Computer Sciences Corp. expects to cut upwards of 5,000 jobs as part of a strategic plan to boost shareholder value, and may even wind up selling the global information technology and systems integration company.
Officials hope the combination of OSEC's custom software applications, engineering services and hardware products and Apogen's IT integration and program management services will create a company that can compete on enterprisewide projects.
Business Objects Inc. acquisition of FirstLogic Inc is part of a long-term strategy by the company to offer its customers a satisfactory data foundation for enterprise information management.
<font color="CC0000"><b>(Updated)</b></font> Telecom equipment makers Alcatel and Lucent Technologies Inc. will create a separate subsidiary to perform sensitive R&D work for the U.S. government and handle certain federal contracts as part of a planned purchase by the French company.
Ericsson has acquired Marconi Communications Federal Inc., a networking and telecom firm, in a move designed to expand the company's networking and telecommunications offerings to the U.S. government.
SRA International Inc. won a five-year, $54.1 million task order from the Small Business Administration to provide IT support to the agency's Disaster Credit Management System.
Intekras Inc. won a five-year, $7.2 million contract to support a network that assists health care providers and associated businesses with Medicaid and Medicare programs.
Staff Writer Roseanne Gerin will moderate an online editorial forum <b>March 30 from noon to 1 p.m. ET</b> featuring <b>Warren Suss</b>, who will answer questions on the effect of AT&T's proposed acquisition of BellSouth on the federal government market.
In the late 1990s, when Evan Lesser was working as an IT professional for a defense contractor, his boss asked him one day to find five job candidates with security clearances to work on a Navy contract the company had.
WorldCell Inc. acquired Mobile-Mind Inc., a developer of subscriber identity module and smart-card technologies. The purchase will enable WorldCell to provide more global managed wireless services to customers.
Democrats on the House Small Business Committee, concerned over President Bush's proposed fiscal 2007 budget, released a report detailing the effect of the proposed cuts on small-business development programs.
Every month, the IT group for BAE Systems North America Inc. invites about three dozen small-business partners to a Homeland Security Department trusted forum. They discuss issues and trends, and identify emerging opportunities as well as share best practices.
AT&T Inc.'s proposed $67 billion stock purchase of BellSouth Corp., the largest deal yet in the ever-consolidating telecommunications industry, could help federal government customers, but likely won't increase competition, federal telecom market analysts said.
Longtime mergers and acquisition player Jon Kutler has left Quarterdeck Investment Partners to form private investment firm Admiralty Partners Inc., capitalizing the venture with $70 million of his own money.
Longtime mergers and acquisition player Jon Kutler has left Quarterdeck Investment Partners to form private investment firm Admiralty Partners Inc., capitalizing the venture with $70 million of his own money.
The General Services Administration plans to release requests for information and hold industry days for the three news lines of business?IT infrastructure, geospatial and budget formulation?in mid-April.
L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. has acquired two companies that specialize inthreat detection technology in keeping with its strategy of consolidating high-tech products companies.
