Ideal Innovations, Inc. has appointed R.J. Kolton to senior vice president of strategy and corporate development. In this role, Kolton will report to the chief executive officer and will be responsible for planning and implementing corporate growth strategies. Kolton is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who served for more than 22 years. Before joining […] More

A hacker known as the Jester claimed responsibility for the DoS attack that left WikiLeaks.org crippled for hours on Sunday, shortly before the site began posting its largest-to-date release of classified U.S. diplomatic cables, according to CNN. The cyber vigilante, who describes himself as a “hacktivist for good,” tweeted he took the site down “for […] More

Online anonymity solutions provider Anonymizer, Inc. has released a beta version of Anonymizer Nevercookie, a Firefox plugin designed to fight Evercookie, a javascript API that produces extremely persistent cookies in a browser. The free plugin can be downloaded from the Anonymizer website or from the company’s Facebook page. In the coming weeks, the Nevercookie will […] More

Raytheon Company has named Todd Ernst vice president of investor relations, reporting to Senior Vice President and CFO David C. Wajsgras. Before joining Raytheon in January, 2010, Ernst served as a senior research analyst at Neuberger Berman, a division of Lehman Brothers Company. Most recently, Ernst was director of competitive assessment for corporate strategy at […] More

Cloud computing has been on everyone’s lips the past couple of years, some believers touting it as a panacea to propel innovation and save money. The Obama administration, especially, has turned out to be its biggest fan. In September 2009, the federal government announced a long-term cloud computing policy intended to cut costs on infrastructure […] More

L-3 Communications‘ STRATIS division has been selected a prime contractor for the Intelligence Support Services-Afghanistan contract. Under this contract, L-3 has already been awarded two firm fixed-price task orders valued at $36 million to provide intelligence support to the United States Forces-Afghanistan. These agreements have a one-year base period, and two one-year option periods. The […] More

Creating harmonious teams does not only depend on talented individuals and their output, but also on groups’ seating arrangements, according to a new study. While seating arrangements may seem trivial, new research from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University suggests the opposite. The study noted that where individuals sit in a group can […] More

An underground credit card clearing house has been hacked, according to Trend Micro security researchers. Leaked data from the hack include employee emails and recorded phone calls. “A group of hackers recently published detailed information from an underground credit card company,” writes Feike Hacquebord, an advanced Threats Researcher with Trend Micro.  “On July 23, an […] More

Joe Kopfman serves as vice president of contracts and administration and chief compliance officer for AMERICAN SYSTEMS. As such, he leads the company's ethics program, manages the contracts, legal, purchasing, pricing, mergers and acquisition, security, facilities, and general administration support departments within the company. In an interview with ExecutiveBiz, Kopfman shed light on his responsibilities as VP. “I'm the […] More

In a blog post from last week, Beth Noveck, Deputy Federal CTO for Open Government and head of Obama’s Open Government Initiative, lauded the release of agency open government plans, writing “innovation flourishes in an open environment, where we work collaboratively to share new ideas and ingenuity from a wide array of contributors for the […] More

GovConExecutive:  How do Telos’ secure networks provide built in hardware based security? Ed Williams:  There are basically four components; one is integrated Wireless Intrusion Protection Systems, which is called WIPS, which is a core component to any and all of our wireless installations.  There is 24/7 security monitoring of the network either by us or […] More

Oracle plans to officially seek approval  from the European Union for its acquisition of Sun Microsystems this month. The EU will then have 25 days to review the takeover and either approve, request changes or deny Oracle’s request. Yet the review may take 90-days if an EU investigation is requested.  Oracle’s $7.4 billion deal with Sun Microsystems, announced in April, […] More