Kirsten Billhardt, global marketing director for edge and IoT solutions at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said edge computing could help government agencies empower their employees to accelerate and carry out missions by providing them quick access to insights and intelligence. “By having access to intelligence right where data is being …
Read More »Michael Dell’s MSD Acquisition SPAC to Go Public to Raise $575M
Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), has formed a special purpose acquisition company – MSD Acquisition Corp. – that plans to raise $575 million in funds through an initial public offering, CRN reported Monday. MSD Acquisition intends to offer 50 million investment units at $10 apiece …
Read More »Virtustream’s Pritesh Parekh: Managed Cloud Services Could Help Agencies Migrate, Secure Workloads
Pritesh Parekh, chief trust and security officer at Dell Technologies’ (NYSE: DELL) Virtustream business, said agencies looking to migrate to the cloud should implement cloud-native platforms and a unified approach to security as they temporarily operate in a hybrid environment. Parekh wrote that agencies that are transitioning to the cloud …
Read More »Boomi’s Alan Lawrence: Federal IT Modernization Key to Improve Data Security, Engagement & Mission Outcomes
Alan Lawrence, vice president of federal at Dell Technologies‘ (NYSE: DELL) Boomi business, said government agencies should shift their focus from maintaining legacy information technology systems and applications to advancing IT modernization to improve data security, employee and customer engagement and mission outcomes. “Data has become a valuable asset and …
Read More »Dell Technologies’ Steve Septoff: Telework Furthers Government IT Modernization Push
Steve Septoff, vice president of federal sales at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said the shift to remote work has prompted government agencies to accelerate information technology modernization efforts and increased the need for organizations to operate in multicloud computing environments.
Read More »Dell Technologies Eyes Spinoff of Majority Stake in VMware; Michael Dell Quoted
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) has announced that it is considering spinning off about 81 percent of its equity ownership interest in VMware (NYSE: VMW) in an effort to create value and simplify capital structures.
Read More »Air Force Picks 27 Firms for $950M Joint All Domain C2 Support IDIQ
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 27 companies spots on a potential five-year, $950M contract to develop and operate systems across ground, air, maritime, space, electromagnetic spectrum and cyber domains in support of the Joint All Domain Command and Control program.
Read More »Dell Technologies’ Jay Boisseau: Data, Processors, Algorithms Could Help Agencies Advance AI Adoption
Jay Boisseau, AI and HPC technology strategist at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), has said collection of more digital data, emergence of new processors and graphics processing units and development of better algorithms are the three elements that could help federal agencies create a “perfect storm” to push the adoption of artificial intelligence.
Read More »STG-Led Consortium to Buy Dell’s RSA Business for $2B Cash
A Symphony Technology Group-led consortium has agreed to purchase Dell Technologies' (NYSE: DELL) cybersecurity business RSA for approximately $2.075B in cash. All parties expect to close the transaction within six to nine months.
Read More »Report: Private Equity Firm Close to Deal for Dell’s RSA Business
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) and STG Partners are close to reaching an estimated $2B deal for the Palo Alto, Calif.-based private equity firm to acquire a Dell business unit that offers cybersecurity products and services, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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