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  • AWS Opens New Cloud Region in France - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Opens New Cloud Region in France

    Amazon Web Services has launched a new cloud region in France to help commercial and government customers run applications and store data within the country. AWS said Monday the AWS EU (Paris) Region represents the company’s fourth cloud region in Europe and 18th technology infrastructure region in the world. The new region includes three infrastructures called availability zones that are located in separate geographic locations […] More

  • Capgemini to Help Manage Swedish Military's SAP Software Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini to Help Manage Swedish Military’s SAP Software Platforms

    Capgemini has received a potential seven-year contract to provide SAP software management and operation consulting services to Sweden’s armed forces. Work covers strategic, tactical and operational support intended to address the Swedish military’s economic, logistical and technological requirements for multiple SAP platforms,  Capgemini said Thursday. The company will support the PRIO system that currently runs on Sweden’s military information technology platform. […] More

  • Capgemini to Help UK Govt Establish Robotic Process Automation Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini to Help UK Govt Establish Robotic Process Automation Center

    Capgemini has been selected by the U.K. cabinet office to establish a center of excellence for robotic process automation over a two-year period. The company said Wednesday the CoE will aim to help accelerate the British government’s adoption of RPA technology designed to automate clerical processes. The center will employ a team of RPA experts who […] More

  • SAP Unveils Initial Partners for Blockchain Co-Innovation Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Unveils Initial Partners for Blockchain Co-Innovation Program

    SAP SE has announced the initial list of partners that will participate in a blockchain co-innovation program which aims to provide an opportunity for participants to explore the applications of blockchain technologies. The SAP Leonardo Blockchain Co-Innovation program looks to integrate a digital ledger system onto digital supply chain, Internet of Things and manufacturing services, SAP […] More

  • Capgemini Expects to Hire Over 20,000 in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini Expects to Hire Over 20,000 in India

    The French IT services consultant company Capgemini expects to hire over 20,000 people in India, The Economic Times reported. The company has reskilled 45,000 employees as it moves toward automation. “We are investing a lot of money in the development of training programs because automation and the integration of automation is leading to a lot of […] More

  • Dun & Bradstreet CEO Robert Carrigan Adds Board Chairman Role; Thomas Manning Named Lead Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dun & Bradstreet CEO Robert Carrigan Adds Board Chairman Role; Thomas Manning Named Lead Director

    Robert Carrigan, CEO of Dun & Bradstreet, has been selected to succeed the retiring Christopher Coughlin as the company’s chairman of the board. Thomas Manning, a director at Dun & Bradstreet and member of the company’s audit and innovation & technology committees, was also named lead director and chairman of the firm’s nominating and governance committee, Dun […] More

  • Capgemini Benchmark Shows Discreet Digital Transition of European Governments; Dinand Tinholt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini Benchmark Shows Discreet Digital Transition of European Governments; Dinand Tinholt Comments

    Capgemini has released findings of a new study that indicates governments in Europe are cautiously implementing digital services over time. Capgemini and Politecnico di Milano School of Management for the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology conducted the 13th eGovernment Benchmark Measurement for eGovernment Services to assess the priority areas of the eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015, Capgemini […] More

  • Capgemini's US Govt Arm Chooses Tysons Corner VA Site for Consolidated HQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini’s US Govt Arm Chooses Tysons Corner VA Site for Consolidated HQ

    Capgemini‘s U.S. government subsidiary will relocate its Washington, D.C. and Reston, Virginia operations to a consolidated headquarters site in Tysons Corner, Virginia under a lease transaction. Commercial real estate advisory firm Serten Advisors said Tuesday that Capgemini Government Solutions will occupy 15,301 square feet of office space at the new 1765 Greensboro Station Place location that is adjacent to the Metrorail Silver Line’s […] More

  • Capgemini Continues App Dev't Support to UK Revenue & Customs Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini Continues App Dev’t Support to UK Revenue & Customs Agency

    Capgemini will continue to serve as the supplier of application development and management services in support of the U.K.’s revenue and customs agency’s digital modernization effort. The company will transition several agency applications and services through June 2017 under the Aspire contract, Capgemini said Wednesday. Capgemini will remain as service supplier in areas such as analytics and testing […] More

  • Capgemini Rebrands Igate Post-Acquisition; Virginie Regis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini Rebrands Igate Post-Acquisition; Virginie Regis Comments

    Igate is set to begin operations under the Capgemini brand six months following the completion of the company’s acquisition by the consulting firm. The rebranding of Igate is part of a process to incorporate the company into Capgemini’s global production center network and financial services sector, Capgemini said Monday. “Operating as one brand means that […] More

  • Times of India: Aruna Jayanthi Named Global BPO Head at Capgemini - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Times of India: Aruna Jayanthi Named Global BPO Head at Capgemini

    Aruna Jayanthi, CEO of Capgemini India, will serve as head of global business process outsourcing at the information technology consulting firm effective Jan. 1, the Times of India reported Saturday. Jayanthi’s promotion comes after Capgemini completed the acquisition of IT services company Igate for $4 billion, Shilpa Phadnis writes. Jayanthi was named CEO of Capgemini’s […] More

  • Report: Big Data Spending to See 25% CAGR Through 2019 in Financial Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Big Data Spending to See 25% CAGR Through 2019 in Financial Sector

    A Research and Markets report predicts that the global financial sector will increase its information technology spending on big data solutions from 2014 to 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 25.5 percent. The company said Friday the spending growth is due to the efforts of financial organizations to update their data infrastructure in order to address challenges […] More