EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from June 2001

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from June 2001

IBM BUILDS LINUX SUPERCOMPUTER TO SPEED THE SEARCH FOR OIL.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 4, 2001... IBM has announced that a major seismic acquisition, processing, and reservoir imaging firm has selected a powerful IBM Linux supercomputer to substantially increase its ability to assist oil companies in their search for new oil reserves hidden...

AMD AND TRANSMETA ANNOUNCE COOPERATION ON FUTURE MICROPROCESSOR STANDARDS.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 4, 2001... AMD (NYSE:AMD) and Transmeta Corporation (Nasdaq:TMTA) have announced that they have signed licensing agreements that promote industry standards for next generation microprocessors. Specifically, Transmeta has licensed AMD's x86-64...

TRIDENT AND ALI INTRODUCE FIRST DDR/SDR BASED INTEGRATED 3D GRAPHICS CORE LOGIC NOTEBOOK SOLUTION.(Product Announcement)
June 4, 2001... Trident Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRID) and Acer Laboratories Inc. (ALi), have announced CyberAladdinT, the industry's first DDR/SDR based integrated 3D graphics chipset supporting future Intel Pentium III Processors built on Intel's industry...

ATI UNVEILS TRUFORM RENDERING TECHNOLOGY.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 4, 2001... ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT), has unveiled TRUFORM, a new rendering technology developed for future generations of graphics processors that will help to deliver the smoothest, most natural 3D images ever seen on both existing...

ADC TAKES ADSL BEYOND THE LIMITS WITH PG-FLEXPLUS EDGE IAD AND PG-FLEXPLUS EDGE RAM.(Product Announcement)
June 4, 2001... ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com), a leading global supplier of fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, has announced the release of PG-FlexPlus Edge RAM and PG-FlexPlus Edge IAD....

SANYO LICENSES JAVA-ENABLED ARM MICROPROCESSOR CORE FOR PORTABLE APPLIANCES.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 4, 2001... ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMHY), a provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions, and SANYO, has announced that SANYO has licensed the ARM926EJ-S microprocessor core for use in portable appliances such as digital cameras, PDAs and...

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS ENTERS NAS MARKET.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 4, 2001... Hitachi Data Systems has announced Hitachi Freedom NAS, the latest addition to its Freedom Data Networks portfolio of network solutions. The new solution allows customers to include both Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network...

ATI'S RAGE MOBILITY 128 GRAPHICS PROCESSOR POWERS APPLE'S NEW IBOOK PORTABLE COMPUTER.(Product Information)
June 4, 2001... ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT), a provider of graphics, video and multimedia solutions, has announced that Apple has selected ATI's RAGE MOBILITY 128 graphics chip for its new iBook notebook computer. The RAGE MOBILITY 128...

MICROS-TO-MAINFRAMES SIGNS DIRECT CONTRACT WITH LEXMARK.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc., (MtM) (NASDAQ:MTMC) a leading computer and communications technology management company providing network consulting, engineering, and related services announced recently that it had signed a direct partnering...

TOP STORAGE EXECUTIVES FROM CISCO, COMPAQ, HP, MCDATA AND SEAGATE TO PARTICIPATE IN ROUNDTABLE AT PERIPHERAL CONCEPTS' NETWORK STORAGE 2001.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... Top storage executives from Cisco, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, McDATA and Seagate will assess the storage industry evolution and opportunities in an executive roundtable at Network Storage 2001, in Monterey, Calif., June 13, 2001. ...

MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF SIX OFFICE-CENTRIC SOLUTIONS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE BUSINESS AGILITY.(Product Announcement)
June 4, 2001... In conjunction with the Microsoft Office XP product launch in New York, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) has announced the public availability of six Office family productivity solutions designed to give knowledge workers better ways to manage...

GARTNER DATAQUEST SAYS WORLDWIDE DATABASE SOFTWARE MARKET GREW 10% IN 2000.(Industry Trend or Event)
June 4, 2001... The downturn in the U.S. economy from mid 2000 continued to extend sales cycles resulting in slower growth in the worldwide database management systems (DBMS) software market in 2000. Worldwide new license revenue in the DBMS market reached...

TURBOLINUX OPERATING SYSTEM 7 TO BE RELEASED FOR INTEL ITANIUM-BASED SYSTEMS.(Product Announcement)
June 4, 2001... Turbolinux, Inc., a leader in high-performance Linux for Internet infrastructure solutions, announced recently the release of the Turbolinux Operating System 7 for the 64-bit Intel Itanium architecture. With this product, Turbolinux continues...

GREEN HILLS SOFTWARE INTEGRATES MULTI 2000 IDE WITH RATIONAL ROSE REALTIME UML DESIGN AND TEST TOOLS.(Product Announcement)
June 4, 2001... Green Hills Software Inc., a supplier of embedded software solutions, recently announced the integration of its MULTI 2000 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with Rational Rose RealTime. Together, MULTI and Rational Rose RealTime...

INDIGO SOFTWARE TEAMS WITH SONUS NETWORKS TO BRING FORWARD DELIVERY OF SIP INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 4, 2001... Indigo Software, a pioneering Internet-infrastructure software developer, announced recently that it has joined the Sonus Networks (Nasdaq:SONS) Open Services Partner Alliance (OSPA). Designed to provide a framework that offers service...

SAGE SOFTWARE FINALIZES PURCHASE OF PLATINUM FOR WINDOWS.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 4, 2001... Sage Software Inc., the leading supplier of business management software solutions in the mid-market, has announced the close of the purchase of Platinum for Windows, a PC-based financial application for small enterprise businesses from Epicor...

J.D. EDWARDS AND CAMSTAR DELIVER SEAMLESS SOFTWARE INTEGRATION THROUGH ALLIANCE WITH AMX INTERNATIONAL.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 4, 2001... J.D. Edwards & Company (Nasdaq: JDEC), a provider of agile, collaborative solutions for the Internet economy, and Camstar Systems, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative manufacturing execution (CME) solutions, has announced the companies'...

AMD INTRODUCES WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL PC PROCESSOR, THE 1.4GHZ AMD ATHLON PROCESSOR.(Product Announcement)
June 11, 2001... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced the 1.4 GHz AMD Athlon processor, the world's most powerful PC processor for the performance market, and the 950MHz AMD Duron processor for everyday business and home computing. The 1.4GHz AMD Athlon...

ADIC LAUNCHES INDUSTRY'S FIRST SAN-ENABLED ENTERPRISE LIBRARY.(Product Announcement)
June 11, 2001... Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) has unveiled a breakthrough new enterprise tape library platform, the first in the industry to enable data consolidation in fast-growing corporate storage network environments. The new...

NEC AND TELLIUM TO DEVELOP SIMPLIFIED GLOBAL OPTICAL NETWORK SOLUTION.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 11, 2001... NEC America Public Networks Group, a developer of advanced communication products, software and services for public networks, and Tellium (Nasdaq: TELM), provider of the world's first in-service, intelligent core optical switch, have announced...

HITACHI'S NEW PRIUS LCD PCS FEATURE SILICON IMAGE SII 861 PANELLINK MONITOR CONTROLLER.(Product Information)
June 11, 2001... Hitachi Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) has incorporated Silicon Image's SiI 861 Digital Visual Interface (DVI)-compliant monitor controller into its recently announced 5 and 7 Series Prius LCD PCs. The SiI 861 is a single-chip solution coupling an...

DOWSLAKE MICROSYSTEMS UNVEILS INDUSTRY'S FIRST INTELLIGENT OPTICAL SUBSYSTEM PLATFORM.(Product Announcement)
June 11, 2001... Dowslake Microsystems, a pioneer of intelligent optical subsystems, has unveiled its Programmable Optical Processor (POP) platform. The POP enables the optical systems manufacturers to rapidly design and deliver new and enhanced capabilities of...

AGILENT'S NETWORKING AND COMPUTING GROUP INCORPORATES VERPLEX FORMAL VERIFICATION SOLUTION IN DESIGN FLOW.(Product Information)
June 11, 2001... Agilent Technologies' Networking and Computing ASIC Group has incorporated the Verplex formal verification software into its design flow. Verplex's Tuxedo Logic Equivalence Checker (LEC) has been deployed into its advanced hierarchical...

SPRINT AND ZLAND AGREE TO DEVELOP NETWORK OPS CENTER.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 11, 2001... ZLand, Inc. has joined the ranks of the Sprint Enabling ASP (E|ASP) program. Sprint E|Solutions and ZLand will build a network operations center to host ZLand's suite of Internet-based business applications. When completed, the...

WINCOR NIXDORF INTRODUCES BATTERY-POWERED MOBILE POS SYSTEM.(Product Announcement)
June 11, 2001... Wincor Nixdorf Inc., a leading provider of IT products and solutions to the retail and banking industries, has announced a new Mobile Point-of-Sale system. The BEETLE /Mobile POS incorporates a standard BEETLE system with DC power supply...

TOSHIBA DEVELOPS WORLD'S FIRST 260,000-COLOR POLYMER ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 11, 2001... Toshiba Corporation has developed the world's first prototype of a full-color polymer organic light emitting display (OLED), a 2.85-inch display supporting 260,000 colors in Q-CIF format and a 64-level (6-bit) gray scale. The breakthrough...

ANTEON CORPORATION AWARDED $15.6M CONTRACT FOR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE BY SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER.(Government Activity)
June 11, 2001... Anteon Corporation, a leading information technology and engineering solutions company, has been awarded a contract for computer systems operations and maintenance of computers, peripherals, tactical displays and networks by the Space and Naval...

DEPARTMENT OF NAVY ESTABLISHES BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH CRUNCHY TECHNOLOGIES FOR PAGESCREAMER 2.0.(Government Activity)
June 11, 2001... Crunchy Technologies, an e-business and e-government solutions provider, has announced that it has entered into a blanket purchase agreement with the Department of the Navy for the acquisition of PageScreamer. Other Department of Defense...

TRIMBLE WINS MULTIPLE ARMY CONTRACTS.(Government Activity)
June 11, 2001... Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) has been awarded three equipment contracts from the U.S. Army for construction and surveying. Under the contracts, Trimble will supply machine control equipment, Global Positioning System (GPS) and construction design...

MITRE RELEASES INFORMATION SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROTOTYPES.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 11, 2001... The MITRE Corporation announced that several of its information security tools have been made available in the public interest for licensing on a non-exclusive basis. These tools have been funded through MITRE work in its federally funded...

MILLER ON PROCUREMENT.(Column)
June 11, 2001... **IBM** They are truly remarkable. No other firm has been so successful in federal IT business despite the rules. One friend told me that IBM doesn't have to break the rules, the Colonel will do it for them. But IBM knew the rules back...

TRW Inc.
June 11, 2001... TRW Inc., Tactical Systems, Carson, Calif., was awarded on May 17, 2001, an $891,140 delivery order amount as part of a not-to-exceed $50,000,000 delivery order/time and material delivery orders (for system technical services) and...

Lockheed Martin, Government Electronics Systems.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... Lockheed Martin, Government Electronics Systems, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $30,002,956 cost-plus-award-fee level-of-effort option exercise for 326,000 man-hours to perform Aegis Combat System Baseline upgrades and critical...

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories.(Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center contract)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, Camden, N.J., is being awarded a $6,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing arrangement to define, develop, evaluate and demonstrate anytime...

Smith's Industries.(Naval Inventory Control Point contract)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... Smith's Industries, Product Support North America, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded order 5017 against Basic Ordering Agreement N00383-00-G-002D in the amount of $10,953,341 for 21 shipsets (kits of varying quantities of encoder-decoder...

BAE Systems Portal Solutions Inc.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... BAE Systems Portal Solutions Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $49,854,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee (indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity) contract for system engineering, integration management and configuration management support for the...

The Air Force is modifying a contract with the Boeing Co.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... The Air Force is modifying a contract with the Boeing Co., Information and Communications Systems, Anaheim, Calif. This action adjusts the scope of the ongoing effort to design and develop modifications to incorporate new military and civilian...

Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics and Surveillance System-Surface Systems.(Naval Surface Warfare Center contract)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics and Surveillance System-Surface Systems, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $74,791,712 cost-plus-award-fee contract for Aegis training, maintenance and logistics services, training systems support, and...

BAE Systems Technologies, Inc.(contract supporting the Special Communications Requirements Division at the Naval Air Warfare Center)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... BAE Systems Technologies, Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded an $11,507,744 cost-plus-fixed-fee, term, services contract for engineering and technical services for life cycle support of communication-electronic equipment supporting the...

General Dynamics Government Systems Corp.(United States. Army Communications-Electronics Command contract)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... General Dynamics Government Systems Corp., Taunton, Mass., is being awarded an $8,254,032 modification to firm-fixed-price contract DAAB07-94-C-N853, to exercise options for common hardware/software items for project manager, Army Tactical...

Raytheon Aircraft Co.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 11, 2001... Raytheon Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $5,468,445 fixed price incentive firm contract to provide for computer work stations, and software and Training Integrated Management System in support of the Joint Primary Aircraft...

McDonnell Douglas Corp.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... McDonnell Douglas Corp., Saint Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $5,339,379 cost plus fixed fee contract to provide for research and development to develop, analyze and document requirements for the Networked Embedded Software Technology program....

Boeing Co.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... Boeing Co., Information and Surveillance Systems, Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $7,000,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) modernization and sustainment support...

University of Hawaii.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a $181,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This action provides for computer support, research, development, maintenance, operations and management for the Maui...

IBM ALTERS SILICON TO INCREASE CHIP SPEEDS UP TO 35 PERCENT.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 18, 2001... IBM has developed a breakthrough method to alter silicon - the fundamental material at the heart of microchips - which is expected to boost chip speeds by up to 35 percent. Called "Strained Silicon", the technology stretches the material,...

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY DEBUTS FIRST 512 KBIT I2C SERIAL EEPROM IN 8-LEAD SOIC PACKAGE.(Microchip Technology 24LC515)(Product Announcement)
June 18, 2001... Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) has announced an industry first by offering a 512 Kbit I2C serial EEPROM that fits into a standard 8-lead SOIC (.208) package. The 24LC515 is part of a family of devices that gives Microchip the ability...

MIPS TECHNOLOGIES LICENSES 32-BIT CORE TO BRECIS COMMUNICATIONS.(MIPS TechnologiesMIPS32 4Km)(Product Announcement)
June 18, 2001... MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS, MIPSB), a provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and network applications, has licensed its MIPS32 4Km synthesizable core to BRECIS Communications, a...

NORTEL NETWORKS UNVEILS INDUSTRY'S FIRST 10-GIGABIT ETHERNET OPTICAL ADAPTER FOR SERVERS.(Product Development)
June 18, 2001... Combining the power of optical networking with the simplicity, flexibility and cost effectiveness of Ethernet, Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT)(TSE:NT.) has announced the industry's first 10-Gigabit Ethernet Optical Adapter for Servers. The device is...

AUTODATA DELIVERS THE FUTURE-TODAY-WITH DEBUT OF SECOND GENERATION CROSS-BRAND INTERNET 'BACKBONE' FOR AUTO INDUSTRY.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 18, 2001... Autodata Solutions, Inc., a leading developer and supplier of automotive data, content and technology solutions for the North American automotive industry, has announced the debut of its second-generation Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based...

HITACHI SYSTEMS CHOOSES SSH IPSEC TOOLKIT FOR VPN DEVELOPMENT.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 18, 2001... SSH Communications Security (HEX:SSH1V), a developer of Internet security technologies, and Hitachi Systems and Services has announced that Hitachi has licensed SSH IPSEC Express toolkit for its desktop solutions. Hitachi Systems will use...

ADC ANNOUNCES AVIDIA 2200 NEXT-GEN DSLAM FOR REMOTE CABINETS.(Product Announcement)
June 18, 2001... ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com), a supplier of fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, has announced the Avidia 2200, a compact, environmentally hardened DSLAM designed to deliver...

EVOKE SOFTWARE MARKET STRATEGY SUPPORTS PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS' GLOBAL DATA MANAGEMENT SURVEY FINDINGS.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 18, 2001... Evoke Software's COO, Rick Cortese has announced that a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers' survey corroborated Evoke Software's own observations and experience with prospects and customers -- that data management issues are becoming major obstacles...

NEOWARE RELEASES NEOLINUX 2.1 - THE PREMIER EMBEDDED LINUX SOFTWARE FOR COMPUTING APPLIANCES.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 18, 2001... Neoware Systems (Nasdaq: NWRE), has announced Release 2.1 of its NeoLinux operating system with enhancements that improve the user experience through increased functionality. NeoLinux Release 2.1 makes Neoware's Eon family of computing...

JAVELIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. LAUNCHES JAVTRADER AT SIA 2001.(Product Announcement)
June 18, 2001... Supporting the SIA 2001 theme of "Delivering Exceptional Financial Services," Javelin Technologies Inc. has announced the launch of JavTrader, a web-based, front-end technology that lets traders consolidate orders from their portfolio...

SIERRA LICENSES WILDTANGENT'S TECHNOLOGY FOR SWAT 3 WEB SITE.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 18, 2001... Sierra On-Line has engaged in a broad-ranging technology license to use WildTangent's Web Driver technology to market and promote Sierra's family of PC and console entertainment products. Sierra On-Line used WildTangent's 3ds max exporter...

ORACLE REACHES OUT TO INFORMIX PARTNERS.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... With the recently announced sale of Informix's database business to IBM, many Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Value Added Resellers (VARs) are concerned about future support and technology issues that could impact business growth and...

4THPASS INTRODUCES MOBILE JAVA MICROBROWSER WITH ADVANCED USER INTERFACE.(Product Announcement)
June 18, 2001... 4thpass, Inc. has developed an advanced microbrowser that dramatically improves how content is viewed, downloaded and used on current and next-generation wireless devices. The new KBrowser has an advanced graphical user interface and...

IBM DELIVERS WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL UNCLASSIFIED SUPERCOMPUTER, AIMING FOR BREAKTHROUGH IN FUEL-EFFICIENT AUTOMOBILES.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 25, 2001... IBM has delivered the world's most powerful unclassified supercomputer, which will conduct the basic scientific research that may lead to breakthroughs in fuel-efficient automobiles. The announcement came as IBM captured the number one...

AMI SEMICONDUCTOR LICENSES ARM MICROPROCESSOR CORES FOR ADVANCED FPGA-TO-ASIC DESIGNS.(ARM Computer ARM7TDMI and ARM Computer ARM922T)(Company Business and Marketing)
June 25, 2001... ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], aprovider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions, has announced two licensing agreements with AMI Semiconductor (AMIS), the industry's leading FPGA-to-ASIC conversion provider. AMIS has licensed the...

CRAY INC. SUPERCOMPUTERS ARE LARGEST AND FASTEST AMONG LEADING VENDORS ON WORLD'S "TOP500 SUPERCOMPUTERS" LIST.(including Cray T3E)(Product Information)
June 25, 2001... Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) has said that its supercomputers were the largest and fastest among leading vendors' systems in the latest independent list of the world's "Top500 Supercomputer Sites." In addition to averaging 34 percent faster than the...

PC MANUFACTURERS ROLL OUT WINDOWS XP READY PCS.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 25, 2001... Customers looking forward to Windows XP can purchase a new "Windows XP Ready PC" today that meets the system requirements for the new operating system, allowing them to upgrade to Windows XP the day it ships, thanks to the Windows XP Ready PC...

COMPAQ ANNOUNCES STRONG SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT'S WINDOWS XP READY PROGRAM.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 25, 2001... Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) has announced that beginning in late June, its most popular new home, home office and business desktop and notebook PCs sold in the U.S. will be shipped with all the hardware requirements to support the...

GARTNER DATAQUEST FORECASTS 2001 WORST YEAR EVER FOR DRAM INDUSTRY; NEW REPORT PREDICTS REVENUE TO DECLINE 55.5% IN 2001.(Industry Trend or Event)
June 25, 2001... The DRAM industry will experience its worst year ever in 2001, with worldwide revenue declining 55.5 percent over 2000, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB). Worldwide DRAM revenue is projected to fall...

AMD ANNOUNCES THE WORLD'S FIRST HYPERTRANSPORT IMPLEMENTATION - NVIDIA'S NFORCE CHIPSET.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 25, 2001... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced that NVIDIA has incorporated AMD's HyperTransport data bus technology into its new nForce platform processing architecture, becoming the first chipset to incorporate AMD's innovative data bus technology. More...

IBM AND NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR TEAM ON HOME GATEWAYS.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 25, 2001... IBM (NYSE: IBM) and National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) have announced new technology for home gateways, which enable pervasive Internet access throughout the home and remote management of common household appliances such as lights, security...

RAYTHEON AWARDED CONTRACT FOR NEW MARINE CORPS AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM WITH A POTENTIAL VALUE OF $160 MILLION.(Government Activity)
June 25, 2001... Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has received a Marine Corps contract worth potentially $160 million dollars for the next generation Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S). CAC2S will provide a common set of hardware and software...

BAE SYSTEMS AWARDED $64.1 MILLION CONTRACT FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT.(from Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Patuxent River)(Government Activity)
June 25, 2001... BAE SYSTEMS Applied Technologies, part of BAE SYSTEMS North America, has been awarded a contract with a ceiling value of $64.1 million by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Patuxent River in St. Inigoes, Maryland. Under this...

MILLER ON PROCUREMENT.
June 25, 2001... ***GOVERNMENT SALES*** I founded this firm in 1973 for a couple of basic reasons. Agencies were abusing vendors. This was especially true to GSA. In fact GSA was abusing agencies as well. I remember a case where GSA took an excess machine...

ADOBE WELCOMES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS REQUIRING ENHANCED WEB ACCESSIBILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.(has products and plug-ins to meet specifications)(Product Information)
June 25, 2001... Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE), a leader in Network Publishing, praised U.S. government agency efforts to make their Web sites more accessible to individuals with disabilities in compliance with federal regulations that took effect...

The Boeing Co., Albuquerque, N.M., is being awarded a $7,500,000 (not-to-exceed) cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... The Boeing Co., Albuquerque, N.M., is being awarded a $7,500,000 (not-to-exceed) cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide for research, development and technology demonstration in support of the Laser Analysis and Testing for Intelligence,...

The Boeing Co. (McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary) St. Louis, Mo., is being selected to receive a $485,000,000 cost-plus-award fee and $1,000,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... The Boeing Co. (McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary) St. Louis, Mo., is being selected to receive a $485,000,000 cost-plus-award fee and $1,000,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts contingent upon approval...

Harris Corp., Palm Bay, Fla., is being awarded a $300,000,000 (maximum) firm-fixed-price and variable-quantity contract.(Government Activity)
June 25, 2001... Harris Corp., Palm Bay, Fla., is being awarded a $300,000,000 (maximum) firm-fixed-price and variable-quantity contract to provide for development and production of up to 200 ground multi-band terminals. These modular, lightweight and...

Raytheon Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., is being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an estimated cumulative total of $26,000,000.(from U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... Raytheon Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., is being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an estimated cumulative total of $26,000,000 (an appropriation number and dollar value will be issued with each delivery order) for...

Advanced Concepts Engineering Division of Ki,* LLC, Tampa, Fla.(gets contract from Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center)(Government Activity)
June 25, 2001... Advanced Concepts Engineering Division of Ki,* LLC, Tampa, Fla., is being awarded a $9,877,087 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide technical and engineering services to support communication/convergent technology systems/equipment. This...