Just two months after Avnet Inc. knit its enterprise computer products companies into a $1.4 billion global business unit, that unit has formed a division to distribute a focused line of high-end products to the federal government.
In what might be called the "don't get mad, get even" model for developing software programs, Vista X Software of Austin, Texas, recently released a free utility, GovernMail, that lets users track and contact by e-mail federal and world government representatives.
Merger and acquisition activity remains robust in the federal IT market. But while there are several smaller acquisitions of private companies each month, the larger public acquisitions are fewer.
Merger and acquisition activity remains robust in the federal IT market. But while there are several smaller acquisitions of private companies each month, the larger public acquisitions are fewer.
The merger and acquisition waters stirred again in June with Veridian Corp. snatching up a research and development company, and McBride & Associates dipping into the pond for the first time to buy Marconi Enterprise Solutions Inc.
Integrator stocks declined during the first two weeks of June, following the lead of the Internet stocks and reflecting investors' increasing concerns about second-quarter earnings and the impact of year 2000 spending on non-Y2K projects.
Integrator stocks declined during the first two weeks of June, following the lead of the Internet stocks and reflecting investors' increasing concerns about second-quarter earnings and the impact of year 2000 spending on non-Y2K projects.
Distributor Pinacor Inc.'s new leading executive is focused on forming new alliances with suppliers, adding to the company's range of services and growing its outsourcing business.
Philip Angelides, California's new treasurer, is advocating bundling loans to minority small businesses in emerging markets as a way of funding community development.
Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Logicon unit has joined the contractor team working on the Joint Analytic Support Program for the Defense Supply Service in Washington.
DRS Technologies Inc.'s top executive is not letting a lagging stock price stop him from growing the Parsippany, N.J.-based company into a major supplier to government customers.
The year 2000 computer crisis is not turning into the gold rush many companies had expected, and the few that built profitable Y2K practices are switching gears to find a new niche.
Two weeks ago, I spent three days on the campus of Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Ariz. I attended classes, met with faculty and spoke with students through a media fellowship awarded by Thunderbird and managed by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
Intergraph Corp. should step out of the red this year following a restructuring of the hardware, software and services company, and a legal decision that could boost its position in the workstation market, company officials said.
In a unique and seminal report prepared by the National Research Council last year, this statement appeared in the preface: Ò... there is little understanding of how to relate a seemingly strong and steady flow of new technology to the slower and more diffuse processes of assimilating new technology into the economy.Ó
