SAP AG and Atos are collaborating with the European Union to develop standards for cloud services in an effort to help protect personal data of citizens, Bloomberg reported Monday. Cornelius Rahn writes the two companies and European governments will work on guidelines for screening Web programs and data storage technologies. Jim Hagemann Snabe, SAP co-CEO, said […] More

Stability operations contractor Sterling Global Operations (SGO) recently executed the site work of a two-year project funded by the United Arab Emirates that helped locate and destroy more than 11,000 unexploded bombs left over from wars in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The United Nations Mine Action Service administered the project in Kandahar, which borders Pakistan for […] More

Northrop Grumman has been selected to provide an analytics module from the company’s real-time collaboration tool offering to Dubai Air Navigation Services. The company’s ARC software product is developed for terminal and airfield operators to manage passenger flow and allocate resources, Northrop said Wednesday. Mark Green, strategy and ATM development lead at Serco DANS, said Dubai International […] More

General Electric Co. has moved to strengthen its industrial Internet strategy by agreeing to buy healthcare management software and analytics provider API Healthcare for an undisclosed amount. API Healthcare’s offerings will be integrated into GE Healthcare’s hospital operations management services for hospitals to access operational data in real time, said Tuesday. Michael Swinford, president and CEO […] More

Thad Dungan has been elected to the board of directors of NovoDynamics, a pattern recognition and analytics technologies company. Dungan serves as the vice president of the products and innovation group at SAP, NovoDynamics said Tuesday. He will work with David Rock, NovoDynamics president and chief executive. “The focus that companies continue to place on big […] More

SkyLink Aviation has inked an agreement to deepen its relationship with Global Aviation and Services Group (GASG), a privately-owned Libyan international cargo and passenger airline, in an effort to grow the strength and reach of aviation services in Libya. The companies have been working together for more than 10 years and their new “national air […] More

The State of Connecticut has signed a three-year agreement with Connecticut Interactive LLC for eGovernment services and the management of the state’s official portal. The contract has renewal options the could run through 2020, according to NIC Inc., the Connecticut Interactive parent company, announced Friday. Under the contract, the company will provide the state “an […] More

A group pitching a method that works to consolidate related governmentwide services into one cross-agency entity says the concept could work for survivors of hurricanes and superstorms, NextGov reported Thursday. Joseph Marks writes that organizers of the proposed Smart Lean Government foresee agencies using shared technologies and management systems. “I think (disaster survivors) would be […] 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

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

A consortium composed of Unisys Brazil, Agora Telecom, Comtex and Modulo has been chosen to serve as the information technology provider for the 12 cities in Brazil that will host the 2014 World Cup. The Brazil Seguro Consortium was awarded the $110 million contract by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice’s Extraordinary Security Department for Large […] 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