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Inside the Octo-Sevatec integration By Ross Wilkers Apr 27, 2021 When Octo and Sevatec revealed their combination in December, both sides touted how they were approaching the deal from positions of strength that in some cases were aided by wins over one another. Some of the usual to-do items for integration remain ahead of Octo, though adopting a single financial and accounting system is behind them. Harmonizing employee benefits is an going process. Octo founder and CEO Mehul Sanghani told me Monday those moves are the “blocking and tackling elements of any core integration.” One other i...

Achieving the Hybrid Cloud: A Modernization Plan for Higher Education Institutions Digital Transformation in a post-COVID19 world has created a new set of challenges that higher education institutions are facing. As more colleges and universities are looking to extend and support services around remote learning which requires a rigid data modernization strategy, the IT team is mainly focused on three key areas: Optimizations cost Enabling a faster transition to the cloud In this short webcast, Matt Lawson, Director of Solution Engineering for NetApp, will cover these focus areas and discuss w...

DISA director favors outsourcing IT services to contractors March 12 Then-Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner of the Air Force speaks at the 2018 Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. Skinner was recently promoted to a three star and took over the Defense Information Systems Agency. (Dave Grim/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The new director of the Defense Information Systems Agency said Friday in his first public appearance that he’s a proponent of IT as a service. The statement from Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner signals that the new leader of the Pentagon’s combat...

By Ross Wilkers Mar 01, 2021 Two in particular may be intertwined for Fairfax, Virginia-based ICF in technology modernization and public health -- areas that are being highlighted during the coronavirus pandemic. On ICF’s fourth quarter earnings call with investors Thursday, CEO John Wasson highlighted the White House’s proposal to include $9 billion in IT modernization and cybersecurity funding as part of a new $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill likely to get through the Democratic-controlled Congress and get President Biden’s signature. “We believe the new administration will likely...

Pentagon weapons tester wants to delay fielding of new Army tactical network tools January 15 1st. Lt. Michael Austin, platoon leader for Attack Co., 1-503rd Inf. Regt., 173rd Airborne Brigade, uses the Nett Warrior End User Device to report information to his company commander through the integrated tactical network (ITN) during a live-fire exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany, in 2018. The exercise helped inform ITN basis of issue and inform ITN design decisions. (Spc. Joshua Cofield/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Defense’s weapons tester recommended that the Army delay...