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  • IDC Evaluates 12 IaaS Vendors as Gov't Cloud Adoption Continues - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC Evaluates 12 IaaS Vendors as Gov’t Cloud Adoption Continues

    IDC‘s Government Insights segment has released a new report on its evaluation of 12 cloud infrastructure-as-a-service vendors in the federal marketplace against set of weighted parameters for both short-term and long-term deployments. The research firm said Friday that the “IDC MarketScape: U.S. Government Private Cloud IaaS 2014 Vendor Assessment” report used pricing, scalability, compute services, value-added services and a single […] More

  • Unisys' Dan Huberty: Hybrid Service Key to Future Data Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ Dan Huberty: Hybrid Service Key to Future Data Center

    Dan Huberty, vice president and chief technology officer at Unisys, has discussed the trends Unisys says could shape the future of data center. Huberty said Tuesday the hybrid service model and the economics of information technology are some of the trends that he believes will shape the data center of the future. He said in a podcast the […] More

  • Unisys to Help Manage Consumer Info Via AWS Cloud; Steve Kousen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys to Help Manage Consumer Info Via AWS Cloud; Steve Kousen Comments

    Unisys has been awarded five-year, $7 million contract to provide Amazon Web Services‘ cloud services for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau‘s consumer safety information initiative. The CFPB intends to scale its information technology resources via the AWS cloud in order to fulfill consumer demand for safety information, Unisys said Thursday. “We look forward to helping CFPB provide critical information to consumers while enforcing the country’s […] More

  • Unisys' Premkrishnan Venkatasubramanian Highlights Software-Defined Network Approaches - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ Premkrishnan Venkatasubramanian Highlights Software-Defined Network Approaches

    Premkrishnan Venkatasubramanian of Unisys Corp. has discussed approaches toward software-defined networks as a way to secure enterprise data center. Venkatasubramanian wrote Friday that the software-defined network concept is gaining traction as protection of the data center boundary alone is insufficient. The insertion of firewalls and switches leads to increased complexity of management, he said. He said one approach to achieve […] More

  • Unisys to Help UK Police Install Cloud-Based Case Mgmt Tech; Nick Fraser Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys to Help UK Police Install Cloud-Based Case Mgmt Tech; Nick Fraser Comments

    Unisys has won a contract to deploy a cloud computing platform meant to help U.K. police forces manage public safety incidents and collaborate on intelligence activities. The company said Wednesday it will provide the U.K.’s Police Service with a cloud-based version of the firm’s Home Office Large Major Enquiry System for managing criminal investigations. HOLMES […] More

  • Unisys' Roberto Tavano: Risk Mgmt, Awareness, Partnership to Help Counter Crime-as-a-Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ Roberto Tavano: Risk Mgmt, Awareness, Partnership to Help Counter Crime-as-a-Service

    Roberto Tavano of Unisys says that increasing incidents of organized cyber crime and emergence of crime-as-a-service means companies should work further on risk management, collaboration and cyber awareness and education to protect their systems. Tavano – vice president of global security sales for technology, consulting and integration services at Unisys – wrote in a blog post published Thursday that online criminals are now turning to the digital underground to […] More

  • Unisys' Francis Ofungwu: SMBs Should Use 'Pragmatic Methods' for Info Security Strategies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ Francis Ofungwu: SMBs Should Use ‘Pragmatic Methods’ for Info Security Strategies

    Francis Ofungwu, director of network security services at Unisys, urges small and midsize businesses to put information security at the top of their corporate strategic plans for 2015 to address the continued threat of data breaches. Ofungwu wrote Thursday that SMBs should focus on more than the hardware and software investments and follow an approach that bolsters the management of resources to […] More

  • Executive Profile: Cal Shintani, Oceus SVP and Chief Growth Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Cal Shintani, Oceus SVP and Chief Growth Officer

    Cal Shintani serves as senior vice president and chief growth officer at Oceus Networks. Shintani joined Oceus in February 2012 from CACI International, where he served as a senior vice president and operating group manager. The three-decade military and industry veteran has also held business development, capture and operations roles at Gray Hawk Systems, Veridian, BTG and Unisys. His […] More

  • Unisys' Colin Lacey Describes Phases for Cloud Strategy Implementation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ Colin Lacey Describes Phases for Cloud Strategy Implementation

    Colin Lacey, vice president of data center transformation services at Unisys, has outlined several recommended steps for enterprises to implement their cloud strategy. Lacey wrote in a post published Tuesday that Unisys begins its approach by developing a plan and evaluating the workloads through technical, business requirement and compliance reviews. “Moving along the curve, once you […] More

  • Executive Profile: Melissa Carson, Unisys Federal Systems CFO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Melissa Carson, Unisys Federal Systems CFO

    Melissa Carson serves as chief financial officer for Unisys Federal Systems, where she is responsible for accounting, reporting, government compliance and financial planning processes. She also helps oversee the business unit’s operations, IT and procurement functions. The 25-year financial leadership veteran has held other roles for Unisys’ North America public sector and global commercial services units, as well […] More

  • Unisys' Francis Ofungwu: Data Discovery, Monitoring Are Protection 'Building Blocks' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ Francis Ofungwu: Data Discovery, Monitoring Are Protection ‘Building Blocks’

    All network security strategies are centered on protecting sensitive data and the success of such a measure relies on organizations’ understanding of both internal and external interactions with the data, according to Francis Ofungwu of Unisys. Ofungwu, director of network security services at the company, writes in a post published Thursday that organizations must perform data discovery, data isolation and monitoring […] More