Lockheed Martin is working on next-generation technology such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to upgrade the command and control, battle management, and communications capabilities of the Missile Defense Agency. The company said Tuesday that it will integrate hypersonic as well as ballistic and cruise missile defense to modernize the agency’s C2BMC data analysis and […] More

L3Harris Technologies has tapped Emergent Space Technologies to design and architect the battle management command, control and communications flight software under an Space Development Agency contract for tracking layer program. Emergent said Wednesday it will be responsible for the development of the BMC3 flight software intended to manage and allocate resources and assist in application […] More

Autonomous software provider BMC has received a new provisional authorization to provide cloud service products to the Department of Defense in support of its information technology service management modernization. BMC said Monday it received the Defense Information Systems Agency's Impact Level 4 PA for the company's Helix ITSM product designed to support cloud migration and digital transformation.

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Information technology company BMC has consolidated its U.S. federal reseller ecosystem under a single distribution channel led by government IT distributor immixGroup. BMC said Wednesday the new strategy is designed to give resellers access to contract vehicles and market intelligence as well as open new channels and streamline procurement. ImmixGroup became BMC’s federal distributor in March and has since added […] More

BMC Software has teamed with Andreessen Horowitz, LifeLock and PayPal to launch a program that seeks to educate former U.S. military personnel about digital skills required for potential careers in the technology sector. All four sponsors of the BreakLine Tech program will hold educational sessions on culture, organizational design, talent management and expected future trends to guide participants on their technology career […] More

BT Global Services has deployed a BMC-built information technology service management suite to support customers such as a police force in England. BMC said Wednesday its Remedy 9 platform is designed to support the management of incidents, problems, service requests and changes through a mobile-first user experience. The Houston-based software provider added BT expects Remedy 9 to […] More

A Lockheed Martin-led command, control, battle management and communications team has received the 2016 Ronald Reagan Missile Defense award from the Missile Defense Agency in recognition of its efforts to develop software algorithms in support of the Ballistic Missile Defense System. Vice Adm. James Syring, MDA director, handed the technology achievement award to Lockheed’s C2BMC team […] More

BMC‘s cloud-based digital service management application has been certified under the U.S. governmentwide Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program that makes the product available to federal agencies. The Agriculture Department-sponsored Remedy OnDemand service for federal agencies will use the FedRAMP-certified Amazon Web Services cloud to provide IT service management options to help clients meet mission requirements, BMC said Wednesday. “Security […] More

Herb VanHook, BMC Software chief technology officer, will host a session that focuses on a customer-centric view of information technology management at the 2016 Gartner IT Operations Strategies and Solutions Summit on May 11. VanHook will discuss initiatives across IT organizations that work to utilize innovative technologies in the digital world, BMC said Wednesday. BMC will also exhibit its digital […] More

France’s national data privacy agency has authorized BMC to control and process European data. BMC received the European Union accreditation as both a controller and processor of data under the Data Privacy Binding Corporate Rules, BMC said Wednesday. “This accreditation sends a clear signal to our customers and partners that we take our responsibility of securely […] More

BMC has updated its digital service compliance and enterprise security offering in an effort to help customers shorten the response time to vulnerabilities. The BladeLogic 8.7 Intelligent Compliance and SecOps service incorporates new features such as native integration with the Nessus vulnerability scanning technology, new policy compliance content and new Docker container scanning support, BMC said Tuesday. […] More

Brian Marvin serves as vice president of sales for the public sector at BMC Software. Marvin has been with the software company since 2007 and his prior roles include regional manager for the federal sector; country manager for France, Spain and Portugal; and VP of worldwide channels and data center automation. His focus areas at BMC […] More