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Sumo Logic has obtained the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Ready status for its cloud-based machine data analytics platform.
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Red Hat Helps Lockheed Adopt Open Source, Agile to Update F-22 Aircraft; Paul Smith Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 16, 2019 — Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) collaborated with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to utilize open source architecture, DevSecOps practices and an Agile methodology for the development and deployment of updates for the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor fleet, ExecutiveBiz reported May 7. The open source …
Read More »McAleese and Associates: DoD’s Ellen Lord Talks Software Development, Cybersecurity at Meeting
McAleese & Associates has released a report on key takeaways from the remarks of Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, at a Defense Innovation Board meeting. Lord, a 2019 Wash100 recipient, discussed the need to bifurcate software development from hardware development and cited the Department of Defense’s effort to …
Read More »Tracy Denny Named Acuity Systems Chief Growth Officer
Tracy Denny, a federal information technology market veteran, has joined Herndon, Va.-based Acuity Systems as chief growth officer to oversee business and corporate development and sales and marketing initiatives. He brings to the role over two decades of operational leadership experience with IT, consulting and health care services companies, the …
Read More »NTT DATA’s Shamlan Siddiqi Suggests Measures to Manage Cyber Posture After Government Shutdown
Shamlan Siddiqi, chief technology officer of NTT DATA’s public sector business, has offered five suggestions for organizations to strengthen their cybersecurity posture following the partial government shutdown. The shutdown ended on Feb. 15 after President Donald Trump signed into law an appropriations package that would fund the rest of the government …
Read More »Palo Alto Networks’ Rick Howard: Agencies Should Include Legacy System Security in Cyber Strategy
Rick Howard, chief security officer at Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), said agencies can avoid complexity by leveraging the same security platform that they already have deployed to protect their perimeter, their mobile devices, and their data centers in the cloud-based services they are moving to. He refers to these environments as …
Read More »SAIC Creates Virtual Lab to Support IT Transformation Projects; Charles Onstott Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 20, 2018 — Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has unveiled a cloud-based virtual laboratory environment that it designed to help accelerate federal agencies’ efforts to develop software applications, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 23. The company said Oct. 23 the SAIC Innovation Factory will utilize its own technology and Red …
Read More »CACI Earns AWS ‘Premier’ Consulting Partner Status
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 22, 2018 — CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has been named a “premier” consulting partner under Amazon Web Services’ Partner Network program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Arlington, Va.-based CACI said Wednesday the designation serves to verify its capability in providing cloud infrastructure, application migration and cloud-based DevSecOps services to …
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