Benson Schliesser has been appointed a distinguished engineer within the chief technology officer’s office at Brocade Communications, The VAR Guy reported Thursday. Chris Talbot writes that Schliesser joins the company from Juniper Networks, where he served as a distinguished engineer and director of the CTO office’s platform systems division. Also Read: Phil Cummings: Network Firewalls Built […] More

The information technology business unit of General Dynamics has been chosen by the Office of the Secretary of Defense to receive the performance-based logistics award for 2013. General Dynamics Information Technology won the award for its work on the U.S. Marine Corps. combat operating center program, the company announced Thursday. The company and the Marine Corps Systems […] More

Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM Corp., has said big data, cloud and cognitive computing will drive changes in the retail and technology industries in 2014, the National Retail Federation reported Wednesday. Jennifer Overstreet writes Rometty, addressing participants at the NRF’s BIG Show, believes those technology trends will change how retailers do business, from customer engagement […] More

Lockheed Martin has conducted a simulation test to validate the configured software of a vertical launching system  for the U.S. Navy‘s long range anti-ship missile. The new interface worked to prepare and launch Lockheed-built LRASM weapon from the MK 41 vertical launcher during the demonstration, Lockheed said Wednesday. “This recent test demonstrates the low-risk and […] More

Autonomic Resources has released a cloud service offering for software providers to migrate their applications to federally mandated platforms in order to comply with federal agency requirements. Customers can use the new service to move their application stacks into the Federal Risk and Authorization Program and Defense Department-accredited Autonomic Resources cloud platform, Autonomic Resources said […] More

Elbit Systems has won a two-year $15 million contract for additional capbilities for the C-130H Hercules transport aircraft used by the Israeli Air Force. The award is a follow-on to a contract from the Israel Ministry of Defense awarded in 2012, Elbit Systems announced Wednesday. The upgrade intends to help the Israeli Air Force meet […] More

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE announced that it has partnered with Thales to offer companies a comprehensive insurance policy related to cyberattacks. The Allianz Cyber Data Protect will cover the cost incurred from responding to a cyberattack, rebuilding the damaged information systems and losses from the service interruption, Thales announced Wednesday.  Under the partnership, Thales […] More

Red Hat named Autonomic Resources as its partner of the year award in the small/medium system integrator category during the Red Hat North America Partner Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. Autonomic won the award for its SI public sector capabilities, highlighting its platform-as-a-service ARCWRX, solution, the company announced Wednesday. The ARCWRX was based on Red Hat’s […] More

Raytheon Co. has launched a $125,000 scholarship program aimed to help students pursuing a four-year degree related to science, technology, engineering and math or any related field. The Raytheon- Zumwalt Scholarship, established through the Anchor Scholarship Foundation, is also meant to honor Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., a former chief of Naval Operations, Raytheon announced […] More

BAE Systems will rename its cybersecurity business unit Detica as the defense and aerospace company looks to expand its footing in markets beyond the public sector, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Robert Wall writes that Detica will become BAE Systems Applied Intelligence at the end of the month. BAE will offer network security management services to government […] More

An industry team led by BAE Systems has won a $79 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency design technology for converting large volumes of sensor data into threat intelligence. DARPA seeks to build a device that can help defense organizations process information from multiple sensors and predict threat behaviors by using […] More

On the heels of the late 2013 release of his second book, Treasury’s War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare, Juan Zarate caught up with ExecutiveBiz to discuss his and the Treasury Department’s work in the years after 9/11 to promote U.S. national security interests through sophisticated global financial campaigns. As the […] More