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

Travis Rosiek, chief technology officer at FireEye‘s federal division, has told Carahsoft in an interview published Wednesday he believes fragmented and complex networks at agencies affect their efforts to adopt cybersecurity technology. Rosiek added that policy, budget, acquisition and human resource management gaps in the government has prevented agencies from implementing cyber readiness strategies. He has identified Internet of Things, mobility and […] More

The U.S. Army has renewed an IT maintenance and support contract with Globalscape for the company’s Enhanced File Transfer platform and CuteFTP client software. Globalscape said Thursday the contract covers the use of EFT and CuteFTP in support of the Standard Army Maintenance System-Enhanced logistics program and Carahsoft will distribute the software across the branch. Michael Shrader, vice president for intelligence and innovative solutions […] More

An upcoming Red Hat symposium on government information technology will feature speakers from 13 government agencies who will discuss the impact of open source software on the sector. Red Hat said Thursday its Nov. 10 Government Symposium will focus on how open source software can address government IT challenges in agility, flexibility and collaboration. “The way government IT operates is evolving rapidly, […] More

Todd Akers, vice president for public sector at Acquia, has said proper execution of open data initiatives fuel “innovation across both the public and private sector.” Akers wrote in an opinion piece for Carahsoft published Thursday that a new survey of federal leaders meant to assess the progress of the Digital Government Strategy program has […] More

Precise Biometrics has been awarded a $133,221 task order to supply additional smart card readers to the Defense Logistics Agency. The company designed the Tactivo technology based on the common access card infrastructure in order to help protect e-email and browsing sessions on mobile devices that run the iOS operating system, Precise Biometrics said Friday. […] More