You surely want to turn your event planning idea into a successful event as an event manager. However, before you create a successful event, you first need to exhort a tremendous amount of effort and prepare all the requirements before you begin planning. Recently, events have been merged in the digital world where people from […] More

Michael Saylor, chairman and CEO of MicroStrategy, has expressed belief that bitcoin is bound to go up and cited technology adoption and inflation as two of the drivers of the price increase. In a Yahoo Finance Live interview, Saylor estimated the U.S. monetary inflation rate to fall between 15 to 20 percent in the next […] More

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic greatly affected everyone’s daily living. Businesses are affected by this too, however, most of them are coping up with the current situation in order to maintain their business running. Enter online events! Changing the norms is not easy but every organization is trying their best to transition from a brick and […] More

The public policy think tank Center for Security and Emerging Technology has found some differences and overlaps in the research agenda at six U.S. technology companies that pursue artificial intelligence and machine learning programs. CSET's "Mapping Research Agendas in U.S. Corporate AI Laboratories" report offers a look at AI/ML research topic areas prioritized by IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook.

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Messaging applications Telegram and Signal saw an increase in downloads worldwide between Jan. 6 and Jan. 10 after Facebook-owned WhatsApp issued an update to its privacy policy on Jan. 4, CNBC reported Tuesday.

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Sudhakar Ramakrishna, president and CEO of SolarWinds, wrote in a blog post published Thursday that in light of the cyber attack, the software company will implement measures centered around three key areas: further securing its internal environment, improving product development environment and ensuring the integrity and security of the products it delivers.

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Parsons has appointed Carey Smith, president and chief operating officer (COO) at Parsons, to the company’s board of directors. As president and COO, Smith leads Parsons’ global operations and drives growth strategy through technology innovation. “Carey has been central to our growth and success since joining Parsons,” said Chuck Harrington, chairman and CEO of Parsons and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient. 

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Huntington Ingalls Industries laid the keel for the new Virginia-class fast attack submarine Massachusetts, also known as SSN 798, marking the construction milestone through a virtual ceremony held Friday.

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TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 17, 2020 — Mike Kahn, former sector vice president and general manager for weapon systems at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), succeeded Shawn Black as CEO of Cobham's advanced electronic solutions business, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 1.

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TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 24, 2020 — Sumo Logic is in the process of securing Moderate certification for its cloud-based log analytics platform under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 10.

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Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Facebook announced that they have expanded their group with the addition of new partners and met with representatives from the Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the FBI to discuss efforts to protect the upcoming presidential elections from disinformation campaigns and foreign interference, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

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TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 5, 2020 — The technical solutions division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) invested in autonomous technology developer Sea Machines Robotics as part of unmanned surface vessel market push, GovCon Wire reported July 23.

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