Serco Inc. will provide logistics support to the Naval Operational Logistics Support Center under a five-year contract that could be worth as much as $44 million if all option years are exercised.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has joined the escalating war of words between Hewlett-Packard Corp. and Oracle over the future employment status of HP’s former chairman and CEO, Mark Hurd.
Mark Bohannon, former senior vice president of the trade group Software & Information Industry Association, will join Red Hat Inc. on Oct. 1 as vice president of corporate affairs and global public policy.
Former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd’s new job at rival Oracle Corp. hit a legal snag when HP filed suit to stop the appointment just one day after Hurd’s new position was announced.
BAE Systems is acquiring Oasys Technology, a private company that specializes in the design and manufacture of electro-optical systems and subassemblies for aerospace, defense, industrial and commercial markets.
Accenture has won a four-year, $73 million contract to integrate the Defense Logistics Agency’s energy supply chain into its overall enterprise business system program.
Harris Corp. has named Mike Deloney vice president and general manager of Defense Department Programs for its IT services business, succeeding John Heller, who was named president of Harris IT Services earlier this month.
After a seesaw battle of competing bids, Hewlett-Packard Co. outbid Dell Corp. for 3PAR Inc. They have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase 3PAR, a leading global provider of utility storage, through a cash tender offer of $33 per share in cash, or an enterprise value of $2.35 billion.
Edward Meagher joined Computer Sciences Corp. on Sept. 1 as senior executive adviser and vice president for the company's North American Public Sector Civil and Health Services Group.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has announced that an independent commission will be formed to review the weeklong computer failure that affected many state agencies. The contractor, Northrop Grumman Corp., has agreed to pay for the review of the failure.
After a week when a data storage failure in a relatively new statewide system created havoc for Virginia agencies, the final three – including the 74 branches of the Department of Motor Vehicles – are expected to resume services today. But the problems of state agency computer systems are national in scope.
Stephen Tolbert has been named senior vice president of the Health and Civil Services Sector at SRA International Inc., where he will be responsible for leading business development and program execution across federal civilian agencies.
John Hassoun has joined ATS Corp. as senior vice president of federal programs. He comes from Global Strategies Group, an international risk management services company in Dubai.
Acquisition Solutions Inc., a public-sector consulting company, has formally changed its name today to ASI Government to reflect its intention to specialize in performance management solutions for the government.
A failure in a critical component in a data storage unit at a state facility near Richmond, Va., last week led to a massive computer failure that affected the networks at 27 agencies. Most are back online now, but three are still experiencing problems.
