
Salient’s John Blatchford Wants All Agencies to Be Agile, When it Comes to Their Business Intelligence
John Blatchford was working on Agile Business Intelligence before it became trendy in the technology space. “Back in the early ‘90s, I actually implemented a methodology that was very much Agile; it was like a time box release working very closely with the business,” he said in an interview with WashingtonExec. “It’s funny how over

ARRAY Wins Air Force Contract to Provide Life Cycle Management
Array Information Technology (ARRAY), an IT solutions company based in Greenbelt, Md., last week announced it will partner with BIAS Corporation to provide a business intelligence technical refresh to the U.S. Air Force’s Deliberate Crisis Action Planning and Execution Program (DCAPES) program. The war planning and execution technical refresh solution aims to minimize operational costs,

2014 Market Outlook: From Google Glass to Robot Drones — CTOVision’s Bob Gourley Talks Technology Trends
2014 – WashingtonExec Annual Market Outlook Series As we turn the page on 2013, we look forward to a new year and new opportunities for innovation and growth in the government contracting community. This past year we experienced budget sequestration, a 16-day-long government shutdown, and a perpetually increasing focus on cyber security and healthcare IT.

DataRPM adds Don Clarke, Former CFO of Eloqua, Inc., to Board of Directors
DataRPM, a natural language and computational search-based Business Intelligence (BI) platform for Big Data analysis, has appointed Don Clarke to its Board of Directors. Clarke brings over 25 years of executive leadership and will provide strategic guidance for DataRPM in the business intelligence and big data analytics space. “We are thrilled to welcome Don to our

STG, Inc. Hires Dale Luddeke as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Growth
STG, Inc. (STG) has hired Dale Luddeke to serve as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Growth. Luddeke will have direct oversight of STG’s business strategy, development, capture and proposal services, IDIQ, business intelligence, and marketing groups. “Dale is a senior strategy and business executive with more than 20 years of experience in strategic planning

DataRPM Receives $800,000 Investment to Build Global Sales and Marketing Team, Seeks to Leapfrog other Business and Analytics Vendors
DataRPM has received an $800,000 investment from 20K Industries, CIT GAP Funds and other angel investors. DataRPM will use the funding to continue building a global sales and marketing team, to accelerate product development and to expand its customer support team. “We see an opportunity for DataRPM to leapfrog established business intelligence and analytics vendors,”

DataRPM Founder Sundeep Sanghavi Talks DC Entrepreneurship, Natural Language Analytics and Computational Search
Serial entrepreneur Sundeep Sanghavi sat down with WashingtonExec to talk about his latest venture – DataRPM– a Natural Language and BI & Analytics company, available globally and headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. Sanghavi discussed his two previous startups, Razorsight and TEOCO, the big data opportunity, and where he is seeing growth in the commercial and federal

Logi Analytics Closes $27.5 Million Investment from LLR Partners
Logi Analytics, the authority on embedded analytics, has closed a $27.5 million growth equity investment led by new investor LLR Partners. The new growth capital will support Logi Analytics’ launch of new products, further product development and expansion into new geographic and vertical markets. “Business intelligence is no longer a nice-to-have. Logi Analytics gives companies

DMI Inc. Announces Acquisition of Business Intelligence and Analytics Firm, Kalvin Consulting
DMI today announced its acquisition of Kalvin Consulting, a Mason, Ohio based Business Intelligence (BI) and Predictive Analytics firm. The company will enhance DMI’s existing mobile analytics offerings by enabling business users to analyze key performance indicators wherever they are, whenever they need, all with the tap of a finger on a mobile device. “The
Pragmatics COO Joe Brock: his 2013 Federal Market Outlook, the LPTA Environment and Role at ACT-IAC
Joe Brock is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Pragmatics, where he leads the delivery of high-quality products and services, management of effective operational performance, and establishment of innovative IT capabilities. Brock was most recently the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Pragmatics’ Federal Civilian Division. He joined the company’s IT Services Division in

Surviving Sequestration with Market Research and Expansion, By Matt Langan
With uncertainty over budget cuts tempering the federal contracting marketplace, the smart money will be on using market research to expand into other areas. Matt Langan, an editor at Fed Connects, wrote in a post this week that many government contractors are looking for opportunities in near adjacent commercial markets. “Some industry members are already

DataRPM Launches New Business Analytics Software
After 18 months of development, DataRPM, Inc. is launching “Instant Analytics,” a self-service analytics solution for structure and unstructured business data. Users will be able to blend, slice and analyze data, without SQL or other programming expertise. Customers pay a monthly subscription based on what they use, so it works for small business owners to

Interview with Avaya’s Adesh Jain: “Think Mobile First”
WashingtonExec had the opportunity to interview Adesh Jain, Vice President and General Manager of Avaya Government Solutions, about everything mobile. Jain discussed the impact of Federal CIO Steve VanRoekel’s “mobile first” announcement on his business strategy, where we are in the technical progression of mobility, and why big data will rapidly change the landscape of
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