ExecutiveBiz talked with Diane Gongaware, vice president of U.S. Public Sector Services at Cisco Systems, about federal cybersecurity challenges, the government’s progress in adopting the cloud and what products Cisco will be launching soon. “Agencies need an architectural, not piecemeal, approach that will allow them to leverage each area of the whole enterprise, like data […] More

Diane Gongaware, vice president of U.S. public sector services at Cisco, has said agencies should adopt a “proactive” approach to cybersecurity in order to facilitate threat detection and response as well as mitigate the impacts of cyber attacks. Gongaware wrote in a FedTech article published Tuesday that agencies should conduct risk assessments to identify the types of information […] More

Diane Gongaware, vice president of U.S. public sector services at Cisco, has said government agencies should establish an information technology network that will work to help them analyze and derive insights from large data workloads as a result of the adoption of internet-connected devices. Gongaware wrote in a FedTech article published Tuesday that an IT […] More

Diane Gongaware in January started her second full year as vice president of U.S. public sector services at Cisco, where she manages the company’s sales of technical and security services to government agencies at the federal, state, local and education levels. The 10-year Cisco veteran first joined the company in August 2007 and her subsequent […] More

Cisco describes the “Internet of Everything” concept as the many connections that link people, data, process and things and technology transitions such as the “Internet of Things” to make those links happen. A 2013 white paper from Cisco estimates the IoE to be a potential $4.6 trillion opportunity for the public sector through 2023 and projects focus areas for government to include connected militarized defense […] More

Diane Gongaware serves as senior director of the U.S. public sector partner organization at Cisco, where she manages the company’s collaboration with other technology providers to the sector. She leads the organization that works with channel partners to build cloud computing, mobility, collaboration and data center platforms for federal, state, local government and education institutions. […] More

ExecutiveBiz talked with Michael Moritzkat, vice president and managing director, about Seagate Government Solutions’ data storage products, cybersecurity offerings and what new technologies the company is developing. “I strongly believe partnering with the government is key, rather than just building products and hoping they’ll buy them.” ExecutiveBiz: You have over 30 years’ experience in federal […] More

ExecutiveBiz talked with Roger Karner, president of U.S. market, about his company’s recent name change, suite of lighting products for federal customers and where he sees Signify driving the most value in 2018. “Privacy and security are essential elements of our product development process and fundamental to being a responsible innovator.” ExecutiveBiz: Philips Lighting recently […] More