Lockheed Martin was selected by Chief Security Officer magazine for the publication’s annual list of 40 organizations that indicate business value and thought leadership. Lockheed and the other companies named to the CS040 list will be recognized at the CSO40 Security Confab + Awards March 31 through April 2 in Braselton, Ga., Lockheed announced Tuesday. For its part, Lockheed was recognized […] More

D&B has partnered with big data company FirstRain to develop new analytics technology for business information products. Both companies will work to integrate structured and unstructured business data and analytics into FirstRain’s market intelligence portfolio with the goal of helping D&B customers view their content different various sources, the companies said Tuesday. “Finding and identifying […] More

Lockheed Martin has completed assembly and integration work on a communications satellite of the U.S. Navy ahead of initial system testing. The fifth Mobile User Objective Systems satellite sits on a Lockheed-built A2100 bus and a system module developed by General Dynamics, Lockheed said Monday. “Compared to our last build, we are approximately 20 percent ahead […] More

CA Technologies Inc. has released a forecast for identity and access management trends in 2014 and the how security professionals will interact with the technology. Data, application, infrastructure and network will become software-based through application programming interfaces, CA Technologies said Thursday. Mike Denning, senior vice president and general manager of security business at CA Technologies, […] More

Northrop Grumman has developed a pulse generation system for the company’s simulation products that used to replicate combat electromagnetic environments. The Advanced Pulse Generator is built with a direct digital synthesizer for creating radio frequency waveforms and is intended for laboratories, anechoic chambers and military testing facilities, Northrop said Monday. Joe Downie, a site director at […] More

Raytheon has been directed to restart production work on new defense radar systems for the U.S. Navy under a potential $1.6 billion contract. The company will continue to develop, integrate and test the Air and Missile Defense S-Band Radar and radar suite controller that is being built for the Arleigh Burke class destroyers, Raytheon said Monday. AMDR is built […] More

Carlos Echalar, formerly a vice president at Computer Sciences Corp., has joined MICROS Systems as chief human resources officer and will also serve as a  senior vice president. Echalar will be responsible for the company’s global human resources strategy that encompasses compensation and benefits, recruitment, diversity, compliance and organization and leadership development, MICROS announced Thursday. […] More

Tony Moraco, chief executive of SAIC, is moving to establish a more direct tie between him and members of his management team in 2014. Chief Information Officer Bob Fecteau and Chief Communications Officer Lucy Fitch will both report directly to Moraco beginning sometime after Feb. 1, the contractor said, as will Jennifer Smith, senior vice […] More

Teresa Carlson, vice president of Amazon Web Services’ worldwide public sector, has said agencies will control costs, enhance quality and boost the speed of cloud services in 2014, FCW reported Thursday. Carlson writes that the government and private sector have already shifted focus to core business operations from running data centers. Agencies are now able […] More

A new Cisco study estimates that public sector organizations could generate $4.6 trillion in value from Internet-connected objects over the next 10 years. State agencies could generate $682 billion in value by applying the Internet of Everything to public services and cities worldwide could also derive $1.9 trillion through the IoE over the next decade, Cisco said Wednesday. “With […] More

A 15-week big data course sponsored by Software AG for 25 students at the University of California- Berkeley has completed, with two teams having their projects selected to further develop their prototypes. The teams are raising funds to continue work on their prototypes they developed during the IEOR190C Industry Challenge Big Data course, Software AG announced […] More

The new website developed by the Northern Virginia Technology Council, the Consumer Electronics Association and Monster Worldwide to help veterans find work in the information technology sector is now live. USTechVets.org is designed with a skills translator to help users match their backgrounds with available jobs and built to contain a database of more than 800,000 […] More