The GovCon Index fell 0.982 percent — or 0.769 points — to 77.553 as the 30-company list of government contractor stocks was dragged down by the sell-off in U.S. financial markets Friday on disappointing earnings reports from blue chip stocks. All 11 GCI companies co-listed in the S&P 500 composite index closed in nega...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 26, 2016 ” Orlando Figueredo, vice president and segment leader for Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s (NYSE: HPE) Intelligence Community and consulting practice, has said agencies are increasingly focusing their technology efforts on collaboration and information sharing. “Government can assist the commercia...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 1, 2016 ” Sutherland Global Services‘ vice president for government relations and marketing has said vigilance, intelligence sharing and technology investments can help the U.S. government protect what he calls “soft” targets, Executive Gov reported Thursday. Chuck Brooks wrote in a guest piece pu...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA March 18, 2016 — Figueredo, Hewlett Packard Enterprise vice president and segment leader for consulting and intelligence community unit, has been inducted into Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 list of most influential leaders in GovCon for his work in the intelligence market. The Wash100 is th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 16, 2016 ” Mike Tanner, president and CEO of Hitachi Data Systems‘ federal business, has urged government agencies to adopt software-defined networks and tiered storage tools to address big data challenges, Executive Gov reported March 7. Tanner wrote in a guest piece published March 3 on FedTech that SDN works to...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 9, 2016 ” General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has unveiled a new facility in the U.K. that will house the assembly, integration and testing of the Armored Fighting Vehicles in the country, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the facility in South Wales is scheduled to be fully operational by 2017 an...
Dean McKendrick, formerly a vice president at ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT), took a new role as Preferred Systems Solutions‘ senior vice president for its national security group in December. McKendrick brings more than 35 years of big data analytics and insider threat experience to PSS in an effort to boost its exposure in the Int...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 24, 2016 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) is ranked seventh in Fortune magazine’s list of the “world’s most admired companies” for 2016 in the information technology services category, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the recognition is based on FortuneR...
The GovCon Index recovered from a plunge of more than 1 percent its first hour of trade Monday to end with a loss of 0.311 points to 71.629 in activity that mirrored reversals in U.S. stocks from negative to positive. Gains in technology shares such as Facebook and Google‘s parent Alphabet helped drive the recovery...
Preferred Systems Solutions has acquired system architecture and software design company Tetra Concepts in support of efforts to expand PSS’ core offerings in professional services and presence in the national security sector. Northern Virginia-based PSS said Tuesday Tetra Concepts will also add to its portfolio of cybersecurity, dat...
