“The industry is our oyster. Open source is the industry’s software technology of choice.”   ExecutiveBiz: What does your role as the leader of business development for the public sector entail? Lynne Chamberlain: I started with Red Hat 13 years ago and moved to the North American Public Sector Organization two years later. I currently fill […] More

 CSRA Inc. (NYSE: CSRA) was named in Gartner’s Top 100 IT companies, the company announced in a press release Thursday. CSRA also jumped 143 spots to #100 in IT leadership.  “We are proud to see CSRA’s success recognized by this year’s list of Gartner’s Global Top 100 IT companies,” said CSRA President and CEO Larry […] More

Andy Start, president of Inmarsat‘s global government business unit, said the “five A’s” approach postulated by Gartner analysts Mark McDonald and Andy Rowsell-Jones can help the government balance operating capability and cost. Start wrote in a blog post published Thursday the “Augment, Apply, Accompany, Apply and Abstract” approach in the digital world can be modified into the […] More

United Launch Alliance, Ball Aerospace and the Space Foundation have sponsored the launch of two rockets built by ULA interns with payloads that Ball interns and Colorado K-12 students created. ULA — a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin — said Sunday the event included efforts to launch the 50-foot-tall Future Heavy and 10-foot-tall Genesis rockets to simulate real-life missions and encourage students to pursue careers […] More

BARRY BARLOW VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER VENCORE, INC. Barry Barlow is the vice president and chief technology officer at Vencore, Inc. In this role, he ensures Vencore is positioned for short- and long-term success by assessing the technology needs of its customers, partners and suppliers, as well as developing a corporate technology road-map […] More

Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware, has said the company plans to collaborate with agencies that want to automate processes and manage resources in their push to unlock the “full potential” of information technology services. Rowan wrote in an opinion piece published Thursday that IT tools must not be viewed as disparate systems […] More

Lenovo and Nutanix have partnered to jointly develop and offer new hyperconverged appliances to customers through Lenovo’s global channel partners. The Lenovo hyperconverged appliances will feature Nutanix’s software and incorporate Intel technologies to run enterprise applications, databases, virtualized desktops and big data analytics, Lenovo said Wednesday. Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO of Lenovo, said the […] More

Herb VanHook serves as a vice president and deputy chief technology officer at BMC Software, where he also provides strategic and portfolio support to the automation and cloud business unit. He specializes in digital transformation strategies, business planning and corporate development and has 30 years of experience in the information technology sector. Before joining BMC in […] More

The public sector’s use of mobile applications continues to grow as U.S. and international government units eye increased use of those tools to support citizen services, Jason Deign wrote in a piece published Monday on the Cisco website. Deign writes that mobile apps work to grow service delivery to more citizens and enable “anytime, anywhere” access. “If you think about reaching the […] More

CA Technologies has rolled out a new tool to help enterprises manage and secure their mobile devices, content and applications. CA said Sept. 9 that the Enterprise Mobility Management suite will be offered as a software as a service for on-premise or cloud deployment, with provisions for iOS 8 support related to zero-day events. The […] 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

Information Builders has partnered with address verification firm Loqate to incorporate the latter company’s verification and geocoding technology with Information Builders’ iWay product portfolio. The companies said Wednesday that the iWay Data Quality Suite, iWay Integration Suite and iWay Master Data Suite will use Loqate Verify and Loqate Geocode in work to process business data. “In today’s data-saturated landscape, ensuring the quality and accuracy of complex data sets is critical for intelligent and […] More