GDIT, Splunk Deepen Cybersecurity Partnership for Federal Agencies
GDIT has expanded its technology partnership with Splunk, a Cisco company, through a new strategic collaboration agreement focused on cybersecurity solutions for the U.S. government. The agreement combines GDIT’s mission and technology integration experience with Splunk’s cybersecurity, data analytics and AI capabilities. GDIT will integrate Splunk’s data platforms into its Digital Accelerators and Mission Solutions
Top Public Sector Leaders to Watch in 2024: Splunk’s Bill Rowan
Bill Rowan Vice President of Public Sector, Splunk Public sector customers are deeply involved in digital transformation, adding systems like SaaS, PaaS and IaaS, while focusing on their resilience. Integrating AI into government operations, they face challenges like modernizing old systems and ensuring compatibility. Rising cybersecurity threats and budget constraints further complicate these efforts. Political
Top Cyber Execs to Watch in 2023: Splunk’s Paul Kurtz
Paul Kurtz Chief Cybersecurity Advisor & Field Chief Technology Officer, Splunk Paul Kurtz’s biggest recent achievement was the incredibly rewarding work of bringing insights to customers that go beyond marketing materials. Historically, customers dealt with various challenges met with budget headwinds. Alongside his team, Kurtz has had the immense pleasure of working closely with customers
Ask a Cloud Exec: 5 Questions on Post-Pandemic Cloud Trends with Splunk’s Bill Rowan
WashingtonExec has reached out to leading govcon cloud executives about the latest trends in a post-pandemic world. These interviews highlight success stories that resonate, discuss how organizations are navigating current challenges and provide insight into lessons learned. Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector for Splunk, shares his thoughts below. Did the pandemic accelerate digital
GDIT Forms 5G, Edge Accelerator Coalition with AWS, Cisco, Dell Technologies, Splunk and T-Mobile
General Dynamics Information Technology has formed a coalition with Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Dell Technologies, Splunk and T-Mobile to accelerate the adoption of 5G, advanced wireless and edge technologies across government agencies. The GDIT 5G and Edge Accelerator Coalition is collaborating with government agencies, leveraging GDIT’s Advanced Wireless Emerge Lab to make it faster, easier
Top Cyber Execs to Watch in 2022: Splunk’s Paul Kurtz
Paul Kurtz Chief Cybersecurity Advisor, Public Sector, Splunk Splunk acquired TruSTAR — a cybersecurity company Paul Kurtz co-founded — in 2021. Kurtz built TruSTAR to provide organizations with technology that helps prevent failure in cyberspace. Spunk’s acquisition of TruSTAR confirmed the vision and requirement to automate cyber intelligence management. And today, the cybersecurity landscape is
Telos Corp., Splunk, stackArmor Join Forces Under ATO on AWS for Speedy Compliance
Telos Corp., Splunk Inc. and stackArmor have partnered under the Authority to Operate on Amazon Web Services through a new initiative called Faster ATO with Splunk, Telos and ThreatAlert for Regulated Markets, or FASTTR. FASTTR brings together three cybersecurity solutions to benefit independent software providers and regulated defense contractors required to comply with state and
Top 20 Cloud Execs to Watch in 2021: Splunk’s Teresa Carlson
Teresa Carlson joined Splunk in April from Amazon Web Services, where she was vice president of worldwide public sector and industries. Now, Carlson leads and works closely with Splunk’s sales, customer success and marketing leaders. She also leads efforts to align and drive the company’s ongoing business transformations across its go-to-market segments. Carlson started the
WATCH: Splunk’s Juliana Vida on Pivoting to Cloud During COVID-19 as Government Goes Remote
WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh sat down with Juliana Vida, chief technical adviser for public sector at Splunk, to discuss the government workforce’s rapid move to cloud services during the pandemic. Vida shares which cloud services help agencies quickly respond to COVID-19’s impact or challenges, and how she foresees this cloud pivot continuing or evolving as we
Top 30 Public Sector Leaders to Watch in 2020: Splunk’s Frank Dimina
It’s the Dawn of the Data Age. The world generates more data than ever imagined. But for public sector organizations, that data too often remains untapped. Amid a global inflection point, when facilities shuttered nationwide and American workers retreated homeward, public sector data’s intrinsic value offered fresh potential for solving problems. At Splunk, Frank Dimina
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: Splunk’s Juliana Vida
In the spring of 2019, Juliana Vida became Splunk’s first-ever chief technical adviser, a position created to leverage her extensive military and government career and skills as a communicator and storyteller. Splunk has long been a key player in helping public sector agencies turn their data into doing, and Vida proved the perfect person to
Save the Date: .conf19, Oct.21-24
Splunk’s annual education and thought leadership event for security and IT professionals will be hosted this year in Las Vegas, Oct. 21-24. At this year’s .conf19, the FBI, Sandia National Laboratories and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will present on how their IT investments strengthen their federal mission. The FBI will discuss how its incident response/forensics
Frank Dimina on Splunk, Sandia and Goals for the Upcoming Year
Frank Dimina has been vice president of public sector at Splunk for almost a year, but his journey into that position took him through a series of varying career trajectories. Originally from New York City, Dimina began college studying computer science but switched to business halfway through and embarked upon a career as an engineer
Databricks Hires Kevin Davis as VP of Public Sector
Databricks has added former Splunk executive Kevin Davis as vice president of public sector to meet the demand for the company’s Unified Analytics Platform. Davis, who has over 25 years’ sales and management experience across public sector, will be tasked with expanding strategic alliances and scaling Databricks’ customer base within the public sector, the company said.
Sage Communications Adds 6 Tech Companies As New Clients
Sage Communications has added Excella Consulting, Hortonworks, Sepio Systems, Splunk, Triumph Enterprises and Vertex Inc. as new clients, expanding its roster of technology-focused client companies. Sage said it will help its new partners increase market visibility, drive program awareness and demand and spread influencer insights in their respective industries. “As a trusted creative partner, Sage works
WashExec Roll Call: Your Inside Look at Our Network’s Professional Activity
WashExec RollCall: JD Kathuria pulls from the broader WashingtonExec network to dish out the area’s who’s who and what’s what. We have tapped into our thousands of LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and in-person connections to compile and share with you information about the promotions, company switches, job openings and work anniversaries that transpire within the broader
The Paul Smith Tale: How a Father And Son Pair Are Taking on The Beltway
PJ Smith III might not yet be able to trounce his dad in a 10K run, but he’s keeping up with dad, Paul Smith II, in other ways. The Villanova University graduate is an inside sales representative at Splunk, where he’s leveraging the industry information he absorbed from his dad while growing up and through
Spear Inc. Teams Up with Splunk to Offer Data Analytics Solutions
Spear, Inc. (Spear) has announced its recent investment in a growing data analytics practice. The firm signed a reseller agreement with Splunk Inc. to offer its software to meet these increasing requirements. “Spear’s investments in key hires, training, and other resources related to our relationship with Splunk will continue to enhance the partnership and provide increased benefit
SplunkLIVE! DC 2012 Brings Focused Collaboration & Tailored Networking To Private And Public Sector Users
Earlier this month the machine big data company Splunk held its largest DC users conference, SplunkLIVE!, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. With over 400 attendees, SplunkLIVE! brings highly-technical users together to share best-practices, success cases, and the opportunity to collaborate through targeted training workshops regarding new Splunk technologies and advancements. “It
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