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  • In the News: Gary Wang, Deputy CIO/G-6 for the U.S. Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    In the News: Gary Wang, Deputy CIO/G-6 for the U.S. Army

    As most industry professionals are aware, one of the major issues the Army is currently facing is how to most efficiently accelerate to a modern, secure and globally-available network, especially in the armed services, and how to capitalize on cloud-based infrastructure and all relevant processes. One man whose reputation preceeds himself in holding responsibilities for […] More

  • MEF16: Enabling Agile, Assured and Orchestrated Network Services for Government - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEF16: Enabling Agile, Assured and Orchestrated Network Services for Government

    Sponsored Content Providing communications services to the government is a big challenge. It takes research, planning, RFPs, analysis, integration and execution. The true litmus test, of course, is how effectively the deployment works in the end. Will it deliver the access and speeds required, and seamlessly integrate with disparate systems? Does it meet the needs of […] More

  • ViaWest to Provide Exclusive Colocation Services for Hitachi Data Systems IT Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViaWest to Provide Exclusive Colocation Services for Hitachi Data Systems IT Infrastructure

    Hitachi America has selected ViaWest to be the exclusive colocation provider for the Hitachi Data Systems information technology infrastructure under a five-year, $6.6 million contract. ViaWest said Monday it will house the HDS IT infrastructure at a 3,600-square-foot area at the ViaWest Compark Data Center in Denver, Colorado. The 140,000-square-foot colocation and hosting center is equipped with 24/7 on-site expert […] More

  • CSRA’s Larry Prior Shares Views on Federal Govt's IT Infrastructure, Cybersecurity & Cloud Adoption - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA’s Larry Prior Shares Views on Federal Govt’s IT Infrastructure, Cybersecurity & Cloud Adoption

    Larry Prior, CEO of federal technology services contractor CSRA, has said he thinks the next U.S. administration should prioritize efforts to update and repair the federal government’s information technology infrastructure as the country competes in the global economy. Prior told CRN associate editor Jimmy Sheridan in an interview published Thursday that cybersecurity within the federal government […] More

  • Intelligent Decisions Eyes Army IT Infrastructure Requirements Under ITES-3H; Joe Armstrong Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelligent Decisions Eyes Army IT Infrastructure Requirements Under ITES-3H; Joe Armstrong Comments

    Intelligent Decisions seeks to provide information technology infrastructure to the U.S. Army under the potential $5 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 3 Hardware contract the service branch awarded in February. The company said Tuesday it will work to meet Army requirements for Unix-based and non-Unix-based servers, workstations, storage systems, networking equipment, network printers and scanners, cables and connectors, […] More

  • Dell Survey: 82% of Federal Agencies Use NIST Cyber Framework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Survey: 82% of Federal Agencies Use NIST Cyber Framework

    A new Dell survey has found that 82 percent of federal information technology personnel say their agencies use the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity in efforts to improve security of computer networks. The NIST cybersecurity framework aims to help agencies “identify, detect, protect, respond and recover from cyber threats,” Paul Christman, […] More

  • Deloitte's Ranjit Bawa: Look at Compatibility Before Business Migration to Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte’s Ranjit Bawa: Look at Compatibility Before Business Migration to Cloud

    Deloitte reports that IT leaders increasingly utilize cloud strategies to address business challenges as well as build toward a next-generation IT operating model. The company said Monday companies should develop a plan that considers the cloud compatibility of IT-supported business functions before migrating to cloud. Ranjit Bawa, a principal for the technology strategy and architecture practice at Deloitte, […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Skyport's SkySecure Product Via SEWP V; Michael Shrader Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Skyport’s SkySecure Product Via SEWP V; Michael Shrader Comments

    Carahsoft Technology has joined the channel partner program of Skyport Systems to deliver the latter’s SkySecure offering to agencies as part of efforts to protect government information technology systems and applications. Michael Shrader, vice president for intelligence and innovative solutions at Carahsoft, said Monday that the partnership targets front-line defense at government agencies. Skyport said SkySecure works to secure customer […] More

  • ViON Releases New Private Cloud Package; Tom Frana Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON Releases New Private Cloud Package; Tom Frana Comments

    ViON Corp. has launched a new private cloud computing package that offers enterprises a set of resources to develop and manage their information technology infrastructure. The Agile Cloud Platform suite includes software, networking, servers and storage with management, advanced monitoring and virtualization capabilities, and round the clock customer and technical support, ViON said Thursday. “ViON’s Agile Cloud Platform offers infrastructure […] More

  • Force 3's Greg Kushto: Follow Network Security Basics for Wider Threat Coverage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Force 3’s Greg Kushto: Follow Network Security Basics for Wider Threat Coverage

    Federal agencies could be putting their networks at risk by focusing too many of their resources on specific types of cyber threats, Greg Kushto of Force 3 says. Kushto, director of Force 3’s security practice, wrote in a guest post for Nextgov published Tuesday that agencies should build an IT infrastructure that is secure from the majority of threats. To ensure this, he says that federal IT […] More

  • NetApp's Kirk Kern: Feds Should Plan Strategy Before Moving IT Systems to Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NetApp’s Kirk Kern: Feds Should Plan Strategy Before Moving IT Systems to Cloud

    Kirk Kern, chief technology officer for cloud at NetApp‘s U.S. public sector practice, has outlined five strategies that federal agencies can adopt when restructuring their IT systems for a cloud environment, FCW reported Wednesday. According to Kern, agencies are increasingly turning to the cloud and other IT re-architecture solutions to address concerns with operational costs, […] More

  • Verizon's Sonya Cork: IT Networks Should Back Continuity of Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon’s Sonya Cork: IT Networks Should Back Continuity of Operations

    Network administrators need to bolster the IT infrastructure to support the uninterrupted delivery of services as government services move to online platforms, according to Sonya Cork, vice president for public sector markets at Verizon Enterprise Solutions. Cork wrote Thursday that administrators should focus on building scalable and redundant networks, fostering network diversity and fixing single-points-of-failure, working with trusted providers that […] More