ROCKVILLE — One of new Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich’s first tasks after being sworn in will be fixing the county’s poor reputation for business. While it may seem like a strange first step …
Cisco to buy local software company Broadsoft for $1.9 Billion
Cisco Systems, the major Internet hardware provider, is buying Gaithersburg-based Broadsoft, Inc. for $1.9 billion; the companies made a joint announcement Oct. 23.
Broadsoft, which according to secur…
Four MoCo companies secure $2.5 billion satellite contract
Four Montgomery County companies are among 19 firms nationwide selected by the General Services Administration to provide satellite services to federal agencies.
There are at least 1,500 mostly high-t…
County Joins Top Locations for Vaccine Research
Montgomery County, particularly Gaithersburg, has become a central hub for vaccine research and development, and to a lesser extent for vaccine manufacturing.
The County is a key vaccine development c…
Local firm expands to help federal agencies
Bethesda-based InfoZen has hired 120 employees in the past 12 months and expanded its workspace for developing software to move, manage, store and protect massive databases for key federal agencies.…
Local inventor wants to change your ballgame going experience
BETHESDA — Ever sit at a baseball game eating a slice of pizza, and not know what to with the plate once you’re done? You probably shoved the plate on the ground below your chair, assuming the j…
Bethesda proves to be “Ground Zero” for hotel businesses
Bethesda is one of the top places in the country for companies on both the ownership and management sides of the hotel business.
J.W. “Bill” Marriott, Jr., CEO of Marriott International Inc. from 1972…
Council and businesses consider innovation to bring in the jobs
Founders of successful Montgomery County businesses discussed why they’re in the County and how they thought it can maintain the inflow of innovative businesses and jobs in a June 20 learning session …
Council, CEOs Explore Turning Innovation Into Jobs
Founders of successful Montgomery County businesses discussed why they’re in the County and how they thought it can maintain the inflow of innovative businesses and jobs in a June 20 learning session …
The business of government is not a business
The American voters elected a businessman to run the federal government because they mistakenly believed that the government would be run more effectively with a businessman at its helm. Why, then, is…
