Intel has launched a new processor family as an update from a previous generation with additional features designed to process large amounts of data and identify insights for business strategies. The Xeon processor E7 v2 processor family is built with a memory capacity of up to 1.5 terabytes per socket and works to support to 15 processing […] More

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

GCS has partnered with Sharpe Engineering to develop streaming analytics products for verticals such as healthcare, cybersecurity and government by combining the companies’ geospatial and big data analytics technologies. The companies said Tuesday the products will be based on IBM InfoSphere Streams and employ real-time analytical processing applications. “We will combine our capabilities in geospatial […] More

Marillyn Hewson, president and CEO at Lockheed Martin, and Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO at General Dynamics, are some of the most powerful businesswomen in the world, according to Forbes’ first ever top 50 list. City Biz List reported Sunday that Hewson was ranked seventh on the list, Novakovic twelth and Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, CEO and President was rated […] More

GCS and Global Touchpoints have partnered to build a portfolio of integrated analytics and intelligence offerings intended to manage location-based information. The companies intend for their integrated geoanalytics technology to help state and local government organizations process data in real time, GCS said Tuesday. Rob Kinnear, director of strategic partnerships at GCS, said GCS aims […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More

Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM Corp., has said big data, cloud and cognitive computing will drive changes in the retail and technology industries in 2014, the National Retail Federation reported Wednesday. Jennifer Overstreet writes Rometty, addressing participants at the NRF’s BIG Show, believes those technology trends will change how retailers do business, from customer engagement […] More

Unisys Corp. has completed the beta testing of its new enterprise computing platform with Aspasiel s.r.l., a Terni, Italy-based information technology solutions and infrastructure services company. During the testing, Unisys was able to migrate Aspasiel’s SAP ERP applications to the lower-cost Forward! by Unisys platform from IBM Power 770 mainframe in just a few days, […] More

A report by University of North Carolina researchers for IBM‘s Center for the Business of Government examined the risks state and local governments face when transitioning to cloud platforms, GOVERNING reported Thursday. John Kamensky, a center senior fellow, writes that study authors Shannon Tufts and Meredith Weiss identified issues associated with cloud migration contracts based […] More

A new study from QuinStreet Enterprise indicates that enterprise customers continue to invest in data centers due to uptime, availability and security, Datamation reported Thursday. Paul Shread writes the “2014 Data Center Outlook: Data Center Transformation — Where Is Your Enterprise?” report stated 88 percent of 321 information technology professionals spend on data centers. Amazon, Dell […] More

Ella Mae Ortega, formerly vice president of sales and marketing at Fritz & Macziol Asia, has joined Teradata Corp. as country manager for the Philippines, Business World reported Dec. 9. Ortega will report directly to Peter Hand, area VP of Pacific, South Area and Korea, and be responsible for the company’s sales, professional services and […] More