Red Hat is urging enterprises to adopt virtualization for their IT infrastructures and data centers to foster operational and cost efficiencies. In an infographic posted Monday on the Red Hat website, the company illustrates the path to innovation, from modernizing the data center, to standardizing operations and to virtualizing IT resources, in order to realize positive business […] More

Glympse announced Tuesday that they have secured $12 million in financing from new investors UMC Capital and Verizon Ventures, as well as existing investors Ignition Partners, Menlo Ventures and Naya Ventures. The company’s total capital now stands at nearly $20 million, their applications collecting a number of industry awards for innovative technology and design. Bryan Trussel, co-founder and […] More

Matthew Shaw, vice president and general manager of Battelle’s CBRNE defense business unit, says the nonprofit organization’s new sensor system works to identify chemical and biological agents after collecting an electronic signatures, Homeland Security Today reported Saturday. Anthony Kimery writes that Battelle will provide the Resource Effective BioIdentification System offering to the departments of Defense and Homeland Security, […] More

Deloitte and SAP have entered into an agreement for Deloitte’s global partners to offer SAP business software products and maintenance service offerings under a value-added reseller program. Through a single supply framework, Deloitte member firms can license SAP software products as well as deliver pre-configured systems and deployment support directly to customers, Deloitte said Monday. […] More

Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including VP and director. Albert caught […] More

Carol Mowder has joined CH2M Hill as a subject matter expert in remediation strategies and bioremediation where she will help develop client site strategies and cleanup solutions for the company’s site remediation and revitalization practice. For the past 12 years, Mowder was with ARCADIS where she handled the company’s remediation strategies, bioremediation and performance-based remediation […] More

Government contracting analyst Chris Dixon believes there is potential as well as risk for technology vendors working with consortium-based buyers and they must include several factors in their risk assessments, he writes in a column published Saturday  by the Washington Post. Dixon, a senior manager at Deltek, writes state and local governments buy as a […] More

CACI International will manage system security and support business intelligence reporting work for the Interior Department’s business integration office under a potential five-year, $95 million contract, according to a Jan. 31 FedBizOpps post. DOI aims to leverage software products such as SAP ECC, SAP BusinessObjects and Compusearch PRISM to further develop mobile and light applications, the […] More

As we recently covered, SAIC is continuing to hone in on its management structure as the company moves forward after the legacy SAIC separated into two companies – the ‘new’ SAIC (Science Applications International Corp.), and Leidos. As a new brand, Leidos leaders have needed to introduce and position the firm to the GovCon marketplace, […] More

The Washington region has become an alternative business hub for technology companies seeking to move from Silicon Valley, Calif., the Washington Post reported Monday. Marjorie Censer and Jim Tankersley write Savi Technology was one company that decided to relocate its California headquarters to Virginia, making the move in 2011. William Clark, Savi CEO, told the Post […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More

D&B has partnered with big data company FirstRain to develop new analytics technology for business information products. Both companies will work to integrate structured and unstructured business data and analytics into FirstRain’s market intelligence portfolio with the goal of helping D&B customers view their content different various sources, the companies said Tuesday. “Finding and identifying […] More