Software, cloud and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence are rapidly expanding in the public sector. As federal agencies migrate to the cloud, they’re looking to industry for all-encompassing products, services and systems that can help smooth the transition and accelerate their modernization journeys. Tamara Greenspan, group v...
Lily Zeleke, acting deputy chief information officer at the Department of Defense, said DOD is on schedule to award the potential $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract by the end of 2022, C4ISRNET reported Thursday. “December 2022 is still the date we’re aiming for, for awards,” Zeleke said at an event Wedneday. “I can...
James Donlon, director of solution engineering at Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), said government agencies that are moving to the cloud as part of their digital modernization efforts should adopt cloud-based tools that provide them security capabilities and visibility into their IT systems. Donlon discussed how cloud-based automation could enable agencies to p...
John Trauth, a veteran cybersecurity leader with 35 years of industry experience, has joined Optiv to serve as general manager of the information security company’s federal division. He will lead the business organization that helps implement cybersecurity programs for defense, intelligence and federal government customers, Optiv said Thursday...
Austin, Texas-based software provider Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) announced that its acquisition of Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) will close on Wednesday, June 8, after a majority of the Missouri-based health information technology maker’s outstanding shares were validly tendered. American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., the depositary for the tender offer, noted...
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) has received European Commission clearance and other antitrust approvals required for the company’s proposed acquisition of Missouri-based health information technology maker Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN). Oracle agreed to acquire Cerner for approximately $28.3 billion through an all-cash tender offer in December and the Austin, Te...
Technology investment firm The Acacia Group has acquired The Baer Group, which provides tech consulting and services to customers in public and private sectors, for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to address the increasing shortage of technical talent needed to support digital transformation efforts of government and industry clients. “We se...
The National Security Agency is shifting more and more of its core business and functions to commercial platforms as part of the agency’s larger modernization effort, officials say. Ryan Agee, technical director for NSA’s capabilities directorate, said the agency is currently running a data fusion and analytics environment called the IC GovCloud...
Nand Mulchandani, most recently chief technology officer at the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, has been appointed the first CTO at the CIA. He will bring to the role over 25 years of government and industry experience and help advance innovation in support of the CIA’s mission, the agency said Friday. CIA Direc...
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) has once again extended its tender offer of $95 in cash per share to buy all outstanding shares of common stock of health information technology company Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) to provide more time to satisfy the remaining conditions. Oracle agreed to acquire Cerner for approximately $28.3 billion through an all-cash tender offer...
