A new study has found that the big data industry is set to become a $50 billion market in three years due to improving confidence in and growth of big data-related services and products, Silicon Angle reported Monday. Bert Latamore writes Wikibon‘s “Big Data Vendor Revenue and Market Forecast 2013-2017″ predicts market growth will slow […] More

Thales has been awarded a contract to help the Aeronautical Radio of Thailand refresh air traffic control equipment and management systems, Defenseworld.net reported Tuesday. Aerothai aims to use the Thailand Modernization CNS/ATM system to air traffic in the country and facilitate interoperability with neighboring countries, the report said. The TMCS will be based on the company’s […] More

An international portable sanitation equipment manufacturer is set to invest $6.9 million for building a new distribution and operations center in Bristol, Ind., aiming to add 70 new jobs in the town. Satellite Industries will lease a 13,000 square-foot temporary facility in Elkhart before constructing the future 106,000-square-foot center on 22 acres of space in Bristol, […] More

Jeremy Glesner serves as chief technology officer at software and analysis firm Berico Technologies, a company he helped start in 2006 as the “federal sector began embracing agile methodologies and open source technologies to deliver increased capability to the warfighter while reducing cost,” the company notes. Glesner and Berico’s other co-founders saw an opportunity to provide interdisciplinary teams […] More

Joseph A. Martore, CALIBRE Systems Inc. president and chief executive officer, has been elected to join the board of directors of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce. Martore’s appointment builds on the company’s relationship with the chamber since 2005, CALIBRE said Friday. “The opportunity to serve on the Chamber’s Board is an honor and I […] More

Guillermo Gualino has been promoted to serve as vice president and treasurer at Agilent Technologies from his most recent position of assistant treasurer. In his new role, Gualino will be in charge of the company’s treasury function and will report directly to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Didier Hirsch, the company announced Friday. Gualino replaces […] More

The University of Utah in Salt Lake City used an Oracle-built project management system to help run two construction projects, according to a Friday report from Automated Trader. Melissa Centurio Lopes writes that the university used the Primavera Unifier to manage the large-scale projects and help deliver them before the scheduled deadlines. Paul Bender, Oracle director of […] More

James Walker has been appointed to serve as the vice president and managing director of the Asia Pacific operations of Rockwell Collins, the company said Monday. Walker previously served as CEO of AutoCRC Ltd. and was CEO of QMI Solutions Ltd. earlier in his career. “Jim brings a unique combination of regional business acumen, geopolitical savvy and […] More

Marillyn Hewson, president and CEO at Lockheed Martin, and Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO at General Dynamics, are some of the most powerful businesswomen in the world, according to Forbes’ first ever top 50 list. City Biz List reported Sunday that Hewson was ranked seventh on the list, Novakovic twelth and Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, CEO and President was rated […] More

Scott Talbott has been named senior vice president of government affairs at the Electronic Transactions Association, an international trade association of companies that offer electronic transaction processing products and services. Talbott will develop and implement the organization’s federal and state legislative and regulatory strategies, on behalf of the 500 ETA member companies, ETA announced Monday. […] More

Joan Schwartz and Doug Dangremond have joined QinetiQ subsidiary Cyveillance as vice presidents of human resources and sales, respectively. Schwartz formerly served as human resources director at Mandiant until that company was purchased by FireEye and Dangremond previously was a sales director at GTSI, Cyveillance said Monday. “There is an ever-growing need for organizations to employ global threat intelligence to […] More

Six Newport News Shipbuilding and two Ingalls Shipbuilding engineers were honored at the 2018 Black Engineer of the Year Award STEM Global Competitive Conference achievements in promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The engineers received the awards during the conference in Washington that took place Feb. 6 through Feb. 8, Huntington Ingalls, the parent company […] More