Tony Cudmore is leaving Exxon Mobil to serve as the new president of corporate affairs at BHP Billiton, effective March 3. Cudmore will report directly to Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive officer, and will replace Karen Wood, the acting head of corporate affairs since mid-2013, the company announced Wednesday. Cudmore was most recently the international corporate […] More

Thad Dungan has been elected to the board of directors of NovoDynamics, a pattern recognition and analytics technologies company. Dungan serves as the vice president of the products and innovation group at SAP, NovoDynamics said Tuesday. He will work with David Rock, NovoDynamics president and chief executive. “The focus that companies continue to place on big […] More

Boeing, Etihad Airways, Takreer, Total and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have partnered to develop a biofuel supply chain framework for the United Arab Emirates’ aviation industry. The BIOjet Abu Dhabi team will perform research and development work, invest in feedstock production and aim to refine technologies for the UAE and global markets, […] More

Oracle is working with Los Angeles County’s Department of Health Services to implement an enterprise analytics platform intended to help the agency monitor clinical resources and manage patient records. LA County DHS wants to use Oracle technology as the baseline for the department’s integrated warehouse containing medical, utilization and financial data, Oracle said Tuesday. According […] More

Hewlett Packard‘s intrusion prevention systems have been selected by Switzerland’s national railway company to defend its infrastructure against security threats. Swiss Federal Railways adopted HP’s TippingPoint 7500NX and Security Management System XL platforms as part of the operator’s routing network modernization effort, HP said Tuesday. “Even with strong security measures already in place, the highly […] More

Leidos has teamed up with a supercomputer laboratory at the University of California, San Diego to design an information technology architecture for managing and securing electrical microgrids. The Leidos-funded research project’s goal is to analyze cybersecurity aspects of a microgrid system operated by UCSD on campus and develop methods for reducing cyber risks to critical […] More

Northrop Grumman Corp. will provide identity and access management tools for clients through CA Technologies‘ cloud software programs. Northrop said it will use the CA CloudMinder software-as-a-service to extend its cloud-based services for healthcare, civil government and state customers., Northrop Grumman said Tuesday. “Protecting the security and privacy of our clients’ information is a top […] More

Cubic Defense Systems has been awarded more than $12 million in contracts to supply equipment for training fighter pilots to Japan’s military. Japan ordered additional Cubic-made rangeless air combat training systems for the Asian nation’s airmen to practice tactical air-to-air and air-to-ground maneuvers, Cubic said Tuesday. The Cubic ACTS is built with GPS technology that works to […] More

Cisco has made changes to the Cisco Certified Network Professional Security certification program, including a provision intended to help network security engineers design, maintain and manage end-to-end network security tools. The company also updated the certification and training of the program in an effort to give professionals a full understanding of the elements that comprise […] More

Molly Rector has joined DataDirect Networks to serve as the company’s first-ever chief marketing officer as DDN aims to expand into new markets. Rector will be responsible for increasing corporate brand visibility outside traditional markets, helping grow the partner ecosystem and driving an end-to-end customer experience, DDN announced Tuesday. She succeeds Jeff Denworth and will report directly […] More

CAE has reported that it sold 43 full-flight simulators in fiscal 2014, a new record for the Montreal, Canada-based firm. The company also recently signed a $64 million contract to provide Air Canada with a B787 simulator, another B737NG simulator to an undisclosed North American customer and two A320 simulators and one B737NG simulator to […] More

IBM and Skillsoft will collaborate to develop an enterprise learning for big data training, with the first phase intended help users identify what drives engagement and business outcomes. IBM Research will contribute its big data and customer experience analytics capabilities fore Skillsoft’s more than 50,000 learning assets, Skillsoft announced Tuesday. During the second phase, the […] More