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  • Tech Industry Vet Tarun Loomba Joins Polycom as Solutions Mgmt EVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Industry Vet Tarun Loomba Joins Polycom as Solutions Mgmt EVP

    Tarun Loomba, formerly vice president and general manager of SanDisk‘s computing storage solutions business, has joined communications technology provider Polycom as executive vice president for solutions management. Polycom said Tuesday the more than 20-year technology industry veteran will oversee the company’s worldwide product and services management teams from its headquarters in San Jose, California. “His in-depth experience in hardware, software […] More

  • Joe Berger: WWT Offers Cisco's Hosted Collaboration Platform to Federal Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joe Berger: WWT Offers Cisco’s Hosted Collaboration Platform to Federal Customers

    World Wide Technology has begun to offer Cisco‘s hosted collaboration platform to the former’s federal clients. Joe Berger, director of WWT’s collaboration practice, wrote in a blog entry posted Monday that Cisco’s Hosted Collaboration Solution for Government offering works to deliver  voice, video, instant messaging, presence and conferencing service on one platform. HCS-G obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program […] More

  • Rowan Trollope: Cisco's Hosted Collaboration Platform Obtains FedRAMP Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rowan Trollope: Cisco’s Hosted Collaboration Platform Obtains FedRAMP Certification

    Cisco has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for a hosted technology platform designed to help government users collaborate with co-workers, constituents, colleagues and partner organizations. Rowan Trollope, senior vice president and general manager of internet of things and applications at Cisco, wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday that the FedRAMP authorization for the Hosted Collaboration Solution for Government underscores the platform’s […] More

  • Cisco to Sponsor NIST's Baldrige Cybersecurity Workshop - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco to Sponsor NIST’s Baldrige Cybersecurity Workshop

    Cisco will sponsor a cybersecurity workshop on April 2 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Maryland in conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s Baldrige Quest for Excellence Conference. NIST said Thursday the Baldrige Cybersecurity Workshop aims to provide organizations guidelines on evaluating their own cybersecurity programs using the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder as part of risk […] More

  • Former Cisco, Intel Exec Andy Elder Named Riverbed Sales SVP for EMEA Region - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Cisco, Intel Exec Andy Elder Named Riverbed Sales SVP for EMEA Region

    Andy Elder, formerly president of Intel‘s security business operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has joined Riverbed Technology as SVP of sales in the same regions. Riverbed said Thursday the 25-year industry veteran will oversee sales and go-to-market strategies as well as help drive the company’s growth and transformation efforts across EMEA in his new position. “Andy’s proven inspirational leadership […] More

  • Diane Gongaware on Cisco's Security Approach for Agencies & 'Internet of Things' Trends to Watch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Diane Gongaware on Cisco’s Security Approach for Agencies & ‘Internet of Things’ Trends to Watch

    Diane Gongaware in January started her second full year as vice president of U.S. public sector services at Cisco, where she manages the company’s sales of technical and security services to government agencies at the federal, state, local and education levels. The 10-year Cisco veteran first joined the company in August 2007 and her subsequent […] More

  • Michael Daniel Joins Cyber Threat Alliance as President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Daniel Joins Cyber Threat Alliance as President

    Michael Daniel, former White House cybersecurity coordinator, has been named president of the Cyber Threat Alliance following CTA’s incorporation as an independent nonprofit organization in January. CTA said Tuesday it expects Daniel to bring to the alliance his experience in the development of strategic cyber programs and partnerships that span across industry and the public […] More

  • CenturyLink SVP Bill Bradley Joins RiskSense Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink SVP Bill Bradley Joins RiskSense Board of Directors

    Bill Bradley, senior vice president for cyber engineering and technology services at CenturyLink, has joined the board of directors of Albuquerque, New Mexico-based cyber risk management company RiskSense. The more than 30-year CenturyLink veteran oversees the development, maintenance and management of the communications technology firm’s internal cybersecurity and engineering functions, RiskSense said Monday. “Bill’s extensive experience in cyber security and industry relationships […] More

  • AT&T Unveils Cloud-Based Private Networking System for Connected Devices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Unveils Cloud-Based Private Networking System for Connected Devices

    AT&T has developed a cloud-based private networking system that will work to help clients manage and protect connected devices from security breaches. The AT&T Control Center is powered by Cisco‘s Jasper IoT connectivity management platform and designed to provide organizations visibility on data usage, performance costs and provisioning status, AT&T said Wednesday. The system also offers connectivity to cloud service […] More

  • IDC’s Alan Webber: Cloud, Analytics Among Tech Platforms to Play a Role in Digital Govt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC’s Alan Webber: Cloud, Analytics Among Tech Platforms to Play a Role in Digital Govt

    Alan Webber, research director at IDC Government Insights, told Cisco in an interview published Monday that cloud computing, big data and analytics, internet of things, mobility, user experience and identity and security are the six technology platforms that will play a role in digital government. Webber said that cloud will work to reduce the number of […] More