Carl De Groote and Chuck Louisell of Cisco Systems have said the U.S. military should adopt artificial intelligence, machine learning and in-line data analytics to sustain mission assurance and readiness. De Groote and Louisell wrote in a C4ISRNET opinion piece published Tuesday that the military should supplement such technology platforms with an agile and resilient […] More

Multinational tech firm Cisco Systems is partnering with North Carolina to launch the CyberVetsUSA program to connect the state government with the industry to train veterans for jobs in the cybersecurity field. The office of the governor said Wednesday the company will work with the state’s departments of military and veterans affairs, information technology and commerce […] More

Dan Kent, chief technology officer of Cisco‘s public sector business, has estimated that organizations will migrate 75 percent of data into cloud infrastructure over time, Federal Times reported Saturday. Kent said at federal cloud event held Wednesday he predicts cloud providers will look to help government customers transfer multipurpose information technology applications. “You’re not going to find […] More

Cubic‘s transportation systems business has received a $394M contract to modernize the fare payment technology of the Clipper smart card system, which serves commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. The company said Thursday it will develop an integrated mobile application that will allow Clipper users to access updated information, reload their accounts, […] More

The San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission has selected Cubic as the agency’s preferred contractor to update the fare collection system in California’s Bay Area. Cubic said Friday its transportation systems business aims to modernize the Clipper electronic fare payment being used by 22 transit agencies across the region if the commission awards the project to the company after a three-stage approval […] More

ExecutiveBiz talked with Diane Gongaware, vice president of U.S. Public Sector Services at Cisco Systems, about federal cybersecurity challenges, the government’s progress in adopting the cloud and what products Cisco will be launching soon. “Agencies need an architectural, not piecemeal, approach that will allow them to leverage each area of the whole enterprise, like data […] More

Mark Garrett, former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Adobe, has joined Cisco‘s board of directors, bringing with him more than 30 years of experience in financial management in technology. The networking hardware firm said Thursday it has selected 11 other executives to join its board of directors prior to appointing Garrett. “Mark has […] More

India-based investment firm Stellaris Venture Partners has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Cisco‘s investments unit, Live Mint reported Monday. The technology venture capital fund invests in business- and consumer-centric start-ups that offer analytics, cloud, enterprise application and Internet of Things products and services. Sameer Garde, president of Cisco India, said the company supports […] More

A Cisco-built cloud security offering has received an authority to operate at the moderate level from the program management office of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Nick Michaelides, vice president of Cisco’s U.S. federal sales organization, wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday the Cloudlock platform also met eligibility requirements for impact level 2 […] More

Cisco and Luxembourg’s government have entered into a three-year memorandum of understanding to implement efforts to accelerate the digitization of systems in the country. Cisco said Tuesday the public-private partnership aligns with the Digital Luxembourg program and seeks to tackle four pillars that include cybersecurity, education, financial technology and internet of things. “Luxembourg aims at attracting […] More

Diane Gongaware, vice president of U.S. public sector services at Cisco, has said agencies should adopt a “proactive” approach to cybersecurity in order to facilitate threat detection and response as well as mitigate the impacts of cyber attacks. Gongaware wrote in a FedTech article published Tuesday that agencies should conduct risk assessments to identify the types of information […] More

Irving Tan, senior vice president of Cisco‘s business operations in Asia Pacific and Japan, will transition to a new role as SVP for operations and digital at the San Jose, California-based technology company. Tan will oversee digital transformation initiatives in partnership with sales, engineering and other departments of the company in his new position, Cisco said Thursday. […] More