SAP is changing its cloud strategy, starting with $8 billion in investments in cloud computing firms like SuccessFactors and Ariba, Business Insider reports. SAP Vice President of Strategy for the Cloud, Sven Denecken, said that SAP’s acquisition strategy is “all about speed and not consolidation.” This year alone, SAP  acquired SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion and […] More

As the demand for video platforms increases, video conferencing will eventually replace audio conferencing as the primary medium for electronic communications, a Cisco Systems executive recently said, according to eWeek. Gina Clark, vice president and general manager for the company’s telepresence cloud business unit, told reporters and industry analysts last week employees are acquiring their own […] More

In a September 10 article, ExecutiveBiz detailed the signing of a teaming agreement for Northrop Grumman and a Brazilian firm to develop security technologies for Brazil“™s border monitoring system. Ed Bush, vice president for C4ISR networked systems at Northrop, spoke about the contract in a recent interview with ExecutiveBiz. “It“™s a good example of a partnership that Northrop Grumman is starting with organic […] More

The White House is using data gathered from two pilot programs to test the potential of a private-public cyber information sharing partnership before a cyber executive order is released, Federal News Radio reports. White House Cyber Coordinator Michael Daniel said the departments of Energy and Homeland Security are working with the electric sector to develop […] More

NASA is preparing its astronauts for an asteroid exploration mission by using iPads for training, Information Week reports. David Carr writes the agency is using the iPads to simulate time-delayed radio communications, organize mission pans and deliver training. Used for the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operation training at the Aquarius Reef Base at Key Largo, […] More

Lockheed Martin has released a new cloud computing offering to offer customers choices between hybrid, community or private cloud infrastructures. The company said SolaS Hybrid Cloud came from technologies produced by its partners in the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance including Cisco, Intel, McAfee, NetApp and VMware. Verizon joined the alliance last week and plans […] More

Fidelis Security Systems released a cybersecurity program that stores and scans metadata for viruses or attacks, the company announced Wednesday. General Dynamics recently closed its acquisition of Fidelis and integrated Fidelis into the advanced information systems unit. John Jolly, vice president and general manager of the AIS unit’s cyber division, told our sister site GovCon […] More

Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said the US is losing the cyber espionage battle against China, Russia, and other countries, AOL Defense reports. Rogers said in an Intelligence and National Security Alliance‘s conference that the country is “running out of time” on finding a way to protect its intellectual property online.  […] More

Unisys has completed its transition of 5,000 personnel at the Energy Department‘s Idaho National Laboratory to a Google cloud-based email and collaboration platform, Unisys announced Wednesday. Battelle Energy Alliance, DOE’s management and operations contractor for the lab, awarded Unisys the contract in August 2011 to implement Google Apps for Government. Anthony Hess, group vice president […] More

The Air Force will place a Space Fence a radar on an island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands to connect warfighters in the region with the branch’s space surveillance network. Based on Kwajelein Island, the radar will enter the construction phase by September 2013 and reach initial operations capability by fiscal year 2017, […] More

L-3 Communications has won a $24 million contract to deliver communications units and parts for NASA“™s Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles program for the International Space Station. According to a company release, the contract calls for the design and delivery of four S-Band flight units and associated flight equivalent units, spares, ground support equipment and […] More

Spacenet will present its emergency communication offerings for law enforcement and public safety agencies at the International Association of Chiefs of Police 119th Annual Conference and Exposition in San Diego, from Sept. 29 through Oct. 3. The company said it will exhibit its ECS and ECS Flex Services that deliver satellite-based connectivity on a pay-as-you-use […] More