Bantu CEO Named a Federal 100 Winner by Federal Computer Week.Larry Schlang Honored for Enabling U.S. Military to Jointly Search and Collaborate in Real Time Between Branches at the Enterprise Level, For the First Time in History FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Bantu today announced that Federal Computer Week (FCW) has named Larry Schlang to its list of top 100 leaders who had the greatest impact on the government community in 2006. The Federal 100 award recognizes individuals from government, industry and academia who significantly influenced how the federal government buys, uses or manages information technology in the past year. Larry Schlang was honored by FCW for his response to the U.S. military's challenge to jointly communicate across service affiliations. In 2006, the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy deployed Bantu's DefenseConnect platform, allowing military personnel to instantly locate and communicate across disparate military networks, locations and computing platforms - regardless of service affiliation - for the first time. Bantu now provides the services with a real-time collaboration network that the 3.5 million military personnel can use to communicate and collaborate. This platform responds to the Government's challenge to federate fed·er·ate v. fed·er·at·ed, fed·er·at·ing, fed·er·ates v.tr. To cause to join into a league, federal union, or similar association. v.intr. To become united into a federal union. and jointly enable the military, DoD and other agencies to protect the U.S. infrastructure, the homeland and its citizens. "We share this award with our customers, the Army Knowledge Online (AKO), Air Force Portal and Navy Knowledge Online, who undertook the work and the leadership to build DefenseConnect," said Larry Schlang, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bantu. "We look forward to continuing to support them in their effort to leverage and extend this interoperable collaboration framework within the military and with other agencies." Federal 100 winners were nominated by Federal Computer Week readers and selected by an independent panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
About Bantu, Inc. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Bantu, Inc. is a leader in secure Enterprise Instant Messaging (EIM). The Bantu EIM Platform provides robust messaging, presence, alerting and conferencing that enhance real-time communication and collaboration, resulting in greater productivity and operational effectiveness. Bantu EIM provides the highest levels of security and scalability, is platform-independent, and easily integrates into any business application or service. Bantu's government, corporate and education customers include the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States , Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical , British Army, HSBC HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC Humane Society of Broward County (Florida) HSBC Humane Society of Bay County (Bay County, Michigan) , Sprint, Wells Fargo, The George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. and Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. . For more information, visit www.bantu.com. |
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