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  • Executive Spotlight: Interview with Shamlan Siddiqi, CTO, Public Sector for NTT DATA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Interview with Shamlan Siddiqi, CTO, Public Sector for NTT DATA

    “We have a front row seat to the threats, exposure to information, networks and infrastructure…Cyber security is a very real issue and [NTT] can help.”   EM: Being with NTT DATA since 2005 it looks like you have worn several ‘different hats’. Tell our readers about your work experiences that has brought you to this […] More

  • HPE North America Sales Chief Dan Belanger Names 12 Execs to Management Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HPE North America Sales Chief Dan Belanger Names 12 Execs to Management Team

    Dan Belanger, newly appointed head of sales for North America at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has named several executives to his newly formed management team to oversee the company’s North American sales operations, CRN reported Friday. Terry Richardson, vice president and general manager of U.S. channel sales for HPE’s enterprise group, will serve as head of […] More

  • Lockheed, Leidos, Northrop Named Top Federal IT Vendors in IDC Report - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Leidos, Northrop Named Top Federal IT Vendors in IDC Report

    A business unit of International Data Corp. has ranked companies with the highest revenues from the sale of information technology products and services to federal government customers in 2017. IDC Government Insights said Wednesday its 2017 Federal IT Rankings are based on federal IT providers’ calendar year revenues for IT hardware, software and services instead of potential earnings […] More

  • MCP Named Sole Awardee of GSA BPA to Supply Dell Products to Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MCP Named Sole Awardee of GSA BPA to Supply Dell Products to Agencies

    Millennium Computer Products has been awarded by the General Services Administration a one-year blanket purchase agreement as the sole supplier of Dell hardware to the government. The BPA works to facilitate the government’s purchases of Dell products such as desktops, monitors, laptops and tablets with standard preconfiguration and optional upgrades through a business model designed to lower […] More

  • Lisa Disbrow, Mary Louise Krakauer Join Mercury Systems Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lisa Disbrow, Mary Louise Krakauer Join Mercury Systems Board of Directors

    Lisa Disbrow, former undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force, and Mary Louise Krakauer, former executive vice president and chief information officer at Dell, have been appointed to the board of directors at Mercury Systems. The latest appointments bring the number of Mercury Systems’ board members to nine, including eight independent directors, the company said Thursday. Mark […] More

  • Dell Technologies Subsidiary Launches Endpoint Security Tool’s Air Gap Version - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Technologies Subsidiary Launches Endpoint Security Tool’s Air Gap Version

    A Dell Technologies subsidiary has introduced an air gap version of its enterprise endpoint security platform designed to help organizations isolate endpoint devices from the internet and protect such devices from cyber threats. Dell’s Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise offering is an on-premises tool that works to protect data from insider threats, malware and zero-day attacks, the […] More

  • Tech Industry Vet Praveen Asthana Joins Forcepoint as Chief Marketing Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Industry Vet Praveen Asthana Joins Forcepoint as Chief Marketing Officer

    Praveen Asthana, former senior vice president at Oracle, has joined cybersecurity company Forcepoint as chief marketing officer. Forcepoint said  Monday Asthana will oversee global marketing for the company and its four business areas including cloud security, network security, global governments and data and insider threat security. Asthana will also report to Forcepoint CEO Matthew Moynahan and support the […] More

  • Carahsoft to Resell Dell EMC's Converged Infrastructure Offering to Govt Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Resell Dell EMC’s Converged Infrastructure Offering to Govt Sector

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to resell a Dell EMC-built converged infrastructure system to public sector organizations through the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 70 governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle. Dell EMC’s VxBlock System will work to help customer agencies modernize data centers and simplify information technology functions, Carahsoft said Tuesday. VxBlock is powered by Intel‘s Xeon processor and employs computation, network, storage and virtualization tools from […] 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

  • Dell EMC Survey: 64% of Federal IT Execs Report Software-Defined Data Center Adoption at Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell EMC Survey: 64% of Federal IT Execs Report Software-Defined Data Center Adoption at Agencies

    A new survey sponsored by Dell EMC has found that 64 percent of federal information technology leaders said their agencies had fielded software-defined data centers. Dell said Monday it commissioned market research firm Penn Schoen Berland to perform an online survey of 100 federal IT and business decision makers in May 2016 as an extension to the State of […] 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