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  • 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: Mobile Apps Could Help Public Services Reach More People - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco: Mobile Apps Could Help Public Services Reach More People

    The public sector’s use of mobile applications continues to grow as U.S. and international government units eye increased use of those tools to support citizen services, Jason Deign wrote in a piece published Monday on the Cisco website. Deign writes that mobile apps work to grow service delivery to more citizens and enable “anytime, anywhere” access. “If you think about reaching the […] More

  • Research and Markets: Mobile Data Protection Market to Reach $3B by 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Mobile Data Protection Market to Reach $3B by 2019

    Research and Markets predicts that the global mobile data protection market will continue to experience fast-paced growth to reach a market value of $3.54 billion in five years at a compound annual growth rate of 22.4 percent from 2014 to 2019. The firm said Friday that the risk of data loss and theft due to the growing adoption of bring-your-own-device practices at businesses as […] More

  • Northrop Sponsors National Cyber Tilt Contestants; Sandra Evers-Manly Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Sponsors National Cyber Tilt Contestants; Sandra Evers-Manly Comments

    The Northrop Grumman Foundation is sponsoring 25 high school and three middle school teams who will compete at the final round of the national CyberPatriot competition scheduled on March 13 in Washington. A team of professional aggressors will attack virtual networks and mobile devices and the CyberPatriot VII teams will develop defense methods to protect […] More

  • MeriTalk Report Examines Challenges to Federal Cloud Adoption; Mike Younkers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MeriTalk Report Examines Challenges to Federal Cloud Adoption; Mike Younkers Comments

    MeriTalk has released a new report that highlights potential challenges to federal cloud adoption and opportunities to increase the migration rate. The study finds that 75 percent and 53 percent of federal cloud users cite data control retention and long-term contracts, respectively, as factors that prevent them from moving other services into the cloud, MeriTalk said […] More

  • Cisco Report: Companies Should Organize Security Priorities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Report: Companies Should Organize Security Priorities

    Cisco has released a new report that analyzes threat intelligence and cybersecurity trends and examines how organizations must respond to cyber attacks. The company said Tuesday cyber criminals are expanding their tactics to conduct cyber attacks using methods that Cisco says are hard to detect. “Attackers have become more proficient at taking advantage of gaps […] More

  • Cisco, IBM Form IoT/M2M Alliance with Industry; Thorsten Kramp Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco, IBM Form IoT/M2M Alliance with Industry; Thorsten Kramp Comments

    Cisco and IBM have forged a partnership with other companies to develop and deliver Internet of Things and machine-to-machine services, PCC Mobile Broadband reported Friday. The LoRa alliance will focus on providing M2M, smart city, sensor network and industrial automation applications through wireless area network standards, according to the report. “In addition to IBM’s support […] More

  • Executive Profile: Tony Frazier, Gov't Solutions SVP at DigitalGlobe - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Tony Frazier, Gov’t Solutions SVP at DigitalGlobe

    Tony Frazier serves as senior vice president of government solutions at DigitalGlobe, where he oversees the company’s business with the U.S. government and leads product strategy, business development and analytic services delivery functions. He previously led DigitalGlobe’s Insight line of business, which helps organizations apply imagery and other geospatial analysis tools to make decisions. He joined DigitalGlobe as a result of […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets Forecasts IoT, M2M Comms Market to Reach $947B in 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets Forecasts IoT, M2M Comms Market to Reach $947B in 2019

    MarketsandMarkets has forecast an Internet of Things and machine-to-machine communications market that will grow into a $947.29 billion industry by 2019. The projection represents a 29.9 percent compound annual growth rate from $255.87 billion in 2014, the market analyst said Monday. The report, which highlights market trends, drivers, opportunities, restraints, future growth potential and revenue forecasts per region, suggests an industry faced with […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets Forecasts Industrial Security Systems Market Worth $38B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets Forecasts Industrial Security Systems Market Worth $38B by 2020

    A new MarketsandMarkets report predicts that the global industrial security systems market will achieve an 8.69-percent compound annual growth rate to reach a market value of $38 billion by 2020. The firm said Thursday that the report includes an analysis of the market based on system type, end user, service, component and geography as well as market drivers, restraints, […] More

  • Research and Markets: Internet-Based Apps to Drive Global Internet Security Market Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Internet-Based Apps to Drive Global Internet Security Market Through 2020

    Research and Markets has released a new prediction that the global Internet security market will achieve an 8.1-percent compound annual growth rate through 2020 to reach a market value of $42.8 billion. The company said Friday this growth is due to an increase in adoption of Internet-based applications in sectors such as financial services and an increase in security threats. In its report, […] More