Government
Irish Govt, Alca-Lu renew collaboration on technology development
Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan TD, and Dr Jeong Kim, President of Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, have announced the expansion of Bell Labs in Ireland as part of a visit to the Bell Labs Research Centre in Blanchardstown, Dublin.
The programme is supported by the Irish Government through [...]
Zayo Bandwidth expands fibre-to-tower service offerings
Zayo Bandwidth, a provider of bandwidth infrastructure solutions for carrier, enterprise and government customers, will deploy TDM and Ethernet services to an additional 300 wireless tower sites in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas of Pennsylvania in support of the current mobile platform and the upcoming transition to 4th generation technologies.
The deployment is aimed at [...]
Smartmatic signs $150m deal for elections in the Philippines
The Commission On Elections (COMELEC) of the Philippines has signed a contract for the automation of the 2010 National Elections with Smartmatic.
Smartmatic, a supplier of electoral solutions and services, won the bid to carry out the 2010 Election project — to provide voting machines, consolidation platforms and roll-out services — in the Philippines.
As the nation [...]
MPA signs contract extension deal with BT
The Ministry of Public Administration (MPA) of Spain has awarded BT Spain a contract extension worth up to E44.5m over its lifetime, to provide networked IT and telephony services.
MPA – which co-ordinates and offers administrative support to the Spanish government at a central, regional and local level across 400 offices – awarded BT Global Services [...]
SalusAnsvar to use Fineos solution
Fineos, a provider of enterprise software solutions for insurance, bancassurance, and government, has been selected as the claims management solution for life and income protection (disability) claims at SalusAnsvar, one of Sweden’s life assurance companies.
Fineos Claims will replace the existing solution and the project will commence immediately.
The configuration capabilities of Fineos Claims are expected to [...]
Globant sets up shop in Colombia
Globant, the Latin American player in software product development, R&D, and IT maintenance outsourcing, is opening offices in Bogota, Colombia.
With the intention of broadening its presence in the country and strengthening its growth in the region, Globant is inaugurating offices for working with clients such as Microsoft, the Ministry of Defense – with projects in [...]
Telekom Malaysia, Verizon Business to develop local IP capabilities
Telekom Malaysia (TM) and Verizon Business are jointly developing a new Malaysian Internet protocol (IP) node to support the delivery of advanced data services to Malaysian-headquartered companies, as well as multinational companies with operations in Malaysia and throughout the region.
The two companies are collaborating to develop a new internet node in Cyberjaya, which will be [...]
Texas DIR signs deal with Data Projections
The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) and Data Projections have signed a new agreement aimed at reducing the cost of audio and video-conferencing products for state and local government entities across Texas.
The contract allows government and education entities to order audio/visual technology products and services directly from Data Projections under DIR, instead of conducting [...]
LGS to enable secured access to SIPRNET for the US Army Reserve
LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent dedicated to serving the US government community, has become a subcontractor to STG, on a $47m contract to provide the United States Army Reserve access to the Department of Defense (DoD) classified information network.
Initially, LGS will work on a $12m task order to engineer, furnish, install and test the installation [...]
