Dana Deasy, chief information officer at the Department of Defense and a 2019 Wash100 winner, expects DoD and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) to commence the initial deployment of a department-wide cloud computing infrastructure in February, Defense News reported Tuesday.
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Kevin Scott to Succeed Harry Shum as AI, Research EVP at Microsoft
Kevin Scott, chief technology officer of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), will assume additional duties as executive vice president of artificial intelligence and research in early 2020, CNBC reported Wednesday.
Read More »Microsoft Launches Cloud Security Services for Public Sector
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has introduced two cloud-based cybersecurity service offerings for Office 365 GCC High customers in the government sector. Cloud App Security and Azure Advanced Threat Protection are designed to help public sector organizations protect mission-critical information, according to a blog post published Monday on Microsoft's website.
Read More »Microsoft to Launch Quantum Computing Suite for Azure Cloud
Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) has developed a suite of quantum computing services based on the Azure cloud platform. The company said Monday it partnered with Honeywell (NYSE: HON), 1QBit, QCI and IonQ to assemble software, hardware and other pre-built tools into Azure Quantum.
Read More »Microsoft Wins $10B DoD JEDI Cloud Contract
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has won the potential 10-year, $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract from the Department of Defense.
Read More »Microsoft Vet Michael Montoya Joins Equinix as CISO
Michael Montoya, a more than 12-year veteran of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has joined data center services provider Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) as chief information security officer.
Read More »Microsoft Furthers Azure Cloud Innovation for Public Sector Clients
Lily Kim, general manager of Azure government at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), higlighted some of the company's latest efforts to help agencies address cloud computing requirements in a blog entry posted Monday.
Read More »Microsoft Hires Patricia Obermaier as US Health, Life Sciences VP
Patricia Obermaier, founder and former CEO of consulting firm Resigility, has joined Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) as vice president for U.S. health and life sciences, FedHealthIT reported Tuesday.
Read More »Tom Burt: Microsoft to Update Windows 7 Security Feature for Federally Certified Voting Systems
Tom Burt, head of the customer security and trust team at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has said the company will provide security updates to federally authorized voting systems that still use Windows 7, even after the decade-old operating system reaches its end of life phase in January 2020.
Read More »Former Microsoft Public Sector VP Linda Zecher Joins Tenable Board; Amit Yoran Quoted
Linda Zecher, who previously served as corporate vice president of the worldwide public sector business at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has joined the board of directors at cybersecurity firm Tenable. “Linda’s expertise in strategic technology investments and business operations, especially in untapped and emerging markets, make her an exceptional addition to Tenable’s board,” said Amit Yoran, chairman and CEO of Tenable and former Wash100 Award recipient.
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