Maggie Chan Jones, senior vice president at Level 3 Communications‘ North America marketing practice, has been named the 2014 Woman of the Year by the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Women in Cable Telecommunications. Level 3 said Thursday the award was given at WICT’s 15th Annual Walk of Fame event last week, honoring industry leaders who demonstrate the […] More

Ed Morche leads Level 3 Communications‘ government markets group as its senior vice president and general manager, leading all functional activities in support of the firm’s civilian, defense, intelligence and other customers. In that role, the more-than-20-year telecommunications veteran also sets strategic direction for the firm’s capture strategy for government contracts. Morche recently caught up […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has marked the first anniversary of its Strategic Innovation Group, which Executive Vice President and group head Karen Dahut said was launched last year to foster creativity and partnerships across the company with an aim to deliver new solutions and products. “Booz Allen created the Strategic Innovation Group to capture the smart thinking that already […] More

Trimble Inc. is planning to release its cloud-based feedback management technology to government customers in an effort to aid in government-constituent collaborations, GCN reported Thursday. Local government clients will be able to manage and respond to service requests from their constituents using the Trimble Feedback application, according to the report. The system is also designed […] More

Hewlett-Packard plans to invest more than $1 billion in cloud computing technologies over the next two years, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Spencer Ante writes HP will hire developers and consultants to develop cloud systems and increase the company’s data centers to 20 over the next 18 months through the investment. Meg Whitman, CEO of […] More

CA Technologies has joined a cybersecurity alliance that seeks to craft multi-factor authentication standards for securing online transactions. The company sought to bring its experience in securing identities and data access to the Fast IDentity Online group, CA said Tuesday. “The market has been screaming for an alternative to passwords for years,” said Jim Reno, chief […] More

The Telecommunications Industry Association has submitted comments to the General Services Administration on a proposal to adopt cybersecurity standards for the federal acquisition and contracting process, FCW reported Tuesday. Mark Rockwell writes that the group urged the GSA to allow for more flexibility in its proposed contractor security rules so innovation won’t be stifled. TIA […] More

BAE Systems has introduced a collaboration platform that aims to help government and intelligence agency users manage access to sensitive data as well as protect shared documents, InformationWeek reported Friday. Henry Kenyon writes that BAE’s Secure Information Broker Appliance software works by marking files that are meant only for internal use to avoid unintentional exposure […] More

Carahsoft has formed a partnership with Shavlik to provide security and patch management services to government clients and partners. Carahsoft will offer Shavlik’s Shavlik Protect Standard, Advanced and Patch for Microsoft System Center products to government customers, Shavlik said Tuesday. The products feature patch management and asset inventory systems. “Carahsoft and Shavlik are working together to provide […] More

A Toshiba subsidiary has been given approval to operate its computed tomography system for interoperability with the U.S. Air Force‘s network. Toshiba America Medical Systems added Microsoft Windows 7 and application whitelisting features to its CT platform in order to meet the Defense Department‘s data security requirements, Toshiba said Monday. “This breakthrough has opened doors […] More

Google has partnered with Citrix to provide customers with access to Windows applications via the Google-developed Chromebook computers. Citrix’s XenApp virtual app, HDX technology and HTML5 Receiver products will be integrated into the Chromebook for users to perform business operations by using Windows apps, Citrix said Tuesday. “With the growing acceptance of new computing platforms in the enterprise, […] More

EMC Corp. has released a new portfolio of data storage applications designed to help enterprises manage archiving, recovery and security functions. The Data Protection Suite is built to support physical, virtual and cloud computing systems and helps customers shift toward a software-defined storage model, EMC said Thursday. According to the company, the offerings work to […] More