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 …
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Cisco Systems Hires New Executives
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 …
Read More »Executive Spotlight: Patrice D’Eramo of Cisco Systems
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 …
Read More »Profile: Bill Cooper of Cisco Systems
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 …
Read More »IBM, Dell, Cisco Systems Make the Green IT Leaders List
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 …
Read More »Harris Corp. and Cisco Systems collaborate on cloud computing solution
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 …
Read More »Cisco to Help Alberta Modernize Patient Care Systems; Nitin Kawale Comments
Cisco has teamed up with the University of Calgary’s W21C Program and Alberta Health Services to further the development of healthcare services in Alberta. The team will use Cisco’s technologies and strategies to attempt to modernize and deliver patient care systems in hospitals and households through a virtual hub, Cisco said Monday. …
Read More »Cisco Acquires Tail-f Systems for $175M
Cisco announced Tuesday their intention to acquire privately held Tail-f Systems for $175 million, a plan set in motion by AT&T to reshape and virtualize telecommunications networks in the cloud. Cisco aims to incorporate Tail-f into its cloud and virtualization group to increase marketability in telecom infrastructure, the company said …
Read More »TeleCommunication Systems to Present at Gateway Conference in San Francisco
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. will present at a conference in San Francisco, Calif., on Sept. 10. The Annapolis, Md.-based mobile communication technology provider will review its recent financial results and performance at the 2013 Gateway Conference at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, TeleCommunication Systems said Thursday. The presentation will start …
Read More »Deloitte, Cisco Execs Call for Gov’t Contact Center Modernization
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.
Read More »Air Force Vet Enrique Oti Joins Second Front Systems as CTO
Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Enrique Oti has been named chief technology officer of San Francisco-based software developer Second Front Systems.
Read More »Second Front Systems Secures New Funding to Drive SaaS Platform Dev’t
Second Front Systems, an Arlington, Va.-based software development company, has raised $6M in seed capital as part of a funding round led by venture capital firm and Palantir investor Artis Ventures.
Read More »York Space Systems Announces Spacecraft Factory Expansion; Appoints Barry Behnken as Engineering VP
York Space Systems has expanded the spacecraft manufacturing facility at its Denver headquarters as part of efforts to accelerate mass production and delivery of satellites over the next year.
Read More »Cisco’s Alan Balutis Suggests Approach to Accelerate Transition to EIS Telecom Contract
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.
Read More »Cisco, Iron Bow Partner to Offer FedRAMP-Compliant Hosted Collaboration Platform; Carl DeGroote Quoted
Iron Bow Technologies has partnered with Cisco to offer a cloud-based virtual platform the latter designed to help the Department of Defense access unified communications and collaboration tools.
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