Broadcom‘s (Nasdaq: AVGO) bid to purchase VMware (NYSE: VMW) via an approximately $61 billion cash-and-stock transaction has secured the approval of stockholders at the cloud and virtualization technology vendor. VMware’s shareholders voted in favor of the acquisition at a special meeting held Friday, the company said. The vote occurred five...
Gary Wang and Bob Ferrari of Peraton said government agencies are implementing hybrid cloud environments to meet mission needs but there are challenges that should be addressed, including security vulnerabilities, the need to integrate applications, workloads and services across on-premises systems and clouds and the capacity to manage diverse tools...
Tom Kellermann, former head of cybersecurity strategy at VMware (NYSE: VMW), has been appointed senior vice president of cyber strategy at Los Altos, California-based vulnerability assessment software provider Contrast Security. He will oversee Contrast Security’s strategy to support cyber initiatives in the government and financial sector and...
Jennifer Chronis, vice president of public sector business at VMware, was recently presented her 2022 Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a visit to the company’s office in Reston, Virginia. Executive Mosaic is thrilled to recognize Jennifer Chronis as a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, for leading significant company g...
Jennifer Chronis, vice president of public sector at VMware and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, recently spoke with GovCon Wire in the latest Executive Spotlight interview to discuss her appointment with the company, how its workforce drives talent retention for the long term as well as the unique set of challenges on the business side of innovatio...
Bill Rowan, a sales executive with more than a decade of experience with VMware (NYSE: VMW), has joined Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK) to serve as vice president of public sector. In a LinkedIn announcement, Rowan said he will focus on driving delivery of data driven offerings to Splunk’s government customers in support of their missions and...
Dan Kent, former lead technologist for VMware‘s public sector business, has been named chief technology officer at technology and managed services provider Red River. Kent has more than two decades of experience leading growth and technology development initiatives for various companies that serve government customers, Red River said Tuesday. ...
Semiconductor company Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) has agreed to acquire multicloud services provider VMware (NYSE: VMW) in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $61 billion as part of Broadcom’s strategy to establish a leading infrastructure technology company. The boards of directors of both companies unanimously approved the deal that...
Semiconductor company Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) is in discussions to acquire VMware (NYSE: VMW) through a cash-and-stock transaction, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. News of a potential deal comes as Broadcom, which has a market value of $222 billion, seeks to expand its footprint in the corporate software market. In July 2021, reports emerge...
Nand Mulchandani, most recently chief technology officer at the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, has been appointed the first CTO at the CIA. He will bring to the role over 25 years of government and industry experience and help advance innovation in support of the CIA’s mission, the agency said Friday. CIA Direc...
