Tim Conway serves as president of the public sector at NTT DATA, where he oversees the company’s business in the U.S. that works with agencies at the federal, state and local government levels. He served as EVP of the public sector business at Keane prior to that company’s acquisition by NTT DATA in 2011. His 23-year public sector career […] More

NTT DATA will deliver and implement an SAP data analysis and reporting platform for the transportation agency of New South Wales, Australia, under a $1.13 million contract, CRN reported Thursday. Transport for NSW chose NTT DATA to deploy the SAP Business Warehouse software for the agency’s enterprise resource planning system project, according to the report by […] More

NTT DATA is expanding its operations in Canada by establishing an Advanced Development Centre in Nova Scotia. “Nova Scotia has proven to be an ideal location for us since we opened our office under the name Keane, Inc. in 1997,” Dean Williams, NTT’s executive vice president of global human capital, said Friday. NTT DATA Canada said it will be […] More

NTT Communications Corp. has introduced a virtual desktop product with the aim of helping enterprise clients integrate computing systems into a standardized cloud environment. The Enterprise Virtual Desktop Infrastructure is built to help organizations manage, secure and access overseas information technology assets from within the U.S., NTT said Thursday. According to NTT, the platform gives […] More

NTT Data has been chosen to support the Vatican Apostolic Library‘s project to digitally archive an estimated 3,000 preserved specimens, including manuscripts, books, prints and paintings, under a four-year, $22.6 million agreement. The project involves digitally reproducing the library specimens as high-definition data in a sustainable storage format and applying modern processes such as metadata management and optimized search algorithms, […] More

NTT DATA has partnered with the U.S. Army as part of the Army Partnership for Youth Success program, where private U.S. companies work to train and hire qualified young Army veterans for future careers in the civilian workforce. “The PaYS Program is an integral part of our recruiting strategy as it introduces highly motivated and exceptional candidates to […] More

NTT Communications Corp. has collaborated with its U.S.-based group company Verio to release in the U.S. a suite of public cloud services that were previously available in Japan. The Biz Hosting Cloud (n) cloud services offerings will be available through NTT Com’s U.S. datacenter starting Thursday, NTT Com said Wednesday. The cloud suite features services such […] More

NTT Communications has moved to deploy Oracle’s engineered systems and in-memory products on its network monitoring system offering in an effort to grow NTT’s network traffic and data analysis technologies. Oracle’s Exalogic Elastic Cloud, Exadata Database Machine, Coherence and Event Processing systems have been integrated into NTT Communications’ network and predictive failure detection services, Oracle […] More

The recent Elastic Public Sector Summit offered several key takeaways into how government agencies could better handle data in order to improve citizen engagement and deliver public service more efficiently, according to Chris Townsend, vice president of public sector at search analytics company Elastic. First, tools that can rapidly transform large data sets into actionable […] More

Lisa Talcott, formerly vice president of federal civilian sales at Dataminr, announced on LinkedIn Monday her new role as VP of regulatory programs at information technology services firm Procentrix. Talcott's other prior employers include NTT Data, where she spent much of her career.

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Matt Jones, president and CEO of Sigma Defense Systems, explored two of the three major questions facing the U.S. military regarding its Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative. In an article published Tuesday in Government Technology Insider, Jones first discussed the role of the sensor fusion concept and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning at the edge in generating actionable insights from data to support warfighters on the battlefield.

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David Kapusta has been selected to serve as executive vice president of integration of Xcelerate Solutions. In this role, he will guide the company’s merger with VMD Corp and promote a shared strategy and consolidated operations, resources and capabilities, Xcelerate announced from McLean, Virginia on Tuesday.

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