Verizon Enterprise Solutions has introduced a service that allows federal agencies, universities and other public institutions to adopt and pay for its cloud platform on an on-demand basis through instance-based virtual systems. The instance-based virtual devices intend to help information technology administrators to manage variable or seasonal IT workloads using the company’s Enterprise Cloud: Federal […] More

A Verizon cloud computing suite has been added to two contract vehicles that U.S. government agencies use to procure telecommunication products and services. Verizon said Wednesday its Enterprise Cloud: Federal Edition offering can now be purchased by agencies through the General Services Administration‘s Networx Universal and Enterprise program and the Washington Interagency Telecommunications System 3 […] More

Diane Gongaware serves as senior director of the U.S. public sector partner organization at Cisco, where she manages the company’s collaboration with other technology providers to the sector. She leads the organization that works with channel partners to build cloud computing, mobility, collaboration and data center platforms for federal, state, local government and education institutions. […] More

Stephen Kovac, a 23-year information technology veteran, serves as executive vice president for strategy and business development at Vazata‘s public sector business. He has responsibility for the development of procurement strategies and product roadmaps in the federal, state and local government and education markets. Prior to Vazata, he served as senior VP of sales and […] More

Verizon Enterprise Solutions has secured Department of Health and Human Services authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to deploy its cloud platform for the public sector. Kevin Irland, a corporate communications manager at the company, writes Thursday that the authority to operate is for its Enterprise Cloud: Federal Edition infrastructure-as-a-service cloud offering. The report said Verizon intends to leverage the […] More

Michael Maiorana, senior vice president for public sector markets at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, told MILCOM 2014 conference attendees this week that agencies face a challenge to make sense of information in today’s technology-driven world. Maiorana told the audience that actionable intelligence is what helps enterprises achieve gains from informed decision-making and situational awareness. “The digital age that […] More

State and local governments are increasingly adopting cloud and implementing an IT shared services model due to its financial, technical and operational promises, says Kevin Irland, a corporate communications manager at Verizon Enterprise Solutions. Irland writes in a Tuesday blog post that a survey by Grant Thornton, TechAmerica and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers indicated that many governments […] More

Network administrators need to bolster the IT infrastructure to support the uninterrupted delivery of services as government services move to online platforms, according to Sonya Cork, vice president for public sector markets at Verizon Enterprise Solutions. Cork wrote Thursday that administrators should focus on building scalable and redundant networks, fostering network diversity and fixing single-points-of-failure, working with trusted providers that […] More

Executive Mosaic, the premier media and events organization in the government contracting sector, is honored to announce the 2024 edition of the highly anticipated Wash100 Award. Now in its historic 11th year, the Wash100 Award recognizes the top 100 industry executives and government leaders in the GovCon community for their outstanding leadership, positive impact and […] More

Over the years, women leaders have risen to executive positions in prominent companies. According to a U.S. data, the proportion of women executives in senior roles have consistently increased in recent years. In 2021, women-owned 31.7% of top executive positions throughout all industries, a rise of over five percentage points from 2015, when it was […] More

Carahsoft Technology will begin offering Federated Wireless’ 5G-enabled private wireless systems to public sector customers through its contract vehicles and reseller partners. Government agency customers can access private wireless products from Federated Wireless through Carahsoft’s National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint contract and The Quilt master service agreement, the companies said in a joint […] More

A new Information Services Group report has found that U.S. state and local government agencies and related public sector organizations recognize the need to modernize their information technology systems and advance cybersecurity to meet the increasing demand for online services and remote work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ISG said Thursday the report showed […] More