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  • Microsoft, Cisco to Open New Offices in 'Silicon Roundabout' Area of East London - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft, Cisco to Open New Offices in ‘Silicon Roundabout’ Area of East London

    Microsoft and Cisco Systems are set to open new offices in East London as the U.K. government has pledged $81 million to refurbish the Silicon Roundabout neighborhood, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. Microsoft will open a technology development center which will employ young people as apprentices  and Cisco will partner with the University College of London and DC Thomson to […] More

  • Cisco & Waterloo University Announce New Smart Grid Research Chair; Nitin Kawale Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco & Waterloo University Announce New Smart Grid Research Chair; Nitin Kawale Comments

    Cisco Systems and the University of Waterloo have announced an agreement to establish a Cisco Systems research chair in Smart Grid, which will promote research development and innovation in the use of technologies and solutions for smart power grids. “This collaboration with Cisco will help the university continue its research… in these areas and build innovative […] More

  • Cisco Names Iron Bow Managed Series Advanced Partner; Rene LaVigne Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Names Iron Bow Managed Series Advanced Partner; Rene LaVigne Comments

    Cisco Systems has awarded Iron Bow Technologies a managed services advanced certification, Iron Bow announced Tuesday. According to Cisco, this certification is for partners who provide Cisco-managed services through a network operations center. Cisco also certifies partners who are entering the managed services space and are following Information Technology Infrastructure Library best practices. “Iron Bow“™s […] More

  • Cisco Adds Former Juniper Exec Paul Mankiewich as CTO for Mobility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Adds Former Juniper Exec Paul Mankiewich as CTO for Mobility

    Cisco has named former Juniper Networks executive Paul Mankiewich as the new chief technology officer for Cisco’s mobility business, according to a CED Magazine report. Maisie Ramsay wrote that Mankiewich oversaw Juniper’s end-to-end network architecture and that company’s installation of its products into operator networks. He’ll now serve as CTO for service provider mobility in Cisco’s […] More

  • Cisco, IBM Join Mobile Security Council, Assessing Industry Landscape - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco, IBM Join Mobile Security Council, Assessing Industry Landscape

    Cisco Systems and IBM are among six charter members of a new Mobile Security Council led by Sprint. In addition, a mobile security panel session with representatives from IBM and McAfee was held Wednesday. The council meets on a quarterly basis and concluded its second meeting Friday in Santa Clara, Calif., home of Sprint’s Open Solutions Conference. […] More

  • Cloud Channel Summit Adds IBM Keynote Speaker, to Explore Cloud, Channel Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cloud Channel Summit Adds IBM Keynote Speaker, to Explore Cloud, Channel Market

    IBM’s  Manger of Cloud Computing Partners, Amy Anderson has been added to the list of Cloud Channel Summit’s keynote speakers. Anderson is to present on the opportunities for channel vendors to build their own cloud solutions. The summit will feature executives from Google Enterprise, Dell Boomi and Salesforce.com. The conference, taking place on Nov. 7 at the Computer […] More

  • Oracle Honors Recipients of the High Technology Industry Excellence Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle Honors Recipients of the High Technology Industry Excellence Award

    Oracle has honored the recipients of the inaugural 2011 High Technology Industry Excellence Award at Oracle OpenWorld 2011. The recipients include Cisco Systems, Avago Technologies and NetLogic Microsystems. The awards recognizes Oracle customers for business achievements that drive operational excellence and enable growth using technology, innovative strategies and best practices. Cisco Systems won for its Original […] More

  • Contracting Firms Make the Green List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Contracting Firms Make the Green List

    Every year, Newsweek publishes its Green Rankings, where it ranks the top 500 large public companies in the U.S. and the world on environmental performance. The list compares the environmental footprints, environmental management and reporting practices of large companies. Firms with major contracting operations made their presence known this year, accounting for 14 of the top 50 […] More

  • Cisco, USAID Sign $50M Deal to Grow Russia High-Tech Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco, USAID Sign $50M Deal to Grow Russia High-Tech Sector

    Cisco Systems has signed a $50 million deal with the U.S. Agency for International Development in the largest partnership that Cisco’s Russian unit has ever entered. Cisco will contribute between $30 million and $40 million as well as make available staff and in-house services for training centers, technology related services and other projects across Russia […] More

  • Cisco Systems Hires New Executives - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Systems Hires New Executives

    Cisco Systems has recently hired two former Juniper Networks employees for its own service provider sales force. Sales executives Neal Oristano and Jim Labovites will join Cisco as the firm's newest vice presidents. Oristano's role at Cisco will be as vice president of global service provider market segment sales and Labovites will join the firm […] More

  • FBI Cracks Down on Company Selling Counterfeit Computers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FBI Cracks Down on Company Selling Counterfeit Computers

    BIZI INTERNATIONAL, INC., a company in Tyngsboro, Mass., was earlier this week sentenced to two years' probation and ordered to pay $219,439 in restitution to Cisco Systems, Inc. for selling counterfeit computer equipment, the FBI announced. According to the bureau, the company pleaded guilty in March to trafficking in counterfeit goods. BIZI obtained the equipment […] More

  • NetApp Recognized by GovMark Council - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NetApp Recognized by GovMark Council

    GovMark Council, a not-for-profit forum that facilitates education and networking for senior-level marketing executives who serve the government IT and telecommunications market, announced today the winners of the sixth annual GovMarks Awards, a program which honors the best government IT marketing campaigns. Of the 12 awards presented by the council, NetApp‘s “1,100: How Many Federal […] More

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