Executive Move- Herve Canneva Named Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Capgemini
Capgemini Group has named Herve Canneva as Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer. Canneva will be responsible for coordinating and heading the implementation and development of the Ethics and Compliance Program at Capgemini. Since 1987, Canneva has served in a variety of positions with Capgemini, SESA and Sogeti. Canneva will also be a member of the [...]
Contract Award- General Dynamics – $203 Million – US Army
General Dynamics Corp. has been awarded a contract worth $203 million from the U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command to design the next-generation Stryker armored combat vehicle. Under the contract, which continues the Stryker modernization program initially awarded to General Dynamics in 2008, the Army and General Dynamics will develop designs and build a demonstrator [...]
Contract Award- QinetiQ – $61.4 Million – UK
QinetiQ has secured a contract from the British Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment and Support to continue supporting the Typhoon program, including covering release to service recommendations, crew protection and performance, mission system software support, technical and business support, and airworthiness and safety clearance. The three-year contract is worth £31 million, which is approximately $61.4 [...]
News- Report Unveils CIOs Find Opportunities in Economic Slump
Capgemini Consulting revealed Friday the findings of its fourth Global CIO Report, which highlights how creative chief information officers have turned the economic downturn into an opportunity to show the true value of IT and to further improve IT industrialization. The report also shows how many CIOs see new technologies as the driving force for [...]
News- IBM Opens New Innovation Center in Philippines
IBM has opened its first Innovation Center in the Philippines in an effort to expand into growing nations and to help local business and academic communities to develop skills and create new technologies that support demand for digital-infrastructure projects in banking, energy, telecommunications, transportation, retail and government industries. The center, located at the UP-Ayala Techno [...]
News- QinetiQ’s Tom Weston Wins CFO of the Year Award
QinetiQ North America today announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Tom Weston won the Washington Business Journal’s CFO of the Year Award in the government contracting, $200 million and above category. Weston has led QinetiQ North America’s mergers and acquisition program by acquiring 11 subsidiary companies to provide technology and solutions to [...]
News- Apptis Receives CMMI Maturity Level 2 Appraisal
Apptis, Inc. today announced it has successfully completed a Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), Maturity Level 2 appraisal. Apptis was represented by programs in the Military Health Systems (MHS) and the Defense and National Security Sectors. Processes evaluated for the appraisal include project planning, project monitoring and control, measurement and analysis, [...]
News- IBM Awarded for Efforts on Improving the Lives of People with Disabilities
IBM has been given two awards from the government of India for its work on improving the lives of individuals with disabilities. The first award was India’s National Award 2009 in the category of “Technological Innovation,” which recognizes the work of IBM researchers in creating technology for what IBM calls the “Spoken Web.” Developed by [...]
News- Deloitte Opens New HQ in Virginia
Deloitte opened its new headquarters in Rosslyn, Va., which will serve as a hub for Deloitte’s Federal Government Services and the company’s soon-to-be-open Center for Federal Innovation and Center for Cyber Innovation. Robin Lineberger, principal of Deloitte Consulting LLP and leader of Deloitte Federal Government Services, said the opening of the new base is the [...]
News- Capgemini Named a Top 25 Tech Provider
Capgemini Financial Services, a global business unit of the Capgemini Group, is one of top 25 technology providers, according to a report issued by American Banker, Bank Technology News and IDC Financial Insights. Called FinTech 25, the report ranks horizontal technology firms that provide products and services across several industries and derive less than one-third [...]