Curt Kolcun, a nearly 28-year veteran of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been appointed chairman at XappMedia’s artificial intelligence business, GovCon Wire has learned.

TYSONS CORNER, VA May 26, 2015 — Curt Kolcun, vice president for Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) U.S. public sector business, indicated that government agencies are now less apprehensive of cloud computing technologies, thanks to wider adoption that has shown how they could be applied to each organization’s unique mission, ExecutiveBiz reported …

The U.S. Army has awarded a blanket purchase agreement to Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) for 50, 000 Office 365 licenses that will be available to all Defense Department components. Office 365 encompasses shared email and calendar tools, Office Web Apps, Microsoft Lync and collaboration tools such as …

Microsoft has announced the awarding of grants, new education, job training and placement programs to assist veterans and spouses build skills and resources valued in today’s civilian workforce. The technology giant is donating $2 million in cash and up to $6 million in software and IT skills training curriculum that …

Microsoft teamed up with the USO and the Washington Nationals to honor wounded troops at Sunday’s game against San Francisco. As part of USO of Metropolitan Washington and Microsoft’s 4th Annual Salute to the Troops 200 wounded warriors, active duty military and family members honored at the game. “We’re honored …

Noting that the Internet has become an indispensable political tool, Microsoft is partnering with ElectionMall.com to create Campaign Cloud. Powered by Microsoft and using ElectionMall technology Campaign Cloud is designed to “offer politicians a Cloud-based customizable platform set up to streamline the creation and management of online political efforts.” “From …

Microsoft’s Curt Kolcun took to the blogosphere to discuss the maturation of social media tools. “As social media tools have matured, the Web has enabled more and more two-way conversations between leaders and the people they serve, as well as between candidates and voters. The result is a more participatory …

Microsoft’s U.S. Public Sector lead Curt Kolcun took to the blogosphere to share his thoughts on the broadband access. “Today, we build on the momentum of the FCC’s national plan and its call for public-private partnerships to improve broadband adoption.  I’m pleased to announce that Microsoft is joining a vibrant …

Microsoft has rolled out new cloud-based solutions specifically designed for the federal government. The new Business Productivity Online Suite Federal is optimized to meet the security, privacy and compliance needs of U.S. federal government agencies. In addition, there will be future capabilities and certifications that will continue to raise the …

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is set to make a technological step forward to the cloud with help from Microsoft. USDA will become the first cabinet-level agency to move its email and collaboration applications to the cloud. The move comes on the heels of the news that GSA …