Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including VP and director. Albert caught […] More

Octo Consulting Group holds a prime position on a potential five-year, $400 million information technology services blanket purchase agreement awarded by the FBI. The company will compete for task orders to assist in software deployments, infrastructure and other technology processes for FBI missions, Octo said Wednesday. Octo supported previous FBI programs in national security, cyber, science and […] More

GE Digital Energy has teamed up with asset management software provider Meridium to provide utility customers with an offering to view and manage their assets and distribution network. The GE business unit will integrate distribution management software Smallworld Electric and Gas Distribution Office with Meridium’s asset performance management system to monitor asset health and functionality, […] More

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has introduced new cloud-based application development servers for developers to build and assess their products. The IBM Power Development Platform is a free resource for clients such as Linux developers to develop big data, mobile and social business computing applications through the IBM Power Systems servers, IBM said Tuesday. Doug Balog, general manager […] More

Microsoft will collaborate with financial technology provider FIS, Europol and the Organization of American States to carry out cooperative efforts against potential cyber attacks. The allies seek to assist law enforcement and private industry in dismantling online hacker groups and investigating botnets and malware threats, Microsoft said Wednesday. Microsoft executives signed the three partnership agreements […] More

QinetiQ North America has been awarded two task orders worth $15 million combined from the General Services Administration for information technology and software development services. The agency’s Public Buildings Service issued the orders through GSA’s Information Technology and Development Services blanket purchase agreement, QNA said Tuesday. For the Enterprise Data Repository Management task order, the […] More

Good Harbor Security Risk Management and big data analytics software developer Context Relevant have forged a cybersecurity alliance that will work to help customers counter threats. Good Harbor’s cybersecurity risk management services will be combined with Context Relevant’s predictive analytics engine in an effort to help clients respond to data breach incidents, compliance issues, cross-border […] More

General Electric‘s intelligent platforms business has unveiled enhancements to its suite of software applications for managing plant operations. Proficy manufacturing apps are designed to help manufacturers handle customer orders as well as track marketing and technical processes throughout a production facility, GE Intelligent Platforms said Monday. The subsidiary launched an updated Proficy offering Monday at […] More

Carahsoft Technology has added cyber threat product provider ReversingLabs to its General Services Administration schedule as part of a partnership on bringing ReversingLabs’ solutions to public-sector customers. ReversingLabs’ threat detection, analysis and classification tools will be available through Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule No. GS-35F-0119Y, Carahsoft said Tuesday. Michael Shrader, vice president for intelligence and innovative solutions at […] More

A-T Solutions Inc. was awarded a $6.5 million five-year firm-fixed contract to assess and recommend the best security practices to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Under the security auditing program, the company will provide the Port Authority’s security managers with a “repeatable, scalable and proven methodology” for conducting security audits, A-T […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton took home the top prize in an Energy Department web and mobile application-making challenge, a peer-judged victory that Executive Vice President Michael Farber sees as an example of how the firm’s employees can collaborate with other entrepreneurs. “Strategic minds with diverse skills exist inside and outside the firm. When we can pair the right […] More

Jeremy Glesner serves as chief technology officer at software and analysis firm Berico Technologies, a company he helped start in 2006 as the “federal sector began embracing agile methodologies and open source technologies to deliver increased capability to the warfighter while reducing cost,” the company notes. Glesner and Berico’s other co-founders saw an opportunity to provide interdisciplinary teams […] More