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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.
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.
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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30 Firms Join Radio Access Network Coalition
Thirty-one companies have founded an organization that aims to develop policies that will accelerate the adoption of interoperable radio access network offerings.
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.Â
Cisco Announces Business Resiliency Program; Chuck Robbins Quoted
Cisco will offer $2.5B in financing through a new program to provide customers and partners access to technology platforms needed to ensure business continuity amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Business Resiliency Program will help clients manage their cash flow during the crisis by allowing them to defer 95 percent of the cost of a new Cisco hardware, software or service until January 2021, the company said Tuesday.
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Cubic Rolls Out Updated Networking & Compute Platform; Mike Barthlow Quoted
Cubic has begun to ship updated networking, compute and power systems designed to function at the tactical edge even in austere environments. “Guided by continuous customer collaboration, we have made some key enhancements to compute performance and power management in the product line that we believe will better meet and exceed the current and future requirements of an emerging internet of battlefield things,†said Mike Barthlow, senior vice president and general manager of rugged internet of things at Cubic's mission solutions unit.