KPMG’s capital business unit has released results of a recent study that found C-suite executives are facing challenges in managing their large volumes of data. KPMG surveyed 144 chief financial officers and chief information officers from multinational companies with $1 billion or more in annual revenues for the research, “Going beyond the data: Achieving actionable […] More

Aon Global Risk Consulting has completed a survey of captive directors to examine the attitude of organizations toward major threats. The Aon Plc risk management consulting arm extended its recent biennial Global Risk Management Survey in 2013 to investigate the respondents’ view on the top 50 risks, with a focus on analytics, Aon said Wednesday. […] More

Microsoft Open Technologies has opened a subsidiary in China to expand the company’s presence in the country and assist in proprietary development processes and open innovation programs. The Microsoft Open Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. will consist of a team of engineers that will work to advance interoperability, open standards and open source investments, Microsoft announced Thursday. […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More

Indiana’s Revenue Department has contracted LexisNexis Risk Solutions to help combat identify theft and tax refund fraud in the state. The company plans to use filters to screen requests for tax refunds, checking the ID information against public databases and other sources as part of the verification process, said Wednesday. “Identity-based tax refund fraud causes individuals to […] More

Computer Sciences Corp. and HCL Technologies are partnering to create an application modernization delivery network that is intended to help clients transition into a cloud computing platform. The team’s first delivery centers will be based in Bangalore and Chennai and the companies plan to share cloud application modernization revenue and direct costs, CSC announced Wednesday. “Enterprises today […] More

Kofax Ltd. has introduced a new mobile capture platform offering for organizations to extend applications to customers. Clients are able to deploy various mobile apps through the platform that uses image capture, data extraction and analytics technologies, Kofax said Thursday. Drew Hyatt, senior vice president of mobile applications at Kofax, said the company intends for […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has won 12 contracts with a total combined ceiling value of more than $55 million to perform health services for the U.S. military. All contracts were won since Sept. 1 from the departments of the Navy, Air Force and Army, as well as the Defense Health Agency, Booz Allen said Thursday. Andrea […] More

ITT Corp. will sponsor an event in China aimed at building up engineering talent in the country’s manufacturing and engineering industry. The company is partnering with the Science and Technology Daily and TusPark Co. Ltd. for the engineering talent development program and innovation competition, ITT said Thursday. Jing Yang, league secretary of Science and Technology Daily, said […] More

General Dynamics has awarded Ontario-based Data Cable a $1.89 million contract to supply cables and wiring harnesses for Canada’s fleet of light armored vehicles, Ottawa Citizen reported Wednesday. According to David Pugliese’s article, Data Cable wires will be linked to personnel carriers’ turrets and chassis that are used to power vehicle subsystems. General Dynamics’ land […] More

IBM Corp. has released a new version of its server architecture for big data analytics and cloud computing in an effort to help customers enhance system performance. The X6 architecture, built for x86-based servers and PureSystems services for analytics and cloud, features an eXFlash memory-channel with up to 12.8 terabytes of flash storage, IBM said […] More

General Dynamics Information Technology has been chosen to run a web-based cloud computing brokerage service for the state of Texas. The subsidiary launched the CloudBroker online portal where state and local government organizations and public education institutions can acquire cloud platforms and services, General Dynamics IT said Wednesday. As the state’s official cloud broker, General […] More