The state of Massachusetts has named Bethann Pepoli as acting CIO as it seeks a permanent replacement for Peter Quinn. Quinn announced his resignation late last year after spearheading the state's initiative to move away from proprietary formats for storing government documents. Pepoli had worked closely with Quinn as chief operating officer for the state's IT division.

Virginia awards CGI $300M contract

The state of Virginia has signed a seven-year, US$300 million IT contract with CGI-AMS Inc., a unit of CGI Group Inc., to consolidate and modernize enterprise applications used by the state government's executive branch. The price tag for the initiative, known as the Virginia Enterprise Applications Architecture project, could grow if the state exercises two three-year renewal options. CGI-AMS estimates that the state will save $125 million over the life of the contract.

CA to resell storage management tools

Computer Associates International Inc. has agreed to resell virtualization and data-protection tools from StoreAge Networking Technologies Inc. with its BrightStor storage management suite. CA said the StoreAge tools fill a gap in its storage-area networking product line.