Dataminr has appointed Matthew Harrell as its new chief partner officer, who brings to the position more than 25 years of sales and channel leadership experience. The New York-headquartered artificial intelligence company said Tuesday that in his new role, Harrell will work to grow the global Dataminr partner ecosystem, which currently includes vari...
Shareholders at San Francisco-based multicloud infrastructure automation company HashiCorp (Nasdaq: HCP) have approved IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) proposed acquisition offer. HashiCorp said Monday both companies expect the transaction to conclude by the end of 2024, pending receipt of regulatory clearances and satisfaction of other custom...
Google’s parent company Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG) is in advanced discussions to buy New York-based cybersecurity startup Wiz for approximately $23 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. People familiar with the matter told WSJ a deal could come soon. CEO Assaf Rappaport and his colleagues founded Wiz in 2020 to offer cloud security softwa...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index recovered from its weak start in July. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, had substantial gains in three of five trading sessions, ending 0.58% higher to $4,982.68. Also, the 2.11% week-on-week advance was GCI’s second-strongest weekly gain in 2024. Wall Street had a...
Science Applications International Corp. (Nasdaq: SAIC) has appointed talent management executive Han-Ron Siah as senior vice president and chief talent officer and business transformation professional Arjun Reddy as mission advisory services leader. In a LinkedIn post published Friday, SAIC said Siah will oversee the company’s integrated tale...
Shane Sims, an experienced defense and aerospace acquisition professional, was appointed vice president of business development for national operations at Parsons (NYSE: PSN), according to his LinkedIn post. He previously served as Army account executive on the defense and intelligence team at the Chantilly, Virginia-based information technology pro...
Cognosante has won a potential five-year, $582.9 million contract from the General Services Administration to support a program designed to provide service members and their families with a wide array of information and referrals to military and civilian resources and counseling support services through a centralized source. According to an award no...
Rocket company Relativity Space has appointed Matt Gratias, a business development executive, as vice president of federal programs. Gratias announced his promotion at the Long Beach, California-based company in a LinkedIn post published Thursday. He most recently served as senior director of government business development at Relativity Space, acco...
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) company, has received a U.S. Army contract modification worth $251.5 million for UH-60M aircraft delivery. The Department of Defense said Thursday Sikorsky will perform contract work at its Stratford, Connecticut location until June 30, 2027, the award’s estimated completion date. The full contract modif...
The FBI has awarded NTT DATA a spot on the $8 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services 2 blanket purchase agreement. The contract vehicle is meant to be used by all Department of Justice components, including the FBI, to acquire critical IT services, NTT DATA said Thursday. Under the contract, those IT services will...
