A new market report from Cushman & Wakefield says new deals for office leases in the Northern Virginia area during the most recent quarter was the highest recorded since 2011. The two earlier quarters this year were down so much that year to date leasing has dropped a total of 37 percent from this time last year, according to […] More

Jose Molina, former managing director of Accenture‘s financial services industry practice, has been named a principal at Grant Thornton and head of the firm’s financial services advisory enterprise risk management practice. Molina’s appointment is part of Grant Thornton’s push to expand its financial services advisory practice, which also added former Bank of America executive Ilieva Ageenko as model risk management chief, the company said […] More

An RnRMarketResearch.com report forecasts that the global market for network analytics products could be worth $1.7 billion by 2018 with a 27.9 percent compound annual growth rate. The telecommunications sector is projected to account for majority of enterprise network analytics usage through 2018, followed by the financial services and insurance industries, the market research publisher […] More

Jonna Ward is the founder and CEO of Visionary Integration Professionals, a government contracting firm with more than 700 staff members. She most recently served as a partner at Accenture before starting VIP in 1996 and previously worked for Andersen Consulting. In her conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Ward discussed the beginnings of the firm, the importance of STEM education and […] More

Totara LMS announced on Monday that they have received the the U.S. Army’s Certificate of Networthiness, working with ASM Research to blend their learning management software with Army systems to market for federal clients. ASM Research, an Accenture Federal Services company, was selected to aid in the development of Totara’s Solution Partner Network, providing technical […] More

Federal agencies have a wealth of data that could be mined using machine-to-machine technology to improve real-time decision making, but adoption rates have been slow, a new study from AT&T Government Solutions and the Government Business Council found. Just 19 percent of 355 senior federal officials polled said their departments use or plan to use […] More

Motorola Solutions has begun talks to sell its enterprise business to Zebra Technologies for $3.45 billion in a bid to beef up asset tracking tools for their clients, Health IT Outcomes reported earlier this month. John Oncea writes the two companies expect to finalize the all-cash transaction by yearend. The combined organizations intend to integrate […] More

John Thomas joined Leidos as the Reston, Va.-based national security, health and engineering contractor’s chief strategic officer after Leidos’ 2013 separation from the legacy SAIC organization, where he most recently led close-to-13,000 analysts, scientists, engineers, and business professionals as acting president of SAIC’s National Security Sector. Thomas joined SAIC as an executive focused on military […] More

Razorsight has appointed four communications industry veterans to its board of advisers as the company looks to grow its cloud analytics offerings in the communications and media market. Geoffrey Axton, Norman Fekrat, Patricia Gottesman and Don Upson are the newest members of Razorsight’s advisory board, the company announced Tuesday. Axton currently serves as chief operating […] More

A MarketsandMarkets report forecasts that the market for big data platforms worldwide will grow at a compound annual rate of 25.52 percent to $46.34 billion by 2018. The report provides an analysis of big data market trends by product and service type, by region and by vertical segment, the market research and consulting firm said […] More

Increasing use of mobile technologies in federal agencies are among several changes that federal agencies must keep up with and turn to their advantage AT&T‘s Chris Smith has told FCW. Smith, vice president of technology for the company’s federal business organization, also highlighted cloud computing and the “Internet of Things” as having potential to transform operations in […] More

Carlos Echalar, formerly a vice president at Computer Sciences Corp., has joined MICROS Systems as chief human resources officer and will also serve as a  senior vice president. Echalar will be responsible for the company’s global human resources strategy that encompasses compensation and benefits, recruitment, diversity, compliance and organization and leadership development, MICROS announced Thursday. […] More