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NVIDIA’s Anthony Robbins: Acquisition Professionals Need to Be ‘Creative’ to Meet AI Demand
Anthony Robbins, vice president of North American public sector at NVIDIA, said contracting officials should find innovative ways to speed up the acquisition process in order to meet the demand for artificial intelligence, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. “Everyone of us in this room would be retired way before [reform] is done,†Robbins, a 2019 Wash100 winner, said Thursday at a Northern Virginia Technology Council event.
ÂNVIDIA’s Anthony Robbins: Executive Order Calls for Government to Take Leadership Role in AI Efforts
Anthony Robbins, vice president for the North American public sector at NVIDIA, said the new White House executive order on artificial intelligence seeks to recognize the capability of AI and the government’s role in advancing AI adoption to ensure the security and prosperity of citizens. Robbins wrote in a Nextgov article published Thursday how AI could help improve health care, cybersecurity, transportation, disaster relief, defense system sustainment efforts and other initiatives in the public sector.
ÂAccenture Federal Services’ John Goodman on Federal IT Modernization, AI Adoption
John Goodman, CEO of Accenture Federal Services, told Federal News Network in an interview published Thursday that the federal government is focusing on information technology modernization and efforts to improve government services. Goodman said the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act has helped federal chief information officers become innovation partners and cited the factors the company considers as it works on government projects.
Booz Allen’s Henry “Trey†Obering: DoD Should Accelerate Directed Energy Weapons Development
Henry “Trey†Obering, an executive vice president and directed energy lead at Booz Allen Hamilton, has outlined several measures the Department of Defense should do to expedite the development of lasers and directed energy weapons to achieve military advantage against emerging threats. Obering wrote in a Defense One article published Wednesday that DoD should increase spending on directed energy weapons to up to $3B per year to improve laser power and beam quality as well as reduce the size, weight, power and cost requirements of such weapons.
Booz Allen Named NVIDIA Consulting Partner of the Year; Anthony Robbins, Josh Sullivan Comment
Booz Allen Hamilton has received its second Consulting Partner of the Year Award from the NVIDIA Partner Network, which recognizes the company’s ongoing efforts to promote graphics processing unit across the artificial intelligence market.
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Fortinet Federal’s Bob Fortna: Agencies Should Establish Security Protocols to Enable Digital Transformation
Bob Fortna, president of Fortinet’s federal business, said agencies seeking to advance digital transformation should build up cybersecurity by implementing security protocols meant to safeguard connected physical platforms from threat actors. “This includes segmenting physical devices connected to an IP network, baselining and whitelisting behaviors and setting alerts and quarantines that are automatically triggered when behaviors change,†Fortna wrote in a GCN article published Tuesday.
ViON’s Rob Davies on AI, Cloud & Data Center as a Service Model
Rob Davies, executive vice president of operations at ViON, told MeriTalk in an interview published Tuesday that agencies seeking to leverage artificial intelligence should have a comprehensive understanding of AI and analytics before integrating such technologies into their operations.
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Penguin Computing Recognized for NVIDIA Partnership Efforts
Penguin Computing has received two awards for its sales and marketing efforts with NVIDIA to drive the adoption of graphics processing units across the federal and high-performance computing markets.
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DARPA Seeks AI, Machine Learning-Driven Team Assistance Tech
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for ideas on how to deploy artificial intelligence and machine learning to help teams in decision-making.
ETR Survey: Microsoft, Amazon Emerge as Preferred Providers of IT Products, Services
A new survey by market research firm ETR says Microsoft and Amazon have emerged as the preferred vendors in more than half of the top 30 information technology products and services, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.