Unisys announced a multitude of new services that allow providers to merge voice-based services with social media channels. The services will be available on Unisys VoiceSource Express 400 Series platform and will benefit customers who use smartphones and feature phones by bringing innovative, easy-to-use voice and data applications directly to their devices. “These new services [...]
President Barack Obama has announced his intent to appoint Jaime Dos Santos, current president and chief executive officer of Terremark Federal Group, to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Joining Dos Santos in the committee are Scott Charney of Microsoft, Dick Costolo of Twitter, David G. DeWalt of McAfee, Lisa Hook of Neustar and John [...]
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen published his 2010 social media strategy recently. The memo includes specific guidance and goals for the Joint Chiefs’ usage of social media which began in April 2009 with Admiral Mullen’s Twitter account. “Currently, these social media sites are used primarily to replicate content on the [...]
First came the technorati. Then the twitterati. Now the goverati have burst onto the Web 2.0 scene. These are individuals from government and industry alike leveraging new technology to better shape government policy and direction. So what can industry do to keep on top of this emerging trend? Who better to ask than Mark Drapeau, [...]
In-Sourcing: two hyphenated words with the power to strike fear into the hearts of government contractors. While it’s true that at a basic level, in-sourcing means fewer jobs contracted out to private industry and therefore fewer contracting dollars, proponents say the news isn’t all bad. Here are some thoughts from local, recognizable leaders of government and [...]
Back in April, when President Obama announced that Aneesh Chopra would become the nation’s first-ever chief technology officer, a key question swirled among many in the government contracting community: How would the private sector be called upon by Chopra to help pursue Obama’s call for greater efficiency and transparency in government? Recently, Chopra sat down [...]
ExecutiveBiz began in 2002 as a weekly email distribution to the executive members of the Potomac Officers Club. The “e-mag” quickly extended beyond the POC membership of about 500 to an audience of nearly 50,000 email subscribers. For more than six years we have covered the people and companies making business news in the DC [...]
