The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Linux Foundation have signed an agreement to establish an umbrella organization to help the U.S. government advance use of open source software and accelerate innovation in the areas of 5G, artificial intelligence, edge, internet of things and other technologies. The US Government …
Read More »Natalie Gregory: Carahsoft-Red Hat Partnership to Support DoD Open Source Software Procurement
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 18, 2020 — Carahsoft Technology will help the Department of Defense, intelligence agencies and the U.S. Coast Guard procure Red Hat's OpenJDK software products and support services under an agency catalog agreement from DoD, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 2.
Read More »Acquia’s Peter Durand: Cloud Tech Could Help Agencies Improve Citizen Interactions
Peter Durand, vice president of public sector at Acquia, said adopting cloud-based technologies could help government agencies securely facilitate interactions with citizens and manage applications in the cloud.
Read More »Accenture’s Federal Unit Wins $329M VA DevSecOps Support Task Order
The federal business of Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has received a potential four-year, $328.6M task order for DevSecOps support services to the Department of Veterans Affairs' Loan Guaranty Service program, according to an award notice posted Tuesday.
Read More »Cloudera’s Shaun Bierweiler: Flexible Data Strategy, Data Platforms Could Help Agencies Achieve AI’s Promise
Shaun Bierweiler, president of Cloudera’s (NYSE: CLDR) government solutions business, said agencies planning to adopt artificial intelligence should establish a comprehensive data strategy, which includes a data platform that takes into consideration governance and security from the start.
Read More »Cloudera’s Shaun Bierweiler: Open Source Software Facilitates Customization, Integration in Support of Gov’t Mission
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 1, 2019 — Shaun Bierweiler, vice president and general manager of Cloudera’s (NYSE: CLDR) public sector division, has said federal, state and local governments can benefit from utilizing open source software to support their missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 6.
Read More »Red Hat’s David Egts: Agencies Should Adopt New Toolkits to Harness the Power of AI
David Egts, chief technologist for the North American public sector at Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), has said there are several tools that could help government agencies facilitate the adoption of artificial intelligence. Those include AI toolkits such as TensorFlow open-source software, predictive analytics tools like Red Hat Insights and AI-based …
Read More »Red Hat’s David Egts Pushes Open Source Software for Cost-Efficient Gov’t IT Training
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 8, 2018 — David Egts, chief technologist for the North American public sector business at Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), has identified open source training as an approach that the federal government can take to advance the cybersecurity and information technology skills of its workforce, ExecutiveBiz reported …
Read More »Report: AWS Buys Cybersecurity Firm Sqrrl
Amazon Web Services has purchased Sqrrl, a cybersecurity company founded by former National Security Agency employees, CNBC reported Tuesday. The transaction comes as AWS aims to integrate new security tools into the firm’s cloud platform and expand work with the intelligence community. Sqrrl CEO Mark Terenzoni said in the company’s …
Read More »Radiant Solutions to Combine Geospatial Services Brands; Tony Frazier Comments
Maxar Technologies’ (NYSE: MAXR) Radiant Solutions business unit has unveiled a new strategy that aims to converge its legacy businesses in an effort to deliver geospatial data and insights designed to transform intelligence and global mapping missions in support of commercial and national security clients. Tony Frazier, president of Radiant …
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