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  • NTT Com Security, Fortinet Seek to Help Enterprises Secure Data Centers Through Partnership; Ken Xie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT Com Security, Fortinet Seek to Help Enterprises Secure Data Centers Through Partnership; Ken Xie Comments

    Fortinet and NTT Com Security have forged a partnership to combine their platforms in an effort to help enterprises protect their data centers and other information technology infrastructures from network threats. Both companies will work to provide consulting services for commercial firms on various areas, such as risk reduction, incident management and IT implementation, Fortinet said Monday. Fortinet […] More

  • TCS Lands $11M IT Support Services Contract in Maryland; Michael Bristol Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS Lands $11M IT Support Services Contract in Maryland; Michael Bristol Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems has secured a potential $11.3 million contract to provide maintenance and technical support services for the Maryland Department of Human Resources’ information technology infrastructure. TCS said Friday the contract has a three-year base period and two option years and has been awarded under Maryland’s Consulting and Technical Services+ indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Under the CATS+ […] More

  • Casey Coleman, Jackie Everett: GSA Opens Agency-Vendor Dialogue on Alliant IT GWAC Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Casey Coleman, Jackie Everett: GSA Opens Agency-Vendor Dialogue on Alliant IT GWAC Program

    The U.S. General Services Administration has conducted one-on-one meetings with information technology vendors to discuss the upcoming Alliant II and Alliant Small Business II governmentwide contract vehicles, FCW reported Thursday. Jackie Everett, Hewlett-Packard vice president of federal civilian business development, told FCW that she believes the face-to-face discussions between GSA and industry officials can help […] More

  • Bob Fecteau: Employee Collaboration Key to SAIC's IT Workforce - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Fecteau: Employee Collaboration Key to SAIC’s IT Workforce

    Bob Fecteau, chief information officer of Science Applications International Corp., has discussed the company’s method to further build up its information technology team in an interview with Forbes published Tuesday. Fecteau told Forbes’ Peter High that SAIC first established a set of principles to promote collaboration and sharing within the IT workforce. “One of the features we find […] More

  • GSA Issues RFI for Cyber National Mission Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Issues RFI for Cyber National Mission Force

    The General Services Administration has issued a request for information to gather ideas from industry on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide support services for a proposed nationwide cyber force, Defense Systems reported Monday. Mark Pomerleau writes the GSA’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center plans to set up the Cyber National Mission Force in partnership with the U.S. Cyber Command. Pomerleau […] More

  • IDC: Cloud IT Infrastructure Spending to Reach $54.6B by 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC: Cloud IT Infrastructure Spending to Reach $54.6B by 2019

    International Data Corp. has released a new report that forecasts cloud information technology infrastructure spending to account for 46.5 percent of overall IT infrastructure spending by 2019. IDC said Monday the projected $54.6 billion in cloud IT infrastructure spending by 2019 would represent a compound annual growth rate of 15.6 percent from 2015 through 2019. “The breadth and width of […] More

  • Kathy McElligott Joins McKesson as EVP, CIO, CTO; John Hammergren Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kathy McElligott Joins McKesson as EVP, CIO, CTO; John Hammergren Comments

    Kathy McElligott, formerly Emerson’s chief information officer, has joined McKesson as executive vice president, CIO and chief technology officer. McElligott will succeed Randy Spratt on July 20 as the McKesson veteran is set to retire after nearly three decades of service for the company, McKesson said Monday. McElligott will oversee McKesson’s enterprise business technology strategy, […] More

  • Executive Profile: John Lambeth, CIO at PAE - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: John Lambeth, CIO at PAE

    John Lambeth is chief information officer at PAE, where he oversees the company’s information technology strategy, IT support delivery and corporate application development operations. Before PAE, he worked at QinetiQ North America as CIO and managed the firm’s process quality training and management team and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program cloud practice. The […] More

  • Rockwell Automation, Cisco Expand Plantwide Ethernet Architecture Offerings; Lee Lane, Bryan Tantzen Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Automation, Cisco Expand Plantwide Ethernet Architecture Offerings; Lee Lane, Bryan Tantzen Comment

    Rockwell Automation and Cisco have expanded their converged plantwide Ethernet architectures in a move to meet the security requirements of customers. Cisco said Wednesday the companies added new design guidance and validated architectures to the CPwE security technology to help operations and information technology professionals form multiple defense layers. “These new architectures and guides build on […] More

  • Executive Profile: Chris Sullivan, Serco SVP and CIO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Chris Sullivan, Serco SVP and CIO

    Chris Sullivan serves as senior vice president and chief information officer at Serco Inc., where he is responsible for the information technology department. Sullivan leads the implementation of IT governance framework, operating model and information security plan at the British contractor’s North American subsidiary. He previously served as CIO for the North American public sector at […] More

  • Michael Shrader: Carahsoft Works with Other Tech Firms to Address Govt Clients' Needs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Shrader: Carahsoft Works with Other Tech Firms to Address Govt Clients’ Needs

    Carahsoft has been helping multiple technology companies to match their product and service offerings with the requirements of their prospective clients in the public sector, Trajectory Magazine Online reports. “We’re always willing to talk to a technology company, but we have to make sure it’s the right fit for both sides,” Michael Shrader, vice president […] More

  • Sabre Systems Lands $22M IT Application Development Contract with Labor Department - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sabre Systems Lands $22M IT Application Development Contract with Labor Department

    Sabre Systems has received a $22.4 million task order to develop information technology applications for the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Office of Prices and Living Conditions. The company’s software architects, engineers and developers will work to build database and statistical applications, analyze requirements, design and test software, and perform documentation and production maintenance, Sabre said Friday. The […] More