US Investigations Services celebrated employee John Weston’s 95th birthday Thursday with a ceremony at the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security. USIS said Weston administers contracts for federal employees and is one two USIS employees who works on-site at the bureau’s contracts division. Weston is a veteran of the then-Army Air Corps and Air Force. [...]
Booz Allen Hamilton reportedly rewards exceptional employees with a fully-paid trips for two as part of the firm’s “Values in Practice” award. Employees are nominated my peers based on how well they reflect company values including client services, teamwork and fairness. Senior executives then review and make the final decision. Melanie Pontier was a recent [...]
Executive Mosaic, publisher of GovCon Executive and other web properties related to government contracting, has announced the launch of the latest issue of GovConExec magazine, which highlights the growth opportunities for government contractors. The latest issue comes at a time where the nation is taking steps to get its fiscal house in order, requiring contractors to deliver cost saving [...]
Jose Mejia, senior vice president of the Business Capability Enablement Group for Juniper Networks, has joined the board of directors for Star Nutrition, Inc. Mejia will offer his business experience to Star Nutriion as the health care products company continues to expand. Prior to working with Juniper Networks, Mejia was the chairman and CEO of [...]
The PGP Whole Disk Encryption from Symantec has proven to be highly successful for HealthDataInsights, Inc. The healthcare claims review company has reported significant cost savings after implementing the full disk encryption to protect data. HDI, a company that reviews more than $300 billion in paid claims annually, implemented PGP Whole Disk Encryption after employees [...]
Verizon is aiming to prevent some of summer’s inevitable learning loss, encouraging parents to use the educational games on its Thinkfinity.org website to help kids polish their math, science and language arts skills during summer vacation. Thinkfinity is an interactive educational platform that provides thousands of free resources for use in and out of the classroom [...]
Verizon Wireless has released an online tool that allows customers to plan their travel outside of the United States, offering details about global calling and data plans, country-specific coverage and pricing and device functionality in more than 200 international markets. The new tool, called Trip Planner, allows customers to provide information about their trip-the destination, [...]
Brainshark, Inc. announced the immediate availability of its Android app in the Cisco AppHQ™ today. The free app offers users an enhanced, interactive opportunity to view Brainshark video presentations on their Cisco Cius™ tablets. The Brainshark App allows Cius users to utilize a number of enhanced features when viewing Brainshark video presentations, including the ability [...]
Google Chief Executive Officer Larry Page announced yesterday Google+ has reached more than 10 million users in its initial trial weeks. While the platform has already made its presence known within the social networking community, Page believes it’s only just the beginning. “We have made a good start, but we are at only 1 percent [...]
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) unveiled new solutions Wednesday to enable sports and entertainment venues and service providers to enhance wireless bandwidth and performance in high-density areas, allowing for the thousands of fans in these venues to access simultaneous, real-time access to mobile applications and services. Cisco Connected Stadium Wi-Fi is the tech industry’s first Wi-Fi solution [...]
