Compaq Computer Corp.'s subcontracting role on the recently announced $2 billion National Security Agency Project Groundbreaker ? won by Computer Sciences Corp. ? is more than just sweet success for the Houston company. It represents the federal unit's new emphasis on being the sole provider of both hardware and support services for integrators.
Unisys Corp. has received a blanket purchase agreement from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms that extends its seat management services to 2004.
The U.S. Postal Service's planned $1 billion information technology services contract is attracting some of the largest providers of computer hardware and services. "We're going to go after the contract very aggressively. We've put a significant amount into the relationship," said Ron Ross, president of Compaq Federal.
IBM Corp. won a contract to provide key technologies and support for an experimental National Grid network initiative undertaken by the United Kingdom.
More than half of global mergers fail to achieve their expected results, largely because of inadequate integration, a new Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc. study revealed.
Silicon Graphics Inc. has tapped Anthony Robbins, president of its federal unit, to head up the newly created North American field operations division.
Middleware, Larry Ellison said, is a "nitwit idea." Ellison, Oracle Corp.'s chairman and chief executive officer, was referring to the software that links legacy and other database systems with more advanced Internet applications and computer systems.
SAP Public Services Inc., a subsidiary of SAP America Inc. of Newtown Square, Pa., is providing the Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command armament research, development and engineering center with portal software that provides users with a single point of access to critical information.
The U.S. Postal Service's planned $1 billion information technology services contract is attracting some of the largest providers of computer hardware and services.
Six companies have won the Air Force's $7.6 billion Flexible Acquisition and Sustainment Tool program. The seven-year contract will be used for Air Force orders of managed weapon systems, support systems, subsystems and components.
The Education Department's effort to simplify its student loan process through online services has won a Digital Government Award recognizing best practices in government and higher education.
Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc. has been awarded a task order to support information technology services for the Defense Information Systems Agency's Anti-Drug Network Program, the General Services Administration announced July 11.
The Office of Management and Budget is preparing legislation aimed at leveling the playing field for companies that compete with government agencies for public-sector work.
