Reed Parker, formerly a business development executive at Management Concept Inc., has joined Catapult Systems as general manager of the company’s Washington business unit. He will oversee Catapult’s portfolio of Microsoft-related (NASDAQ: MSFT) technology offerings for federal and commercial clients, the company said Friday. At Management Concept... 

Amy Hood, a corporate vice president at Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), has been appointed chief financial officer, effective immediately. Hood will be in-charge of financial strategy oversight, management, and reporting of the $24.1 billion MBD business, Microsoft said Wednesday. “She has been an instrumental leader in the Microsoft Business Division,... 

Peter Klein Peter Klein will leave Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) at the end of June after nearly three years of service as chief financial officer. Klein spent 11 years at Microsoft and the software giant is expected to promote his successor within the coming weeks, Reuters reported Thursday. Before becoming the company’s CFO, Klein served as corporate... 

Bill Jaffe William “Bill” Jaffe, former senior vice president and general manager at TAPE, has been promoted to executive VP and GM. Louisa Jaffe, president and CEO, will continue to be responsible for strategic objectives and day-to-day operations, among other areas, TAPE said Tuesday. Jaffe will be responsible for growth and development efforts... 

Dell (NYSE: DELL) has agreed to be acquired byBudget Year global technology investment firm Silver Lake and founder Michael Dell in a deal worth approximately $24.4 billion that will take the company private. The company said itInformation Technology expects the deal to close before the end of the second quarter of its 2014 fiscal year, subject to regulatory... 

Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is nearing a deal for a buyout led byBudget Year California-based private equity firm Silver Lake Management LLC, Bloomberg reports. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) could provide some funding and Michael Dell could contribute between $500 million and $1 billion of equity financing for the deal, the report said. Michael Dell currently holds... 

The Defense Department and Arizona-based information technology firm Insight Enterprises have signed a three-year, $617 million enterprise license agreement for Microsoft ((NASDAQ: MSFT) software and services, Information Week reports. According to J. Nicholas Hoover’s report, this contract comes nearly six months after the Navy and Microsoft signed... 

Julie Larson-Green Microsoft Corp. has promoted Julie Larson-Green to lead all Windows software and hardware engineering, succeeding Windows and Windows Live president Steven Sinofsky. Larson-Green will lead all future Windows product development and future hardware opportunities, according to a company statement, “Leading Windows engineering is an... 

Susie Adams Smartronix‘s team to provide government agencies cloud computing-based email services under a $2.5 billion General Services Administration blanket purchase agreement includes Terremark and Verizon. Smartronix said in a release the team also includes two other companies certified to provide agencies with Microsoft products, as Microsoft... 

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and the U.S. Navy have signed a potential $700 million agreement for the company’s brand software licenses, the branch announced Thursday. The three-year enterprise licensing agreement covers software assurance, subscriptions and software assurance step-up for desktop and server-based products. Each product must be acquired...