Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer at Dell EMC‘s federal business, has said converged and hyper-converged technologies will become “great focal areas” for Dell EMC, FedScoop reported Wednesday. Chehreh told the publication that software-defined networking is another information technology development that will drive Dell EMC’s investment strategy. “The last piece for us is all about the software, […] More

Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer at Dell EMC’s federal business, has said he would support the Modernizing Government Technology Act introduced by Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) because the bill aims to provide agency executives access to capital needed to fund information technology modernization efforts. Chehreh told MeriTalk in a Data Center Brainstorm interview held Thursday in […] More

A new survey sponsored by Dell EMC has found that 64 percent of federal information technology leaders said their agencies had fielded software-defined data centers. Dell said Monday it commissioned market research firm Penn Schoen Berland to perform an online survey of 100 federal IT and business decision makers in May 2016 as an extension to the State of […] More

World Wide Technology has achieved the Titanium Black Status under Dell EMC‘s Partner Program which will give WWT customers access to Dell EMC’s resources and technologies. WWT said Wednesday the Titanium Black Status is a new rank within the Titanium Tier of the Dell EMC Partner Program, which will be launched on Feb. 4, 2017. The supply […] More

Work to implement the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act along with continued digital transformation, cloud computing and data analytics initiatives at agencies were among several topics that led the federal IT landscape in 2016. The federal and commercial technology market landscape also shifted this year as the former Dell Inc. closed the industry-record $67 billion purchase […] More

William Teuber, former vice chairman of EMC, has joined New York-based investment firm Bridge Growth Partners as senior operating principal. He became EMC’s vice chairman in May 2006 and stepped down from the post upon completion of the data storage vendor’s merger with Dell in September 2016, Bridge Growth Partners said. In his previous role, Teuber was responsible for strategy and business […] More

A new survey backed by Dell EMC says 91 percent of federal market information technology leaders consider cloud computing as the top technology trend at their agencies. Dell said Wednesday it commissioned market research firm Penn Schoen Berland to conduct an online survey of 100 federal IT and business decision makers in May as an extension to the State of IT […] More

A new EMC Corp. study reveals data loss incidents have manifested their economic impact on organizations as enterprises fail to respond to data protection challenges. The Global Data Protection Index 2016 report, conducted by Vanson Bourne, shows a lack of preparation for new and emerging threats among businesses, EMC said Tuesday. A survey among information […] More

Kevin McEvoy, CEO of deep water energy and engineering services provider Oceaneering International, has joined the board of directors of Emcor Group. McEvoy was elected to the board at Emcors’ annual meeting of stockholders, the company said Thursday. He is also the chairman of the National Ocean Industry Association, director of the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers’ Association and a member of […] More

An EMCOR Group subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $40.2 million contract to provide facility support services for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Monday EMCOR Government Services will provide preventive maintenance, testing, inspection, training, management supervision, equipment and labor services for the Naval Support Activity Bethesda in Maryland under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, The Naval […] More

EMC and VMware have teamed up to establish a new business that will work to provide a portfolio of hybrid cloud platforms for government and commercial clients. Virtustream CEO Rodney Rogers will oversee the joint venture that will operate as part of the Virtustream brand, VMware said Tuesday. The new cloud services business will work to combine […] More

Barry Morris serves as vice president of the federal division at EMC and has three decades of federal sales experience. In this capacity, he oversees information technology projects with federal agencies and manages the company’s collaboration efforts with other government contractors and systems integrators. Prior to EMC, Morris spent more than a decade at Polycom, […] More