The new contract would address four DHS priorities: infrastructure rationalization, overall IT improvement, elimination of duplication and balancing the CIO workforce.
IT
Is small business ready for DHS’ $3B FirstSource II contract?
- By Travis Wheeler · November 4th, 2011
Free gov-only demo on next generation firewall solution
- By Travis Wheeler · October 17th, 2011
The SonicWALL SuperMassive E10000 Series is SonicWALL’s Next-Generation Firewall platform designed for large networks to deliver scalability, reliability and deep security at multi-gigabit speeds.
Public or private cloud? Balancing security, cost savings and efficiencies for government agencies
- By Travis Wheeler · August 23rd, 2011
How are government CIOs and IT managers choosing the types of cloud services they will use, and for which pieces of their infrastructure?
Green IT initiatives need stricter standards
- By Travis Wheeler · August 10th, 2011
The government has made important strides in lowering the carbon footprint of its information technology enterprise in recent years, but responsible agencies haven’t set up reliable metrics to gauge how much good those initiatives have done.
DOD to revamp acquisition with cyberspace in mind
- By Travis Wheeler · July 18th, 2011
Officials recognized speed as a priority if they want to keep up with how quickly the technological world revolutionizes itself. Acquisition processes and regulations need to match the developmental life cycle.
Spending money to save money
- By Travis Wheeler · July 7th, 2011
Can you communicate specific cost savings when implementing your technologies? If not, you better figure out a way to do it.
Agencies cite progress six months after IT reform mandate
- By Travis Wheeler · June 13th, 2011
Six months after federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra issued his 25-point information technology reform plan, agencies are boasting improvements ranging from moving email and other services to the cloud to creating an online IT shop.
Marines buying $880 million worth of PCs, laptops and tablet computers
- By Travis Wheeler · June 9th, 2011
The Marines said they plan to use this massive buy to establish a standardized computing equipment environment for deploying units and also to provide equipment for domestic organizations that will be connected to the Navy’s Next-Generation Network.
State and local governments Schedule 70 purchases top $600M in fiscal 2010
- By Travis Wheeler · April 26th, 2011
Despite the economic downturn, consumption of IT goods and services via GSA Schedule 70 is growing nearly twice as fast as the total state and local market, further boosting its value as a vehicle for business development.
GSA Cooperative Purchasing Program
- By Travis Wheeler · March 28th, 2011
The Cooperative Purchasing Program gives state and local government entities access to purchase information technology and security products and services.
