Intel Corporation recently announced the formation of its new subsidiary Intel Federal LLC. The company will provide strategic focus in order to address new opportunities in working with the federal government. It was also announced that Dave Patterson has been appointed as president of Intel Federal Inc. Prior to his current role, Patterson served as […] More

IBM yesterday announced a new hybrid cloud solution to help clients significantly reduce the time it takes to connect, manage and secure public and private clouds. This hybrid builds on the acquisition of Cast Iron offering new integration and management capabilities that allow organizations of all sizes greater control, visibility and automation into their assets […] More

According to researchers, energy and industrial plants are vulnerable to devastating cyber attacks. Dillon Beresford, a researcher with NSS Labs, warned attendees at last week’s Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas that there are significant security issues in the programmable logic controllers that are used to operate mechanical processes in power and manufacturing plants […] More

Cyber war is an imminent threat, the former director of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center Cofer Black said yesterday during his keynote speech at the Black Hat Security Conference in Las Vegas. The counterterrorism official who raised the alarm that a major terrorist attack was coming before 9/11 warned conference attendees of the parallels he sees […] More

Ingersoll Rand has named Paul Camuti senior vice president of innovation and chief technology officer, a position responsible for leading global innovation and technology-led growth strategies in addition to promoting an innovative mindset for the environmental organization. Camuti joins Ingersoll Rand from Siemens Corporation, where he served in various senior leadership roles for more than […] More

Officials from the Department of Homeland Security warned Congress yesterday that potential variants of the Stuxnet worm could threaten important U.S. infrastructures. Roberta Stempfley and Sean P. McGurk from the DHS’ Office of Cyber Security and Communications appeared before House members and stressed the importance of strengthened cybersecurity efforts across the federal government. They said […] More

Throughout her career, Cisco's Public Sector Vice President Patrice D'Eramo has made it a priority to give back to the community and has played a major role in the company's participation in various community activities. D'Eramo has served as co-chair of ACT IAC Voyagers Program, is a member of the IAC Partners Program of 2005 […] More

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has appointed Kimberly Ramalho vice president of communications for its Mission Systems and Sensors (MS2) business, which is part of the electronic systems business area and employs nearly 15,000. “Kimberly joins MS2 at an exciting time as we continue to grow our core U.S. and international weapon systems and sensor business […] More

McAfee has introduced a new Application-Control to safeguard against advanced persistent threats. Industries such as critical infrastructure and manufacturing rely on automated processing controls, that if tampered with, can result in lost time, destruction of property, production safety issues and fatalities. McAfee is providing companies with opportunities to test environments or resources to explore implementing […] More

If Toys R Us offered a specialized store for the defense and security industry, this would be it, and government contractors are turning out en masse to play at this year's Force Protection Equipment Demonstration. Created in response to the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, the FPED is held every two […] More

Energy conservation used to be an individual endeavor. Individually, we turned the water off when brushing our teeth, carpooled to work and turned the lights off when we left the room. Not that corporate America didn't care about its carbon footprint; it just needed an upside to downsize. As it turns out, going green has […] More

As the countdown to 2011 begins, ExecutiveBiz brings you its third annual list of the Top 20 People to Watch. From government to industry, this year’s list highlights individuals focused, largely, on two critical fronts: in government, cost-efficiency and national security; on the industry side, new innovation “” and the creation of new U.S. jobs […] More