All around the Beltway, many charities have something to be thankful for: involvement of many government contractors in charity drives. According to The Washington Post, Booz Allen Hamilton, SRA International and Deloitte are holding food and clothing drives for the needy this holiday season. Other companies are feeding those who need it most: IBM will […] More

Harris Corporation has been awarded a $77 million contract by the National Capital Region Contracting Center to provide IT infrastructure for the U.S. Army Materiel Command Headquarters building at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. Under the AMC contract, Harris will engineer, furnish, install and test the command, control, communications, and computer IT infrastructure, which includes […] More

Cloud computing has been on everyone’s lips the past couple of years, some believers touting it as a panacea to propel innovation and save money. The Obama administration, especially, has turned out to be its biggest fan. In September 2009, the federal government announced a long-term cloud computing policy intended to cut costs on infrastructure […] More

Nearly one in four cellphone users plans to use mobile devices to do holiday shopping this year, according to a survey by the Mobile Marketing Association and Luth Research. With a busier-than-normal Black Friday predicted this year, mobile technologies might be a good way to avoid crowds. The survey, October 2010 U.S. Mobile Consumer Briefing, […] More

With much attention and investment going to the future of green technologies and individuals scaling back on expenses during a recession, a green app may be just what the environment ordered. The following five apps will help you save money, clean up your community and stay informed: Carbon Tracker ““ this app will help you […] More

CGI (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.A) won a firm-fixed-price contract from the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to help build up the AOC“™s IT platforms. The firm will support AOC“™s upgrade, hosting, operations and maintenance of CGI“™s Momentum and IBM“™s Maximo IT platforms. The deal has a value of $19 million and carries with it one […] More

Gaining one spot from last year“™s ranking, Dell has been deemed the greenest company in America for 2010. The Newsweek ranking measures 500 companies on their environmental performance, policies and reputation on an annual basis. In particular, Dell was lauded for its energy-efficient products, green supply chain, and easily disposable bamboo packaging. The company’s recycling […] More

If you have bought a SmarTrip card or obtained a U.S. passport in the last few years, you have used RFID technology, possibly without even knowing. Radio frequency identification technology was originally a way to track cattle across acres-large farmland. Now, it“™s being applied to a host of other uses, including everything from tracking fresh […] More

If past years’ cyber attacks could be compared to the common cold, today’s Internet-based assaults are akin to cyber cancer, said Dr. Eric Cole, McAfee’s CTO of the Americas, in a recent cybersecurity conference. Cole, a member of President Barack Obama“™s cybersecurity commission, delivered his keynote speech at the New York Institute of Technology‘s first […] More

Frank Blaul, senior vice president of government services at Equifax, spoke with ExecutiveBiz about his firm, his management style and the biggest challenges in the business today. ExecutiveBiz: Could you briefly tell our readers about your background and your current role at Equifax? Frank Blaul: My background really spans the last 25 years where I […] More

SAIC Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President Dr. Amy Alving will be speaking at the third annual Plenary Panel of Technology Executives for the 10th annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, held Sept. 28-Oct. 2 in Atlanta, Ga. The Plenary Panel of Technology Executives will also include Kelli Crane, senior vice president […] More

Cybersecurity firm ArcSight has put itself up for sale, with potential buyers including Oracle Corp, IBM and HP, according to The Wall Street Journal. The possibility of an acquisition has increased the firm’s stock price 29.7 percent to $36.63. According to WSJ, any acquisition deal could be for around $40 per share or around $1.4 […] More