Ashok Sankar, director of cybersecurity at Raytheon-Websense, has recommended organizations rethink their security strategies and refocus on resilience amid a changing threat environment, ComputerWeekly.com reported Thursday. Warwick Ashford writes that Sankar told an audience at the 2015 RSA Conference in the United Arab Emirates that security must adapt as companies adopt technologies such as mobile and …
Read More »RSA Adds EyeVerify Biometrics to Authentication Software Development Kit; Angel Grant Comments
RSA has incorporated EyeVerify’s eye biometrics system into the company’s authentication software development kit for mobile applications. The addition of Eyeprint ID to RSA’s offering serves as an extra security layer to RSA’s eye-based biometric authentication, EyeVerify said Monday. “Eyeprint ID gives organizations and their end users a simple authentication …
Read More »Kay Sears of Intelsat General on Industry’s Role in Military Satcom Programs, Firm’s DC Area Presence
Intelsat General — a subsidiary of the satellite services conglomerate Intelsat S.A. — moved its headquarters in the summer of last year to Tysons Corner, Va, which also houses offices for the parent company. Kay Sears has led Intelsat General as president for 9 years and the business was one of 14 …
Read More »Research and Markets: Systems Integration to Drive Health IT Market Activity
Research and Markets has reported that increased activity toward the integration of remote monitoring and diagnosis systems will drive activity in the global healthcare information technology market through 2019. The company said Tuesday its latest report predicts a compound annual growth rate of 6.44 percent for the market over a five-year period ending 2019 due …
Read More »OptioLabs Adds New Executives to Mgmt Team; Gregg Smith Comments
Hamilton Turner, Andrew Meister and Eileen Mercilliott have joined OptioLabs’ management team. Turner, formerly chief operating officer at Sonum Technologies, will serve as director of OptioLabs’ malware research, OptioLabs said Thursday. Meister joins OptioLabs as vice president of engineering after working at AM Consulting and serving as co-founder and VP of …
Read More »Forrester Research: Digital Government Push Needs Combined Mobile, Analytics Tech
Forrester Research has released a new report that suggests government agencies need to integrate mobile and analytics technologies to further their digital migration, GCN reported Monday. Amanda Ziadeh writes the Forrester report recommends that agencies focus on mobile as the primary platform to connect with citizens and identify methods for …
Read More »Wes Anderson on Microsoft’s Interactive Data Push for Agencies, GovCon’s Tech ‘Drivers’
Wes Anderson serves as vice president of worldwide public sector services at Microsoft and leads a team that offers information technology services to U.S. and international government agencies. Anderson, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list for 2015, previously held the VP title for U.S. public sector services at Microsoft and …
Read More »Oracle Unveils New Retail Science, Analytics Cloud Offerings; Jill Puleri Comments
Oracle has introduced new cloud-based retail science and retail analytics services in an effort to help retailers extract insights from data. Retail organizations will be able to allocate product sale in multiple stores and oversee the way products are displayed, marketed and priced, Oracle said Wednesday. “Oracle retail science cloud …
Read More »RSA’s Amit Yoran Discusses How Mobile, Cloud Pose Security Threats
Amit Yoran, president of RSA Security, has called on Southeast Asian companies and governments to reconsider their cybersecurity approach amid a growing mobile and cloud transition for data storage in the region. Yoran issued the statement before an audience consisting of private and public cybersecurity professionals in Singapore during the …
Read More »LGS CEO Kevin Kelly on His Outlook for Commercial Tech in Gov’t, the Defense Industrial Base and GovCon’s M&A Picture
The April release of documents for a draft request for proposals on a future nationwide public safety communications network marked another step in the government’s push to further examine how it can make greater use of commercial technologies. Also in April, Defense Department announced its own move to explore the commercial sector’s offerings in April with the …
Read More »Part 2 of Q&A With LGS CEO Kevin Kelly
This is part two of our chat with Kevin Kelly, LGS Innovations‘ CEO. Click here for part one. ExecutiveBiz: How would you describe the current state of the GovCon M&A market? What do LGS and other companies look for in potential targets? Kevin Kelly: It is very active. In the course of the last …
Read More »Michele Stern Named IBM VP of North America Global Business Partners; Marc Dupaquier Comments
Michele Stern, formerly vice president of global business partner sales at IBM, has been appointed as VP of the company’s global business partners for North America, Channelnomics reported Wednesday. Scharon Harding writes Stern succeeds Tami Duncan, who held the role since February 2014, and reports to Marc Dupaquier, general manager …
Read More »Cal Shintani on Oceus’ Public Safety Market Emphasis, Federal Broadband’s Evolution
Cal Shintani leads capture strategy, corporate strategy and proposal development functions for Oceus Networks as senior vice president and chief growth officer at the Reston, Va.-based mobile services contractor. Shintani last spoke to ExecutiveBiz for a Q&A conversation on his role at Oceus and GovCon market trends in June 2012, nearly …
Read More »Part 2 of Q&A With Cal Shintani, Oceus SVP and Chief Growth Officer
This is part two of our in-depth conversation with Cal Shintani, senior vice president and chief growth officer at Oceus Networks. Click here to read part one. ExecutiveBiz: Where are the opportunities for broadband wireless at the state and local levels? Cal Shintani: Most of the state and local governments …
Read More »Vernon Bailey on SAP NS2’s Partner Ecosystem Emphasis, Cloud Services Push
Vernon Bailey joined SAP NS2 — the German conglomerate’s U.S. national security subsidiary — upon SAP‘s acquisition of Sybase in 2010 and now serves as the subsidiary’s vice president of sales. The 27-year information technology veteran oversees marketing and sales functions for SAP NS2’s database and technologies business and also is responsible for …
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