Posts from GovCon Daily for 2/25/2015

Michael Paige, Avaya Gov’t Solutions CEO, Selected to Wash100 for IT Services Leadership

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Michael Paige, president and chief executive officer of Avaya‘s government solutions business, as the newest inductee into the Wash100 — a group of influential leaders in the government contracting arena…

February 25 Market Close: GovCon Index Dips on Mixed Day for US Markets

The GovCon Index ended a string of two consecutive flat trading days Wednesday with a decline of 0.293 points to 70.715. U.S. stocks held level across-the-board on a day that saw Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen testify to the House Financial Services Committee and the release of data that showed a 0…

Hyune Hand: DigitalGlobe Starts to Offer 30-cm Satellite Images

DigitalGlobe has rolled out 30-centimeter satellite imagery products for government and industrial customers. The high-resolution aerial photos are captured through DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite and intended to help civil government, defense, intelligence, energy, mining and global development organizations, DigitalGlobe said Wednesday…

Frank Kendall: Islamic State Threat Prompts Defense Spending Shift, Unmanned Aircraft Demand

Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall said potential threats emanating from the Islamic State group have fueled a change in defense spending priorities and an interest in remotely piloted aircraft, Defense News reported Sunday…

Steve Robinson: IBM, CSC Extend Collaboration to Help Accelerate Cloud Tech Adoption

Computer Sciences Corp. has expanded its partnership with IBM to help enterprise clients accelerate development of cloud business applications with IBM’s Bluemix platform-as-a-service offering. The agreement allows CSC to offer the IBM technology to developers and customers who aim to build computing tools for on-premises, private, public or hybrid cloud environments, IBM said Monday…

Harris CapRock Offers New Managed Communications Service; Tracey Haslam Comments

A Harris Corp. subsidiary has launched an end-to-end managed communications service that provides satellite, terrestrial and wireless connectivity across the C, Ku and Ka frequency bands through an Intelligent Communications Director…