A GitLab survey has found that decision-makers considered security a key factor when selecting a DevOps platform and that rapid DevOps adoption in 2021 led to faster delivery of software, improved developer productivity and better code quality. GitLab said Tuesday it polled 5,001 software professionals across the world in May and found that nearly 60 […] More

GitLab has expanded its comprehensive DevOps platform with the release of a major iteration designed to support users’ development and collaboration on business-critical code for secure software delivery. GitLab 15, starting with the 15.0 first release version, works to modernize the capabilities of The One DevOps Platform and is planned to enhance a user-customer’s continuous […] More

Lookout has been authorized to offer government agencies a cloud-based technology platform designed to secure mobile devices following completion of Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program requirements. Bob Stevens, vice president of federal sales at Lookout, wrote in a blog post published Thursday the FedRAMP Joint Advisory Board granted provisional authority-to-operate certification for the company's Mobile Endpoint Security offering.

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A Lookout-built mobile endpoint security platform has obtained a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program designation that reflects the product’s capacity to meet technical cloud adoption requirements in the government. Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security has been listed on the FedRAMP marketplace for federal agencies and government contractors as the first mobile security system to receive the “FedRAMP Ready” status, […] More

GitLab has promoted Joel Krooswyk from his role as senior manager of solutions architecture to the company’s newly created position of federal chief technology officer. Krooswyk will aim to expand business relationships between the DevSecOps platform provider and software development professionals in the federal sector, GitLab said Monday. The 25-year software industry veteran joined the […] More

GitLab‘s public sector-focused business arm has selected industry veterans Janelle Romano and Patty Molthen to join its federal advisory board. Romano, vice president of cyberspace operations at CACI, and Molthen, owner of consulting firm CM2 Group, will be part of the group that is tasked with guiding GitLab Federal in identifying and pursuing new product […] More

CACI InternationaI has partnered with GitLab in a move to accelerate software development for government customers with the use of a DevOps platform. Reston, Virginia-based CACI said Tuesday it became the inaugural federal system integrator in the GitLab Partner Program and could use the latter’s open-source application in efforts to build, secure and deliver tools […] More

Consulting services firm Guidehouse has received recognition from the State Department for its data analytics efforts within the department. The Data for Diplomacy award is a new distinction given to select organizations out of 200 total submitted businesses. Personnel from Guidehouse’s national security and advanced solutions divisions were bestowed with the group award, the Washington, D.C.-based company […] More

Lookout has secured a provisional authority-to-operate certification from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Joint Advisory Board to market its endpoint-to-cloud data security technology to federal agencies. The Lookout Security Platform is now available for government clients looking to protect agency data that are being accessed from any location through on-premises applications, software-as-a-service and […] More

Michael Lempke, president of the nuclear and environmental group at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ technical solutions division, has been named chairman of the Energy Facility Contractors Group, ExchangeMonitor reported Wednesday. He will lead the organization that coordinates with the Department of Energy to incorporate operational and business practices across DOE facilities.

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