Plus, CentralSquare and Calytera both announce new CEOs, Mapzen moves to Urban Computing Foundation, Bang the Table forms another partnership and more...
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TOP NEWS

IBM Offers COBOL Help for Government to Deal with Crisis Right now, governments are navigating decades-old systems through an unprecedented crisis of demand. To help, IBM has started a three-pronged project to assist them in keeping COBOL-based systems up to speed.

CentralSquare Names New CEO, Who Sits on FirstNet Board David Zolet, who sits on the board of FirstNet and is the former CEO of Logistics Management Institute with experience at several technology companies, will lead an executive team largely appointed last spring.

Mapzen Project Adopted by Urban Computing Foundation Shut down in 2018 and revived a year later by the Linux Foundation, the open source mapping platform has a new home with developers under the umbrella of the UCF, which suggests a closer relationship with urban work.

Digital Government Company Calytera Appoints New CEO Six months after CSDC rebranded itself as Calytera, the company has announced another public-facing change with the appointment of Zeynep Young from the venture firm Next Coast Ventures as chief executive officer.

Bang the Table Teams With MessageMedia for SMS Functionality The Australian company continues to build out its EngagementHQ platform by partnering with adjacent technologies, following similar integrations with Balancing Act, Granicus, Konveio and Auth0.

MARKET SPOTLIGHT

As Unemployment Claims Spike, New Jersey Seeks COBOL Coders Like most government jurisdictions, New Jersey runs a lot of old technology. Like the rest of the country, it is dealing with a huge surge in claims for unemployment insurance. So the governor is asking for help.

WATCHLIST

GovTech companies on our radar this week:

Deltek: A project management software company that recently launched a site to help government contractors track changes in government work as it responds to COVID-19.

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