Sameer Ramchandani, a former director at Optimus, and Tom Banks, a former business development director at IntelliDyne, have joined Smartronix as strategic program directors in that company’s cloud computing business. Ramchandani will be responsible for business development and forming strategies to grow Smartronix’s cloud computing business in... 

Rajesh Natarajan AT&T aims to take its products and services from the commercial sector and make them repeatable for the federal space, Rajesh Natarajan recently told ExecutiveBiz in an interview. Natarajan spoke with ExecutiveBiz as part of its continuing series of executive spotlights, where GovCon thought leaders overview their current roles and... 

German business software maker Software AG has the financial flexibility to make any acquisition worth up to $1.3 billion, finance director Arnd Zinnhardt said in a German weekly Saturday. Reuters reports Zinnhardt said the company is well positioned in terms of its operating activities and balance sheet. He added that the company is on the lookout for... 

Kevin Jackson Kevin Jackson, vice president and general manager for cloud services at NJVC, has published a sequel to his 2001 book “GovCloud,” where he outlines the characteristics of cloud computing and deployment and delivery models. In “GovCloud II: Implementation and Cloud Brokerage Services,” NJVC says Jackson explains how... 

Jay Kidd NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) has promoted Jay Kidd to senior vice president and chief technology officer, the company announced Wednesday. Tom Georgens He will report to Manish Goel, executive vice president of product operations, and hold responsibility for shaping the company’s technology vision. The company also announced the appointment of... 

Ted Davies Unisys (NYSE: UIS) has won a potential $139 million task order to host the Internal Revenue Service’s information records in a private cloud computing infrastructure, the company announced Thursday. The Enterprise Storage Acquisition task order has one base year, nine one-year options and the company received the order through the General... 

Robin Lineberger Executive Mosaic, publisher of an umbrella of media properties focused exclusively on the GovCon market, has released its breakout Spring 2012 issue of GovConExec magazine, with a feature focus on how GovCon executives are preparing their firms to lead the big data revolution. This issue’s “CEO Profile” features Robin... 

General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) has won a potential $64.5 million contract to help the U.S. Army establish enterprise communications for U.S. Central Command. The company said its information technology unit received the five-year contract from the U.S. Army’s Network Enterprise Technology Command. GDIT will provide information assurance, cyber security,... 

U.S. Army photo The U.S. Army is seeking industry input as itInformation Technology moves towards awarding a contract for an interoperable virtualization storage product. The branch released a request for information Thursday for a total storage solution for technology infrastructure used byBudget Year Defense Department and Army organizations. The... 

Xerox (NYSE: XRX) won an $848 million contract to provide statewide cloud-based services in Texas, the company announced Monday. The company will help the Department of Information Resources create secure cloud computing-based services byBudget Year consolidating the state’s data centers under the eight-year contract. The contract will provide more...