A Deloitte business unit has introduced an online tool based on the Salesforce platform that works to facilitate interaction and collaboration between professionals and businesses and the government. Deloitte Digital‘s businessCONNECT tool is designed to help businesses view the status of their registrations, submit license and permit applications and pay service fees, Deloitte said Thursday. Deloitte intends for the […] More

Peter Sacripanti, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, and former Salesforce Chief Financial Officer Graham Smith have joined the board of directors at Citrix. Citrix said Tuesday Sacripanti, chair of the executive committee of McDermott Will & Emery, will serve on the audit and finance committees of Citrix and Smith on the compensation committee. “Both are highly accomplished business […] More

Synergy Research Group reports that information technology companies generated a combined revenue of $22 billion from public cloud platforms and services during 2015’s second quarter. The market research firm said Thursday hardware, software and data center infrastructure accounted for $10 billion of the IT industry’s quarterly public cloud revenue. IT firms collectively sold about $12 […] More

Executive Mosaic formally launched its operations in the Philippines Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held at Bonifacio Global City in Metro Manila. Jim Garrettson, president and founder of Executive Mosaic, presided over the event attended by local staff with a speech that outlined the Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company’s start in the country and intentions for growth. Executive Mosaic […] More

Acumen Solutions has launched a new platform designed to help government agencies manage customer correspondence in print, on mobile and online. The Correspondence Management-a Salesforce Fullforce Solution for Government works to automatically route citizen service requests to the applicable lines of business, Acumen said July 31. “Public sector organizations spend countless hours managing important correspondence […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency has given provisional authorization to 23 commercial cloud service offerings for the hosting of Defense Department data at Impact Level 2, which covers noncontrolled unclassified information. DISA said Monday the offerings comply with the moderate baseline of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). “The granting of these provisional authorizations is an important […] More

Research and Markets has released a new report that points to a 37.8-percent compound annual growth rate for the global market on mobile cloud technologies, which combine the capabilities of cloud computing and mobile devices. From a value of $9.43 billion this year, the global mobile cloud market will reach a value of $46.90 billion in […] More

Eric Wieman leads much of STG‘s work with civilian agencies in his role as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s civil sector. The company counts the departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security and State in a group of civilian customers that also includes agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Agency […] More

David Svec and his partners at Veris Group formed the Vienna, Virginia-based cyber consulting firm in 2005 to help public and private sector organizations adapt their enterprises to a new cybersecurity landscape. Svec’s government and business career includes stops at Booz Allen Hamilton as a risk management consultant and the White House in a critical infrastructure analysis role. In this conversation […] More

Deloitte and Dell have formed a partnership to deliver products that work to help develop an information technology infrastructure focused on customer experience and drive patient outcomes through automation and healthcare technologies. The companies said Wednesday they will combine Deloitte’s CloudMix and Dell’s cloud, security and Dell One identity access management offerings through the Dell Boomi cloud integration platform. They will […] More

Unisys will update the City of Philadelphia’s customer relationship management application as part of a plan to help the local government respond to citizen requests. Unisys said Thursday that it will use Salesforce.com’s cloud-based platform to redevelop the Philly 311 program’s foundations. Crystal Cooper, Unisys vice president of public sector solutions, the work is intended to offer Philly 311 users access to more than 70 […] More

Genesys today announced that the Business Edition on the Genesys Customer Experience Platform was selected by Red Hat to help transform customer experience in the cloud while striving to provide reliability and high-performance hybrid cloud technologies to customers worldwide. Red Hat chose the platform on their capability to offer a fully-integrated cloud-based customer experience, evaluated […] More