Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 05/13/2015

SSA Awards $200M Cisco Tech Services BPA to Red River

The Social Security Administration will purchase Cisco-built (NASDAQ: CSCO) hardware and software from information technology services provider Red River under a potential five-year, $200 million blanket purchase agreement…

Steve Elliott: Carahsoft to Offer AgileCraft Software Development Platform in Public Sector

Carahsoft Technology and AgileCraft have partnered to offer government customers a platform designed to help organizations implement agile strategies in throughout a software development initiative. AgileCraft CEO Steve Elliott said Tuesday that Carahsoft will serve as the master government aggregator for AgileCraft offerings under the companies’ partnership agreement…

Booz Allen Unveils ‘Build & Field’ Initiative for Internet of Things; Susan Penfield Comments

Booz Allen Hamilton has launched a program to help the company create and deploy Internet of Things technologies in the areas of security, analytics and mobile devices under the mantra of “build and field…

Report: Air Force Plans $4B Global Hawk Modernization Contract for Northrop

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) could receive around $4 billion in contract funds to perform upgrade and sustainment work on the U.S. Air Force‘s RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems, Flightglobal reported Tuesday…

MarkLogic Raises $102M for Europe, APAC Market Push; Gary Bloom Comments

MarkLogic has raised $102 million in funds to support its efforts to expand the reach of its Enterprise NoSQL database platform throughout Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The company said Tuesday it secured the investments from Wellington Management Company, Arrowpoint Partners, Northgate Capital, Sequoia Capital and Tenaya Capital…

Iron Mountain-Backed Survey Looks at Federal Records Management Issues

Iron Mountain has commissioned a survey of 150 federal workers to examine their views on their agencies’ records management strategies and identify areas for improvement. Eighty-five percent of federal employees surveyed think existing records administration methods are not enough to meet information needs within their organizations, Iron Mountain said Tuesday…