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Carahsoft Adds PernixData Software Offering to GSA Schedule; Michael Shrader Comments

Carahsoft Technology will offerÂ PernixDataâ€™s FVP softwareÂ platform to public sector agencies through aÂ General Services Administration schedule in a move to help federal customers fulfill storage requirements. Carahsoft will serve as PernixData’s distributor and master government aggregator across state and local education and federal government customers, PernixData said Tuesday. Agencies will have access to the PernixData product […] More

by Jay Clemens August 4, 2015, 11:00 am
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CACI to Continue Support for DoD Financial Mgmt Systems; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI International has received a $48.6 million task order to continue its operational support for information technology systems at the U.S. Defense Department comptroller’s office. The company said Thursday it will help maintain, integrate and secure IT systems that the DoD comptroller uses to manage budgetary and accounting functions. “By leveraging our experience in business […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman July 30, 2015, 11:14 am
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Cisco’s Diane Gongaware on ‘Internet of Everything’ Trends in the Public Sector

Cisco describes the “Internet of Everything” concept as theÂ manyÂ connections that linkÂ people, data, process and thingsÂ andÂ technology transitionsÂ such as the “Internet of Things” to make those links happen. A 2013 white paper from Cisco estimates the IoEÂ to be a potentialÂ $4.6 trillion opportunity for the public sector through 2023Â and projects focus areas for government to includeÂ connected militarized defense […] More

by Ross Wilkers July 29, 2015, 12:30 pm
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Tom Callahan on SafeNet Assured Technologies’ Launch, Future of Cross Domain Tech

Netherlands-based digitalÂ security firm Gemalto closed its $890 million purchase of SafeNet inÂ January of this year and shortly afterward officially launched a new subsidiary focused on the U.S. federal market — SafeNet Assured Technologies. Tom Callahan, vice president of sales at SafeNet AT, ledÂ SafeNet’s federal sales team as its VP prior to the transaction and is […] More

by Ross Wilkers July 28, 2015, 2:53 pm
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Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed to Keep Gov’t Cyber Business

Lockheed MartinÂ will retain its government cybersecurity business as the company looks toÂ potentially separateÂ many of itsÂ information technology andÂ technical services segments,Â CEO Marillyn HewsonÂ toldÂ Defense News in an interviewÂ posted Monday. The company’s commercial cyber business is part of Lockheed’s IT and technical services business review, she said. “Market dynamics and changing customer priorities have made it clear that these […] More

by Jane Edwards July 28, 2015, 10:33 am
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Wes Anderson on Microsoft’s Interactive Data Push for Agencies, GovCon’s Tech ‘Drivers’

Wes Anderson serves as vice president of worldwide public sector services at MicrosoftÂ and leads a team that offers information technology services to U.S. and international government agencies. Anderson, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list for 2015, previously held the VP title for U.S. public sector services at Microsoft and also created and led the […] More

by Ross Wilkers July 27, 2015, 2:07 pm
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: US Should Manage Cyberspace Like Battlefield

Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has observed espionage methods being used in cyberspace are somewhat similar to tactics that spies use in the physical world, Defense Systems reported Thursday. He told Defense Systems in an interview that many hacking groups target the private sector and he believes the U.S. should […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman July 27, 2015, 10:21 am
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Tom Romeo on MAXIMUS’ Post-Acentia Acquisition Strategy, Industry’s Role in Citizen-Gov’t Connections

Reston, Va.-based government services firm MAXIMUSÂ entered new phase of its history in April when the company closedÂ the $300 million cash acquisition of program management and technology contractorÂ Acentia. MAXIMUS initially announced the transaction in MarchÂ andÂ said it sought to add newÂ work for civilian and health agencies andÂ increase access to contract vehicles with multiple awardees. ExecutiveBiz recently spoke […] More

by Ross Wilkers July 21, 2015, 3:30 pm
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SAP, Virtustream Forge Federal Cloud Deployment Alliance; Carmen Krueger Comments

SAP National Security ServicesÂ — aÂ U.S.-based subsidiary of the German software and technology conglomerate — and Virtustream have partnered to deliver standards-compliant cloud services to federal agency clients. SAP NS2 will help agencies with migrations ofÂ applications into managed and secure cloud platformsÂ in an effort to comply with the government-wideÂ Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, the companiesÂ said […] More

by Jay Clemens July 21, 2015, 11:37 am
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Electric Boat-Made Sub ‘North Dakota’ Deploys Underwater Drones in 1st Naval Mission

The U.S. Navy‘sÂ USS North DakotaÂ submarine worked alongside three otherÂ Virginia-class submarines to deploy and retrieve unmanned underwater vehicles during a six-week tour in the Mediterranean Sea. The service saidÂ Monday thatÂ North DakotaÂ — built by General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary — joinedÂ the USS Virginia, USS Hawaii and USS New Hampshire in its first-ever mission. “It was a rare […] More

by Anna Forrester July 21, 2015, 10:08 am
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HughesNet Tests Satellite Video Transmission From Helicopter; Rick Lober Comments

Hughes Network Systems‘Â defense and intelligence systems divisionÂ has worked with partners Boeing, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and DataPath to test the video transmission capability of its satellite communications system for airborne platforms. Hughes said MondayÂ the test demonstrated the real-time transmission of high-definition video from aÂ NorthStar Aviation Bell 407MRH helicopter via Inmarsat‘sÂ Global Xpress I-5 F2 satellite. “High-definition […] More

by Anna Forrester July 21, 2015, 9:21 am
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Tina Dolph on ASRC Federal’s Data Analytics Initiatives, Her First 7 Months at Company

Tina Dolph started another chapter of herÂ 20-year GovCon market careerÂ in January when she joinedÂ ASRC FederalÂ as president of the Beltsville, Md.-based company’sÂ information and technical solutions operating group. In prior executiveÂ roles at PAE, DolphÂ led efforts to integrate Computer Sciences Corp.’s applied technology divisionÂ after PAE purchased that organization in 2013. Dolph recently spoke to ExecutiveBiz for an in-depth […] More

by Ross Wilkers July 20, 2015, 1:11 pm