HP to Develop Florida’s Early Learning Information System

HP Enterprise Services has won a $20 million contract by the State of Florida’s Agency for Workforce Innovation to develop, design, implement and maintain the Early Learning Information System for the enhancement of the state’s early learning programs.

“We look forward to assisting Florida with development of ELIS to …

Government Contractors, NVTC to Assess Processes, Technologies at Arlington Cemetery

Booz Allen Hamilton, SAIC and The MITRE Corporation are among the 16 government contractors who are collaborating with Northern Virginia Technology Council to conduct a 60-day pro-bono assessment of Arlington National Cemetery’s processes and technology.

The effort seeks to identify and develop solutions to restore America’s confidence in…

HP to Expand Cybersecurity Offerings with Acquisition of ArcSight

HP has signed a definitive agreement to buy security software firm ArcSight, for $43.50 per share, or an enterprise value of $1.5 billion.

Combined, HP and ArcSight will deliver:

A comprehensive view of all events across IT operations, security and compliance Deeper context: The ability to detect threats and risks by correlating both activity and state…

HP to Buy Cybersecurity Firm

Hewlett-Packard Co. has announced plans to purchase Fortify Software, a cybersecurity firm. The purchase is designed to provide HP with an enhanced cybersecurity capability.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fortify, a privately held company, is based in San Mateo, Calif. The company works with companies to identify and patch security flaws in IT networks. HP and Fortify…

HP Lawyer: Customers Disillusioned with Tech Industry

Customers are becoming increasingly disillusioned with the technology industry because of privacy and cybersecurity concerns, according to HP’s executive vice president and general counsel Michael Holston.

As tech firms continue to innovate and produce new technologies, those advancements are accompanied by privacy and security issues, he said during a forum on innovation at the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C.,…

IT Giants Launch Cyber Initiative for Young Emirati Girls

Despite the highest number of female Internet users of the Arab states in the Gulf, young women in the United Arab Emirates are especially susceptible to becoming victims of cyber crime, something the Dubai government and U.S. IT companies hope to change by launching the inaugural TechnoGirls event.

While many teenage Arab girls know the ins and outs of social-networking sites, they have very limited knowledge of the threats that…