EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from March 2002

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from March 2002

IBM CREATES WORLD'S FASTEST SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUITS.
March 4, 2002... IBM has created the world's fastest semiconductor circuit, operating at speeds of over 110 GigaHertz (GHz) and processing an electrical signal in 4.3 trillionths of a second. The circuit was built using IBM's latest silicon germanium...

AMD: SUSE LINUX SUPPORT FOR NEXT-GEN PROCESSORS.(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... SuSE Linux AG has submitted enhancements to the official Linux kernel to support AMD's x86-64 instruction set. The Linux kernel is the fundamental source code upon which all Linux operating systems are based. AMD's next-generation...

NEC ELECTRONICS LAUNCHES 'ESPRIT DE K0RE' MICROCONTROLLER DESIGN CONTEST.
March 4, 2002... NEC Electronics Inc. has announced its 8-bit micro controller design contest that opened for registration on Friday, March 1, 2002. The "Esprit de K0RE" contest invites design engineers to submit an embedded design using NEC's popular...

IBM CHOOSES ATI'S FIRE GL 8800 WORKSTATION GRAPHICS BOARDS TO POWER IBM INTELLISTATION WORKSTATIONS.
March 4, 2002... The FIRE GL 8800, a graphics solution ideally suited for digital designers and artists, will be offered by IBM in IntelliStation E Pro and M Pro professional workstation systems. The FIRE GL 8800 is well matched to professional content...

FUJITSU UNVEILS WORLD'S SMALLEST TOUCH SCREEN NOTEBOOK.
March 4, 2002... Fujitsu PC Corp. has released its newest addition to the LifeBook notebook line with the LifeBook P-1000. The LifeBook P-1000 is the smallest touch screen notebook PC available and is designed to support special-purpose applications, such as...

FORCE ANNOUNCES DUAL PENTIUM III BLADE PREPPED FOR HP BLADE SERVER ALLIANCE PROGRAM.
March 4, 2002... Force Computers has announced that its dual Low-Voltage Pentium III CompactPCI CPCI-786 board-level embedded computing platform has been submitted to Hewlett-Packard Company's Blade Server Alliance Program for testing and possible...

QUATECH RELEASES FIRST LOW PROFILE PCI 2.2 COMPLIANT SERIAL BOARDS.(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... Quatech Inc., a manufacturer of data communication products, has released six multiport serial Low Profile PCI boards. These boards are the first to utilize the Low Profile footprint and fully comply with all other aspects of the PCI 2.2...

HITACHI TO RECONSTRUCT ITS DISPLAY BUSINESS.
March 4, 2002... Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501)(NYSE:HIT) recently announced its decision to reconstruct the Display Group by splitting off the group as a separate company in October 2002. In addition, the group's U.S. subsidiary will phase out production and...

WAVE WIRELESS INTROS SPEEDWAVE LM155 SERIES OF OC-3 DIGITAL MICROWAVE RADIOS.(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... Wave Wireless Networking, a division of SPEEDCOM Wireless Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWC), a provider of broadband wireless solutions, has launched the SPEEDWAVE LM155 digital microwave radios. As Wave's newest addition to the SPEEDWAVE line of...

NOVELL EDIRECTORY SHIPS WITH SAP PORTALS' ENTERPRISE PORTAL SOLUTION.
March 4, 2002... Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) provider of Net business solutions, and SAP Portals, Inc. a provider of open-enterprise portal and business intelligence products and a wholly owned subsidiary of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), have announced that Novell's...

ALTOWEB: EXPANDED PLATFORM SUPPORT AND IMPROVED CONNECTIVITY TO ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS.
March 4, 2002... AltoWeb, Inc. has launched release 2.8 of the AltoWeb Application Platform, with added support for the Linux and AIX operating systems, as well as new data connectivity support for webMethods. With this release, AltoWeb offers organizations an...

NORTEL NETWORKS REMOTE OFFICE CONNECTS VIRTUAL WORKERS WITH VOICE OVER IP.(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT) (TSE:NT.) has announced the availability of Remote Office 9110 and Remote Office 9115, which will allow home-based remote workers to have the same telephone sets, features and services as they would have working in the...

TRUESAN TEAMS UP WITH HITACHI DATA TO ENHANCE OPEN STORAGE MANAGEMENT.
March 4, 2002... TrueSAN Networks, Inc. has announced that it is working with Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd (NYSE:HIT), to integrate its Cloudbreak Storage Operating System with Hitachi Freedom Storage systems. By leveraging...

GREEN HILLS SOFTWARE: MOST ADVANCED CODE COVERAGE TOOL.(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... Green Hills Software has announced G-Cover, the industry's most advanced code coverage analysis tool for embedded software development. The new tool, part of Green Hills' MULTI and AdaMULTI Integrated Development Environments (IDE),...

NCIPHER PROVIDES ADVANCED E-SECURITY MODULE.
March 4, 2002... nCipher plc (LSE:NCH), a provider of cryptographic IT security solutions, recently announced the interoperability of its nForce secure e-commerce accelerators with Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000. The...

COMPAQ DELIVERS TWO POWERFUL NEW WIRELESS READY NOTEBOOKS.(Compaq Presario 2800 and Compaq Evo N800)
March 11, 2002... Compaq Computer Corporation has announced the Presario 2800 and Evo N800 notebooks, two new powerful wireless-ready notebook computers that deliver desktop equivalent performance in sleek, stylish designs. Both the Presario 2800 and Evo...

GARTNER: LATIN AMERICA SERVER REVENUE INCREASED WHILE SHIPMENTS DECLINED IN 2001.
March 11, 2002... While shipments of servers in Latin America declined 2.4 percent in 2001, Latin America server revenue in 2001 increased 5.1 percent from 2000, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB). Gartner Dataquest analysts...

UNISYS DEMOS INTEL XEON MP AND MCKINLEY TECHNOLOGY RUNNING ON UNISYS 32-WAY AND 16-WAY SERVERS.(Unisys e-@ction Enterprise Server ES7000)
March 11, 2002... Unisys recently demonstrated the power and scalability of the soon-to-be-released 32-bit Intel Xeon processor MP and the 64-bit McKinley processor on 32-way and 16-way Unisys ES7000 enterprise servers, respectively. A Unisys e-@ction...

REALNETWORKS: AGREES WITH INTEL TO SHIP REALONE PLAYER WITH INTEL DESKTOP BOARDS.
March 11, 2002... RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), the global leader in Internet media delivery, has announced an agreement with Intel Corporation, the world's largest computer chip maker, to distribute the RealOne Player on Intel's newest PC desktop boards....

IBM, XILINX: MULTI $MILLION MANUFACTURING DEAL.
March 11, 2002... IBM and Xilinx recently announced a two-year, multi-million dollar agreement under which IBM will manufacture the newly-announced Xilinx Virtex-II Pro semiconductor products. IBM plans to manufacture the parts for Xilinx using IBM's most...

FUJITSU AND GLOBAL LOCATE INTRO GL-16000 IC FOR WIRELESS GPS APPS.
March 11, 2002... Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) and Global Locate Inc. have jointly introduced a fast, low-power receiver that lets wireless phones receive GPS satellite signals indoors. Designed to add location capabilities to wireless...

XTENSA PROCESSOR CHOSEN FOR BROADBAND OPTICAL NETWORK SOCS.
March 11, 2002... Tensilica Inc. has announced that OptiX Networks has licensed the company's Xtensa technology. OptiX Networks will employ Tensilica processor cores in VLSI chipsets targeted at Broadband Optical Backbone, Interoffice and Metro Area...

DATA TRANSLATION SHIPS DT3162 FRAME GRABBER.
March 11, 2002... Data Translation, Inc. (NASDAQ: DATX), has announced the shipment of the DT3162, a variable-scan monochrome frame grabber for the PCI bus. The board provides up to a 40 MHz pixel acquire rate to accommodate newer, faster cameras;...

CAST RELEASES 80186-COMPATIBLE PROCESSOR CORE.(Product Announcement)
March 11, 2002... Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. has announced the addition of the C80186TX Microprocessor core to its line of general purpose IP (gpIP) for electronic design. Fully software-compatible with the popular Intel 80C186...

AVAYA AWARDED MULTI $MILLION PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY TREASURY.
March 11, 2002... Avaya a global provider of voice and data networks to businesses and government, has announced that it has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to provide voice and data solutions to the agency and...

CSC WINS $25 MILLION NASA JET PROPULSION LAB CONTRACT.
March 11, 2002... Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) has been awarded a contract to provide institutional services and support to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The two-year, $25 million contract provides for up to ten additional option years of...

MILLER ON PROCUREMENT.
March 11, 2002... By Terry Miller Two of the more complex and rather hidden issues in selling to the federal agencies are the Buy American Act (BAA) and the Trade Agreements Act (TAA). If readers wish more detailed information we have two larger articles on...

FIRSTGOV'S NEW FOCUS ON CUSTOMERS: INTROS CITIZEN, BUSINESS, AND GOVERNMENT GATEWAYS IN RE-DESIGN.
March 11, 2002... FirstGov the U.S. Government's official Internet portal to all government information is launching a totally new look and feel today. The redesigned FirstGov.gov site is focusing on customer channels or gateways for citizens, business, and...

Lockheed Martin, Naval Electronic & Surveillance Systems.(contract award)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2002... Lockheed Martin, Naval Electronic & Surveillance Systems, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a cost-ceiling $420,000,000 cost-plus-award-fee contract to develop the S-Band Radar component of the Sea-based Midcourse Defense (SMD) Advanced Radar...

Northrop Grumman Marine Systems.
March 11, 2002... Northrop Grumman Marine Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded $36,746,277 to exercise an option under previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00030-01-C-0071) for U.S./U.K. TRIDENT II (D-5) Launcher Sub-System Deployed Systems...

McDonnell Douglas Corp.(Brief Article)
March 11, 2002... McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Boeing Company, St. Louis, is being awarded a $16,000,000 ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee contract (N00019-00-C-0307) to provide the Initial...

The Boeing Company.(Brief Article)
March 11, 2002... The Boeing Company, of Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded a sole-source letter other transaction agreement with a not-to-exceed amount of $23,930,000.00 for System Engineering and Integration work in support of the Missile Defense National Team...

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems.(Brief Article)
March 11, 2002... Lockheed Martin Mission Systems, of Gaithersburg, Md., is being awarded a sole-source Letter Other Transaction Agreement with a not-to-exceed amount of $23,001,592.00 for the development and integration of the Battle Management, Command and...

TRW Systems of Fairfax, Va., is awarded a task order for $43,745,533.(Brief Article)
March 11, 2002... TRW Systems of Fairfax, Va., is awarded a task order for $43,745,533 under fixed-price-cost-plus-fixed-price contract for effort required to design and deploy an automated travel manager system to all of the Department of Defense. This contract...

General Dynamics Government Systems Corp.(contract award)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2002... General Dynamics Government Systems Corp., of Taunton, Mass., is awarded a modification for $9,248,675 to a firm-fixed-price contract. The modification will exercise options for common hardware/software items for Army tactical command and...

TRW Systems, Bellevue, Neb., is being awarded a $14,753,277.(Brief Article)
March 11, 2002... TRW Systems, Bellevue, Neb., is being awarded a $14,753,277 cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide for the Air Force weather weapon system. This includes systems engineering, systems management, program management, system sustainment, and...

Lockheed Martin Corp., Information Systems Division.(Brief Article)
March 11, 2002... Lockheed Martin Corp., Information Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded an $11,852,916 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-00-C-0289) to exercise an option for the procurement of three...

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Aeronautics Co.(Brief Article)
March 11, 2002... Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas is being awarded a $12,715,890,000 (estimated) indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract to provide for the Falcon 2020 program. This program includes engineering...

TELELOGIC WINS CONTRACTS WORTH MORE THAN $800,000 FOR ADVANCED SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
March 11, 2002... Telelogic (Stockholm: TLOG), a global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development, has announced that it will book more than US$800,000 in revenues from two recently awarded contracts. A supporting technology...

IRS SIGNS CONTRACT WITH BASIS100 FOR AUTOMATED VALUATION MODEL PASS.
March 11, 2002... Basis100 Inc. (BAS:TSE), an e- commerce technology solutions provider for the financial services industry, has announced that the IRS has adopted Basis100's PASS product for assistance in determining an individual's equity in their real...

EPA - OIG AWARDS BUCHANAN & EDWARDS CONTRACT FOR 360 DEGREE FEEDBACK INSTRUMENT.
March 11, 2002... Buchanan & Edwards, Inc., a Virginia-based consulting firm specializing in strategic technology solutions for human resources management, announced recently it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),...

CONTRACT AWARD: SSP-LITRONIC WINS $2.3 MILLION INITIAL CONTRACT FOR DOD SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
March 11, 2002... SSP-Litronic, the government enterprise division of data security provider SSP Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq:SSPX), has announced it will provide an estimated $2.3 million in smart card and digital certificate management software and engineering...

AMD EXPANDS FLAGSHIP AMD ATHLON PROCESSOR LINEUP.(AMD Athlon XP processor 2100+ for desktop PCs, the AMD Athlon MP processor 2000+ for servers and workstations, and the mobile AMD Athlon 4 processor 1600+ for notebook PCs)(Product Announcement)
March 18, 2002... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has introduced three new high performance processors: the AMD Athlon XP processor 2100+ for desktop PCs, the AMD Athlon MP processor 2000+ for servers and workstations, and the mobile AMD Athlon 4 processor 1600+ for notebook...

IBM ESERVER DELIVERS LEADING PERFORMANCE FOR SAP SOLUTIONS.(IBM eServer xSeries 440)(Product Announcement)
March 18, 2002... IBM has announced that the just-introduced IBM eServer xSeries[TM] 440 has achieved leadership performance in both eight-processor and four-processor Intel[R]-based server performance in the SAP[R] Sales and Distribution (SAP SD) two-tier...

FORCE INTROS SYSTEM 1H FROM FLEXOR LINE FOR EXTREMELY HIGH-DENSITY COMPUTING NEEDS.(Force Computers System 1H embedded servers)(Product Announcement)
March 18, 2002... Force Computers has introduced the System 1H, a half-depth, 1U footprint platform and the newest member of the Flexor family of embedded solutions. Designed to NEBS Level 3 requirements for harsh operating conditions and standard with a...

LSI LOGIC AND AXYS DESIGN ANNOUNCE INTEGRATION OF ZSP DSP MODELS IN AXYS DESIGN'S MAXLIB COMPONENT LIBRARY.
March 18, 2002... LSI Logic (NYSE:LSI) and AXYS Design Automation, Inc. recently announced the integration of ZSP DSP models into MaxLib, AXYS Design's library of models for SoC components. AXYS Design will distribute the ZSP DSP MaxLib models to LSI Logic...

DUET 6001P -- COMMATCH'S NEW VOIP SOLUTION FOR BUSINESS.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 18, 2002... comMATCH launches the Duet 6001P, a new product module developed to help service providers in delivering PRI services to business customers. comMATCH's leading Duet 6001 product that natively supports ISDN BRI connectivity adequate for...

ADC LAUNCHES WORLDDSL G.S, G.SHDSL COMPLIANT ACCESS DEVICES FOR GLOBAL CARRIERS.(Product Announcement)
March 18, 2002... ADC a global supplier of fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, has announced the WorldDSL G.S family of high-speed G.shdsl modems. WorldDSL G.S assists carriers in economically...

PMC-SIERRA INTRODUCES 600 MHZ PIN-COMPATIBLE RM7000 64-BIT MIPS-BASED PROCESSORS.(PMC-Sierra RM7000C and PMC-Sierra RM7065C)(Product Announcement)
March 18, 2002... RM7000C and RM7065CDeliver Production Speed Upgrades Up to 600 MHz and Lower Power Consumption for Networking Applications, Networked Printers and Set-Top Boxes PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq:PMCS) recently introduced the fourth generation of its...

SEAGATE RSS DEBUTS HORNET TRAVAN 40 TAPE DRIVE PRODUCTS FOR ENTRY-LEVEL SERVER ENVIR.(Product Announcement)
March 18, 2002... Seagate Removable Storage Solutions (RSS), a manufacturer of computer tape drive and tape head products, recently announced the introduction of the new Seagate internal Hornet 40 and TapeStor Travan 40 tape drives and solutions to support the...

LINUX SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS IS MOVING INTO THE ENTERPRISE.(according to Aberdeen Group)
March 18, 2002... Recently released research by Aberdeen Group, a market analysis and positioning services firm, states that several Linux-based software suppliers are selling software management solutions for Linux systems. These solutions remove one of the...

SAP: SMART BUSINESS SOLUTIONS PROGRAM FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES.
March 18, 2002... SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) has announced its new Smart Business Solutions program for the small and medium business (SMB) market. The program addresses distinct segments of this market based on the degree of IT sophistication customers require with...

AMD PURCHASES YIELD DYNAMICS SOFTWARE FOR WORLDWIDE YIELD MANAGEMENT.(Genesis)
March 18, 2002... Yield Dynamics, Inc. has announced that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has purchased its Genesis yield management software for deployment across all of AMD's integrated circuit fabrication sites worldwide. The multi-million dollar order...

STREAMCAST NETWORKS EXPANDS ORGANIZATIONAL FOCUS INTO SEPARATE DIVISIONS FOR CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY.
March 18, 2002... StreamCast Networks, a peer-to-peer (P2P) technology company and the maker of Morpheus, is forming separate divisions for Content and Technology. The Content Division is responsible for deploying the CintoA digital wrapping technology and...

INDIGO SOFTWARE FIRST TO INTRO JAVA-BASED PRESENCE SERVER TO SPARK OFF INSTANT COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE INTERNET.(Indigo Presence Server and Developer API)(Product Announcement)
March 18, 2002... Indigo Software has released the Indigo Presence Server & Developer API, a natural graft for its SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) server suite, which enables the straightforward creation of communication applications utilizing users' presence...

GREEN HILLS SOFTWARE LAUNCHES 4.0 OF INTEGRITY REAL-TIME OS.(Product Announcement)
March 18, 2002... Green Hills Software recently launched version 4.0 of the INTEGRITY real-time operating system (RTOS). The new RTOS, which now supports PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and XScale processors, features full memory protection and guaranteed resource...

METROWERKS SHIPS THE FIRST DEV TOOLS FOR SYMBIAN OS V7.0.(CodeWarrior Development Tools for Symbian OS Professional Edition 1.0)(Product Announcement)
March 18, 2002... Metrowerks has announced the availability of the first development tools designed specifically for the new Symbian OS v7.0. CodeWarrior Development Tools for Symbian OS, Professional Edition, Version 1.0 was developed in partnership with...

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES UNVEILS TMX 880 MPLS CORE SWITCH.(Product Announcement)
March 25, 2002... Switch Breaks New Ground for ATM, Frame Relay and IP Services over a Single, Multiservice Backbone to Help Customers Grow Revenues and Minimize Operations Costs Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) has announced the launch of TMX 880 MPLS Core...

ACOM INTROS MICR-ENHANCED XEROX PHASER 5400 LASER PRINTER.(Product Announcement)
March 25, 2002... ACOM Solutions, Inc., selected by Xerox to MICR-enhance the corporation's Phaser black-and-white laser printers for MICR laser checks and other sensitive financial documents and instruments, has now completed the MICR-enhancement engineering...

NETWORK APPLIANCE LAUNCHES NEARSTORE R100.(Product Announcement)
March 25, 2002... Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP), a provider of enterprise storage solutions, has announced the availability of the first product in the NearStore family -- the NearStore R100. The NearStore product family, first announced in December...

FORCE ANNOUNCES LINE OF FLEXIBLE, MODULAR COMPACTPCI SYSTEMS FOR LOW-COST INTEGRATION.(Product Announcement)
March 25, 2002... Force Computers has announced the ModuSys line of CompactPCI (CPCI) systems, designed to meet the needs of system integrators, value-added resellers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and others for flexible, modular application...

SEAGATE LAUNCHES DESIGN SERVICE CENTERS TO DELIVER COMPLETE DESIGN AND TIME-TO-MARKET EXPERTISE.
March 25, 2002... Seagate Technology has announced the opening of its Design Service Centers (DSC), a group of facilities created to offer a full range of research and development, design, and testing services to all Seagate customers. With locations in...

HITACHI'S SUPERH SINGLE-CHIP MICRO CONTROLLERS OFFER 65-MIPS PERFORMANCE.(Product Announcement)
March 25, 2002... Hitachi Semiconductor (America) Inc. has expanded its SuperH family of RISC processors by introducing faster, more highly integrated members of the 32-bit SH-2 series of low-cost, low-power micro controllers (MCUs): the SH7144 and SH7145 series...

IBM TO LINK US GOVT LAB COMPUTERS IN POWERFUL GRID.
March 25, 2002... (Reuters) International Business Machines Corp. said Friday it has a deal to link a U.S. government research laboratory's far-flung computers in a powerful grid, massively boosting their ability to study complex issues such as global climate...

BOEING-SAIC TEAM SELECTED FOR ARMY'S FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS PROGRAM.
March 25, 2002... A recent announcement selecting The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] - Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) team as the Lead System Integrator (LSI) for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) places it in a unique partnership role...

ANTEON AWARDED $27M NAVY CONTRACT TO SUPPORT AEGIS SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM.
March 25, 2002... Anteon Corporation, a leading information technology and engineering solutions company, has announced that it has been awarded a 4.75-year (six-month base, four option years and one three-month option) contract by the Naval Surface Warfare...

GSA AWARDS CONTRACT TO AT&T BUSINESS SERVICES FOR FIRSTGOV'S NEW SEARCH ENGINE.
March 25, 2002... The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a contract to AT&T Business Services for the new FirstGov.gov search engine. AT&T will use the FAST Search and Transfer search engine to search over 51 million pages of federal and...

MILLER ON PROCUREMENT.(Column)
March 25, 2002... ***TOM AND THE FAR*** A few years ago I was having a long discussion with an old friend, Tom, CEO of his own business. The subject was the FAR. Finally Tom said, "one of these days, I need to find out what the FAR actually says." He never...

INTERGRAPH UNVEILS 3D INTERFACE, INTEROPERABILITY FRAMEWORK AND SPACE-SAVING COMPUTING DISPLAYS FOR SHIPS.(Product Announcement)
March 25, 2002... Intergraph Government Solutions, a division of Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ:INGR), unveiled recently new software and hardware solutions to improve large ship management and operations. Intergraph's showcase includes an interactive 3D-driven...

VREDENBURG AWARDED $7.5 MILLION NAVY CONTRACT.
March 25, 2002... Comprehensive Project Management Services Support Navy's Undersea Defensive Warfare Systems Programs Vredenburg, a provider of professional & technical services and information technology solutions for government and commercial markets,...

ZETA Associated, Inc.(Brief Article)
March 25, 2002... ZETA Associated, Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $3,303,000 increment as part of a $6,606,000 firm-fixed construction-price contract for implementation of Guardrail Common Sensor (GR/CS) Counter-Terrorism Upgrades to GR/CS System one &...

Science Applications International Corp.(Brief Article)
March 25, 2002... Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $10,223,872 modification to a cost-plus fixed-fee, level of effort contract, for support of the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in the areas of...

McDonnell Douglas Corp.(Brief Article)
March 25, 2002... McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Boeing Co., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $47,000,009 cost-plus-incentive fee contract modification to provide for a computer software upgrade and engineering services in...

ITT Industries, Systems Division.(Brief Article)
March 25, 2002... ITT Industries, Systems Division, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded a $136,988,662 cost-plus-award fee and firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for program management, systems engineering and installation and integration,...

General Dynamics Defense Systems.(Brief Article)
March 25, 2002... General Dynamics Defense Systems, Pittsfield, Mass., is being awarded a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract totaling $9,120,340 for the Launcher Subsystem Control Group (LSCG) Phase I hardware and software critical design; the LSCG hardware...

TDS, Inc.(Brief Article)
March 25, 2002... TDS, Inc., Marlton, N.J., is being awarded an $8,489,278 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide engineering, technical and logistical support services that either directly support or relate to the...

[0] McDonnell Douglas Corp.(contract)(Brief Article)
March 25, 2002... McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Boeing Co., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $47,000,009 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification to provide for computer software upgrade and engineering services. This...

Cable and Computer Technology Inc.(Brief Article)
March 25, 2002... Cable and Computer Technology Inc., Anaheim, Calif., is being awarded a $9,951,750 indefinite-quantity and indefinite-delivery contract for engineering services in support of the Aegis Sites Switching and Data Switching System (DTS). Work will...