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Anne Altman, general manager for U.S. Federal and Government Industries at IBM, is retiring after nearly 20 years with the technology and consulting giant.
January 13, 2016 -
The Defense Department is conducting a study that looks at pairing the agency with industry to manufacture trusted microelectronics.
October 30, 2015 Sonny Hashmi, managing director, Global Government at Box, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how his new company, Box, is helping agencies with their move to the cloud. October 20, 2015
October 15, 2015-
The Federal Communications Commission's major technology modernization effort hit a huge roadblock, but the IT staff and contractor persevered.
September 14, 2015 -
As more and more agencies hire chief data officers, the question arises, what’s the difference between data and information? And where does the chief information officer fit into the discussion? In the first part of our special report, Deconstructing the CDO, federal CIOs and CDOs agree there is room for both as agencies mature their use and understanding of data.
July 07, 2015 -
You might only know it from "Jeopardy!" but IBM's famous Watson technology has found a new use. Veterans Affairs plans to use it as part of a pilot program to quickly search electronic medical records. If it works as planned, it'll allow VA doctors to spend more time with their patients. Jim Demetriades is the director of emerging health technologies at the Veterans Health Administration. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the program.
January 15, 2015 -
On this week's Women of Washington radio show, Anne Altman, head of IBM Federal, joins hosts Gigi Schumm and Aileen Black to discuss how successful companies bring new talent into their organizations.
December 31, 2014 -
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pumps out 29 terabytes of information every day — and that's just one agency. The federal government still has a long way to go before it figures out how to leverage all of its data. Anne Altman, general manager of IBM Global Public Sector, is a finalist for Executive the of Year at the 2014 GovCon awards. She told In Depth with Francis Rose about what she's seeing as the future of federal IT development.
November 13, 2014 -
GSA awarded Booz Allen a $64.5 million contract over the next five years to develop a cloud service broker model using open source and cloud technologies to modernize the 10 databases that make up IAE.
November 03, 2014 -
A new partnership between IBM and Twitter is designed to help enterprises get better market intelligence. It could also have application for federal agencies. The collaboration will allow IBM to offer clients access to Twitter data, and will include new applications to analyze data and enhance agency understanding of what's going on in social media. Anne Altman is the General Manager of IBM's US Federal and Government Industries. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with details on how this data service might work for federal agencies.
October 31, 2014 -
On this week's Women of Washington radio show, Anne Altman, head of IBM Federal, joins hosts Gigi Schumm and Aileen Black to discuss how successful companies bring new talent into their organizations.
September 11, 2014 -
Anne Altman, general manager of Federal Government for IBM, will discuss a wide range of contracting topics with host Mark Amtower. July 14, 2014
July 14, 2014 -
Is your agency getting as much value out of its social media efforts as it could be? A new report offers tips for agencies looking to take advantage of the data that can be mined from Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets.
June 24, 2014 -
Anne Altman, general manager of Federal Government for IBM, will discuss a wide range of contracting topics with host Mark Amtower. May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014 -
Electronic health records have been a priority of the Obama administration since the get-go. Defense and VA are still trying to work out a unified electronic health records system. Health and Human Services has been working with the private sector on the EHR puzzle. IBM has some technology ideas that might help speed things along. The company is also sponsoring a Federal Healthcare Forum in D.C. on April 24. Dr. Michael Weiner, retired Navy Captain and now director of healthcare strategic services at IBM, shared the ideas with Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp.
April 14, 2014