A Lockheed Martin–Esri team has launched a cloud portal for ArcGIS technology with the goal of helping U.S. intelligence and defense agencies organize and share geographic information. The portal is designed to allow National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Defense Department analysts access to protected GEOINT data through the Amazon Web Services commercial cloud system, Lockheed said Tuesday. […] More

Esri has been certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer cloud services for government users of a geographic information system technology. Jack Dangermond, president of Esri, announced at the company’s annual geospatial conference that its managed cloud service offering is designated FedRAMP compliant at the moderate security level, Esri said Monday. […] More

Tony Frazier became senior vice president of DigitalGlobe‘s government solutions business earlier this year and oversees the geospatial imagery provider’s work with U.S. government customers. Frazier, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list for 2015, joined DigitalGlobe through its 2013 combination with GeoEye, where he led communications and marketing initiatives in an SVP role. In this conversation with […] More

Nazzic Keene, a three-decade technology industry veteran, serves as a sector president at Science Applications International Corp. She is responsible for customer relationship management, pipeline growth strategy development and program implementation across the organization. Keene joined the company in 2012 as a senior vice president for corporate strategy and planning. Prior to joining SAIC, she […] More

Erik Buice serves as vice president of  health systems management at Northrop Grumman, where he oversees two dozen programs and approximately 800 total staff that work on IT systems for federal clients. In this role, Buice works on programs that deal with electronic health records, bioinformatics research and the modernization of Social Security. Before joining Northrop, Buice worked for a […] More

IDC‘s Government Insights segment has released a new report on its evaluation of 12 cloud infrastructure-as-a-service vendors in the federal marketplace against set of weighted parameters for both short-term and long-term deployments. The research firm said Friday that the “IDC MarketScape: U.S. Government Private Cloud IaaS 2014 Vendor Assessment” report used pricing, scalability, compute services, value-added services and a single […] More

Cisco has added at least 30 Intercloud Fabric partners and 250 data centers as the company pushes forward with its plans to build a global network of interconnected clouds to support the Internet of Everything. The company said Monday its partners – cloud providers, builders, aggregators and resellers as well as independent software vendors – deploy hybrid cloud infrastructure to support enterprise operations. Rob Lloyd, Cisco president […] More

Startup incubator 1776 has partnered with Georgetown University to provide the university’s students access to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Washington, D.C. Georgetown students, faculty and staff will have access to mentorship, corporate connections, media attention and educational events at the 1776 campus, Georgetown University said Friday. “Georgetown is an incredible university, and we’re thrilled to support their initiatives to foster student entrepreneurship across the entire […] More

Kara Yarnot is the founder of talent acquisition consulting and advisory services firm Meritage Talent Solutions, where she serves as president. Her company works with technology vendors and employers several industries and markets. Prior to Meritage, Yarnot spent more than 7 years at SAIC and most recently served as vice president and director of that company’s talent acquisition center of expertise. […] More

Government customers will be able to purchase unified products from GIS mapping software maker Esri and operational intelligence provider OSIsoft through the immixGroup marketplace. The two companies announced Tuesday that they have agreed to make their PI System and ArcGIS tools available under the General Services Administration’s IT Schedule 70 for commercial technology vendors. Esri and […] More

Symantec has launched its Cyber Career Connection (SC3) program that aims to address the workforce gap in cybersecurity careers worldwide and to find new opportunities for adolescents and young adults not necessarily college-bound, the company said Tuesday. SC3 was announced as a Commitment to Action at the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative America event held Tuesday by Hillary […] More

IntelliDyne LLC has won awards in two categories as part of an annual workplace recognition by The Alliance for Workplace Excellence, a Montgomery County, Md.-based nonprofit organization. IntelliDyne received the 2014 Workplace Excellence Seal of Approval and The 2014 Health & Wellness Seal of Approval for 2014, the company announced Monday. The company will receive […] More