Mary-Louise Hoffman

Siemens and ITT Corp. have worked to build a structural damping and isolation technology with the goal of keeping electrical grid infrastructures safe during an earthquake. The companies’ seismic protection system is designed to reduce earthquake-induced mechanical stress in high-voltage components at power transmission substations by up to 80 percent, ITT said Tuesday. According to […] More

Accenture and Siemens have launched a joint venture that will focus on providing smart grid technology and managed services in the energy market. Munich-based OMNETRIC Group will work to combine Accenture’s consulting and systems integration services with Siemens’ energy management platforms, Accenture said Tuesday. The integrated offerings are designed to help utilities manage electric grid infrastructures, metering […] More

A Huntington Ingalls Industries subsidiary has been awarded a potential five-year, $187 million contract to help engineer, repair and maintain equipment for U.S. Navy surface vessels and aircraft carriers. AMSEC LLC will also provide technical and logistics support services to the Navy’s carrier and surface ship engineering maintenance assist teams, HII said Monday. The HII […] More

Data from consulting firm Altman Weil shows that a record 88 law firms entered into merger deals in 2013, the Washington Post reported Monday. Catherin Ho writes the consultant firm released statistics last week showing that 22 industry merger and acquisition deals were announced in the first quarter of 2014 and 82 percent of the […] More

Microsoft and Xamarin have partnered to establish a technology consortium that aims to help developers build computing applications based on Microsoft’s .NET programming framework. The .NET Foundation offers open source developers access to Microsoft’s portfolio of Roslyn and ASP.NET application programming interfaces, Xamarin said Thursday. Miguel de Icaza, co-founder and chief technology officer of Xamarin, […] More

Boeing and NRG Energy have partnered to build a solar plant in Dandan, Guam that will be designed to deliver up to 25 megawatts of locally-based renewable energy. Boeing will provide construction, procurement and engineering services to the project with the goal of helping Guam achieve its clean energy goals by 2015, NRG Energy said […] More