An ICF International business unit has received the 2014 Vendor of the Year for Innovation award from Amway for its work in developing the Amway MyBiz website and Amway Business Owners applications. ICF said Tuesday Amway awarded ICF Interactive the 2015 CIO Award earlier this year for its contributions in the MyBiz launch. The company utilized an …

Neustar has appointed Deborah Rieman of Metamarkets and Paul Ballew of Ford Motor Company as new members for its board of directors. “They both bring a wealth of expertise in identity management, customer analytics, marketing and security services,” Lisa Hook, president and CEO of Neustar, said Thursday. Rieman, executive chairman of Metamarkets, has served …

FireEye security professionals have found that the China-based APT3 persistent threat group has used an unpatched Adobe Flash Player zero-day bug to launch a spear phishing campaign against multiple U.S. industries, FCW reported Monday. Mark Rockwell writes FireEye identified aerospace, defense, construction, engineering, transportation, high-technology and telecommunication companies as the …

Michael Shrader leads the intelligence and innovative solutions business unit at Carahsoft as a vice president for the Reston, Va.-based technology product reseller. He previously spoke to ExecutiveBiz in February 2013 for a wide-ranging discussion on his company’s partnership with Splunk to offer data analytics software in the public sector and Carahsoft’s work …

John Lee serves as vice president of cloud services at Carahsoft, a role he has held since he joined the company in 2011. The nearly-three decade government information technology veteran is responsible for work to deliver the company’s pay-as-you-go licensing model for companies such as VMware, Red Hat, Adobe and Symantec, potential cloud service providers, system integrators and government agencies. Lee previously spent …

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation worked with Hewlett Packard to implement a technology infrastructure designed to process, manage and share data on prison inmates, GCN reported Thursday. Karen Schwartz writes HP acts as the system integrator under the $400 million project and has helped agency personnel build the …

John McGee, formerly executive vice president for worldwide field operations at Informatica, has joined FireEye as senior vice president of worldwide sales. David DeWalt, chairman and CEO of FireEye, said Tuesday that McGee will focus on helping the company bolster its delivery of tools and services to protect customers from cyber attacks. McGee has previously served as president of …

Citrix has named Mike Singer to lead its defense team out of the company’s regional headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. As new senior director for the Defense Department business, Singer will strive to help the company bring its products in line with market needs with his experience in the federal information technology industry, …

Red Hat has given its North American Public Sector Distributor of the Year Award to Carahsoft Technology Corp. for its work to offer Red Hat tools to public sector clients in 2013. The companies started their partnership in 2005 and Carahsoft serves as a sales force to Red Hat in Canada, Red Hat and …

Teradata Corp. has signed a strategic alliance agreement with ADAM Software to deliver technologies for marketers to execute promotional campaigns across multiple channels. The firms seek to combine their platforms which are meant to help businesses incorporate audio, video, augmented reality and web content into marketing activities to improve the …

Global architecture and urban design firm RTKL has launched a quarterly magazine entitled “Article”, that will focus on global trends and feature company executive and industry leader commentary. The first issue released in July was edited by RTKL Vice President Thom McKay, who said “The launch of Article represents the importance we place on solving …

Carahsoft Technology Corp. has won a five-year contract to provide the state of South Carolina a web conferencing platform that will be used to facilitate collaboration in local government agencies and schools. Adobe Connect offers analytics and eLearning technology and works to help users hold conferences, meetings and trainings on …

Lockheed Martin and Carahsoft have won the respective “Hall of Fame” and “Government Contracting Firm of the Year” awards from a technology trade group in Maryland. The Tech Council of Maryland recognized Carahsoft and Lockheed Martin for their contributions to the state’s technology and life science industries, TCM said May 17. …

Accenture has agreed to purchase electronic commerce company Acquity Group for $316 million cash as Accenture aims to expand its digital marketing services portfolio. The deal is subject to Acquity Group shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions and intends to have Acquity’s 600 employees join Accenture’s interactive business group, …

Michael Shrader serves as vice president of Carahsoft’s innovative and intelligence solutions business team. In his role at the Reston,Va.-based company, the 8 1/2-year company veteran represents emerging, small to medium-sized companies looking to sell their advanced technology solutions to the government. The company’s solutions divisions market, sell and deliver …