On Wednesday, Citrix Systems announced that Silicon Valley’s Campbell Union High School District has deployed Citrix® XenDesktop™ with HDX™ technology for more than 8,000 students and faculty beginning with the 2009-2010 school year. The district is expected to save an estimated $250,000 annually, and that number should grow with additional savings expected as their desktop [...]

Today, CGI Group, Inc. announced that Richard B. Evans, has joined the CGI Board of Directors. Evans recently retired after a run as CEO of Rio Tinto Alcan and Alcan, and he currently serves as chairman of the board of the International Aluminium Institute. Evans graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelor’s degree in [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. has named Capgemini a leader in SAP implementation providers in its independent report, the company announced today. “The Forrester Wave™ SAP Implementation Providers, Q3 2009,” which is primarily focused on implementation but also includes some metrics around ongoing support and hosting related to SAP, assessed 18 SAP services providers across 60 criteria. [...]

Tesco, the United Kingdom’s biggest retailer and the world’s third largest grocery retailer, has enlisted the services of CA ecoSoftware to help fulfill its long-term commitment to drive down carbon emissions across its global operations. CA ecoSoftware helps companies in a variety of industries manage carbon, reduce energy use and become more sustainable. It also [...]

Australia’s Mater Health Services, Queensland’s largest not-for-profit hospital group, is making significant strides in achieving its Smart Hospital strategy with a roll-out of an expanded suite of business applications on its Cisco® Medical-Grade Network across its seven ultra-modern hospitals, Cisco Systems announced today. In the third year of its Smart Hospital information and communications technology [...]

Earlier this month, Harris Corporation and Cisco Systems demonstrated the ability to rapidly, safely, and securely exchange healthcare information in a cloud computing environment at the Public Health Information Network Conference in Atlanta. They showed that security and privacy of web-based health information remains protected with a service as data is encrypted in transit and [...]

Yesterday, ICF International announced that Dr. Peter Schultz is joining its team as a Principal in the Energy, Climate, and Transportation practice to focus on climate change impacts and adaptation strategies. Schultz comes to ICF after serving five years as drector of the U.S. Global Change Research Program Office (USGCRP). There, he was coordinating and [...]

All of these entrepreneurs have built service platforms by making strategic acquisitions over the past year. Brad Antle Brad Antle, formerly CEO of SI International, has started a new venture called Salient Solutions LLC with the backing of Frontenac, a private equity firm based out of Chicago.  Brad’s team includes Ray Oleson as Chairman, Ted [...]

Today’s executives know how valuable a tool the cell phone has become. While there have been a slew of health warnings over the years regarding the use of cell phones, any risks are generally overshadowed by convenience. British health researcher Dr. Vini Khurana – a neurosurgeon who has published more than 30 scientific papers and [...]

On Monday, QinetiQ appointed Mike Howarth its new Managing Director of its Managed Services business. Howarth will focus on the provision of technology-rich outsourced services to government and industry both in the United Kingdom and overseas. Howarth comes to QinetiQ from Serco Defence Science and Technology, where he served as the Managing Director, Training and [...]