Red Hat has rolled out a consulting service aimed at helping government customers to implement and secure cloud-based information technology systems. The Red Hat Cloud for Government program is designed to offer tools and methods for agencies to manage cloud infrastructure and computing services in their data centers, the company said Monday. “Budget-strapped agencies want […] More

Charles Brooks, vice president and client executive for the Department of Homeland Security at Xerox Corp., sees an increased support from the FBI and DHS in converting government records to digital form. Brooks wrote in an op-ed published in Federal Times Wednesday that he believes “digitizing records reduces costs by speeding up document capture, recognition, and retrieval.” The […] More

Jennifer Smith serves as senior vice president of corporate development at SAIC, where she is responsible for coordinating the company’s enterprise strategy & development and mergers & acquisitions. Prior to her current role, she served as SAIC’s senior vice president of strategic business development for the global markets and missions sector and senior vice president […] More

Raytheon has been awarded a $130 million contract to help the Massachusetts Department of Transportation replace the state’s cash tolling systems with an electronic platform. The company and its partners will build and install an All Electronic Tolling System designed to allow vehicles with EZ-Pass tags to drive through Massachusetts toll stations without stopping, Raytheon said […] More

Citrix has named Mike Singer to lead its defense team out of the company’s regional headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. As new senior director for the Defense Department business, Singer will strive to help the company bring its products in line with market needs with his experience in the federal information technology industry, Citrix said Wednesday. Prior to […] More

Jessica Nielsen serves as vice president of communications and marketing at Lockheed Martin where she is responsible for all facets of communications at the company’s Information Systems and Global Solutions division. She previously was executive director of global communications at Dell and was chief of staff to the BAE Systems group communications director from 2009-2011. Nielsen […] More

Bill Downer serves as manager of federal business development at Seagate Technology where he is helping to build a federal subsidiary that will focus on storage offerings for U.S. government customers. Downer worked in BD for Xyratex before it was acquired by Seagate and was vice president of federal sales at DataDirect Networks beginning in 2012. He […] More

Technology companies Atmel, Broadcom, Dell, Intel, Samsung and Wind River have partnered to start a consortium that will work to bolster interoperability and define connectivity requirements for products that are a part of the Internet of Things. The Open Interconnect Consortium seeks to ensure the interoperability of billions of devices that could come online by 2020, the companies said Tuesday. “Having […] More

Joe Ayers, a former U.S. Army aviation officer, serves as vice president and general manager of Hewlett-Packard‘s U.S. federal enterprise business group, where he works with federal partners to deliver private cloud and other technology and consulting services. Prior to HP, he managed the federal business at Dell for two years as vice president and general manager and oversaw […] More

Mark Hawkins, former chief financial officer and executive vice president of Autodesk, will serve as chief financial officer salesforce.com starting August 1 and report to Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO. Salesforce.com said Monday that outgoing CFO Graham Smith will stay on as a full-time adviser to assist in the transition until his retirement on March 31 next year. “We are thrilled […] More

Salesforce.com and Microsoft have formed a partnership to integrate the Salesforce CRM platform with Windows OS, Azure cloud platform and Microsoft Office 365 to deliver new productivity tools, Cloud Times reported Tuesday. Saroj Kar writes the CRM application will be available through Windows devices and the companies aim to allow cloud-based user collaboration through Office Mobile, Office for iPad and Office […] More

Many Fortune 500 companies are seeking to hire chief information security officers or board directors who have experience and skills in cybersecurity, Reuters reported Friday. Nadia Damouni writes that Cardinal Health, Deere & Co., JPMorgan Chase, PepsiCo and The United Services Automobile Association are among the firms that are searching data security professionals in order […] More