Carahsoft Technology Corp. will offer Paxata’s adaptive data preparation application and platform to government customers. Paxata built the platform to automate and govern data integration and enrichment process functions, Paxata said Thursday. Michael Shrader, vice president of intelligence and innovative solutions at Carahsoft, said Paxata sought to fill a technology gap between a data management system provided by Cloudera […] More

Robin Portman oversees business development function at Booz Allen Hamilton in her role as an executive vice president for the consulting and contracting firm. She supports the firm’s work in the defense, security, civil and commercial sectors through leadership of a BD organization that seeks to understand and analyze market shifts for proposal development. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Portman […] More

FireEye has moved to integrate its cybersecurity technologies with Telefonica‘s managed security and mobile security services under a new partnership for the business-to-business market. FireEye said Thursday Telefonica will offer its enterprise customers the FireEye Mobile Threat Prevention product and other security offerings to counter advanced persistent threats. “[The] reality is modern attack groups can execute a sophisticated hack against any […] More

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has received a Heart of the Community Award from Virginia-based nonprofit Hopkins House for the company’s local- and national-level corporate citizenship programs. “Embracing our ‘Social Responsibility’ core value is a part of who we are and we pledge to continue our commitment begun 20 plus years ago to give back to our communities by helping […] More

Chris Smith, vice president of technology for AT&T‘s government solutions business, has told Federal News Radio that five recently passed cybersecurity bills could help U.S. government agencies develop a unified approach to infrastructure security. Smith told Francis Rose in an interview aired Tuesday that the Federal Information Security Modernization Act brings clarity about what roles […] More

Bill Sullivan leads Informatica‘s public sector business in North America as vice president and general manager. Sullivan’s more than two-decade career includes stops at Lockheed Martin, where he led that company’s Savi Technology business, and a VP and GM role for North American state and local markets at PeopleSoft, which was acquired by Oracle. In this conversation with […] More

Drenda Harkins, formerly chief information officer for Arkansas’ division of medical services, has joined CSG Government Solutions healthcare and human services practice. Harkins most recently led the state of Arkansas’ effort to modernize its Medicaid management information systems, CSG said Wednesday. “She has successfully led large MMIS, ICD-10 code-set transition, and electronic health records implementations, providing her with an […] More

Jerry Hogge, deputy group president of Leidos’ health solutions group, said interoperability and connectivity are among key features the U.S. Defense Department want from the agency’s future electronic health records system, EHRintelligence reported Thursday. Jennifer Bresnick interviewed Hogge along with Jim Traficant, managing director of Accenture Federal Services, and Travis Dalton, general manager of Cerner‘s […] 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

McKinney administrators in Texas have adopted Dell’s suite of database management and information technology monitoring systems as part of efforts to help modernize the city’s municipal services. The suite includes Foglight to monitor application performance, Toad Data Modeler to allow disparate databases to communicate with and understand one another, two PowerEdge M1000e enclosures for the […] More

Dave McClure made the jump from the public sector to business earlier this year when he joined cybersecurity firm Veris Group as chief strategist. McClure brings more than two decades of federal service to his role and retired from government in the spring as head of the General Services Administration‘s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies. […] More

IBM is seeing growing interest in the company’s offerings worldwide as enterprises continue to adopt cloud, analytics and mobile technologies. Stephen Leonard, general manager of sales at IBM systems and technology group, said Wednesday that the company’s new systems work to help clients “modernize their IT environments for emerging big data, cloud computing, mobile and social technologies.” “Clients […] More