Kay Kapoor joined AT&T in March 2013 to lead the telecommunications company’s federal business, which has seen several other GovCon and public sector veterans join the organization’s leadership team since then. Kapoor, herself a 25-year telecommunications and contracting veteran, is the recipient of this year’s ACT-IAC Janice K. Mendenhall Spirit of Leadership Award in recognition of her mentorship […] More

Kay Kapoor, president of AT&T‘s government solutions business, has received the Janice K. Mendenhall Spirit of Leadership Award from the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council. ACT-IAC said Monday the award is named after a civil servant who sought to bolster mentorship and relationships between industry and government and is the highest award given to members of the organization. […] More

TeleCommunication Systems said it plans to lend its navigation and automotive telematics experience to Dallas-based AT&T’s connected car initiative. Under the agreement, the company will release its TCS Location ToolKit to third-party developers, automakers and mobile operators through the AT&T Drive Studio facility, the company said Sept. 9. The TCS platform offers an integrated in-car […] More

AT&T has moved to help clients adopt cloud computing technologies by extending its cloud networking service to IBM‘s SoftLayer cloud infrastructure. The companies sought to help customers of AT&T’s virtual private network connect information technology systems to SoftLayer’s cloud services through the AT&T NetBond platform, AT&T said Thursday. “Together, we’re making the network as flexible as the cloud and giving enterprises confidence they can migrate […] More

AT&T has launched a cloud-based storage platform with federal security requirement compliance features designed for government agencies. The multi-tenant cloud offering incorporates features, policies, capabilities and EMC Atmos technology tools that are built as similar to AT&T’s commercial cloud platform, the company said Tuesday. “Our new STaaS for Government offer delivers the key attributes Federal buyers […] More

IBM has partnered with Applied Communication Sciences and AT&T to develop a technology that aims to reduce the provisioning time for cloud computing systems from days to seconds. The companies built the cloud-based architecture through a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s CORONET program, IBM said Tuesday. DARPA aims for the industry team to commercial the […] More

AT&T‘s government solutions segment has received a five-year, $275 million task order from the State Department for IP telephony systems at U.S. embassies and consulate offices around the world. The task order under the Foreign Post Telephone Replacement Program was awarded via State’s GSA Connections II indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity vehicle, AT&T said Monday. “AT&T Government Solutions is proud to serve […] More

Glenn Hutchins has been appointed to AT&T‘s board of directors and will serve on the corporate development and finance committee. The three-decade finance veteran is a co-founder and former co-CEO of Silver Lake, a technology investing firm with more than $23 billion under management, AT&T said Friday. “Glenn is one of the world’s pre-eminent technology investors and will be a […] More

AT&T has moved to grow its cloud ecosystem with the addition of Hewlett-Packard’s cloud services offerings. Clients of AT&T will gain access to HP’s Helion cloud portfolio through AT&T NetBond by using virtual private networks, AT&T said Monday. Andy Geisse, CEO of AT&T Business Solutions, said the company intends to meet customer demand for security […] More

AT&T held an application development contest from May 2 to May 3 for participants to build disaster preparedness apps in an effort to contribute to public safety programs. Developers formed groups and collaborated to develop 15 public safety mobile apps for the first-responder community during the hackathon at 1776 in Washington, AT&T said Friday. Jim Bugel, […] More

Federal agencies have a wealth of data that could be mined using machine-to-machine technology to improve real-time decision making, but adoption rates have been slow, a new study from AT&T Government Solutions and the Government Business Council found. Just 19 percent of 355 senior federal officials polled said their departments use or plan to use […] More

AT&T is planning to extend the range of its fiber-optic network to 21 large metropolitan areas across the U.S. in a move to help address growing customer demand for broadband services. The U-verse with GigaPower service will be deployed in up to 100 cities and municipalities in order to provide 1-gigabit-per-second Internet access and television services to residents, […] More