A new Research and Markets report predicts that the global managed security services market will climb in value from 2014 to 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 11.3 percent. The company said Monday the growth is due to increased demand for cloud services and adoption of bring-your-own-device practices, which have resulted in the need for security […] More

Steve Harris joined Dell Federal — the technology maker’s federal government organization — in March 2014 to lead that business as vice president and general manager. Harris previously led Dell’s state and local government and education business as area vice president for nearly five years and has held other sales leadership roles at the company […] More

A Time Warner Cable subsidiary has adopted a Dell network firewall appliance to deliver managed security services to the telecommunication firm’s customers in the education sector. Time Warner Cable Business Class collaborates with Secure Designs , a premium partner of Dell, to help U.S. school district clients protect their information technology assets, Dell said Tuesday. […] More

A Big Market Research study predicts the global market for managed security services to record a compound annual growth rate of 15.8 percent from 2014 through 2020. The research firm said Wednesday an increase in adoption of bring-your-own-device policies at workplaces and rising incidents of data breaches and cyber attacks are among the factors that will drive the […] More

Dell’s federal business has inked distribution agreements with information technology firms Synnex and Ingram Micro to sell Dell’s portfolio of enterprise platforms to providers that offer IT services and products to the U.S. government, CRN reported Monday. Michael Novinson writes the deals also cover the provision of sales, marketing and technical support services. Frank Vitagliano, vice […] More

The Innovation Institute has tapped Dell to become a founding partner of its California-based Innovation Lab to help develop health information technology platforms. Dell said Tuesday the Innovation Institute acts as an incubator for healthcare companies and evaluates, develops and commercialize medical tools and services through its Innovation Lab. The company will collaborate with the institute to […] More

A new Technavio report says the global market for security services is poised to gain a 10.13 percent year-over-year growth from 2014 to 2019. Technavio analysts observed government and commercial organizations investing in security service offerings to prevent theft of enterprise information and unauthorized data access, ReportBuyer said Thursday. The research firm used revenue data […] More

Dell has signed an agreement for its digital business services arm to serve as a ThingWorx global system integrator partner in delivering professional and digital services to support applications in the Internet of Things. Dell said Thursday it will provide consulting services to enterprise customers under the ThingWorx System Integrator Program. “Our customers today are seeing […] More

A subsidiary of Exelis has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement by the Interior Department for its geospatial image analysis software. Exelis Visual Information Solutions will provide ENVI software and related maintenance services for the federal agency under the BPA, which has a one-year base period and four one-year options, the company said Tuesday. Stuart […] More

Four Points Technology has tapped Dell Software to provide information technology tools and technical support services for federal agencies as part of its supply service contract with the General Services Administration. With Dell as its partner, the award will allow the Virginia-based service-disabled veteran-owned small business to cater to its government clients “from the end […] More

Andrew McCann is an executive director at Dell, overseeing go-to-market strategy and organization for the company’s federal government services arm. He also leads the sales teams for Dell’s business and systems integration services, applications and other products. McCann joined the company in October 2014 after spending 26 years at Electronic Data Systems, which transitioned into […] More

Dell SecureWorks has introduced a malware detection and protection service offering that is intended to help organizations counter advanced threats. The malware detection system incorporates Dell SecureWorks’ threat intelligence and Lastline’s malware defense platform, Dell said Monday. The technology is designed to monitor and review email, file and Web traffic on an organization’s network. “Once […] More