Verizon Terremark is adding 4 megawatts of power capacity in its Santa Clara, Calif. data center by installing Active Power electrical infrastructure containers in the roof, Data Center Dynamics reported Friday. Yevgeniy Sverdlik writes that the PowerHouse containers are intended to grow capacity without expanding the building and are built with uninterruptible power supply systems, switchgear and monitoring […] More

Ingalls Shipbuilding has awarded $108,000 in total grants to 25 different science, technology, engineering and math projects from schools in three Gulf Coast states. This is the sixth year of Ingalls’ STEM program and more than $500,000 has been awarded since its launch, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Friday. “Developing the workforce across the Gulf Coast is […] More

Philip Rizzi, formerly a vice president at SRA International, has joined CALIBRE Systems as vice president of energy, environment and infrastructure. He will be responsible for the company’s business development and service delivery work in areas such as energy management, environmental compliance and cleanup, federal property disposal and infrastructure condition assessment, CALIBRE announced Monday. The 25-year […] More

Chris Braccio serves as vice president of human resources at AMERICAN SYSTEMS where she is responsible for the company’s human capital function which includes talent management, compensation and benefits as well as community affairs and charitable programs. The more than 25-year HR veteran has held leadership roles at World Kitchen, StarBand Communications and Sunrise Assisted Living and is a […] More

SAP AG and Atos are collaborating with the European Union to develop standards for cloud services in an effort to help protect personal data of citizens, Bloomberg reported Monday. Cornelius Rahn writes the two companies and European governments will work on guidelines for screening Web programs and data storage technologies. Jim Hagemann Snabe, SAP co-CEO, said […] More

ICF International has won five-year, $5.9 million contract to help the Environmental Protection Agency formulate and enact strategies for addressing renewable energy issues. The company will recommend ideas and provide resources to update the agency’s programs designed to bolster energy security, control air pollution and fight climate change in the U.S., ICF said Monday. “With more […] More

General Electric Co. has moved to grow its smart grid services customer base by adding new municipal and rural utilities clients for the subscription-based offering, Greentech Media reported Thursday. Jeff St. John writes at least six more customers have subscribed to GE’s Grid IQ solutions-as-a-service unit in addition to existing clients such as the municipal […] More

Ingalls Shipbuilding will hold a ceremony on Friday to announce the awardees of the company’s $107,000 science, technology, engineering and mathematics grant program for Gulf Coast school districts. The awards will be held at the division’s visitor control center in Pascagoula, Miss., Huntington Ingalls announced Wednesday. Irwin Edenzon, Ingalls president, will present STEM grant checks to […] More

CNSI has been awarded a five-year task order to create and maintain cloud computing applications for the Maryland State Highway Authority. The agency selected CNSI to build Salesforce-based cloud apps and support enterprise systems such as Microsoft Access, Net Technology and Power Builder, CNSI said Tuesday. Under a separate five-year contract extension, the company will manage […] More

VMware Inc. has agreed to acquire mobile management and security provider AirWatch for nearly $1.2 billion in cash and $365 million of installment payments and equity. The AirWatch team will continue reporting to John Marshall, founder and CEO, and will operate within VMware’s end-user computing group led by Sanjay Poonen, executive vice president and general […] More

General Electric Co. has moved to strengthen its industrial Internet strategy by agreeing to buy healthcare management software and analytics provider API Healthcare for an undisclosed amount. API Healthcare’s offerings will be integrated into GE Healthcare’s hospital operations management services for hospitals to access operational data in real time, said Tuesday. Michael Swinford, president and CEO […] More

Capgemini and its Sogeti subsidiary are preparing to offer engineering services focused on mechanical design and simulation, embedded systems development and testing, product lifecycle management and technical publication to clients globally. The Global Engineering Services portfolio is intended to create synergies between organizations’ IT and engineering systems, Capgemini announced Tuesday. “Engineering and manufacturing organizations around the world […] More