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Vion’s Steve Picot: Agencies Have More Options Than Just Public Cloud

Federal agencies that want to acquire cloud computing technologies and services should realize that public cloud platforms are not the only way forward for them as they push to adopt cloud tools,Â Steve Picot ofÂ Vion Corp. has told ExecutiveBiz. Picot, vice president of federal sales for the federal technology services contractor, also told ExecutiveBiz that agencies […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 18, 2014, 2:23 pm
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Kevin Winter: Technical Knowledge, Communication Skills Key for CISO Role

Kevin Winter, chief information officer at Booz Allen Hamilton, said chief information security officers should have deep technical knowledge, good communication skills and an understanding of the business mission to be effective security leaders of their group, Fierce CIO reported Thursday. Winter spoke to reporterÂ David WeldonÂ in an interview and said CISOs should adequately articulate to […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh November 17, 2014, 10:29 am
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American Systems, Agilex Chosen for ‘Contractor of the Year’ Distinctions at GovCon Awards

American SystemsÂ and Agilex are among thisÂ year’s winners of the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards‘ “Contractor of the Year” honor, which sees American SystemsÂ take the prize for companies with annual revenue greater than $300 million and Agilex in theÂ $75 million-$300 million revenue category. The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and Professional Services Council recognized thoseÂ companies, winners […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 17, 2014, 5:42 am
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Kay Kapoor of AT&T on Mentorship in GovCon, ‘Mobile First’ Shift in Gov’t

Kay Kapoor joined AT&T in March 2013 to lead the telecommunications company’s federal business, which has seen several other GovCon and public sector veterans join the organization’s leadership team since then. Kapoor, herself a 25-year telecommunications and contractingÂ veteran, is the recipient of this year’sÂ ACT-IACÂ Janice K. Mendenhall Spirit of Leadership Award in recognition of her mentorship […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 14, 2014, 4:43 pm
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Jerry Hogge: Leidos-Accenture-Cerner Team Eyes Interoperability for Military EHR Contract

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

by Mary-Louise Hoffman November 14, 2014, 11:27 am
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Ray Johnson: Energy Presents ‘Very Large Commercial Market’ for Lockheed

Lockheed MartinÂ is looking to expand its business to the energy sector and other civilian projects as U.S. defense spending continues to decline, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Doug Cameron writes the company seeks to build aÂ nuclear reactor, remote-controlled fish farms and a water desalination membrane. Ray Johnson, chief technology officer atÂ Lockheed, told the journal […] More

by Jay Clemens November 14, 2014, 11:15 am
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Huntington Ingalls’ Mike Petters: Schedules, Cost Plans Key in USS Gerald Ford Construction

Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, said the USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier project presents a challenge because the ship will incorporate newer technologies, the Daily Press reported Thursday. “We’re now at the point where we have to tie all this new technology together and test it,” Petters told an audience at […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman November 14, 2014, 11:11 am
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Eric Wieman on STG’s Contract Vehicle Pursuits and Oracle Tech Adoption at Agencies

Eric Wieman leads much of STG‘s work with civilian agencies in his role as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s civil sector. The company counts the departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security and StateÂ in a group of civilian customers that also includes agencies such as theÂ Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Agency […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 13, 2014, 4:50 pm
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Kevin Winter: Booz Allen Exec Team Keys on IT Security in Threat Landscape

Booz Allen Hamilton‘s executive leaders have focused much of their attention on information technology security as the firm sees an increase in criminal activitiesÂ against IT setups,Â Booz Allen Chief Information Officer Kevin Winter has told FierceCIO. “If you have intellectual property, you have something of value on your network; you’re eventually going to have someone want […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 13, 2014, 11:47 am
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Mercedes Westcott on Cloudera’s Hadoop Focus, How to Advance Big Data in Gov’t

Mercedes Westcott leads the public sector business at software development company Cloudera in her vice president role there. Her GovCon career includes stops atÂ Delphix as that company’s public sector VPÂ andÂ VP of security software at HP Enterprise Services, which she joined upon that company’s buy of ArcSight. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Westcott discusses the adoption […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 12, 2014, 4:48 pm
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David Svec on Veris Group’s Federal-Commercial Cyber Strategy, Recruiting Approach

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’sÂ government and business career includesÂ stops atÂ Booz Allen Hamilton as a risk management consultantÂ and theÂ White HouseÂ in a critical infrastructure analysis role. In this conversation […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 7, 2014, 3:31 pm
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Autonomic Resources Cloud Platform Passes DoD Impact Level 5 Assessment; John Keese Comments

Autonomic Resources‘ cloud platform has passed the Defense Department‘s impact level fiveÂ assessment for the agency’s cloud security model. Veris Group conducted the evaluation process onÂ Autonomic Resources’ 68 newÂ security controls against DoD’s requirements,Â Autonomic Resources said Wednesday. “The additional security controls applied to ARC-P to gain DoD approval are also applied to all civilian agencies’ infrastructures,” saidÂ John […] More

by Jay Clemens November 6, 2014, 10:15 am