When NYSE Euronext (NYX) Chief Executive Duncan Niederauer accepted the invitation to speak at today’s Potomac Officer’s Club event at the Ritz Carlton, he could hardly have imagined it would have been on the heels of this morning’s emergency 75 basis points rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Knowing the increasing drumbeat of recessionary concerns […] More

Anne Altman, former Managing Director of IBM“™s U.S. Federal Business, has moved to General Manager of the company“™s Mainframe Platform Group. Todd Ramsey has been tapped to head Altman“™s former federal slot. “The managerial changes are part of a yearlong general transformation within IBM, the biggest such realignment in 15 years,” said Lia Davis, an […] More

ExecutiveBiz, the Washington DC area“™s premier executive group and eMagazine, has compiled a listing of our top ten new at the top government contracting executives. We“™ve chosen these 10 individuals because they have a demonstrated track record of success, arrive at a time when their current employers are in the midst of aggressive growth and […] More

ExecutiveBiz recently asked government contracting leaders their predictions in their industries for 2008. Here are their responses: “Flawless execution and systems integration and engineering will define the hallmarks for 2008 in our marketplace. The need for effective partnership with our government customer will be of paramount importance. An increased emphasis on stability in requirements and […] More

TechCrunch“™s Michael Arrington recently published his list of must have web 2.0 applications for 2008. This is the third year the popular tech blogger has created the annual must-have list and you“™ll notice that there are some repeats from years past. WordPress, the blogging platform (and the engine behind Executive Biz) is one of five […] More

Many readers had the pleasure of meeting Om Malik when he came into town to speak at the ExecutiveBiz Web 2.0 Conference. I’ve known Om for a few years, and it is heartening to see that he is on the mend after suffering a heart attack on December 28th. Few bloggers can match Om’s ability […] More

Read a few pages into the Washington Post, Washington Business Journal, the government technology pubs (or the ExecutiveBiz Spotlights) and you are bound to run across the area’s most prominent IT employers announcing billion dollar contract wins, executives outlining their strategic vision or announcing new acquisitions. But beyond the expected – Computer Sciences Corporation, SRA […] More

Last-minute Christmas panic gifts are not difficult to spot: an “In the Kitchen with Karl Rove“ cookbook; wasabi-scented bath soap; an iTunes gift card that can only be redeemed for Kevin Federline “songs.” Christmas is four days away, and yet 35 million Americans seem to be rolling the dice when estimating their ability to find […] More

When some retiring executives make that difficult decision to ride off into the sunset, it is usually behind the wheel of a golf cart. This is not to say that these accomplished individuals completely detach from business pursuits, but more time to improve on a 6 handicap doesn“™t hurt. The standard retirement book, however, may […] More

Each year, the Kidney Ball brings out the leaders in the government contracting space. Last month“™s Kidney Ball was no exception. The event ended with entertainer Patti LaBelle rocking the 1,000 plus crowd. Some of the executives who attended included: Donna Morea of CGI, Anne Altman of IBM, Greg Baroni of Unisys, Jim Duffey of […] More

We’ve reported on the intersection of government and Web 2.0 technologies before on this blog. It’s an important and shifting landscape and nowhere is this dichotomy more evident than in Washington D.C. Most of the applications are born in the private sector. Wikipedia, for example, became widely used well before Intellipedia, the intelligence service’s equivalent […] More

If 60 is the new 40, then it is fair to say that $10 billion is the new $1 billion when it comes to the government contractor threshold for tier-one status. As massive, Agency-wide contracts such as Networx proliferate, the resources and staffing required to serve as a prime balloons along with them. What this […] More