Bill Rowan was appointed vice president of the federal business at cloud computing and virtualization company VMware in November after nearly four years at the firm. Rowan joined VMware in 2010 to lead its Defense Department business and the nearly 25-year veteran also held leadership roles at firms such as IBM, MicroStrategy and Storage Technology Corp. In […] More

IDC‘s Government Insights segment has released a new report on its evaluation of 12 cloud infrastructure-as-a-service vendors in the federal marketplace against set of weighted parameters for both short-term and long-term deployments. The research firm said Friday that the “IDC MarketScape: U.S. Government Private Cloud IaaS 2014 Vendor Assessment” report used pricing, scalability, compute services, value-added services and a single […] More

Allied Market Research has released a report that predicts the global internet security market will reach $42.8 billion by 2020. The report attributes the market’s growth to cloud-based business operations, growing online financial transactions and rise in Internet usage, among other factors. Allied Market Research says the market faces the challenge of pirated software and lack of awareness among consumers. The market […] More

Research and Markets has released a new report that points to a 37.8-percent compound annual growth rate for the global market on mobile cloud technologies, which combine the capabilities of cloud computing and mobile devices. From a value of $9.43 billion this year, the global mobile cloud market will reach a value of $46.90 billion in […] More

A new report from Allied Market Research projects the global Internet security market to be worth $42.8 billion by 2020 due to what the firm sees as increasing use Internet-based applications, particularly for online financial transactions. The firm said Thursday the market value for Internet security will climb at a compound annual growth rate of 8.1 percent over the next six years as […] More

A Radiant Insights report says demand for technologies designed to protect information and control data access will drive growth in the biometric systems market over the next five years. The worldwide biometrics industry is projected to have a market value of $16.7 billion by 2019, an increase from the $5.2 billion recorded in 2012, Radiant […] More

American Systems and Agilex are among this year’s winners of the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards‘ “Contractor of the Year” honor, which sees American Systems take the prize for companies with annual revenue greater than $300 million and Agilex in the $75 million-$300 million revenue category. The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and Professional Services Council recognized those companies, winners […] More

MicroMarket Monitor projects at North America’s predictive analytics market will hit a 24.5 percent compound annual growth rate until 2019, HealthITAnalytics said Thursday. Jennifer Bresnick writes the report also pegs the growth of predictive technology global market at 32.3 percent during the same forecast period. The report shows that North American organizations account for 38.8 percent of the global market. MicroMarket Monitor cited SAP, IBM and […] More

David Svec and his partners at Veris Group formed the Vienna, Virginia-based cyber consulting firm in 2005 to help public and private sector organizations adapt their enterprises to a new cybersecurity landscape. Svec’s government and business career includes stops at Booz Allen Hamilton as a risk management consultant and the White House in a critical infrastructure analysis role. In this conversation […] More

Visiongain published on Oct. 10 a new report on the $238-billion homeland security market that forecasts renewed growth for prime markets in Europe and North America and a surge in demand from Asia and the Middle East. The market analyst said the industry is poised to go through an expansion as it takes in new […] More

Mark Guthrie serves as vice president of Lexmark Government Solutions. Since January 2010 he has led the organization responsible for delivering offerings and services intended to help federal government personnel around the world achieve mission objectives.  Prior to his current role, Guthrie led Lexmark’s federal solutions team as its director for eight years. He was also […] More

David Gore, serves as a director and business development executive for the intelligence and information systems segment at Raytheon, where he serves as the company’s National Security Agency account manager and senior capture manager for large cybersecurity and signals intelligence programs. The former NSA engineering intern has been a director at Raytheon since 2012 and joined the […] More