TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 17, 2016 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has unveiled the initial release of the Azure Blueprint program that works to support the compliance efforts of government agencies that use the Azure Government service, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said in a blog post published Wednesday that the prog...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has received a potential five-year, $62 million task order to build and operate a cloud-based computing center for the U.S. Army‘s highly classified data, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jared Serbu writes that IBM will establish the pilot Army Private Cloud Enterprise facility at Redston...
Intrepid Solutions and Services has won a potential six-year, $45.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide information technology support services to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center. The Defense Department said Friday that Intrepid will help NASIC maintain, update and operate the facility’s...
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and his four military aides were among the first individuals to perform first aid and rescue operation when a passenger vehicle collided with a mass transit bus on the night of Oct. 12 in southeast Washington, D.C., ABC News reported Thursday. Luis Martinez writes Milley and his staff encountered the...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index held flat Friday despite gains in the larger U.S. stock market on positive bank earnings reports and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s comment that the country may be able to handle a “high pressure” economy with a tight labor market. Friday’s gain wa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 14, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and the National Cyber Security Alliance have commissioned a study that has shown that the cyber threats during the U.S. presidential election have helped to encourage young adults to venture into the cybersecurity industry, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Zogby Analytics conduct...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 14, 2016 ” The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Atlantic has awarded Engility (NYSE: EGL) an 18-month, $16 million task order to continue to deliver software and networking services for the U.S. Navy‘s tactical afloat network, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Engility said Thursday it will work to update th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 14, 2016 ” Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) has partnered with the Commerce Department to host an event in Seattle that works to challenge software developers to build voice recognition systems that utilize open data, Executive Gov reported Thursday. Justin Antonipillai, counselor to Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, wr...
October 10 – October 14, 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson We have yet another player in the GovCon M&A scene in the form of the company whose satellites help governments and businesses around the world map every piece of planet Earth down to the fine...
Joe Tucci, former chairman, president and CEO of EMC, has been appointed as chairman of New York-based investment firm Bridge Growth Partners. Bridge Growth Partners said Tuesday that Tucci has also been a member of the company’s investment committee and advisory board since late 2013. He has led EMC and its ...
