A little over a year ago, cloud computing was barely on anyone’s radar. Now you can’t go a day without hearing about it. Companies are investing billions of dollars in servers for cloud infrastructures. Microsoft is adding some 200,000 servers a year, Google as many as 500,000. By 2011, an estimated 15.8 million servers will [...]
You’ve seen the headlines, and you know firsthand: It’s rough out there. Even though the government contracting community will be less hit than other sectors, competition for existing customers will be extra fierce over the coming year. So, what if you could gather the area’s top CFOs in a room and ask their advice for [...]
Jim Moran(D) Congressman for Virginia’s 8th District and serving his 9th term in office has shared with ExecutiveBiz his perspective on the upcoming elections and why he endorses Gerry Connolly(D) to sit beside him in Congress. The 8th district is a significant employer of government contracting jobs and Jim Moran has worked with employers and in congress to [...]
In the 2 ½ years that Rick Attilio has been with Apptis, he’s been helping the Chantilly, Va.-based company define its strategic vision. Attilio brings a wealth of background to his position as chief financial officer, having spent 22 years beforehand at Unisys — the last five as vice president of finance responsible for the [...]
You can feel the enthusiasm just talking to him. For the past four years, Rene LaVigne, president and COO of ATS, a division of Apptis, has been working to grow the company both organically and through a number of acquisitions. That move has paid off in a big way. In the following Q&A, LaVigne shares [...]
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield is perhaps best known for his line “I don’t get no respect.” One wonders if, in a previous life, Dangerfield was a chief operating officer. While the president and chief executive officer are accountable for establishing an organization’s goals – and meeting them – over time it is the COO who is [...]
