VMware Owning its Cloud Overseas with Conference and New Solutions

While McAfee has been loud from Las Vegas, VMware has been making noise from overseas with its VMworld Europe in Copenhagen, Denmark.

VMware held a similar conference on “owning the cloud” earlier this year in Las Vegas and while it reported multiple advances in that week, it has unleashed a whole slew of new solutions and…

QinetiQ’s Keith Rhodes Spells Out Keys to Cyber Defense

According to experts, the keys to combating cyber threats are planning, prioritization and testing.

Keith Rhodes, senior vice president and chief technology officer for QinetiQ North America‘s Mission Solutions Group, recently outlined the ways in which civilian agencies and the Defense Department can plan effective defenses against cyber attacks on…

Q&A with IBM’s Chuck Prow: ‘Focus on Performance Improvement Activities to Improve Outcomes’

With 30 years of experience in the professional services business, Chuck Prow knows what it takes to stay on top of a constantly changing market. As the general manager of IBM’s Global Business Services for the Public Sector, Prow is constantly realigning his team’s goals and missions to stay one step ahead of…

Profile: James ‘Jim’ L. Zarnick of Deloitte

As national director of information technology for Deloitte’s Federal Practice, Jim Zarnick is responsible for the direction and execution of the work the Deloitte IT organization performs in support of the federal practice.

When Deloitte acquired BearingPoint in 2009, Zarnick was named director of international operations for Deloitte Consulting LLP. In April 2010, he transferred to Deloitte’s…

HP Enterprise Services’ Jeff Bergeron Joins CLOUD2

HP Enterprise Services Public Sector Chief Technologist Jeff Bergeron has been named a commissioner for TechAmerica Foundation’s Commission on the Leadership Opportunity in U.S. Deployment of the Cloud, also known as CLOUD2.

Bergeron and a team of other cloud experts will work to provide the Obama administration with…

Dale Meyerrose: Supply-Chain Security ‘Frequently Overlooked’

While cybersecurity discussions often focus on networks and enterprises, there is rarely any talk of how vulnerable supply chains are to an IT compromise, according to a private-sector cybersecurity expert.

Speaking at a recent Dubai press conference about the state of cyberspace in the Middle East, Dale W. Meyerrose, vice…

Cyber Expert: Retaliation in Cyberspace ‘Does No Good in the Long Run’

Although much of the recent buzz surrounding cyber attacks has highlighted the possibility of retaliation, the million-dollar question remains: How do you strike back when you do not know who your enemy is?

“The simple answer is that you can’t, and the longer answer is that it’s really…

Profile: Bill Cooper of Cisco Systems

As director of cyber programs at Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Bill Cooper is tasked with cybersecurity strategy, solution development, partner alliances and business development within the firm’s federal business area.

Cooper re-joined Cisco Systems after a nearly five-year stint at Teradata Government Systems, where he was responsible for all…

Lt. Gen. Harry Raduege to Speak on How to Succeed in a Cyber World

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry D. Raduege Jr., chairman of Deloitte Center for Cyber Innovation, is slated to present at the 14th Annual New York State Cyber Security Conference and 6th Annual Academic Symposium, an event that brings together cybersecurity professionals…

Software Security Firm Veracode Names Cyber Guru Richard Clarke to Board

Software security firm Veracode announced a high-profile addition to its board of directors: Former presidential counterterrorism adviser and renowned cybersecurity expert Richard Clarke.

Clarke is also chairman and CEO of Good Harbor Consulting.

In his role, Clarke will work closely with the company’s federal advisory board along with its senior…