deploy...
KPMG LLP has acquired an Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) enterprise resource planning practice from The Hackett Gruop, a global strategic advisory and business transformation consulting firm. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed and KPMG becomes The Hackett Group’s preferred provider of Oracle ERP implementation services, KPMG said Wednesday. ...
DLT Solutions has appointed former Transportation Department official Don Simpson vice president of the company’s professional services business unit, the company said Tuesday. DLT said Simpson joins the company as it is expanding the unit to include engineers and staff focused on Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) technology consulting and service deliver...
Experian has appointed Barbara Rivera president and general manager of its public sector business, the company announced Tuesday. She will report to Scott Waldron,  Experian’s president of vertical markets, on the business’ progress in delivering data and analytics to federal, state and local government clients. She has previously work...
