Several U.S. and international companies that include Intelsat formed an alliance to drive the adoption of high-altitude platforms that are designed to operate in the stratosphere and provide network connectivity around the world.
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The White House is collaborating with U.S. technology firms such as Microsoft, AT&T and Dell to develop software for 5G telecommunications networks in an effort to reduce dependence on telecom equipment from China-based Huawei Technologies, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
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Marcus Chevitarese, former deputy engineering director of Raytheon’s vision systems business, has joined satellite technology maker Umbra Lab as engineering vice president, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
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Rivada Networks plans to work with states and territories that want to opt out of the First Responder Network Authority’s wireless public safety broadband network. Herndon, Virginia-based Rivada said Friday it has begun to work with New Hampshire on a potential alternative broadband network strategy in case the state decides to develop …
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Open source and standards organization leaders are set to participate at the MEF16 UNITE Partner Summit in an effort to advance the use of standardized open application programming interfaces to drive the development of orchestrated services. MEF said Monday the summit will be part of the MEF16 conference that aims to further standardization to …
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Rivada Networks has formed a consortium of technology firms to pursue a contract to build a 4G LTE broadband wireless network for public safety organizations in the U.S. The Rivada Mercury team includes Harris Corp., Intel‘s security business, Ericsson, Nokia, Fujitsu Network Communications and Black & Veatch and aims to offer a national emergency services network in the …
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Ericsson and the Brazilian communications ministry have partnered to establish a laboratory to explore the potential applications of Internet of Things technology in agriculture, rainforest protection, disaster monitoring and prevention and energy production. The company said Monday the Networked Security Lab will be part of the Ericsson Innovation Center that aims to drive IoT innovation …
Read More » AT&T has partnered with seven other technology companies to produce a smart-city development framework intended to help local government organizations to harness Internet of Things platforms for management of their cities. Cisco, Deloitte, General Electric, IBM, Intel, Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have agreed to support AT&T’s strategy to help create more …
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A report by Mordor Intelligence predicts that the global critical infrastructure protection market will grow at an 8.5-percent compound annual growth rate from $80.5 billion last year to $131.33 billion in 2020. Mordor Intelligence said the growth will follow developments in smart grid technology, cloud computing and critical infrastructure technology amid the potential impact …
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Vencore has relaunched and rebranded the organization formerly known as Applied Communications Sciences as part of a push to offer new technologies for cybersecurity, data analytics and communications to government agencies and commercial customers. The new Vencore Labs organization is also one part of Vencore’s strategy to maintain its status as …
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Mike Kern is vice president of Washington operations and business development at Applied Communication Sciences, which The SI Organization acquired in May 201e. Kern spoke to ExecutiveBiz in August 2013 on ACS’ transition into the SI, how ACS traces its heritage to Bell Labs and areas the business aims to …
Read More »SAP AG and Ericsson have signed a deal to jointly market cloud-based machine-to-machine services in a move aimed at helping enterprises adopt the M2M platforms. Ericsson will combine its network operator infrastructure, technology, services and solutions with SAP AG’s enterprise business solutions to create a joint M2M infrastructure under the partnership, …
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Wombat Security Technologies has named Joe Ferrara president and CEO, succeeding Dr. Norman Sadeh, who remains as chairman of the board and chief scientist. “It’s an exciting time in Wombat’s history, and I am thrilled to lead the company forward,” Ferrara said. “We are poised for significant growth this year …
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As chief financial officer for Oceus Networks, Alan Stewart oversaw the company’s independence from Ericsson. Now leading the financial side of a thriving new company, Stewart spoke with GovConExecutive about the challenges and excitement of being on the ground floor of a new endeavor. GovConExecutive: What brought you to Oceus …
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Dell has an agreement in place to acquire SecureWorks Inc., an information-security services provider. The move would increase Dell’s global IT-as-a-Service and information security offerings. Ericsson has sold control of its federal practice, Ericsson Federal to Tailwind Capital. Ericsson Federal will now be known as Oceus Networks. Terms of the …
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