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AWS’ Teresa Carlson: Silicon Valley Firms See Federal Collaboration Opportunity

Teresa Carlson, vice president of the worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services, has observed that Silicon Valley-based technology companies have seen an opportunity to collaborate with federal agencies, she told the Washington Business Journal in an interview published Thursday. “Government is going out there,” Carlson told the BusinessÂ Journal’s Jill Aitoro, in referenceÂ to the U.S. […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman May 1, 2015, 11:24 am
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Mike Maiorana, Verizon Public Sector Head, on Cyber Partnerships With Gov’t & Tech Workforce Construction

Mike Maiorana has led the public sector business for VerizonÂ in his senior vice president role there since September 2013 and oversees the telecommunications giant’s work with agencies at all levels of government in the U.S. He is a former VP ofÂ national government sales and operationsÂ forÂ Verizon Wireless andÂ oversawÂ that business’ footprint in itsÂ Washington-Baltimore-Virginia regionÂ prior to his public […] More

by Ross Wilkers April 30, 2015, 1:06 pm
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Teresa Bozzelli on Sapient’s Digital Services Emphasis for Agencies and Integration With Publicis Groupe

Teresa Bozzelli leads Sapient‘s U.S. public sector arm — Sapient Government Services — as president and brings a 20-year background in technology and strategy to her role at the company. HerÂ career includesÂ time at IDC Government Insights, an organization she founded and served as chief operating officer for, and as a vice president at Booz Allen […] More

by Ross Wilkers April 30, 2015, 12:15 pm
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HP’s Al Kinney: 24/7 Vigilance Needed to Fight Cyber Threats

Al Kinney, head of the U.S. public sector at Hewlett-Packard‘s enterprise security services business, has said he believes organizations must learn how to think like a cyber criminal in order to defeat one, Lisa Mooijman of ICT Magazine reported Monday. He told ICT Magazine that government agencies and companies should adopt a structural cybersecurity platform […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 28, 2015, 4:36 am
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Chris Alexander on Parsons’ Cyber Market Push and Info Sharing’s Place in Network Security

Chris Alexander oversees Parsons’Â efforts to pursue potential opportunities in the public sector marketÂ as executiveÂ vice president and director of global business development forÂ the company’s government services segment. The 12-year company veteran was promoted to the global BD leadership role in 2013 and managed business development functions for the segment’s national security and defense division prior to […] More

by Ross Wilkers April 23, 2015, 12:35 pm
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Edward Sayadian: Exelis Releases UAV ‘Sense and Avoid’ Alerting Tech

Exelis has unveiled an airspace technology for U.S. unmanned aerial system and test range operators to monitor UAS flights from multiple locations. The Symphony RangeVue system is designed to help users access drone surveillance data through a web hosting service and alert them when a drone approaches boundary or another aircraft enters a UAS vicinity, […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 23, 2015, 10:54 am
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CACI to Help Implement Electronic Medicare Appeals Processing System; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI International has received a five-year, $32 million task order to provide the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with a case management platform for HHS toÂ process Medicare appeals electronically. The company said Wednesday it will use the MicroPact-made entellitrak software to implement the Electronic Case Adjudication and Processing Environment infrastructure for HHS’ Office […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 22, 2015, 11:07 am
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Jack London: Hires for Character Key to Ethical Cultures in Organizations

(Jack London, recipient of the 2015 Wash100, is executive chairman of the board at CACI International) People are always the foundation of success for any organization. Therefore, recruiting and keeping top talent is one of the biggest challenges any leader has in maintaining the success and growth of their organization. How you define what your […] More

by David Smith April 21, 2015, 1:18 pm
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ULA Unveils Vulcan Rocket, Reusability Initiative for Future Launches; Tory Bruno Comments

United Launch AllianceÂ has introduced its newÂ Next Generation Launch System rocket called VulcanÂ thatÂ features many components designed to be reusable. The Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint ventureÂ said MondayÂ it selected the Vulcan name asÂ the result of an online poll that received more than a million votes. “More capabilities in space mean more capabilities here on earth,” said Tory Bruno, ULA […] More

by Anna Forrester April 14, 2015, 10:35 am
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Pentagon Taps NCR to Update Military POS Systems; Stan Ratcliffe Comments

The U.S. Defense Department has awarded NCR Corp. a contract to provide point-of-sale terminals for installation in military retail stores and food service facilities. The company said Monday it will help DoD’s Army and Air Force Exchange Service install and maintain 6,000 RealPOS 72XRT systems at Exchange locations worldwide. The Exchange offers goods and services […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 13, 2015, 12:02 pm
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Nick Urick on FireEye’s ‘Adaptive Defense’ Cyber Approach and How to Reimagine Security

Nick UrickÂ overseesÂ FireEye‘s work with federal agencies in his role as vice president of the federal division for the Silicon Valley-based network security company. FireEye calls its idea forÂ cyber defense an “Adaptive Defense” approach that integrates the company’s technology withÂ threat intelligence and experience in an effort to help government agencies stay ahead of cyber attacks and […] More

by Ross Wilkers April 7, 2015, 1:12 pm
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Randy Morgan on Parsons’ Secure Mission Solutions Buy and Cyber Focus

Randy Morgan spent 10 years in executive roles at SPARTA before its 2011 acquisition by Parsons Corp., where he is now executive vice president of operations in the government services business. He now oversees nine support departments for the business and oversees work to improve and maintain operations across the unit. In this conversation with […] More

by Ross Wilkers April 6, 2015, 12:01 pm