Otto Berkes, formerly chief technology officer of HBO, has been appointed to the same position at CA Technologies. His appointment is effective June 15 and he will report directly to CEO Mike Gregoire, CA said Monday. “Otto believes in relentless focus on customer experience and the kind of cutting-edge engineering that will drive CA to […] More

Thales‘ in-flight entertainment and connectivity business and others in the aviation industry are eyeing broadband pipes for the transmission of non-safety Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System operational data, Runway Girl Network reported Thursday. Seth Miller writes that the transfer of ACARS data over broadband could present a potential threat to the in-flight connectivity system’s security. Dominique Giannoi, […] More

CGI and the Michigan Municipal Services Authority are offering the CGI Advantage360 software-as-a-service enterprise resource planning technology to local government entities there as part of the state’s MiDEAL initiative. The company said Thursday the initiative enables Michigan localities to procure the technology under the state’s contract with CGI. According to CGI, the city of Grand Rapids and Kent County have already […] More

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has awarded $300,000 in total grants to six teams of developers and healthcare organizations that aim to live-test new health IT applications. The medical app developers were chosen and matched with healthcare providers through ONC’s Market R&D Challenge, according to a blog post published Tuesday […] More

Vormetric and CloudHesive have formed an alliance to provide encryption-as-a-service offerings to joint customers in order to help organizations indentify attacks on data. As a new member to Vormetric’s cloud partner program, CloudHesive implements Vormetric’s transparent encryption and cloud encryption gateway products for CloudHesive’s encryption offerings, Vormetric said Thursday. “Vormetric is delighted to have CloudHesive as […] More

The Internet of Things is changing the way businesses manage network and data security by shifting their focus on data access using unified computing architectures rather than interoperability of various device platforms, CSO reported Monday. David Braue writes that the emergence of bring-your-own device corporate policies has opened considerations on mobile device design, including the use of […] More

Drone Aviation Holding Corp. will provide the U.S. Army with aerostat-related equipment for the service’s Blimp in a Box systems to support mobile communications and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations. The company said Tuesday the contract includes provisions for “lighter-than-air” helium-based aerial assets, which the Defense Department, Transportation Department and some state and local law enforcement agencies use for training and […] More

Omar Balkissoon helped to start Chantilly, Va.-based OGSystems in 2005 and has served as CEO of the systems integration contractor ever since. The company made a push to grow its geospatial market footprint earlier this year through the acquisition of Urban Robotics, a maker of aerial data collection technology. Balkissoon recently caught up with ExecutiveBiz to discuss OGSystems’ […] More

Pragmatics has received several task orders worth a total of at least $1 million to provide the U.S. Air Force with Enhanced 911 systems under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – 2 vehicle. The company said Monday it will engineer, test and integrate E911 systems for Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and Joint […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton and MicroPact have agreed to jointly develop and deliver business process management software offerings to federal agency clients. Booz Allen will provide federal agencies with MicroPact’s entellitrak software development platform as a case management service to build enterprise applications, MicroPact said Wednesday. Michael Farber, an executive vice president at Booz Allen said the alliance aims to […] More

United Technologies Corp. CEO Gregory Hayes has said the possible spinoff of UTC’s Sikorsky Aircraft unit aims to strategically position the standalone helicopter company and the commercial aerospace and buildings business, he told CNBC in an interview aired Thursday. Tom DiChristopher writes UTC’s board of directors authorized a review of options for Sikorsky earlier this week, including the potential tax-free […] More

Scott Smith, chief operating officer at Iridium Communications, has added an additional role as a part-time operating partner for private equity firm Bessemer Venture Partners. He will work to help Bessemer advise clients in the space technology sector while retaining his role at Iridium, Bessemer Venture Partners said Monday. Smith previously served as COO at DigitalGlobe and as […] More