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    DoD Awards ON Semiconductor’s North American Manufacturing Facilities a ‘Superior’ Security Rating

    ON Semiconductor has announced that its North America manufacturing facilities have received a superior security rating from an annual vulnerability assessment conducted by the Defense Security Service. According to DoD, the superior rating is to contractors whom have fulfilled the requirements of the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM). Gary Pugsley, global security manager and corporate facility […] More

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    Patriot Technologies Joins VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program

    Patriot Technologies announced that it has linked up with the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program, a collaborative effort to deliver ideas for virtualization and transitioning to the cloud. “This membership means customers can take full advantage of a streamlined virtualization and cloud infrastructure experience,” said Sanjay Katyal, vice president of global alliances and OEMs for VMware. […] More

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    Mutualink Attains DoD Interoperability, Information Assurance Certification; Joe Mazzarella Comments

    Mutualink has received a certification from the Defense Department for the company’s radio and multimedia communications interoperability offerings. DoD has added the Joint Interoperability Test Command-certified Mutualink interoperable multimedia gateway offerings to its products list for all defense services and agencies, Mutualink said Monday. “Obtaining this certification required that we meet the most stringent standards of […] More

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    SAP Registers as European Company

    SAP has become officially a European company following a majority decision by shareholders to favor the move during the company’s annual general meeting in May. The company registered with the Commercial Register as a European firm and renamed its German subsidiary to SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG, SAP said Monday. SAP SE’s supervisory board includes […] More

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    Matthew Clarke Named VP at TAPE’s Strong Point Research Division; Louisa Jaffe Comments

    Matthew Clarke, a retired U.S. Army colonel, has joined TAPE LLC as vice president of modeling, simulation and training at the company’s Strong Point Research division. The company said Wednesday that Clarke begins work for his new role this month and will lead a division that was formed following TAPE’s acquisition of Strong Point Research in September 2013. “This executive role requires […] More

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    Donna Gregg to Head APL’s Assymetric Operations Sector

    Donna Gregg, former mission area executive for cyber operations at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has moved into a new role as head of the lab’s asymmetric operations sector. Gregg will be responsible for overseeing APL’s work in cyber operations, homeland protection and special operations, the lab said Friday. She assumes the role previously held by 40-year […] More

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    Homi Kapadia to Lead Deloitte Life Sciences Consulting Practice

    Homi Kapadia, a 28-year veteran of Deloitte, has succeeded Terry Hisey as vice chairman and national life sciences head at the financial advisory firm. Kapadia will be based in Philadelphia and be responsible for overseeing the company’s consulting services for pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology and healthcare organizations, Deloitte said Monday. He holds experience in advising […] More

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    Marta Martinez: IBM Helps Madrid Build ‘Smart’ Environmental Services Mgmt Platform

    IBM has partnered with the government of Madrid to leverage an analytics-based infrastructure in helping the city manage environmental services for its three million residents. The $20 million project will use IBM’s intelligent operations and asset management platforms to monitor street maintenance, waste management, lighting, irrigation, green spaces across the Spanish city, IBM said Monday. […] More

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    Laurent Collet-Billon Joins Thales Board of Directors

    Laurent Collet-Billon, a former executive at France’s defense procurement agency and representative of the state’s golden share in Thales, has been elected into the company’s board of directors following Bruno Parent’s resignation as board member. The company said Wednesday Bertrand Le Meur, a general armaments engineer, will replace replace Collet-Billon as the French state’s representative. Collet-Billon will serve as board member until Thales’ […] More

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    Francesco Cordua Joins RTKL as Commercial Practice VP; Lance Josal Comments

    Francesco Cordua has been appointed vice president of the commercial practice at RTKL, where he will oversee the group’s retail and interior brand strategy and manage The Environments Studio at the company’s Washingto office. “[Francesco] understands the process behind good design and knows how to translate these concepts to meet client objectives,” Katie Sprague, an RTKL senior vice president, said […] More

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    Mary Henry to Become Independent Director on Avaya’s Board; Kevin J. Kennedy Comments

    Mary Henry, formerly partner and managing director at Goldman Sachs, will become an independent director of Avaya’s board of directors. Henry also serves as a director of personal business analytics provider FirstRain and Avida Labs, which provides services for cancer patients, Avaya said Thursday. “Her expertise and perspective will be a tremendous asset to the […] More

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    Executive Profile: Will Grannis, L-3 Chief Technical Officer and Engineering VP

    Will Grannis, chief technical officer and vice president of engineering at L-3 Communications, leads a team of scientists, engineers and solutions developers to provide customers with C4ISR, big data, cybersecurity and other technical services. He joined L-3 after its acquisition of What’s Next, where he drove big data and cybersecurity support for the intelligence community and the Energy Department […] More