Groh joins ranks at ESN

Denny Groh is hoping lightning will strike again as he takes on a new job as vice president of federal outsourcing with Engineering Services Network Inc.

Blackwater buys training company

Blackwater Worldwide LLC has acquired Backup Training Corp. of Couer d'Alene, Idaho.

President opposes new small-biz legislation

President Bush opposes new legislation that would update contracting programs for small-business contractors because some provisions raise constitutional concerns.

QinetiQ buys secure-messaging company

QinetiQ Group announced it has completed its purchase of Boldon James Holdings Ltd., a U.K. provider of secure messaging solutions for military and government customers.

Accenture snaps up Gestalt

Accenture Ltd. intends to purchase Gestalt LLC, a provider of defense consulting services to the Defense Department.

CDW-G adds small-biz partners

Three small businesses have joined CDW-G's Small Business Partner Consortium, giving them a close relationship to the reseller.

Raytheon closes Oakley buy

Raytheon Co. has completed its purchase of Oakley Networks Inc., a provider of cybersecurity and data leakage prevention systems.

House-passed law would delay 3 percent withholding

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a tax bill that would delay a mandate to government buyers to withhold part of their payments to contractors.

SAP scoops up Yasu Technologies

Enterprise software giant SAP is in the process of acquiring privately held Yasu Technologies for an undisclosed amount, SAP said today.

CyberData to assist GSA with business intelligence

CyberData Technologies Inc. has won a new contract from the General Services Administration to provide a business intelligence framework for GSA's Public Buildings Service.

ATS to buy Number Six

ATS Corp. plans to acquire Number Six Software Inc. for $36 million in a cash-and-stock deal.

Oracle sets its sites on BEA

The database giant has sent a letter to BEA's Board of Directors proposing to buy all shares of BEA Stock for about $6.7 billion. BEA has thus far not responded to the offer.

It's final: CDW goes private

CDW has fulfilled its ambitions to return to private ownership.

Office Remedies, L-3 team on BLS deal

Office Remedies Inc. has won a contract from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to provide data collection services for the Current Employment Statistics program.

A helping hand

Incubators build new tech businesses.

Small companies, new ideas

Battelle research and development vision looks outward

FBI seeks assistance from small business

The bureau will issue 10 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts to small businesses on a new IT Operations Division task order contract.

Sparking an international buying spree

Merger and acquisition activity - both domestic and international - is likely to increase substantially with companies being acquired that perform international services related to nation-building.

Mergers and acquisitions

CACI International Inc. agreed to buy Dragon Development Corp., strengthening its position in the intelligence community market.

SAP makes a grab for Business Objects

SAP will acquire Business Objects in a move that will enable it to offer organizations more advanced business intelligence and decision-making solutions.