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  • BAE's Ian Graham: Diversity Key in Legal Staff Retention Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s Ian Graham: Diversity Key in Legal Staff Retention Efforts

    Ian Graham, general counsel of BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, believes that an organization must incorporate discipline into its efforts to retain a diverse team of legal professionals, Bloomberg BNA reported Thursday. Graham, who also serves as a senior vice president and corporate secretary at BAE Systems Inc., told the audience during a panel discussion hosted by […] More

  • Colin Powell to Address FireEye Cyber Defense Summit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Colin Powell to Address FireEye Cyber Defense Summit

    FireEye will host a two-day conference in Washington to discuss best practices related to cybersecurity with corporate executives and chief information security officers. The company said Monday the 2015 FireEye Cyber Defense Summit on Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 will deal with threat intelligence, case studies of data breaches, incident response procedures, malware and technology trends. Among the […] More

  • DOE, IBM, Nvidia Unveil Future DOE Centers for Large-Scale Data Computers; Michael McCoy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE, IBM, Nvidia Unveil Future DOE Centers for Large-Scale Data Computers; Michael McCoy Comments

    A pair of Energy Department national laboratories, IBM and Nvidia will build two facilities at the campuses of both labs to facilitate development of applications for large-scale data computing platforms. IBM said Monday the Sierra and Summit supercomputers are scheduled for delivery to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2017 under a contract awarded by DOE in April 2014. […] More

  • CTO Roundtable Summit to Highlight 'Drone Petting Station' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTO Roundtable Summit to Highlight ‘Drone Petting Station’

    The CTO Roundtable organization will be holding their tenth summit, “When Drones Fly” on June 11 and will feature what the group calls a “drone petting station” for attendees. A team of innovators from Gannett will exhibit unmanned aerial systems at the site during the event, CTO Roundtable said. Lance Sherry, executive director for the Center […] More

  • Lockheed's Mel Greer to Discuss Cloud Security, Privacy Issues at CSCC Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Mel Greer to Discuss Cloud Security, Privacy Issues at CSCC Forum

    The Cloud Standards Customer Council will host a forum in Reston, Virginia, next month to bring together industry executives and offer insights into security and privacy challenges associated with cloud computing. Mel Greer, a senior fellow and chief strategist at Lockheed Martin, will present during the CSCC Cloud Privacy Summit at the Hyatt Regency Hotel […] More

  • Robert Gates, Frances Townsend Among Featured Speakers at SAP NS2 Summit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robert Gates, Frances Townsend Among Featured Speakers at SAP NS2 Summit

    Several U.S. national security, intelligence and information technology experts will present at the annual SAP NS2 Solutions Summit in Falls Church, Virginia on Oct. 30. The event, themed “Decoding the New Era of U.S. National Security,” will include forums on cyber and insider threats, big data and sequestration, SAP NS2 said Tuesday. SAP NS2 Chairman […] More

  • Peter Tippett: Verizon Seeks to Build Up Health IT Infrastructure, Ecosystem - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peter Tippett: Verizon Seeks to Build Up Health IT Infrastructure, Ecosystem

    Dr. Peter Tippett, chief medical officer and vice president at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, recently spoke with HIT Consultant Media about the company’s approach to health information technology compliance in an interview published Thursday. Tippett told interviewer Lois Drapin at the 2013 mHealth Summit that Verizon uses digital signing and two-factor identification platforms in order to comply […] More