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  • Virtustream, Pivotal Forge Cloud-Based App Deployment Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virtustream, Pivotal Forge Cloud-Based App Deployment Partnership

    Dell Technologies’ Virtustream business has teamed up with Pivotal to deliver an enterprise-grade cloud service offering to clients that use the Pivotal Cloud Foundry platform to build and field applications in hybrid cloud environments. Kevin Reid, president and chief technology officer at Virtustream, said in a statement released Wednesday the Virtustream Pivotal Cloud Foundry Service offering […] More

  • Former EMC CEO Joe Tucci Joins Motorola Solutions Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former EMC CEO Joe Tucci Joins Motorola Solutions Board

    Former EMC Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci has been elected to the board of directors at communications technology and services provider Motorola Solutions. He currently serves as co-CEO and co-chairman of GTY Technology Holdings and previously held leadership positions at Wang Global and Unisys‘ information systems business, Motorola said Monday. Tucci has led EMC and its market expansion initiatives […] More

  • MeriTalk: Tech Industry Execs Laud Trump's Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MeriTalk: Tech Industry Execs Laud Trump’s Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order

    Some executives at Dell Technologies‘ RSA subsidiary, Symantec and Palo Alto Networks have expressed their support for President Donald Trump’s draft cybersecurity executive order, MeriTalk reported Thursday. Morgan Lynch writes Jeff Greene, senior director of global government affairs and policy at Symantec, said that the draft indicates Trump plans to build on the Obama administration’s cybersecurity efforts. Greene added […] More

  • RSA Security Inks Cyber Threat Data Sharing Agreement With NATO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RSA Security Inks Cyber Threat Data Sharing Agreement With NATO

    Dell Technologies’ RSA Security business and the NATO Communications and Information Agency have agreed to exchange cyber threat data in an effort to build up situational awareness and safeguard networks from vulnerabilities. RSA signed Tuesday the industry partnership agreement with NCI during the NITEC17 conference in Ottawa, Canada, the agency said Tuesday. “RSA is thrilled to be […] More

  • Dell Technologies Subsidiary's GRC Platform Earns Common Criteria EAL 2+ Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Technologies Subsidiary’s GRC Platform Earns Common Criteria EAL 2+ Certification

    Dell Technologies‘ RSA subsidiary has secured a Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ certification for its governance, risk management and compliance platform through an evaluation by Leidos’ Common Criteria Testing Laboratory. RSA said Monday release 6.1 of its Archer GRC platform is designed to help organizations mitigate business risks across multiple domains. The company noted that the EAL […] More

  • DoD Taps Smartronix for On-Site Managed IT Services; John Parris Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Taps Smartronix for On-Site Managed IT Services; John Parris Comments

    Smartronix has secured a task order through a National Institutes of Health-run information technology contract vehicle to provide on-site managed services to  the Defense Department. The company said Wednesday it will deliver cloud services such as infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service to DoD and department-approved mission partners on premises. Smartonix received the order under the Chief Information Officer–Solutions and Partners 3 governmentwide […] More

  • Dell Subsidiary Unveils Security Platform for AWS Enterprise Apps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Subsidiary Unveils Security Platform for AWS Enterprise Apps

    Dell Technologies‘ Dell EMC subsidiary has unveiled a platform that works to protect enterprise applications that run on Amazon Web Services. Dell EMC said Monday its NetWorker with CloudBoost system is built to provide an enterprise-grade backup service for applications on AWS as well as client-side optimized backups, inline deduplication, encryption and compression with direct backup to Amazon Simple […] More

  • Tech Industry Vet Brett Shirk Named VMware Americas Region SVP, General Manager - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Industry Vet Brett Shirk Named VMware Americas Region SVP, General Manager

    Brett Shirk, former senior vice president of the Americas sales organization at Veritas‘ software business, has joined Dell Technologies subsidiary VMware as SVP and general manager for the Americas region. He will report directly to Maurizio Carli, executive VP of worldwide sales at VMware, and oversee strategic planning, business operations, go-to-market strategy and management of the company’s business in Latin […] More

  • Dell EMC Survey: Federal IT Execs Single Out Cloud as Govt's Top Tech Trend - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell EMC Survey: Federal IT Execs Single Out Cloud as Govt’s Top Tech Trend

    A new survey backed by Dell EMC says 91 percent of federal market information technology leaders consider cloud computing as the top technology trend at their agencies. Dell said Wednesday it commissioned market research firm Penn Schoen Berland to conduct an online survey of 100 federal IT and business decision makers in May as an extension to the State of IT […] More

  • RSA Adds Intell Tools to Cyber Threat Detection Platform Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RSA Adds Intell Tools to Cyber Threat Detection Platform Suite

    Dell Technologies‘ network security business RSA has introduced updates to a set of platforms designed to help organizations facilitate detection and response to cyber threats. The RSA NetWitness Suite features new tools called “Hunter Packs” that work to provide intelligence data to help organizations detect known and unknown network vulnerabilities, the company said Wednesday. The Hunter Packs […] More

  • Dubai Deploys Dell Subsidiary's Hybrid Cloud Platform to Support Smart City Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dubai Deploys Dell Subsidiary’s Hybrid Cloud Platform to Support Smart City Project

    Dell Technologies‘ Dell EMC subsidiary has provided an enterprise hybrid cloud platform to the technology arm of Dubai’s smart city initiative. Dell said Sunday Smart Dubai Government deployed the cloud platform to establish an Information Technology-As-A-Service infrastructure that will work to aid the delivery of new services for individuals and organizations. The company added the cloud platform […] More

  • Jeremy Burton: Dell Technologies Aims to Help Clients Realize Digital Transformation Goals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeremy Burton: Dell Technologies Aims to Help Clients Realize Digital Transformation Goals

    Jeremy Burton, chief marketing officer of Dell Technologies, wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday the company’s goal is to serve as a partner and a catalyst for enterprise customers that aim to transform their information technology functions. Dell Technologies formed as a result of the merger between Dell and EMC. Burton said the company seeks to help enterprise clients […] More