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Accenture Plc and SNCF subsidiary Rail Solutions have formed a joint venture to implement a passenger services system for Italy’s Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, to help the rail operator grow and boost customer satisfaction. The joint venture will implement Navitaire Rail, a hosted reservation solution from Accenture’s subsidiary Navitaire, to integrate NTV’s …

CACI International has been awarded an additional $9.7 million for a biometrics program management and engineering services contract, Biometric Update reports. Under the contract, CACI and AOptix will examine the Pentagon’s Smart Mobile Identity biometrics identification package. Awarded in February, the companies will also develop a smartphone biometrics scanner for soldiers. Washington Technology reports …

Unisys has updated an operating system with the goal of helping clients update their application environments for mobile access, security and multi-access tools. ClearPath OS 2200 Release 14.0 intends to support open-source development and aims to help clients with Unisys’ ClearPath Dorado 4200 server accommodate up to four host systems …

Cubic‘s transportation systems segment has won an estimated $27 million contract to build and help integrate a system for informing city bus riders of location and arrival times. New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants Cubic’s Bus Hardware system to help make MTA’s Bus Time information system accessible to riders on …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled a redesigned news feed intended to give users an interface he termed a personalized newspaper, Information Week reports. Zuckerberg said the social networking site is also aiming to open new opportunities to offer different kinds of ads as well, Thomas Claburn writes. Chris Cox, …

Harris Corp. will provide transport system maker INIT Innovations in Transportation Inc. with a communication system as that company helps the city of Montreal manage its transit system. INIT won a contract to install the system as it works to help the Societe de Transport de Montreal manage more than …

BAE Systems and Vodafone Group will partner to provide businesses communications security products and services over the next five years, initially focusing on smartphones and tablets. The team will initially release a cloud-based mobile security product  to 1,500 Vodafone global enterprise customers in Spring 2013, RTT News reports. Vodafone Mobile …

A telecommunications industry consortium has released a request for proposals for a mobile phone number portability program run by the Federal Communications Commission and the North American Numbering Council. The North American Portability Management consortium will accept proposals through April 5 and make its recommendation to the FCC for selection …

Nearly 70 percent of U.S. adults could cut the communications cord and go wireless only within the next decade, Gary Kim predicts in a blog post on Razorsight‘s website. Kim, a telecommunications industry writer and analyst, used a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey for the post, where he …

Dell has developed new software to provide organizations a unified and open interface for visibility and management of information technology. The company said the Dell CIO Powerboard integrates Dell Quest, KACE, SonicWALL and AppAssure into one system for use by chief information officers, IT administrators and Dell’s partners. “CIOs need …

Capgemini Group is opening a new center for testing mobile tools and infrastructure with the goal of becoming a hub for testing worldwide, the company announced Tuesday. The new Mumbai, India-based center of excellence will focus on functionality, performance, compatibility, usability and security of mobile products. Shailendra Jha, vice president …

In-Q-Tel has signed an investment and technology agreement with Tyfone to help that company provide its mobile security and near field communications products to federal agencies, the companies announced Monday. Tyfone develops mobile platforms to secure cloud computing and near field communications transactions “We believe that Tyfone’s technology has the potential to …

IBM has launched mobile, cloud-based social business software with the goal of integrating social networking and an office productivity suite. The company said the new services for IBM SmartCloud will facilitate both mobile access and collaboration with SmartCloud Docs through word processing, spreadsheet and presentation documents. Alistair Rennie, general manager …

IBM has launched several skills programs for students and IT professionals to address the technology skills gap that an IBM report has outlined, according to a company statement. This year’s IBM Tech Trends Report found that only 1 in 10 companies have the skills to correctly apply business analytics, mobile …

SAP has launched a program to help measure and share information on performance of government officials and projects, the company announced Tuesday. The Boston About Results program, containing a performance management scorecard will use the SAP Urban Matters program to align the city’s strategic goals, metrics and initiatives with accountability …