Jane Edwards
is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
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AWS’ Jennifer Chronis: Cloud Migration Helps Navy Advance Analytics, Improve Security
Jennifer Chronis, general manager for the Department of Defense market at Amazon Web Services, told SiliconANGLE Media’s theCUBE in a video interview posted Tuesday that the migration of the U.S. Navy’s enterprise resource planning system to AWS GovCloud has enabled the service to facilitate analytics and improve the decision-making process.
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in Executive Moves, NewsJason Winkler Promoted to Motorola Solutions EVP, CFO
Jason Winkler, most recently senior vice president of finance for products and sales group at Motorola Solutions, has been promoted to executive VP and chief financial officer.
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in Contract Awards, NewsSMC Drops Intent to Award Rideshare Launch Services Contracts
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center has decided to withdraw its plans to award firm-fixed-price contracts for rideshare launch services under the Defense Production Act Title III program after reviewing responses to its notice of contract award.
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Dawne Hickton: Jacobs’ Cyber Business Benefiting From KeyW Acquisition
Dawne Hickton, head of critical mission solutions business at Jacobs and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the acquisition of KeyW “accelerated that cyber opportunity†for Jacobs, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.
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AWS’ Teresa Carlson: Agencies Speed Up Move to Cloud During COVID-19 Pandemic
Teresa Carlson, vice president of worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted government agencies to accelerate their migration to the cloud to meet telework requirements and increased mission demands, the Washington Business Journal reported Tuesday.
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Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Gary Hix: Agency IT Leaders Should Expand Tech Consideration Set
Gary Hix, chief technology officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal, wrote in a GCN article published Friday that information technology leaders at government agencies should consider adopting cloud and other new technologies in addition to virtual private networks and virtual desktop infrastructure to support telework environments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Virgin Galactic Conducts Second Flight Test of SpaceShipTwo Unity
Virgin Galactic has completed a second glide flight test of its SpaceShipTwo VSSÂ Unity spacecraft from Spaceport America in New Mexico.
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Iridium Taps Relativity Space for Ground Spare Satellite Launches; Matt Desch Quoted
Iridium Communications has awarded Relativity Space a contract to perform up to six on-demand launches to deliver ground spare satellites to low-Earth orbit.