Jeremy Burton, chief marketing officer of Dell Technologies, wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday the company’s goal is to serve as a partner and a catalyst for enterprise customers that aim to transform their information technology functions. Dell Technologies formed as a result of the merger between Dell and EMC. Burton said the company seeks to help enterprise clients […] More

ISC has added eight government and industry professionals to the nonprofit organization’s U.S. Government Advisory Council. Members of the council advise the ISC executive management team on cybersecurity-related government policies and programs as well as professional certification matters, ISC said Tuesday. The USGAC also sponsors community outreach initiatives such as the ISC Government Information Security Leadership Awards, the U.S. Government […] More

Dell‘s Australia-based business unit has received a two-year, $56.9 million contract from that country’s defense department to deliver than 100,000 desktops across the military as part of a large-scale computer supply project, CRN reported Tuesday. Steven Kiernan writes the desktop units will run both Windows 7 and Windows 10 operating systems to support the project that aims […] More

A study sponsored by Dell and conducted by PSB has shown that 70 percent of 100 federal information technology and business decision makers surveyed said their agencies run IT applications on outdated computer systems. The State of IT Trends 2016 study also found that more than 50 percent of respondents admitted to the fact that their agency operates expired computer operating […] More

Rofori Corp. has joined a FireEye-led coalition in an effort to help organizations detect, correlate and respond to cyber threats. Rofori will integrate its DEFCON CYBER platform with FireEye’s Global Threat Management Platform and iSIGHT Intelligence tool under the cybersecurity coalition, Rofori said Monday. Chuck O’Dell, CEO of Rofori, said the combination of the company’s DEFCON CYBER with […] More

Dell and Software AG have launched an Internet of Things architecture offering intended to help enterprise customers analyze real-time data from networks, devices and sensors. The integrated offering combines Dell’s Edge Gateway 5000 Series and an embedded version of Software AG’s Apama Streaming Analytics to support real-time analytics at the edge of the network, Software AG said […] More

Dan Allison, formerly managing director of technology and healthcare consulting firm DEAllison Enterprises, has joined Dell Services as vice president and global general manager of the firm’s healthcare and life sciences division. Dell said Thursday Allison will oversee the company’s strategic initiatives and engagement programs for clients in life sciences and healthcare markets. Allison, a […] More

Dell has received a two-year, $1.2 million contract to help the U.K. Department for Work and Pensions decommission an online tool for citizens to access government services, system, Government Computing reported Friday. Neil Merrett writes the contract for Government Gateway covers hardware maintenance and software support services to DWP, Merrett reports. According to the report, the contract award […] More

A Dell business unit partnered with InfusionPoints to develop operations and security controls necessary to achieve a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for a cloud offering. Dell Services Federal Government received the provisional authorization-to-operate from FedRAMP’s joint authorization board for the Dell Cloud for U.S. Government platform following an audit conducted by J.D. Biggs and Associates as an […] More

Dell Services Federal Government has received a provisional authority-to-operate from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Joint Authorization Board to offer an infrastructure-as-a-service cloud to public sector customers. FedRAMP JAB granted the Dell Cloud for US Government platform a moderate impact level P-ATO on Thursday. DCG is designed for federal, state, local and tribal agencies as well as higher education organizations, government […] More

Dell‘s security unit has updated its operating system that works to provide SSL virtual private network access to applications, data and resources for remote workers who use mobile devices. The new SonicWall Secure Mobile Access version looks to help industry and government clients secure their networks across all data type, device and remote worker location, Dell said Wednesday. Dell […] More

The government technology and professional services market received a new layer to its mergers-and-acquisition landscape Monday upon the news that the system integration subsidiary of Tokyo-based Nippon Telegraph and Telephone will purchase Dell’s services business for $3.05 billion. Through the deal, Dell’s federal government services business will combine with the similar unit inside NTT Data in a move executives at both […] More