David Albritton, formerly executive director of product development and international communications at General Motors, has been promoted to president of the automotive company’s defense business, PR Week reported Wednesday. Albritton said he will focus on efforts to assess GM Defense operations and develop a strategy for the group to engage with stakeholders at the Pentagon […] More

Gina Gallagher, former president at AOC Key Solutions, has joined GovernmentCIO as chief growth officer at the Washington, D.C.-based information technology services contractor, G2Xchange reported. She is a more than three-decade federal market veteran with experience in strategic planning, operations, business development, pipeline management and procurement. Gallagher previously held leadership roles at Systems Made Simple, DynCorp International, Titan, LEADS Corp. and Satyam. Her […] More

Jay Alexander, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Keysight Technologies, has joined an advisory group that reviews and recommends general policy for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Keysight said Tuesday Alexander will serve a three-year term on NIST’s Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology. “The opportunity to be part of the discussions surrounding advanced technologies such […] More

Commvault and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have entered an agreement that authorizes HPE to offer Commvault’s data protection products to enterprise customers through the HPE Complete reseller program. HPE will integrate Commvault’s portfolio of data protection software with the former’s Storage platforms, such as StoreOnce, 3PAR, Nimble Storage, Apollo and ProLiant, Commvault said Monday. The integrated products […] More

Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, will step down from her role as a member of the board of directors at DXC Technology effective immediately. Whitman became a board member earlier this year of DXC that was formed through the merger between HPE’s enterprise services segment and Computer Sciences Corp., DXC said Thursday. DXC expects HPE to […] More

Irving Tan, senior vice president of Cisco‘s business operations in Asia Pacific and Japan, will transition to a new role as SVP for operations and digital at the San Jose, California-based technology company. Tan will oversee digital transformation initiatives in partnership with sales, engineering and other departments of the company in his new position, Cisco said Thursday. […] More

Angel Hunt, a veteran of Lockheed Martin and Hewlett-Packard, has been named  senior manager for contracts at Advanced Concepts and Technologies International. “Ms. Hunt’s background in the areas of contract negotiation, contract management and administration, cost control, and regulatory compliance will enhance our contracting capabilities and support ACT I’s continued growth.” ACT I CEO Michael Niggel said […] More

A Hewlett Packard Enterprise-built supercomputer took off aboard a SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket as part of SpaceX’s 12th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. The Spaceborne Computer is part of a one-year experiment that HPE will conduct with NASA to […] More

Lisa Disbrow, former undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force, and Mary Louise Krakauer, former executive vice president and chief information officer at Dell, have been appointed to the board of directors at Mercury Systems. The latest appointments bring the number of Mercury Systems’ board members to nine, including eight independent directors, the company said Thursday. Mark […] More

Chip Bergh, lead independent director of HP Inc.‘s board of directors since March, has been elected as the personal computer and printing company’s independent board chairman. HP said Wednesday Bergh succeeds Meg Whitman, who held the chairman post since the former Hewlett-Packard organization split in November 2015 into two independent companies now known as HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Whitman is […] More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has established a Singapore-based regional headquarters in a push to help address a demand for new technologies across the Asia-Pacific and Japanese markets, Nikkei Asian Review reported Tuesday. HPE said it foresees “strong growth” opportunities in the internet of things and hybrid information technology sectors in Singapore, Japan, Australia and India, according to the report. The regional office has […] More

Robert Youngjohns, a senior adviser at management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, has joined Blueprint‘s board of directors. The Toronto, Canada-based software company said Thursday that Youngjohns brings experience in various leadership roles from his time leading the information technology industry. “Robert is a true pioneer and trailblazer in the world of software and I am very […] More