Tag Archives: digital transformation

Andras Szakal, formerly an executive at IBM (NYSE: IBM) and a more than three-decade industry veteran, has been appointed vice president and chief technology officer of The Open Group. He will lead the consortium's technical strategy and strategic vision for evolving standards in his new role, The Open Group said Monday.

Steve Septoff, vice president of federal sales at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said the shift to remote work has prompted government agencies to accelerate information technology modernization efforts and increased the need for organizations to operate in multicloud computing environments.

Granicus, a cloud-based citizen engagement technology and services provider headquartered in Denver, has received a joint investment from Harvest Partners and Vista Equity Partners. 

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 18, 2020 — Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware (NYSE: VMW) and three-time Wash100 Award recipient, has observed the federal government working to accomplish missions and ensure worker safety amid the coronavirus pandemic through digital transformation initiatives, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 8.

Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) has agreed to acquire professional services firm Acumen Solutions for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its platforms and service offerings to help customers advance their digital transformation efforts. Salesforce will integrate Acumen Solutions with its professional services business upon the deal’s closing.

ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) has secured a potential five-year, $49M blanket purchase agreement with an initial $4M task order to help the Food and Drug Administration's enterprise shared service organization modernize and maintain information technology platforms.

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will reorganize its business structure into two segments - defense and civilian business and national security and space business – effective Oct. 31, as part of efforts to advance growth priorities in digital engineering, space and digital transformation, among other areas. Bob Genter, currently executive vice president and general manager of SAIC’s civilian business, will serve as president of the defense and civilian sector while Michael LaRouche, EVP and GM of national security group, will oversee national security and space work as sector president.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 4, 2020 — An Accenture (NYSE: ACN) subsidiary holds a position on a five-year, $990M contract for enterprise-wide transformation support services to U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 19.

Marilyn Crouther, a 30-year GovCon and technology industry leader and a four-time Wash100 awardee, has joined the board of directors of ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI).

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential $93M contract to continue providing specialized technical support for the U.S. Air Force’s data systems and information technology modernization initiatives.