Barbie Bigelow, formerly senior vice president and chief information officer of Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC), has been appointed CIO at engineering, construction and consulting services contractor Black & Veatch. She will oversee Black & Veatch’s digital strategy and information technology group that offers tools and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 13, 2018 ” Deloitte will work with the Montana, Ohio, Virginia and Wyoming state governments to deploy a cloud-based information technology platform designed to integrate modular Medicaid enterprise systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday its HealthInteractive Platform i...
Shareholders in Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) will vote Jan. 16 on whether to approve IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) proposed $34B acquisition of the Raleigh, N.C.-based open source technology provider. A Dec. 11 record date has been established for Red Hat’s special meeting of stockholders, the company said Monday. IBM first announced...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 6, 2018 ” ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) will officially establish a new integrated marketing, technology and communications business in 2019 under the leadership of John Armstrong, a former general manager of IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) design and digital consultancy who recently joined ICF Olson, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. A...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 4, 2018 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has partnered with the U.S. Marine Corps to implement an artificial intelligence tool that will work to manage personnel and equipment data for planning troop deployments, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Nextgov reported Thursday the Marines aim to use the technology to determine gaps in ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 19, 2018 ” An IBM-backed (NYSE: IBM) study has found that a majority of federal information technology executives foresee a shift in IT investments over the next two years, with an increasing number anticipating spending on cloud technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 16. Fedscoop reported Oct. 15 that the surve...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has agreed to acquire Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) for approximately $34B in a move both companies expect to create a global hybrid cloud provider. IBM said Sunday it will pay $190 in cash for each share of Red Hat under the deal that is expected to conclude in the latter half of next...
The Interior Department has selected IBM (NYSE: IBM), Deloitte and Summit2Sea Consulting to provide Oracle Federal Financials accounting system support for the agency™s Financial Management Line of Business program. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says IBM and Deloitte’s consulting business will compete for up to $120M in task orders un...
The U.S. Army has revealed a new roster of industry partners under a potential $37.4B contract that covers knowledge-based professional engineering support services to command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance programs. The Army Contracting Command received 388 bids for the Responsive Strategic Sourci...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 16, 2018 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has transformed a tractor trailer into a mobile security operations center that aims to deliver on-site cybersecurity support and training at various locations across the U.S. and Europe, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday the IBM X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operat...
