Quantum Technology Sciences has closed its target $4.4 million series-A funding round, the company announced Tuesday. The provider of intrusion detection and movement monitoring products has a number of investors including Anthem Ventures, Cobalt International Energy, Infinity Oil & Gas and the McNair Group. Mark Tinker, Quantum CEO, said his company’s technology uses a single […] More

Paul Sagan has been elected to the board of directors of VMware Inc., effective immediately, to fill the spot left by David Goulden. Sagan, a partner at General Catalyst Partners, also serves as a director at EMC Corp. and iRobot Corp., VMware announced. During his career, Sagan also served various positions at Akamai Technologies Inc., […] More

Fluor Corp. and Empresas ICA‘s joint venture ICA Fluor has announced a pipeline contract worth $743 million with TAG Pipelines Sur S. de R.L. de C.V., Fluor said Wednesday. The pipeline will funnel gas through the Mexican states of San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Guanajuato, Fluor said. The projects is part of the Los Ramones transportation system and is […] More

Battelle, Toshiba‘s UK team and China have begun installing and testing communications networks by using quantum physics with the goal of helping to secure long-distance transmissions of data, Nature reported Wednesday. Jane Qiu writes Battelle and Geneva-based ID Quantique collaborated to deploy an approximately 403.8-mile optical fiber to Battelle’s Columbus, Ohio headquarters and offices in Washington. […] More

Informatica has named the finalists across 10 categories for the company’s Innovation Awards competition and will announce the winners at Informatica World 2014, scheduled for May 12 through May 15 in Las Vegas. “The 2014 Innovation Award finalists exemplify organizations that are transforming their businesses through data—innovating new offerings, delighting customers and beating the competition,” […] More

Lockheed Martin will collaborate with CyberPoint International to develop new products intended to protect government and business infrastructures from advanced persistent threats. CyberPoint International has signed up for the Lockheed-led Cyber Security Alliance with the aim of offering integrated enterprise security tools, Lockheed said Tuesday. The consortium was formed to utilize Lockheed’s cyber innovation and […] More

Robert Callahan joined the board of directors at satellite services provider Intelsat on April 1 as an independent member and will serve on the firm’s audit committee. Callahan is the chairman of media, technology and internet advisory firm Longueview and brings experience at the convergence and evolution of media and internet delivered services to the role, […] More

Top executives at World Wide Technology plan to attend the upcoming 2014 Cisco Partner Summit in Las Vegas to learn more about Cisco’s future plans for its partnership program, WWT announced in a recent blog post. Sarah Clark writes that the company expects that Cisco will discuss the development of its TrustSec model, the Hybrid IT and InterCloud technology during […] More

Vincent Sandoval has joined engineered product provider CIRCOR International as president of the company’s aerospace and defense group, effective March 19. He most recently served as president of the Semco Instruments subsidiary TransDigm Group, CIRCOR announced Thursday. Scott Buckhout, CIRCOR president and CEO, said Sandoval will work to help the company improve its operating margins, […] More

Global Technology Resources Inc. sought to emphasize the value of using technology to address cybersecurity issues in enterprises at the company’s annual sales kickoff meeting. The GTRI event featured keynote speakers Matthew Eversmann, a two-decade military veteran, and Luis Benitez, a leadership development consultant, according to a Jan 28 blog post by GTRI Solutions Architect […] More

Verizon and RSA have reached an agreement for Verizon Enterprise Solutions to help EMC Corp. subsidiary run its managed security partner program. Verizon’s clients will have access to new cyber defense technologies such as big data security analytics, critical incident response and risk management under the partnership, Verizon said Monday. Eddie Schwartz, vice president of global […] More

A MarketsandMarkets report forecasts that the market for big data platforms worldwide will grow at a compound annual rate of 25.52 percent to $46.34 billion by 2018. The report provides an analysis of big data market trends by product and service type, by region and by vertical segment, the market research and consulting firm said […] More