Latest stories

  • Research and Markets: Banking, Financial Services Security Market Worth $37B by 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Research and Markets: Banking, Financial Services Security Market Worth $37B by 2019

    Research and Markets forecasts that the banking, financial services and institutions (BFSI) security market currently valued at $21.53 billion will reach a market value of $37.35 billion by 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 11.6 percent. The firm said Monday that the BFSI security market is segmented into two widely adopted submarkets, the physical security systems […] More

  • Laurent Philonenko Promoted to CTO, SVP at Avaya; Kevin Kennedy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in

    Laurent Philonenko Promoted to CTO, SVP at Avaya; Kevin Kennedy Comments

    Laurent Philonenko has been promoted to senior vice president of corporate strategy and development and chief technology officer at Avaya. The 15-year technology veteran specializes in communications software, leading growth strategies at Cisco, Genesys and Alcatel prior to his arrival at Avaya, the company said Wednesday. In his new role, Philonenko will focus on strategy […] More

  • Allied Market Research: Global Internet Security Market Worth $43B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Allied Market Research: Global Internet Security Market Worth $43B by 2020

    A new report from Allied Market Research projects the global Internet security market to be worth $42.8 billion by 2020 due to what the firm sees as increasing use Internet-based applications, particularly for online financial transactions. The firm said Thursday the market value for Internet security will climb at a compound annual growth rate of 8.1 percent over the next six years as […] More

  • Steve Benvenuto: Cisco to Offer Partners IoT Specialization Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Steve Benvenuto: Cisco to Offer Partners IoT Specialization Programs

    Cisco has added an Internet of Things focus to its channel partner program in an effort to help Cisco partners identify opportunities in the IoT technology market. Steve Benvenuto, Cisco senior director of business development, writes Thursday the company launched three specialization programs designed to offer collaborators IoT-specific tools and training. The company will offer […] More

  • John Lind: QTS Seeks to Provide Security, Compliance with FedRAMP-Ready Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    John Lind: QTS Seeks to Provide Security, Compliance with FedRAMP-Ready Cloud

    QTS Realty Trust is set to become the latest cloud service provider to reach FedRAMP Ready status with its QTS Federal Cloud infrastructure as a service solution. The company said Tuesday QTS Federal Cloud’s third-party assessment results and other documentation are now under readiness review from the FedRAMP Program Management Office. The FedRAMP Ready category […] More

  • Chad Sweet: Chertoff Group Event to Highlight New Cyber Defense Approaches - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in

    Chad Sweet: Chertoff Group Event to Highlight New Cyber Defense Approaches

    The Chertoff Group will host the “Beyond CDM – Transitioning to an Active Cyber Defense” conference on Nov. 4 to discuss cyber defense measures across industry and government as part of the Chertoff Group Security Series. The company said Wednesday it expects the event to bring together business and security leaders to share new approaches in threat analysis, intelligence and automated defense and mitigation as well […] More

  • Joe Tucci: EMC to Buy Controlling Interest in VCE - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Joe Tucci: EMC to Buy Controlling Interest in VCE

    VCE, a joint venture of EMC and Cisco, will become an EMC company by the end of the quarter and Cisco will continue to be a partner and investor in the business alongside VMware. EMC said Wednesday that it will acquire a controlling interest in VCE as part of a reorganization agreed upon between all arties to build on the business’ hybrid […] More

  • Cisco Launches New SAP HANA Server; Anthony Reynolds Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Cisco Launches New SAP HANA Server; Anthony Reynolds Comments

    Cisco has moved to expand its server portfolio for SAP HANA platform through the launch of a new server product. The company designed the newly-certified 8 socket C880 to work with SAP analytics and suite on HANA workloads, Cisco said Thursday. Satinder Sethi writes Cisco collaborated with SAP on the certification of the C880 server platform. “We are pleased that Cisco Systems […] More

  • Bernadette Wightman to Lead Cisco Canada as President; Alison Gleeson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in

    Bernadette Wightman to Lead Cisco Canada as President; Alison Gleeson Comments

    Bernadette Wightman, a 15-year Cisco veteran, has been named president of the company’s business operations in Canada. She will succeed Nitin Kawale, who will retire after 19 years of service at the company, Cisco said Friday. “We thank Nitin for his leadership and congratulate Bernadette as she takes over the reins and brings her perspective to this high-performing team,” said Alison […] More

  • Internet of Things Reference Model Unwrapped at World Forum; Wim Elfrink Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Internet of Things Reference Model Unwrapped at World Forum; Wim Elfrink Comments

    Industry has unveiled an Internet of Things reference model to help define the technology, identify its challenges and standardize IoT terminology for developers, chief information officers and IT leaders. The Internet of Things World Forum Steering Committee drafted the framework, unwrapped at this week’s Cisco-hosted IoTWF in Chicago, in a bid to push IoT adoption […] More

  • Cisco, Viscosity North America to Discuss UCS Migration of Data, Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Cisco, Viscosity North America to Discuss UCS Migration of Data, Applications

    Cisco and Viscosity North America have teamed up to discuss how to move data and applications into Cisco’s unified computing system platform during a round table discussion on Oct. 22. The team consists of Oracle ACE directors Charles Kim and Nitin Vengurlekar and Cisco’s Danny Dunn, who will investigate Viscosity’s approach for zero risk and zero downtime Oracle migrations, Viscosity […] More

  • Cisco to Help Alberta Modernize Patient Care Systems; Nitin Kawale Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    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. “Cisco believes that the future […] More