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    SAP to Offer 3 Business Suite, HANA Classes

    SAP has launched three free online courses that will provide business professionals information on the company’s SAP Business Suite and SAP HAN productsA, among others. The SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA course will begin April 9 and teach its participants on how to use SAP products, the company announced Thursday. Another course taught by […] More

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    Rene Steichen Appointed SES SA Board Chairman

    SES SA has appointed Rene Steichen chairman of the board of directors as part of a series of changes to the board’s membership. Francois Tesch and Jean-Paul Zens were also appointed as vice chairmen during the board’s first meeting after the annual general meeting of shareholders held in Betzdorf, Luxembourg on Thursday, the company announced. […] More

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    Peter George: General Dynamics Fidelis Security Product Scored High in NSS Labs Test

    A network security tool built by General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions has been recommended by information research and advisory firm NSS Labs for testing of breach detection systems. NSS Labs rated Fidelis XPS as high in security effectiveness after passing all stability and reliability tests, scoring 100 percent in evasion resistance and having a zero percent false positive rate, […] More

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    Northrop Helps Host Nat’l Science Teachers Association Forum; Sandra Evers-Manly Comments

    Northrop Grumman is hosting a daylong special session at the National Science Teachers Association in Boston from Thursday to Sunday to discuss global issues in science education. The Global Conversations in Science Education conference is also intended to tackle how teachers can help students understand energy and its impact, Northrop announced Tuesday. “Professional development is a […] More

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    USSI, Sparton Corp. JV Wins $13M Navy Submarine Manufacturing Subcontract

    A joint venture of Sparton Corp. and USSI have won manufacturing subcontracts worth $13.3 million to support multiple international awards for exercises planned with the U.S. Navy. Specifically, ERAPSCO/Sonobuoy TechSystems will provide Sparton $5.6 million worth of manufacturing subcontracts and another $7.7 million to USSI to detect, classify and localize adversary submarines for peacetime and […] More

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    IBM Selects 11 New Fellows; Ginni Rometty Comments

    IBM has selected a record number of company scientists and researchers from the U.S., Canada, Switzerland and Germany to receive the IBM Fellow honor, the company’s highest technical distinction. The 11 new Fellows will work to carry out the company’s Technology Ambassador Initiative, a program intended to drive growth through innovation, IBM announced Tuesday. “The […] More

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    Anna Griffin Named CA Technologies SVP of Corporate Marketing; Lauren Flaherty Comments

    Anna Griffin is joining CA Technologies to serve as the new senior vice president for corporate marketing, effective April 21. Griffin is a public and private sector marketing veteran and has served at companies that include Juniper Networks and Nortel, CA Technologies announced Tuesday. According to Griffin, she joined the company due to the role of […] More

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    Former DHS Official Elaine Duke Joins GTSC Board of Advisers; Kristina Tanasichuk Comments

    Elaine Duke, former undersecretary of management at the Department of Homeland Security, has been elected to join the board of advisers of the Government Technology & Services Coalition. Duke will advise the GTSC on programs, collaboration opportunities and how to further understand federal homeland and national security missions, the GTSC announced Tuesday. She is the […] More

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    RTKL CFO Randy Pace Promoted to EVP in Mgmt Shuffle; Lance Josal Comments

    RTKL has made a series of appointments and changes in its leadership team by appointing a new executive vice president, four new senior vice presidents and four vice presidents. The company has promoted Chief Financial Officer Randy Pace to the EVP ranks, RTKL announced Monday. New senior vice presidents of RTKL’s commercial sector and firmwide group […] More

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    Boeing to Showcase Super Hornet Flight Simulator, Aircraft Models

    Boeing will house an an F/A-18F Super Hornet flight simulator at its booth during the 2014 Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition, scheduled for April 7 through April 9 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. The company and U.S. Navy officials will also brief the media to offer updates on the […] More

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    Stephen Boyle, Oracle Vet, Joins Microsoft as Enterprise Partnership VP

    Stephen Boyle, former vice president of Oracle‘s strategic partnerships with independent software vendors and original equipment manufacturers, has been appointed VP for enterprise partners at Microsoft, CRN reported Monday. Kevin McLaughlin writes Boyle first joined Oracle in 1997 as a sales manager for the company’s alliances with U.K. ISVs and became VP for software and hardware vendor […] More

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    Christopher Dziekan Appointed Pentaho Chief Product Officer

    Christopher Dziekan, formerly vice president of product strategy for business analytics at IBM, has joined Pentaho as chief product officer and will lead that company’s blended big data discovery and advanced analytics initiatives. “We are excited to have Chris join Pentaho to drive our product strategy and continue to differentiate Pentaho’s big data and embedded analytics […] More