Weekly Roundup April 3 – April 7 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week the GovCon industry witnessed several large-scale mergers and acquisitions, as well as a number of executive moves in both the public and private sectors. Computer Sciences Corp....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 7, 2017 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) Executive Chairman Jack London has received the 2017 Distinguished Service Award from the Naval Historical Foundation during the National Maritime Awards Dinner, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Wednesday the award recognizes London’s ef...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 7, 2017 ” Battelle has partnered with Nanotherapeutics in efforts to research, develop, test and evaluate medical countermeasures for the U.S. military against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The team aims to address Defense Department requireme...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 7, 2017 ” AT&T (NYSE: T) will install Internet of Things technologies such as network-connected sensors at Maxwell Air Force Base to support operations and resources at the military facility, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday it will also perform proof-of-concept demonstrations of the &...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2017 ” John Dancy, chief information officer of CSRA (NYSE: CSRA), has said federal agencies should adopt a targeted approach to address accessibility and security challenges associated with government websites, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. He wrote in a guest piece published Monday that agencies should look into w...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index reversed its six day downward trend to close up 0.436 percent to 90.300. There was positive movement in GovCon stocks as advancers outpaced decliners by 6 to 1. The major indices all closed slightly higher as energy stocks rose with crude oil prices and retailers are up on strong sales reports. Investors...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2017 ” Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware (NYSE: VMW), has said the use of cloud and other technologies such as software-defined networking works to drive IT automation at government agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Federal News Radio reported Friday that Rowan, an inductee into Ex...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2017 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has entered into an exclusive sales and distribution agreement with EagleForce Associates to offer the latter’s predictive analytics tool to government agencies for use in pharmaceutical monitoring, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The partnership aims to leverag...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2017 ” The Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) cloud platform for the public sector has received Impact Level 4 provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency for deployment to Defense Department users, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday Salesforce Government Cl...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2017 ” DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), the new company formed out of the merger between Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s (NYSE: HPE) services business and Computer Sciences Corp., has partnered with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) to jointly offer a hybrid cloud service, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. DXC said Tuesday ...
