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  • Red Hat Govt IT Event to Discuss Open Source Software; Paul Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Govt IT Event to Discuss Open Source Software; Paul Smith Comments

    An upcoming Red Hat symposium on government information technology will feature speakers from 13 government agencies who will discuss the impact of open source software on the sector. Red Hat said Thursday its Nov. 10 Government Symposium will focus on how open source software can address government IT challenges in agility, flexibility and collaboration. “The way government IT operates is evolving rapidly, […] More

  • Deltek’s Alex Rossino: IBM Led FY 2011-2015 Federal Cloud Contract Awards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Alex Rossino: IBM Led FY 2011-2015 Federal Cloud Contract Awards

    Established vendors continue to dominate the federal market for cloud platforms amid competition with commercial newcomers, Alex Rossino writes in a blog post for Deltek. Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, cited IBM as the leading federal cloud vendor based on the value of awarded contracts from fiscal year 2011 to fiscal year 2015. IBM booked $603 […] More

  • Cisco to Help Deploy ‘Smart City’ Platform in Kansas City; Wim Elfrink Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco to Help Deploy ‘Smart City’ Platform in Kansas City; Wim Elfrink Comments

    Cisco and Kansas City, Missouri have agreed to launch a framework that aims to further help carry out the delivery of public services through what the company calls “smart city” applications. Cisco said Monday it has tapped Sprint to build and oversee a Wi-Fi network that will work to connect applications for the Smart+Connected Communities platform. […] More

  • WWT to Resell Polatis' Optical Switches in Enterprise, Gov't Sectors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WWT to Resell Polatis’ Optical Switches in Enterprise, Gov’t Sectors

    World Wide Technology will offer Polatis’ optical switching systems to customers in the enterprise and government sectors under a reseller agreement between both companies. WWT will deploy Polatis’ optical switches with Cisco in a retailer’s multivendor optical network and protect the network in a 16-slot, layer 2/3 multiservice platform, Polatis said Tuesday. Polatis and WWT are also collaborating […] More

  • Cisco Intercloud Network Adds 30 Partners, 250 Global Data Centers; Rob Lloyd Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Intercloud Network Adds 30 Partners, 250 Global Data Centers; Rob Lloyd Comments

    Cisco has added at least 30 Intercloud Fabric partners and 250 data centers as the company pushes forward with its plans to build a global network of interconnected clouds to support the Internet of Everything. The company said Monday its partners – cloud providers, builders, aggregators and resellers as well as independent software vendors – deploy hybrid cloud infrastructure to support enterprise operations. Rob Lloyd, Cisco president […] More

  • WWT Wins Cisco Partner Award; Bob Olwig Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WWT Wins Cisco Partner Award; Bob Olwig Comments

    World Wide Technology has been selected for a Cisco Partner Summit Global award under the Americas Enterprise Partner of the Year category.. WWT also was picked for a geographical region award as U.S. Partner of the Year and six Theater honors, WWT announced Thursday. “Winning these awards is not only a tremendous honor but a testament to WWT’s success […] More

  • World Wide Technology Receives 2014 HP PartnerOne Award; Terry Richardson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    World Wide Technology Receives 2014 HP PartnerOne Award; Terry Richardson Comments

    Systems integrator World Wide Technology has been recognized by Hewlett-Packard for achieving growth of more than 80 percent during WWT’s 2013 fiscal year in selling HP converged infrastructure products. WWT and other partners were selected by HP channel executives to receive the 2014 PartnerOne Growth Reseller of the Year U.S. award at the recent HP Global Partner Conference, the company […] More

  • World Wide Technology Leaders to Attend Cisco Summit; Bob Olwig Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    World Wide Technology Leaders to Attend Cisco Summit; Bob Olwig Comments

    Top executives at World Wide Technology plan to attend the upcoming 2014 Cisco Partner Summit in Las Vegas to learn more about Cisco’s future plans for its partnership program, WWT announced in a recent blog post. Sarah Clark writes that the company expects that Cisco will discuss the development of its TrustSec model, the Hybrid IT and InterCloud technology during […] More