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Teresa Bozzelli leads Sapient‘s U.S. public sector arm — Sapient Government Services — as president and brings a 20-year background in technology and strategy to her role at the company. Her career includes time at IDC Government Insights, an organization she founded and served as chief operating officer for, and as a …

A new Verizon cybersecurity report has highlighted what the company describes as a continuing gap between the time a data breach occurs and when a company detects the cyber attack. Mike Denning, vice president of global security for Verizon enterprise solutions, said Wednesday that the company continues “to see sizable …

Greg Wenzel, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, has said the company is working with the U.S. Navy to implement the service’s interconnectedness goals, the Daily Transcript reported Wednesday. Wenzel noted that there are Navy officers who say they need to operate in a networked system “rather than as individual ships, …

With the Sony breach still in the forefront of many minds, the threat of cyber attacks and the methods agencies have to thwart them are high on the agendas of leaders in the GovCon arena. ExecutiveBiz spoke with Microsoft executives Scott Price, general manager of the national security group and Pat Arnold, managing architect for cyber, …

New analysis from TechNavio released Jan. 14 has set a 38.3 percent year-over-year growth for the global mobile security market from 2013 to 2018, citing increased demand amid the growing popularity of bring your own devices. The study predicts that a high adoption in smartphones will drive the market and expects obsolescence of security services to pose restraints on the market. According to the …

FireEye has incorporated its mobile threat prevention offering into Samsung Knox-enabled devices in a move to help detect and mitigate malicious applications. The combined service works to scan apps using the FireEye mobile security tool to determine the app’s security status, block high-risk apps and notify users of malware, FireEye …

IBM wants its big data and analytics, security, mobile and cloud businesses to generate a combined annual revenue of as much as $40 billion by 2018, Reuters reported Thursday. Bill Rigby writes those businesses accounted for 27 percent of the company’s overall $93 billion in sales during its fiscal 2014 …

A Textron Inc. company has released the beta version of its new geospatial image exploitation product that is designed to help customers deliver geospatial analysis to their users. Textron Systems Geospatial Solutions developed the web-based RVcloud Electronic Light Table tool with HTML5 technologies to operate on desktop and mobile platforms, …

EMC has commissioned a survey of 10,451 information technology professionals worldwide to assess their views on the role of IT in organizations. The survey, conducted by Vanson Bourne, indicates a growing adoption of hybrid cloud among companies due to pressure from IT skills gap and the need for an in-house …

A new IDC Government Insights report states that the Internet of Things will help state and local governments leverage data to keep pace with technology advancements in cloud, social networks, mobile and data analytics. The “IDC PlanScape: The Essentials of Internet of Things Investment for Smart Cities” report provides guidance in justifying IoT investments …

Research and Markets has forecast the global market for cybersecurity offerings within the banking, financial services and insurance sector to yield a 13.14 percent compound annual growth rate through 2019. The increasing use of cloud security and mobile platforms is projected to drive the BFSI cybersecurity market’s growth over the …

International Data Corp. has published a report that suggests a framework for information technology companies and professionals to drive service innovation with “third platform” computing technologies. IDC predicts third platform IT-as-a-service will be key for approximately 65 percent of industry’s global competitive strategies by 2016, the market intelligence firm said …

Casey Coleman, client executive vice president at AT&T‘s government solutions business, forecasts industry to drive an interlinking of social, mobile, analytics and cloud systems in 2015, she told FCW in an interview published Tuesday. She told interviewer Colby Hochmuth that technological convergence could help federal agencies to better manage workloads …

FireEye has updated its endpoint threat prevention platform in an effort to help customers address security threats through an adaptive technology. The new endpoint threat prevention product is designed to detect, analyze and respond to attacks against on-premise, remote and mobile endpoints, FireEye said Thursday. David DeWalt, chairman and CEO of …

Cubic‘s transportation systems business has agreed to integrate its payment processing technology into Calgary’s parking service in an effort to help users manage their transportation account. The Calgary Parking Authority and Cubic intend for the partnership to help customers process parking and transit payments with a common smart card or mobile application, Cubic said …