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  • Ron Pasek Named NetApp CFO; George Kurian Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ron Pasek Named NetApp CFO; George Kurian Comments

    Sunnyvale, California-based computer storage and data management company NetApp has appointed former Altera Chief Financial Officer Ron Pasek to the roles of executive vice president and CFO. The three-decade financial leadership veteran will join the company on April 11 to replace interim CFO Jeffrey Bergmann, NetApp said Wednesday. Prior to Altera, he spent 20 years in finance positions at […] More

  • Recon Instruments-Mutualink Team to Deploy Wearable Device for First Responders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Recon Instruments-Mutualink Team to Deploy Wearable Device for First Responders

    Recon Instruments has teamed up with Mutualink to introduce a wearable device designed to allow users to communicate with other first responders and law enforcement personnel during emergencies. Recon Jet is an eyewear with a heads-up display that works to capture and transmit videos, GPS location and other data through a network, Intel‘s Christopher Croteau wrote in […] More

  • Intel Survey: Cyber Pros Cite Corporate Policies, Industry Regulations as Barriers to Info Exchanges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel Survey: Cyber Pros Cite Corporate Policies, Industry Regulations as Barriers to Info Exchanges

    A survey from Intel’s security business says 42 percent of security professionals have adopted shared cyber threat intelligence in an effort to protect their companies’ networks from potential cyber attacks. Intel Security polled 500 security professionals across different industries in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific in 2015 about their knowledge of CTI and its advantages to […] More

  • Report: Fortinet, Intel Move to Help Combat Online Crime - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Fortinet, Intel Move to Help Combat Online Crime

    Fortinet has established a Network Security Academy in a push to help address a shortage of cybersecurity professionals, San Jose Mercury News reported Tuesday. Pete Carey writes the academy seeks to collaborate with several universities worldwide to train students to thwart sophisticated threats. “We’re going help those students be armed with the necessary skill set, whether they are getting […] More

  • Siemens Unveils 3 Cybersecurity Ops Centers for Industrial Facility Protection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Unveils 3 Cybersecurity Ops Centers for Industrial Facility Protection

    Siemens has unveiled three Cyber Security Operations Centers located in Milford, Ohio, in the U.S. and in Lisbon, Portugal, and Munich, Germany, for industrial facilities protection. The CSOCs will house industry security specialists tasked to monitor facilities around the globe for cyber threats, send out warnings to companies regarding incidents and coordinate possible countermeasures, Siemens said […] More

  • Research and Markets Forecasts Key Cloud Security Vendors Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets Forecasts Key Cloud Security Vendors Through 2020

    Research and Markets has launched a market report entitled Global Cloud Security Market 2016-2020 which lists five key vendors in cloud security and predicts a compound annual growth rate of 20.91 percent during the covered period. The company announced Friday the contents of the new report and named Cisco, IBM, McAfee, Symantec and Trend Micro as the five top cloud security vendors. […] More

  • Executive Profile: Steve Orrin, Intel Federal Division Chief Technologist - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Steve Orrin, Intel Federal Division Chief Technologist

    Steve Orrin is Intel chief technologist for the federal division where he oversees the division’s cybersecurity and cloud strategy, architecture and engagements. Orrin came to the Intel federal division in 2005 when it acquired Sarvega where he served as chief security officer. He has since assumed various leadership positions at Intel that put him in charge of strategy and projects […] More

  • Intel-AT&T Team to Test LTE Network-Linked UAV at Mobile Trade Congress - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel-AT&T Team to Test LTE Network-Linked UAV at Mobile Trade Congress

    Intel and AT&T have partnered to evaluate how an unmanned aircraft vehicle can stream video and transmit flight information and telematics through the Long-Term Evolution wireless communications network. Intel will test the transmission functions of a Yuneec Typhoon H UAV fitted with Intel RealSense technology over AT&T’s core LTE network as part of the Intel Drone Zone, […] More

  • Ari Schwartz: New Industry Coalition to Push for Cybersecurity Policies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ari Schwartz: New Industry Coalition to Push for Cybersecurity Policies

    Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, Arbor Networks and Rapid7 have formed a coalition to educate and influence policymakers on cybersecurity issues. The Coalition for Cybersecurity Policy and Law said Thursday it aims to represent industry in policymaking venues and help the government identify strategies to spur development of information technology security tools and methods. “The members of this coalition are dedicated to building […] More

  • Cloudera to Hold Fifth Data Analytics Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cloudera to Hold Fifth Data Analytics Conference

    Cloudera will hold its fifth annual conference on data analytics in Washington on March 15 to discuss how agencies execute their decisions and reduce costs through the use of data. The 2016 Cloudera Government Forum will convene public and private sector professionals and government officials such as Rep. William Hurd (R-Texas) and White House’s chief […] More

  • Lockheed Adds Solutionary to Cybersecurity Alliance; Angie Heise Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Adds Solutionary to Cybersecurity Alliance; Angie Heise Comments

    Lockheed Martin has introduced Solutionary to the former company’s cybersecurity alliance in an effort to help bolster initiatives to combat cyber attacks. Solutionary, an NTT group security company, provides managed security, professional security and global threat intelligence services for information technology infrastructures, cloud environments and mobile data, Lockheed said Thursday. Angie Heise, vice president of commercial […] More

  • Intel’s Diversity Hiring Rate Hit 43% in 2015; Brian Krzanich, Neil Green Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel’s Diversity Hiring Rate Hit 43% in 2015; Brian Krzanich, Neil Green Comment

    A new Intel report says 43.1 percent of the technology firm’s new hires in 2015 were women and underrepresented minorities, exceeding the company’s annual diversity hiring goal of 40 percent. Intel said in the report released Wednesday the company increased the employment of women and underrepresented minorities in 2015 by nearly 43 percent and 31 […] More