Dedrone has secured $30.5 million in an Axon-led Series C financing that the San Francisco, California-based startup plans to use to support its development of technology for protecting airspace against unauthorized unmanned aerial vehicles. Aaditya Devarakonda, CEO of Dedrone, said in a statement published Friday the investment underscores the company’s ability to deliver drone detection […] More

Five companies have obtained priority status to work with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Joint Authorization Board to secure a provisional authority to operate for their cloud platforms. Cisco Systems, Crowdstrike, Qualtrics, Qualys and Slack Technologies will work with JAB on security package reviews needed to gain P-ATOs for their cloud offerings, FedRAMP […] More

Marc Mancher, a principal at Deloitte Consulting, and Alan Balutis, a senior director of North American public sector at Cisco Systems' business solutions group, have said that agencies should integrate artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies with digital call centers to continuously deliver information and services to the public during the coronavirus pandemic or national emergencies.

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David Egts, director and chief technologist of the Red Hat's North American public sector, recently took part in a recent Q&A session with ExecutiveBiz. Egts will be featured as a panelist during Potomac Officers Club's Secure IT Modernization in Today's Environment Virtual Event on August 26th. Click here to register for the virtual event. 

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TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 9, 2020 “” Byron Bright and Ronald Hahn, respectively the president of government solutions unit at KBR (NYSE: KBR) and the executive vice president of strategic growth at Amentum, have become members of the board of directors at the Professional Services Council, GovCon Wire reported June 2.

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Alan Balutis, a Distinguished Fellow and senior director for North American public sector for Cisco Systems' global strategy and consulting arm, wrote in a FedScoop article published Friday the lack of authority of agency chief information officers could be one of the reasons why agencies are slow to transition to the General Services Administration's $50B Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions telecommunications contract. 

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Iteris has agreed to serve as an integrator of Cisco Systems“™ internet of things technologies for smart city transportation applications.

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Local chief information officers should consider three factors when incorporating security into the design of smart cities, Cisco Systems“™ Will Ash and Rebecca Chisolm wrote in a joint guest piece published Thursday on GovTech.

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Carl De Groote and Chuck Louisell of Cisco Systems have said the U.S. military should adopt artificial intelligence, machine learning and in-line data analytics to sustain mission assurance and readiness. De Groote and Louisell wrote in a C4ISRNET opinion piece published Tuesday that the military should supplement such technology platforms with an agile and resilient […] More

Multinational tech firm Cisco Systems is partnering with North Carolina to launch the CyberVetsUSA program to connect the state government with the industry to train veterans for jobs in the cybersecurity field. The office of the governor said Wednesday the company will work with the state’s departments of military and veterans affairs, information technology and commerce […] More

Robert Work, former deputy secretary at the Defense Department, has joined Mitre“™s Visiting Fellows Program to offer advice on critical national issues. Bill LaPlante, senior vice president for Mitre“™s national security sector, said in a statement published Monday Work brings decades of experience and knowledge to the nonprofit company“™s national security sector as it works […] 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