Data visualization is as significant a component of cybersecurity as resources, personnel or the data itself, Tim White, global head of government and intelligence at YarcData, wrote in a Jan. 22 op-ed in the New York Times. Click here to read White’s full piece “Finding a Needle in a Haystack” According to the executive, the recent escalation […] More

CenturyLink Technology Solutions will use an IO software-defined data center infrastructure to extend its colocation and managed hosting services into the Phoenix market. The CenturyLink subsidiary aims to deliver up to 9 megawatts in data center capacity to Phoenix customers using IO’s Intelligence Control platform, IO said Wednesday. Jeff Von Deylen, president of CenturyLink Technology […] More

CenturyLink Technology Solutions, formerly known as Savvis, is working to expand its data center reach in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Ariz. with the help of IO. Under the partnership, CenturyLink Technology will use IO’s Intelligent Control technology platform to provide control, data collection and business intelligence services across data centers, CenturyLink Technology announced Wednesday. Users and […] More

Lou Von Thaer started a new chapter of his three-decade GovCon career in June 2013 as president of a business once part of Science Applications International Corp. that eventually became Leidos‘ national security sector. Von Thaer now leads a team of 13,000 professionals in the sector after previously leading 7,000 employees at General Dynamics Advanced […] More

AtHoc Inc. has provided a mass notification system to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for hospital personnel to communicate and safeguard patients in the event of an emergency. The Bethesda, Md.-based military hospital implemented AtHoc’s Interactive Warning System, which works to notify 12,000 on-premise medical staff in the event of a critical situation, AtHoc […] More

A publicly-owned electric utility in Seattle has selected a suite of Oracle enterprise software applications to manage smart grid infrastructures and services. Seattle City Light intends to use Oracle’s products to fulfill customer support, operational and cost requirements in the utility’s metering business, Oracle said Tuesday. “A key factor in our Oracle selection was that […] More

Sotera Defense Solutions will develop tools and provide services for the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic under a potential $900 million contract. SPAWARSYSCEN intends for that equipment and work to help build, test and deploy C5ISR (command, control, communications, computers, combat Systems, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance), information operations, enterprise information services and space technologies, […] More

Charles Sowell serves as senior vice president in Salient Federal Solutions‘ system and software engineering solutions business unit, where he oversees work in the areas of security clearances, insider threat prevention and detection and big data analysis. He most recently served as deputy assistant director for special security for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence […] More

At ODNI, I was asked to become the program executive for security clearance reform in 2009, and then I became the deputy assistant director for special security and had pretty frequent interactions with Director Clapper, the director of National Intelligence. Those posts gave me real learning experience for the impact of security across the government. […] More

Lynne Chamberlain serves as vice president of business development for Red Hat‘s public sector. The more than 20-year industry veteran has been at Red Hat since 2004 and has previously held leadership roles at Unisys, HP and NetApp. In her Q&A with ExecutiveBiz, Chamberlain discussed her work with systems integrators, some of the newest cloud offerings […] More

Global Security & Intelligence Strategies has become a strategic partner in a coalition that works to utilize intelligence and security services, decision support, strategic counsel and design offerings for public sector operations. The Government Technology & Services Coalition added GSIS to help develop policies and set direction for thought leadership, concepts and ideas in homeland security, […] More

Boeing’s tracking and data relay satellite has transmitted its first signals from space after its launch on Jan. 23. The TDRS-L is the fifth satellite that Boeing built for various NASA operations involving the International Space Station, researches on the Earth’s climate and deep space study using the Hubble Telescope, Boeing said Thursday. Craig Cooning, […] More