IBM (NYSE: IBM) has agreed to acquire HashiCorp (Nasdaq: HCP) for approximately $6.4 billion, or $35 per share in cash, to expand its infrastructure and security lifecycle management capabilities designed to help organizations automate their multicloud and hybrid cloud environments amid the rapid deployment of artificial intelligence technologies. I...
It’s official: this year’s Wash100 popular vote contest has garnered the most participation of any in years past! We will wait to reveal the total count of votes until the end of the competition in May, but suffice it to say, the number is jaw-dropping. Thanks for your help in making this the most engaged...
IBM has received a potential 10-year, $576 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the Defense Microelectronics Activity secure the production of commercial semiconductor technologies and services for military applications. The DMEA Trusted Access Program Office requires the development of an evidence-based “trusted...
Tony Frazier, former executive vice president and general manager of public sector earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), has been named CEO of LeoLabs, a space visualization company that tracks objects in low Earth orbit. He will succeed LeoLabs co-founder Dan Ceperley, who will assume the chief operations officer post responsible a...
This year’s Wash100 Award popular vote contest is the most competitive yet and that’s just a fact — Executive Mosaic is receiving more votes than ever in the contest’s history. The friendly but high-stakes race is held amongst the winners of the award, which is given to the highest achievers in government contracting; those who are making...
It’s week two of our Wash100 Award popular vote recaps and the race is heating up fast. Two new players have entered the top 30, one catapulting himself to a spot just outside the top 10. Seven other awardees ascended to a higher spot over the course of the last week, rallying their fanbases to step...
In our everyday lives, we have seemingly unlimited computing capabilities at our very fingertips. But at the tactical edge — often in remote environments with limited or no connectivity — that’s not usually the case. The question defense leaders are grappling with in today’s data-driven world is: How do we get mission critical data, services...
Executive Mosaic, the preeminent media, events and membership organization of the government contracting sector, is proud to announce the winners of the prestigious 2024 Wash100 Award. Each year, Executive Mosaic’s coveted Wash100 Award recognizes the most promising and outstanding executives to watch in the coming year. Read below for the full l...
Sujey Edward, former Octo chief technology officer, has joined IBM's (NYSE: IBM) federal business as CTO and senior partner. Edward worked at Octo, an IBM company, for more than seven years. Prior to that, he was part of Salient CRGT, now GovCIO, as director of energy IT solutions and later vice president of its agile innovation center....
Ryan Macaleer, a more than two-decade IBM (NYSE: IBM) veteran, has been appointed vice president of software for the federal sector at the information technology services provider. "I'm stepping back into federal to lead IBM's software business. Our growth across the federal marketplace has accelerated especially with respect to hybri...
