Federated Wireless has partnered with Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Perspecta Labs, Vectrus, JMA and Capstone Partners to deploy a Citizens Broadband Radio Service-enabled private 5G wireless network for the Department of Defense. The prototype deployment is part of a multiyear initiative that seeks to modernize Marine Corps Logistics Command’s warehouse operations in Albany, Georgia, through the creation of a reference design for a 5G smart warehouse.
Read More »LMI Exec Linda Bixby Named to Penn State Center for Supply Chain Research’s Board
Linda Bixby, director of academic programs at LMI, has been appointed to join the advisory board of the Pennsylvania State University's Center for Supply Chain Research. The center is established to educate and conduct research efforts on supply chain management and build a community of students and members from industry and academia.
Read More »Leidos Gets Cisco Partner Recognition for Federal Contracting Efforts; Vicki Schmanske Quoted
Leidos has been recognized for its innovation, leadership and performance as Cisco's business partner for federal contracting efforts in defense and intelligence markets. Leidos said Friday it was named Federal Breakaway Partner of the Year as part of the Cisco Partner Summit Global awards, a program that recognizes the outcome-focused programs, innovative processes, sales approaches and effective system architecture of top-performing Cisco partners.
Read More »Red River to Deliver Data Services Under CALNET Program; Ross Woodley Quoted
Red River has been awarded a five-year contract with the California Department of Technology’s (CDT) California Network and Telecommunications (CALNET) Program to deliver next-generation data network and communication services to the State of California. “We are excited to be able to support the State of California with leading edge, cloud-based communications services,” said Ross Woodley, Red River's chief programs officer.
Read More »Former BlueWater Federal SVP Pete Brady Joins TekSynap as Chief Growth Officer
Pete Brady, a U.S. Army Veteran and former senior vice president at BlueWater Federal Solutions, has been named chief growth officer at Reston, Virginia-based information management technology company TekSynap.
Read More »Cisco Report: Nearly 80% of Security Professionals Observe Positive Impact of Privacy Laws
More than 130 countries have privacy laws in place and a new Cisco report has found that 79 percent of security professionals said they believe these laws meant to hold organizations and governments accountable for their data management have had a positive impact. Cisco surveyed more than 4,400 security professionals from 25 countries in summer 2020 for the Data Privacy Benchmark Study and found that 93 percent of organizations said their privacy teams played a key role in helping them respond to COVID-19 pandemic-related challenges, including the shift to telework and implementation of controls on the use and access of shared personal information.
Read More »Cisco’s Andy Stewart: CMMC Seeks to Drive Broader Change Across DIB to Ensure Tech, Data Security
Andy Stewart, a senior federal strategist at Cisco, wrote about the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Level Certification framework and how it helps deliver trust throughout the entire supply chain and drive change across the defense industrial base to protect the government’s data and technology used to support military operations.
Read More »Deloitte, Cisco Help Agencies Automate Call Center Ops; Marc Mancher, Omar Tawakol Quoted
Deloitte and Cisco have offered next-generation contact center technologies to help agencies address the surge in demand for government services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Rethinking the customer experience and integrating automation and virtual assistants should be part of the long-term solution for every government," said Marc Mancher, principal at Deloitte Consulting.
Read More »PSC Finds Increase in Federal Use of Shared IT Services
The Professional Services Council has found that the use of shared information technology services by federal agencies has jumped 2 percent each year since 2017, FedScoop reported Monday.
Read More »Hitachi Aims to Spur Digital Innovation Through Global Partner Program
Hitachi has formed a global partnership that includes five founding members from the technology sector to drive digital transformation in areas such as information technology, smart infrastructure, mobility and energy.
Read More »Survey: 58% of Federal Defense Personnel Want Agencies to Look at Cloud Security as Top Priority
A Government Business Council survey sponsored by Cisco has found that 58 percent of federal defense agency employees said they think agencies should consider cloud security as the top priority as they advance cloud adoption.
Read More »AT&T-Cisco Partnership to Offer Managed Connectivity Service
AT&T and Cisco will collaborate to help enterprise customers increase visibility into internet of things devices across a network as part of an extended partnership between the two companies.
Read More »Cisco’s Webex Collaboration Platform Gets FedRAMP Certification
Cisco has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for Webex for Government, an application designed to unify messaging, calling and virtual meetings into one platform.
Read More »Cisco, Presidio Partner to Provide Internet Connectivity for Dallas Communities; Nick Michaelides Quoted
Cisco has partnered with the city of Dallas and New York-based digital services firm Presidio to install information technology infrastructure in public areas to provide internet connectivity to underserved communities.
Read More »PSC Adds Byron Bright, Ronald Hahn as Board Members; David Berteau Quoted
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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