CIA Incubator Technologies Ready for Active Duty

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.

Project Protection Comes at a Price

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.

MARKET WATCH

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,

Fingerprinting Puts a More Foolproof Touch on Prime Time

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.

New Deals Land CNSI Millions

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.

CSC Promotes Fed Sector President

Paul Cofoni, president of Computer Science Corp.'s federal sector, has been elected a corporate vice president.

Digital Commerce Files for Bankruptcy, Seeks Buyers

Digital Commerce Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy June 29 and is attempting to reorganize and sell certain assets.

Accenture to Cut Work Force 2 Percent

Accenture Ltd. is reducing its staff by approximately 1,500, or about 2 percent of the its global work force.

Global Crossing to Lose $400 Million Contract

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 Unit Racks Up Naval Air Deal

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, Qwest to Equip $53M NSF Research Network

IBM Corp. and Qwest Communications International Inc. were chosen to support the National Science Foundation's three-year $53 million grid computing project.

CSC Marks $2 Billion Win With Silence

For Computer Sciences Corp., winning the National Security Agency's huge Groundbreaker outsourcing contract has been like catching a tiger by the tail.

MARKET SHARE

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.

GovConnect Climbs Market With Secure Toehold

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.

How Do You Say 'Money?'

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?

10 Companies Compete for $3 Billion Pie

Ten companies have won a chance to compete for a piece of the $3 billion Air Force Training Systems Acquisition II contract.

TRW Awarded $564 Million Missile Defense Deal

TRW Inc.won a seven-year, $564 million follow-on contract for Battle Management Command, Control and Communications products for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Segment program by prime contractor Boeing.

IBM Wins U.K. Deal for Experimental Grid Network

IBM Corp. won a contract to provide key technologies and support for an experimental National Grid network initiative undertaken by the United Kingdom.

CSC, Veridian Team on Fed Digital Forensics Work

Computer Sciences Corp. and Veridian Inc. have entered into a teaming agreement to expand their offerings in the federal digital forensics market.

Anteon Sells Subsidiary to U.K. Firm

Anteon Corp. has sold its subsidiary Interactive Media Corp. to Form Inc., an affiliate of Pearson Publishing UK. Joseph Kampf, president and chief executive officer of Anteon, said the sale of the division furthered the company's concentration on its core market, the federal government.