TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 30, 2018 ” Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has said the company will continue to work with the government to help shape the use of artificial intelligence and other technologies and support efforts to protect the U.S. against threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. He wrote in...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 30, 2018 ” Dan Kent, chief technology officer of the public sector business at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), believes there will be an increase in data migration to the cloud and opportunities for cloud providers to support government customers in this effort, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Federal Times reported ...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a new report listing several defense programs under the œwatchlist of Kathy Warden, president and chief operating officer of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC). Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates, said those include the U.S. Air Force™s Ground Based St...
Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), has said agencies that aim to create secure cloud environments should merge controls under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and the Trusted Internet Connections initiative. œUsers should be able to access the cloud via a trusted conne...
A new report by consulting firm McAleese & Associates says Boeing (NYSE: BA) has begun to œself-fund research and development work on some Defense Department programs as it aims to win new contract opportunities. Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates, wrote that one of those opportunities is th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 29, 2018 ” Amazon Web Services served as sponsor of a State Department-backed “hackathon” in Washington that sought to highlight the use of data visualization to illustrate the impact of diplomatic activities, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. AWS said Thursday the department’s U.S. Diplomacy C...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has agreed to acquire Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) for approximately $34B in a move both companies expect to create a global hybrid cloud provider. IBM said Sunday it will pay $190 in cash for each share of Red Hat under the deal that is expected to conclude in the latter half of next...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential four-year, $131.6M undefinitized contract to support sensor systems used by the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet combat jets. The delivery order comes after a previously awarded basic ordering agreement and tasks Boeing to procure and update weapon replaceable assemblies to suppo...
Kathy Warden, president and chief operating officer of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has said the company will begin in 2019 to consolidate into a single unit its system modernization and advanced defense services areas that operate under its technology services business. Warden, a three-time Wash100 recipient, told analysts Wednesday...
Textron (NYSE: TXT) is acquiring Waterboro, Maine-based robotic ground vehicle manufacturer Howe & Howe Technologies for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand autonomous technology offerings across land, sea and air domains. The industrial conglomerate said Thursday Howe & Howe’s vehicles and applications will complemen...
