Microsoft has announced plans to integrate its Azure Stack hybrid cloud offering with the Azure Government cloud platform in mid-2018. Natalia Mackevicius, director of Azure Stack, wrote in a blog entry posted Monday the planned integration seeks to establish connectivity with Azure Marketplace as well as Azure Government subscription, identity, billing, backup and registration functions. The […] More

Steve Harris, senior vice president and general manager of Dell EMC‘s federal business, has said the adoption of on-premise and hybrid cloud platforms can help government agencies comply with security best practices and access information technology services in the event of catastrophes. Harris wrote in a MeriTalk article published Tuesday that such cloud environments could also […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has partnered with Dell EMC to integrate the companies’ business intelligence software and cloud migration service offerings. SAIC said Thursday its Cloud Migration Edge services suite will incorporate Dell EMC’s Adaptivity platform designed to analyze an organization’s application portfolio and facilitate the decision-making process for technology investments. “Our partnership with SAIC, centered on […] More

Steve Harris, vice president and general manager of Dell EMC‘s federal business, has told MeriTalk in an interview published Wednesday he forecasts that agencies will prioritize investments in integrated hybrid cloud platforms in the next three years as part of information technology modernization efforts. Harris, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, said he believes agency chief information officers should have […] More

A study sponsored by Dell and conducted by PSB has shown that 70 percent of 100 federal information technology and business decision makers surveyed said their agencies run IT applications on outdated computer systems. The State of IT Trends 2016 study also found that more than 50 percent of respondents admitted to the fact that their agency operates expired computer operating […] More

Steve Harris joined Dell Federal — the technology maker’s federal government organization — in March 2014 to lead that business as vice president and general manager. Harris previously led Dell’s state and local government and education business as area vice president for nearly five years and has held other sales leadership roles at the company […] More

Steve Harris serves as vice president and general manager of the federal systems group at Dell, where he oversees a portfolio of enterprise systems, client solutions, software and service offerings for the public sector. He leads the organization that works with U.S. government civilian and military agencies to help them manage their mission areas through […] More

Several of Dell‘s networking switches have received certification from the Defense Department on interoperability and information assurance capabilities and are now included in the DoD Unified Capabilities Approved Products List. The company said Monday the certification means federal agencies can now use Dell’s S4810, S4820T, S6000 and Z9000 switches to support networking operations. “We are pleased to see that several of our […] More

Steven Harrison, a U.S. Navy veteran, has been appointed vice president of undersea warfare and support at Science Applications International Corp. Harrison most recently served as VP of government affairs for the naval business unit at SAIC, where he oversaw business development, strategy and congressional engagement initiatives.

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Booz Allen Hamilton will work with L3Harris Technologies to accelerate the development and delivery of the Distributed Battle Management Node Tactical Operations Center-Light prototype, a Booz Allen product meant to enable Combined Joint All-Domain Command & Control. The TOC-L prototype uses as a design baseline the Modular Detachment Kit, a multidomain integration agent for tactical command and control that has already been fielded in live-fire exercises and deployed by U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Booz Allen said Wednesday.

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Doha, Qatar-based satellite operator Es’hailSat has chosen Harris subsidiary Harris CapRock Communications to build a very small-aperture terminal hub to support the Qatari company’s government and corporate clients. Steve Brannan, a senior project manager at Harris CapRock, said Wednesday the business worked with multiple vendors to develop and install an “advanced” VSAT network for Es’hailSat under a tight deadline. Harris CapRock obtained a government license […] More

AAR has received a one-year, $6.7 million renewed contract from the Military Sealift Command to continue the company’s vertical replenishment services for U.S. Navy helicopters. The company will carry out work for the Navy’s 5th and 7th Fleets in the Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean, AAR said Monday. Steven Harrison, president of AAR’s airlift […] More