The federal government's push to purchase information technology that is accessible to people with disabilities has not only focused attention on the needs of 54 million disabled people nationwide, but also has created a competitive market for accessible IT products and related services.
Harris and BAE Systems Inc. won a $2.5 million contract from the Air Force for the risk-reduction phase of a system that provides a high-bandwidth, air-to-air and surface-to-air, digital data link to transmit and receive command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data between airborne platforms and ground- and ship-based terminals.
While there has been a significant amount of consolidation in the federal markets over the past few years, there has been relatively little consolidation among the commercial information technology services firms.
Science Applications International Corp. and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young have signed preferred provider agreements with the University Healthsystem Consortium to provide consortium members with health insurance services.
In-Q-Tel Inc., the Central Intelligence Agency's venture capital arm, has invested $30 million over the past two years in companies with promising technologies.
A few months ago, a major systems integrator put out a request for proposal inviting other companies to bid on the chance to come in and second-guess its work.
The globalization of commerce, technology and finance has begun to affect the aerospace, defense and public-sector markets. The relaxation of many of the impediments to more open government markets is gaining momentum in the United States, as well as in the United Kingdom and European markets. This trend is likely to continue and, more probably, to expand in the years ahead,
When NASA needed a foolproof way of controlling who entered its new Triana Science and Operations Center at the University of California in San Diego, it went for fingerprint-based access.
Client Network Services Inc. signed a$172 million contract for information technology services with the National Nuclear Security Administration, and a $15 million deal from Maine to develop an e-government program.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is yanking a $400 million contract from Global Crossing Ltd. after the four losing bidders protested the award, according industry sources.
Titan Corp. announced Aug. 10 that its wholly owned subsidiary, Titan Systems Corp., won a Naval Air Systems Command contract potentially worth $83 million over five years.
IBM Corp. and Qwest Communications International Inc. were chosen to support the National Science Foundation's three-year $53 million grid computing project.
For Computer Sciences Corp., winning the National Security Agency's huge Groundbreaker outsourcing contract has been like catching a tiger by the tail.
Have we seen the worst of the commercial IT spending slowdown? Based on second quarter reports and the outlook for information technology services companies for the second half of the year, the answer is yes and no.
At a time when many young companies are struggling to survive in the highly competitive state and local government market, GovConnect Inc. has not only found a firm toehold, it has managed to thrive.
The bilingual Canadian military has faced a unique challenge for most of its history: How do you make sure training manuals, documents and other written material say the same thing in French as they do in English?
