Anthony Hess has been named Senior Vice President and General Manager of Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) Health Solutions Business Unit. As General Manager, Hess will be in charge of management and development for the federal government, including the Department of Defense, Health and Human Services,  Veterans Affairs, and commercial health clients. Hess was President […] More

Vangent, Inc. has announced that Wanda Gamble, Rosie Gaylord and Kelley Malott will join the company as Business Development Directors in the Health Solutions Group. Their combined 45 years of experience in the healthcare industry will support Vangent as the company continues to expand its healthcare IT business. Mac Curtis, Vangent’s CEO said, “Healthcare reform […] More

Guident, a Herndon-based provider of business intelligence, management consulting and systems engineering services, has named Jim Flyzik to its federal advisory board. Flyzik is  president and founder of The Flyzik Group and has spent over 27 years working for the federal government at the Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Treasury, and U.S. Secret Service. […] More

Tom Watson, the founder of IBM, famously remarked, “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.“ It looks like he might have guessed too many. Cloud computing is one of the hottest trend in IT.  Basically, cloud computing is shifting software and memory resources away from personal computers toward a common network hub […] More

Bob Gourley of CTOVision.com lists his ten favorite YouTube videos of the future of technology here.  If there’s an over-arching theme, it’s convergence.  Here’s a summary of the video offerings. Pattie Maes from MIT on wearable tech.  Imagine you run into a work associate at a restaurant, and you just can’t remember his name.  Now […] More

You’ve packed your bags, you’re ready for your big trip. But wait, what about a book? Summer and reading go hand in hand. “There’s a temperate zone in the mind … between laziness and labor, that summer reading belongs,” is how someone once put it. So, with summer just around the corner, here’s a round-up […] More

Aneesh Chopra has been named the nation’s first chief technology officer. The news was announced Saturday during President Obama’s weekly address. As federal CTO, Chopra will work alongside Jeffrey Zients, the new chief performance officer, and Federal CIO Vivek Kundra, who’s responsible for setting technology policy across the government. Since he entered public life in […] More

If you saw the headlines you know that Serco recently completed its acquisition of SI International. On the heels of that acquisition, ExecutiveBiz stopped by Serco“™s offices to get the inside take on what’s ahead for the company. Offering that perspective was Serco“™s new chief marketing officer, Leslee Belluchie. Belluchie comes to Serco with a […] More

With major acquisitions in the government IT space under its belt, QinetiQ North America has left its mark as a leading defense technology company for U.S. government clients. Frank Kist is working to keep the momentum going. As the new CIO of QinetiQ North America, Kist oversees the integration of six major acquisitions. “To date […] More

Over the past 12-18 months, Cloud computing has been increasingly shifted from the ether to ground level and become a powerful – yet practical – computing alternative for organizations across all sectors. And while much of the cloud computing buzz to date has revolved around Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Hewlett-Packard’s announced $13.9 billion acquisition of EDS (headquartered […] More

Paul Smith joined Red Hat to replicate his success establishing “” and growing “” a public sector practice. In the eight years since then, he“™s more than succeeded. Today, the government business unit he oversees at Red Hat is the fastest growing business unit in the company. We talked to Paul Smith about the benefits […] More

We asked the following leaders in the government contracting space their prediction for 2008. “The 2008 federal government market will be shaped by continued changing market dynamics driving a new era of customer partnerships and alliances as mission performance takes on heightened significance. At Apptis we will continue to deliver exceptional service to our customers […] More