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    Broadcom, Harris Vet Bill Miller Joins NetApp as CIO

    Bill Miller, former senior vice president and chief information officer at Broadcom, has joined NetApp in the same role of CIO and will be responsible for both the company’s information technology organization and ongoing transformation initiatives. NetApp said Wednesday Miller will manage the NetApp on NetApp and Customer-1 programs that aim to help the company’s engineering and field organizations update and demonstrate […] More

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    Tribalco to Update Army’s Video Teleconference System; Joseph Castro Comments

    Tribalco has received a task order of an undisclosed value to engineer, furnish, install, secure and test video teleconference equipment for the U.S. Army. Bethesda, Maryland-based Tribalco said Monday it will serve as the prime contractor on the task order and perform EFIS&T activities as part of the military branch’s video teleconference endpoint modernization program. The company has provided […] More

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    MapR Creates Federal Advisory Board to Aid Govt Clients in IT Modernization Efforts

    San Jose, California-based converged data platform developer MapR Technologies has established a federal advisory board that aims to help familiarize U.S. government customers with big data management technologies. MapR said Wednesday the advisory board comprises former government leaders who previously worked at the Defense Department, intelligence community and federal civilian agencies and have knowledge of various issues that affect the government’s information technology modernization efforts. “The board […] More

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    IAP Worldwide Services to Help Implement Army’s Distributed Common Ground System

    IAP Worldwide Services has landed a potential $53 million contract to help the U.S. Army implement a ground intelligence system at Fort Hood in Texas and other military facilities worldwide. IAP said Monday it will provide integrated logistics, fielding and training services for the  Distributed Common Ground System-Army under the contract awarded through the military branch’s Rapid Response Third Generation vehicle. Work also covers hardware […] More

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    MIL to Update, Manage International Trade Administration’s IT Infrastructure

    MIL will continue to update and manage the information technology infrastructure of the Commerce Department‘s International Trade Administration under a contract from ITA’s office of the chief information officer. The company said Monday it will help ITA OCIO oversee the agency’s network and infrastructure across 150 locations inside and outside the continental U.S. MIL will also modernize ITA’s core infrastructure on […] More

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    Verizon Introduces Managed IT Service for Federal Agencies; Steven LeFrancois Comments

    Verizon‘s enterprise solutions business has unveiled a managed information technology service created to help U.S. federal government clients manage IT investments and comply with federal security standards. The Global Enterprise IT Management service offering includes an IT service delivery platform designed to address requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act, Verizon said Thursday. GEITM comprises an operational framework and a unified […] More

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    Tenable to Support NIST Special Publication for Compliance Reports

    Tenable Network Security will support a National Institute of Standards and Technology special publication in an effort to aid systems integrators and non-federal organizations on reports with regards to compliance. The company said Thursday the NIST SP 800-171 offers federal contractors, service providers and non-federal organizations a capacity to continuously monitor, measure and communicate adherence to NIST’s technical […] More

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    Lockheed Unveils New IT Support Facility in Puerto Rico; Anne Mullins Comments

    Lockheed Martin has opened a new facility in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, that will serve as one of the aerospace company’s five global information technology service centers, News is my Business reported Wednesday. The government of Puerto Rico expects Lockheed’s expansion efforts through the new facility to help create 120 new jobs, according to the report. […] More

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    John Gould, Brent Behrman to Oversee CyrusOne Sales Operations in EVP Roles

    John Gould and Brent Behrman, respectively former president of Stratasys‘ North American business and senior vice president of sales at Compass Datacenters, have joined data center services company CyrusOne‘s sales organization. Gould was appointed executive vice president for global sales and Behrman will serve as EVP for strategic sales, CyrusOne said Wednesday. “As our world enters an exciting […] More

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    Red Hat Symposium to Focus on Government IT Modernization; Paul Smith Comments

    Red Hat will hold its annual symposium Nov. 2 in Arlington, Virginia to highlight the role of open source technology in digital transformation efforts across the government sector. The company said Wednesday it expects the 2016 Red Hat Government Symposium to draw more than 650 government and industry professionals to help address information technology challenges that public sector agencies face. Paul Smith, senior vice president and […] More

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    CyrusOne Continues Phoenix Data Center Campus Expansion Efforts

    CyrusOne has acquired an additional 29 acres of land at the Continuum Business Park in Chandler, Arizona, in support of the company’s expansion efforts in the West Coast. The land purchase extends the company’s Phoenix data center campus to above 85 acres and approximately 2 million square feet of data center space to deliver cloud, internet and data center infrastructure services, the company said […] More

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    F5 Networks’ Randy Wood Outlines Steps for Agencies to Boost Cyber Postures

    Randy Wood, vice president of federal sales at F5 Networks, has recommended federal information technology officials focus on what he describes as fundamental things necessary to address cyber threats. Wood wrote in a blog post published Wednesday on Carahsoft‘s website that cyber attacks, threat vectors and a large selection of potential security offerings can be overwhelming federal […] More