SAS Institute Inc. announced it will acquire ABC Technologies Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ABC Technologies will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of SAS.
Three executives of Commerce One's e-government division and three institutional investors have negotiated a $9 million buyout of the operation. The firm, now called Aquilent, will officially open March 4.
Titan Corp. of San Diego announced Feb. 25 it will acquire Science & Engineering Associates Inc., a privately held Albuquerque, N.M., provider of engineering and information technology services and specialized laser, sensor, and imaging products to the government.
Information technology consultant and financial services provider Soza & Company Ltd., Fairfax Va., is acquiring technology provider Catnaz Corp., Columbus, Ohio, the companies announced Jan. 31. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The emergence of the government technology sector, or GTS, as a hot investment opportunity presents important questions for owners and executives running privately held companies.
TruSecure Corp. of Herndon, Va., a provider of information security services to government and commercial customers, has acquired Three Pillars Inc., a Norcross, Ga., provider of security outsourcing, monitoring and intelligence services.
Privately held Northern Light Technology LLC has been acquired by Chicago integrated solutions provider Divine Inc., the companies announced Jan. 22. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
One sure sign the government market is gaining respectability is the attention coming from Wall Street, as two government technology companies prepare to go public amid talk that other private firms soon will follow.
Authentication services provider AuthentiDate Holding Corp., Schenectady, N.Y., plans to acquire search engine software provider Zylab International Inc., Germantown, Md., for an undisclosed number of restricted shares of AuthentiDate common stock.