Andrew Garrabrants has become a subject matter expert for CH2M Hill in stabilization and solidification, following a company announcement. Garrabrants was most recently a professor of civil and environmental engineering and a research associate at Vanderbilt University, CH2M Hill announced Tuesday. Garrabrants will handle stabilization and solidification-related interests that include semi-volatile organics in soil and cement mixtures assessment, physiochemical […] More

The Bank Administration Institute has selected a cloud service run by XO Communications to manage data backup and disaster recovery processes. BAI intends for the XO Enterprise Cloud to help virtualize and replicate systems, as well as to reduce recovery time objectives to two days from two weeks, XO announced Tuesday. XO Enterprise Cloud is designed as […] More

An updated missile interceptor developed by Boeing and Israel Aerospace Industries completed its second successful flight test on Jan. 3 over the Mediterranean Sea. The Arrow 3 test was conducted by the Israel Ministry of Defense and U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Boeing announced Tuesday. “Boeing and IAI designed Arrow 3 to engage threats at high […] More

Capgemini was selected for two awards at the he Teradata EPIC Awards 2013 event, recognizing Capgemini’s work with customers in the area of business intelligence. The Enterprise Intelligence and Operational Excellence Awards went to Capgemini, representing the company’s fifth straight year of winning awards from Teradata, Capgemini announced Wednesday. Teradata awards the EIA to partners […] More

Cherreka Montgomery joined SAP NS2 – the independent national security subsidiary of SAP — in late 2012 to serve as national vice president for corporate development. In this role, the State Department and intelligence community veteran works to help agencies in the defense and intelligence arenas manage their missions. Her career in government services includes […] More

SRI International has been awarded a a $4.5 million contract to establish a library intended to contain thousands of metabolites for use by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. NIH intends for the Metabolite Standards Synthesis Center to help prepare molecules for metabolomics researchers and be accessible to the scientific community, SRI announced Monday. Metabolomics research involves […] More

Siemens and Spanish utility company Iberdrola have reached an agreement to consolidate smart grid infrastructures for Middle East clients, Renew Grid reported Tuesday. The two companies plan to build smart grid technologies for energy and water in Qatar and the rest of Middle East, according to the report. Siemens and Iberdrola intend to combine renewable […] More

A new Hudson Institute study has identified several strategies that are intended to help the Federal Aviation Administration modernize its air traffic control system. The agency faces tight budgets, complex purchasing rules and other organizational roadblocks to owning new technologies, the institute said Monday. However, Hudson believes the FAA could stand to benefit from having a single-mission […] More

Richard Genovese, Ciber executive vice president and chief operating officer, will leave the company to pursue other opportunities after two years in the COO role. The company will release its fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 earnings results and host a conference call on Feb. 11, Ciber announced Tuesday. “[Genovese] has played an instrumental role in our […] More

Mike Haysley, a two-decade legal veteran, has been appointed director of strategic services for the CounselLink business at LexisNexis Legal & Professional. He will be responsible for driving growth and client results for the CounselLink strategic consulting services, LexisNexis announced Tuesday. Haysley will work with executives and legal departments to work on strategic services process stages […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has won an award for a Novartis facility that it provided design, engineering, procurement and construction management services for. The  U.S. Flu Cell Culture Facility at the Novartis Campus in Holly Springs, N.C. won the 2013 Facility of the Year Award from the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, INTERPHEX and Pharmaceutical Processing […] More

A high-speed satellite Internet service provided Hughes Network Systems was selected as a winner at the Consumer World Awards, an annual consumer industry awards program. The HughesNet Gen4 High-Speed Satellite Internet Service won the award for its work to deliver up to 15 Mbps of internet access and a greater download capacity, Hughes announced Monday. Close to […] More