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Army Futures Command Partners With VMware to Create Software Factory; Gen. John Murray Quoted

VMware announced on Thursday that the company has been selected by the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) to empower soldiers to enable a software factory to utilize modern cloud technologies and DevSecOps practices as well as solve problems through agile and more secure software development processes. The Army Software Factory is the next evolution of the VMware-enabled Government Software Factory concept.

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by William McCormick April 29, 2021, 10:42 am
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Antonio Neri: HPE to Transfer HQ to Houston

Antonio Neri, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, said HPE plans to move its headquarters from San Jose, California, to the Houston area as part of efforts to further recruit technical talent and achieve cost savings.

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by Jane Edwards December 4, 2020, 4:05 am
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Joshua Marcuse, Executive Director of Defense Innovation Board, Inducted Into 2020 Wash100 for Modernizing Data, Software & Maintaining Ethics for AI Implementation
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Wells Fargo Analysis: Government Sector Focuses on Deploying New Tech

Ed Caso and Justin Donati, chartered financial analysts for Wells Fargo, noticed that government service providers are all about deploying new technology and having the “mission“ knowledge of their clients to bridge Silicon Valley into the end market, Wells Fargo reported on Friday. More

by William McCormick May 3, 2019, 10:27 am
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Vice Adm. Robert Sharp, NGA Director, Inducted Into 2019 Wash100 for His Technological Capability Advancement Vision

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Navy Vice Adm. Robert "Bob" Sharp, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, was selected to the 2019 edition of the Wash100 “” Executive Mosaic's annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena “” for his vision to improve the agency's capabilities in its use of emerging technologies. This latest honor marks his first Wash100 win.

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by William McCormick March 12, 2019, 7:19 am
in Executive Moves, News

Christian Brose to Join Anduril as Strategy Head

Christian Brose, former staff director of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will join Silicon Valley-based tech firm Anduril Industries as the company's head of strategy, Defense News reported Thursday. Brose left the Senate in September after he served for four years as staff head of the Senate panel led by the late Sen. John McCain. […] More

by Darwin McDaniel November 30, 2018, 4:04 am
in Featured, General, Industry News, News

Todd Probert: Raytheon Leverages Partnerships to Scout for Potential Military Tech Offerings

Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon, has said the firm has teamed up with a “dozen or so“ companies across Silicon Valley to identify technology offerings that could be adapted for use by military clients and other customers, Aviation Today reported Thursday. “We're making a big bet that we have to […] More

by Jane Edwards November 2, 2018, 5:24 am
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Raytheon's Todd Probert: Commercial Software Dev’t Processes Could Help Accelerate Defense Tech Deployment

Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon's intelligence, information and services business, has said the military should work with Congress and industry to establish a funding and acquisition framework designed to speed up the delivery of defense capabilities to warfighters by leveraging commercial software development methods. Probert wrote in an article posted […] More

by Jane Edwards July 24, 2018, 8:54 am
in Executive Spotlight, General

Executive Spotlight: Interview with Michael Conlin, Chief Technologist, U.S. Public Sector for DXC Technology
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Guest Spot: DSA's R.J. Kolton on ‘Six Actions Mid-Tier Companies Can Take in 2018 to Achieve Long-Term Growth’

Written by: R.J. Kolton R.J. Kolton is Senior Vice President for Business Development for Data Systems Analysts, Inc., (DSA), a mid-tier employee-owned company. He oversees planning and implementation of the corporate growth strategy and business development operations. He is also Vice President for Mid-Tier Advocacy (MTA, Inc.), a 501(3)c organization that promotes the interests of […] More

by Andy Reed December 19, 2017, 9:48 am
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Laurel Strategies Names Former State Dept Official Tony Blinken to Advisory Board

Tony Blinken, a former deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser, has joined the board of advisers of Washington, D.C.-based business advisory and strategic communications firm Laurel Strategies. Laurel CEO Alan Fleischmann said in a statement released Wednesday that Blinken brings experience and insights into geopolitical challenges to the company’s advisory board. Blinken has […] More

by Neel Mehta March 23, 2017, 12:00 am
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Linear Particle Accelerator Installed at Lockheed’s Silicon Valley-Based Tech Center

Lockheed Martin has implemented a new linear particle accelerator at its Advanced Technology Center in Silicon Valley to aid the company’s space instrument tests. Lockheed said Tuesday the 1,800-square-foot center houses the SPARC accelerator along with new hardware designed to test instruments such as space-based imaging and communications satellites for deep space navigation. The company noted that technicians from Denmark installed […] More

by Scott Nicholas February 23, 2017, 4:18 am