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

Cisco Systems has recently hired two former Juniper Networks employees for its own service provider sales force. Sales executives Neal Oristano and Jim Labovites will join Cisco as the firm's newest vice presidents. Oristano's role at Cisco will be as vice president of global service provider market segment sales and Labovites will join the firm […] More

Throughout her career, Cisco“™s Public Sector Vice President Patrice D“™Eramo has made it a priority to give back to the community and has played a major role in the company“™s participation in various community activities. D“™Eramo has served as co-chair of ACT IAC Voyagers Program, is a member of the IAC Partners Program of 2005 […] More

As director of cyber programs at Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Bill Cooper is tasked with cybersecurity strategy, solution development, partner alliances and business development within the firm’s federal business area. Cooper re-joined Cisco Systems after a nearly five-year stint at Teradata Government Systems, where he was responsible for all sales to federal and state […] More

IBM, HP and Cisco have all made it onto the list of environmentally-friendly IT leaders. The “Summary report: Low carbon and Environmental Leadership in the ICT Industry by Gartner and WWF, 2010” study identifies the top 10 IT companies in terms of all-around greener performance. The top all-around performers include IBM,  Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco Systems, […] More

Earlier this month, Harris Corporation and Cisco Systems demonstrated the ability to rapidly, safely, and securely exchange healthcare information in a cloud computing environment at the Public Health Information Network Conference in Atlanta. They showed that security and privacy of web-based health information remains protected with a service as data is encrypted in transit and […] More

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Joint Authorization Board has decided to prioritize work with four vendors aiming to receive certification for their cloud service offerings. Cisco Systems, Cyxtera‘s federal group, Palo Alto Networks and Project Hosts can pursue the security package assessment process through FedRAMP Connect, the program management office said Tuesday. The board uses a set […] More

Michael Rogers, a 37-year U.S. Navy veteran who formerly led the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, has been appointed a member of the board of directors at cybersecurity company Quantum Xchange. As a board member, the retired Navy admiral will offer his advice to the Quantum Xchange management team on innovation and […] More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has partnered with 12 technology companies on a demonstration project the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence launched in support of efforts to standardize practices for post-quantum cryptography. Collaborators for the Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography project will aim to showcase tools that could be used to automatically discover usage of […] More

Joe Rogers, formerly a senior sales director of Cisco Systems, has joined CIS Secure to oversee enterprise sales and strategic account development. He holds over three decades of leadership experience in the areas of business development, technology sales and service, in support of federal and enterprise markets, CIS Secure said Monday. His career also includes […] More

A Research and Markets report predicts the market for digital twin-supported platforms in smart cities to reach $4.8 billion in the next five years. The market research company said Thursday digital twinning will be available in up to 93 percent of internet of things-based platforms by 2027 and will become a standard functionality to enable […] More

Theodore Gates, formerly a senior security engineer for Cisco Systems‘ U.S. public sector segment, has been tapped by NewWave Telecom and Technologies to serve as director of cybersecurity business development. He joins NewWave as the company establishes an architectural practice and consultancy dedicated to zero trust security, the information technology consulting provider said Tuesday. The […] More