EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from May 2001

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from May 2001

SUN MICROSYSTEMS UTILIZES INSILICON USB TECHNOLOGY IN SUN RAY APPLIANCES.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 7, 2001... Sun Microsystems, Inc. is deploying inSilicon's USB 1.1 communications technology in Sun's Sun Ray appliance product line, including the Sun Ray 1, 100, and 150 appliances. "Sun's penchant for product innovation delivers a feature-rich...

NEC COMPUTERS INC. FIRST TO INTRODUCE TRANSMETA-BASED ULTRAPORTABLE NOTEBOOKS IN NORTH AMERICA.(Product Announcement)
May 7, 2001... NEC Computers Inc., has introduced two new ultraportable notebook systems, the NEC Versa DayLite and Versa UltraLite notebook computers. These notebooks are the first sub-3.5-pound ultraportable enterprise notebooks to include lithium polymer...

BROADBAND GATEWAYS AND TDSOFT PARTNER TO ACCELERATE DEPLOYMENT OF STANDARDS BASED VOICE OVER DSL NETWORKS.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 7, 2001... Broadband Gateways, Inc. and Tdsoft Ltd. have formed a partnership to deliver Voice over Digital Subscriber Line (VoDSL) services to the international market using the EVOLO, Intelligent Premises Gateway (IPG) and the VoNGATE, Voice Access...

PIVOTAL AND HEWLETT-PACKARD SIGN STRATEGIC AGREEMENT FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 7, 2001... Pivotal Corporation (Nasdaq:PVTL)(TSE:PVT.) has announced a strategic agreement with Hewlett-Packard (HP) to jointly sell, market and service the Pivotal Demand Chain Network solution suite to the European, Middle-East and African (EMEA)...

THIN COMPUTING, INC. ANNOUNCES ROLLOUT OF BETWIN 98/ME; SOFTWARE ENABLES SINGLE WINDOWS PC TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE USERS.(Product Announcement)
May 7, 2001... Thin Computing, Inc. is announcing BeTwin 98/ME, a software solution that enables two to five users to share the power of one PC. The 98/ME solution relieves technology expense by centralizing computer resources, and providing access for...

GARTNER DATAQUEST FORECASTS WORLDWIDE IT SERVICES SPENDING TO BE $1.4 TRILLION BY 2005.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 7, 2001... Despite concerns about the economy and the struggles among dot-com companies, the worldwide IT services market is projected to grow from $665,870 billion in 2000 to $1.4 trillion in 2005, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner, Inc....

IBM SCIENTISTS REPORT SIGNIFICANT BREAKTHROUGH IN COMPUTER DISPLAY MANUFACTURING.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 7, 2001... IBM researchers have discovered a new process for manufacturing computer displays that can vastly improve screen quality and viewing angles while saving manufacturers millions of dollars. The breakthrough holds the first real potential to...

SPSS SHIPS DATA ENTRY 3.0 FOR LINUX AND SUN SOLARIS SYSTEMS.(Product Announcement)
May 7, 2001... Data Entry 3.0, the latest version of the survey design and data collection software from SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS), is now available for the Linux and Sun Solaris platforms. SPSS Data Entry 3.0 features a new architecture which delivers better...

PINNACLE SYSTEMS EXPANDS OFFERING OF CENTRALCAST SOLUTIONS.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 7, 2001... Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLE) has unveiled its extended line of solutions for CentralCasting, Content Distribution, and Network Localization. Building on the Mediastream product line where multi-channel servers provide solutions for...

TIBCO SOFTWARE AND CHIPDATA TO SIMPLIFY B2B SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 7, 2001... TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq: TIBX) and ChipData, Inc., have announced an alliance that will accelerate trading partner adoption of B2B integration solutions that are based on standard RosettaNet electronic component technical information XML...

AVAYA WINS $30 MILLION CONTRACT TO PROVIDE WORLDWIDE COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR NEWS CORPORATION.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 7, 2001... Avaya Inc. (NYSE: AV), a global leader in corporate networking solutions and services, has announced a two-year, $30 million agreement with News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) to provide comprehensive networking solutions that will be implemented...

AVID XPRESS DV 2.0 SHIPS AT $1,699.(Product Announcement)
May 7, 2001... At the 2001 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference, Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) announced that Avid Xpress DV version 2.0 software is now available. Avid Xpress DV version 2.0 software delivers professional video...

INVESTING SYSTEMS NETWORK OFFERS SOFTWARE FOR SHORT-TERM STOCK TRADERS, AND LONG-TERM INVESTORS.(Product Announcement)
May 7, 2001... Investing Systems Inc. has launched of the latest version of the Investor3000, specifically for short-term stock traders. The software is designed to automatically scan for, and display stocks that have a high probability of making near-term...

ADC LAUNCHES UNIFIED MESSAGE PORTAL, EXTENDING BROADBAND SERVICES PLATFORM AND ENHANCING ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATION MARKETPLACE.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 7, 2001... ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com), a global supplier of fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, has launched its new Unified Message Portal (UMP) application, part of its Broadband...

IONA TECHNOLOGIES BUNDLES CLOUDSCAPE JAVA DATABASE WITH IPORTAL APPLICATION SERVER.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 7, 2001... Informix Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of Informix Corporation (Nasdaq:IFMX), has entered into a joint technology and marketing agreement with IONA, the leading e-business platform provider for Total Business Integration (Nasdaq:IONA)....

TOSHIBA INTRODUCES TRANSMETA CRUSOE-BASED "LIBRETTO" NOTEBOOK PC IN JAPAN.(Libretto L1/060TNMM notebook PC)(Product Announcement)
May 14, 2001... Transmeta Corporation (Nasdaq:TMTA) and Toshiba Corporation have announced the introduction in Japan of Toshiba's Crusoe-based Libretto L1/060TNMM notebook PC with up to 14 hours of battery life. Toshiba announced that the notebook,...

VORDEL ANNOUNCES WORLD FIRST FOR SECURE WIRELESS XML TRANSACTIONS USING WINDOWS CE ON PDA DEVICE.(Product Announcement)
May 14, 2001... Vordel, the leading provider of solutions for secure business communications, has announced a technical world first for the wireless transmission of secure XML data. By integrating e-security from Baltimore Technologies, Vordel has successfully...

QUARRY TECHNOLOGIES INTRODUCES THE IQ4000 IP SERVICE EDGE SWITCH.(Product Announcement)
May 14, 2001... Quarry Technologies, Inc., an innovative supplier of intelligent Internet Protocol (IP) services equipment, has debuted its newest product, the iQ4000(TM) IP Service Edge Switch. The iQ4000 switch is an ideal entry platform for network service...

EVEREST BROADBAND DEPLOYS TIARA NETWORKS' EQUIPMENT, ENABLING IP SERVICES OVER ETHERNET IN METRO AREAS.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 14, 2001... Tiara Networks, a leading provider of distributed edge networking solutions, has announced the planned nationwide deployment of its multimegabit access routers by Everest Broadband Networks, Inc. Everest is a next-generation provider of...

SPHERA OPTICAL NETWORKS OPENS GLOBAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT CENTER.(Company Operations)
May 14, 2001... Sphera Optical Networks, Inc., a leading metro core network provider, has opened its new Global Network Management Center (GNMC) at Raritan Center in Edison, New Jersey. The GNMC monitors Sphera's global metro core networks on a 24 hour/7...

PIVOTAL LAUNCHES PIVOTAL INSTANT ACTION TO EXPEDITE DEMAND CHAIN TRANSACTIONS.
May 14, 2001... Pivotal Corporation (Nasdaq:PVTL)(TSE:PVT.) has launched Pivotal Instant Action, an XML-based solution that accelerates demand chain processes for sales, marketing and service. The solution routes critical business information and...

UNISYS, MICROSOFT, BALTIMORE TECHNOLOGIES TO COLLABORATE ON IDENTRUS ENABLED TRUST SOLUTION.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 14, 2001... Unisys Corporation, Microsoft Corp., and Baltimore Technologies will design, develop, and market the first packaged solution of an Identrus enabled architecture for the Microsoft Windows 2000 platform. This collaboration means that the...

MOTOROLA RELEASES ISKETCH(TM), ALLOWING USERS TO SEND HANDWRITTEN ITEMS VIA THEIR WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICES.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 14, 2001... Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has launched a version of its iSKETCH technology that can be downloaded from the Internet into their Palm OS-based mobile devices. iSKETCH is a digital ink compression and encryption technology that allows users to create...

ADMtek Licenses ARM Cores for Networking Applications.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 14, 2001... ADMtek has licensed the ARM7TDMI(R) and ARM922T(TM) cores for use in their next-generation ASIC solutions for networking applications such as routers and home gateways. ADMtek supplies communications chips to a wide variety of OEMs and ODMs...

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SETS CERTIFICATION TESTING FOR FINX GROUP'S SECURE PORTAL SYSTEM.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2001... The FINX Group Inc. (OTC BB: FXGP) has announced that its Secure Portal System for high security applications, which recently passed the U.S. State Department's preliminary forced entry and ballistics tests, has been scheduled for certification...

ARMY SMALL COMPUTER PROGRAM AWARDS IGOV.COM ADMC-1 BPA.(Government Activity)
May 14, 2001... iGov.com is one of the awardees of the $300 million Army Desktop and Mobile Computing-1 (ADMC-1) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) by the U.S. Army, Small Computer Program (SCP). Under the three-year agreement, iGov.com will deliver a broad...

TRIMBLE WINS MILITARY CONTRACT FROM BOEING.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 14, 2001... Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) has been awarded a contract from the Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) for the U.S. Air Force KC-10A Aircraft Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) upgrade program. The contract is valued at approximately $2.7 million. Under...

SPSS TAKES TO ROAD TO GIVE PUBLIC SECTOR PROFESSIONALS A LEG UP ON THEIR DATA.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 14, 2001... SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS) is presenting the second of three no-charge seminars aimed at researchers, program managers, professors and other public sector professionals responsible for quantitative analysis or data mining. The next seminar will...

MILLER ON PROCUREMENT.(Government Activity)(Column)
May 14, 2001... ***CONSULTANTS*** We are in the federal contracts consulting business. I have been a federal employee for 15 years, worked for five agencies, consulted with about 75 federal agencies, consulted with thousands of vendors etc. I have been...

General Dynamics Government Systems Corp.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2001... General Dynamics Government Systems Corp., Taunton, Mass., is being awarded an $8,757,953 modification to firm-fixed-price contract DAAB07-94-C-N853, to exercise options for common hardware/software items for Project Manager Army Tactical...

American Institutes for Research.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2001... American Institutes for Research, Washington, D.C., is being awarded a $20,807,788 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development of an Advanced Intrusion Prevention System (AIPS). AIPS employs technologies in new ways to identify individuals...

Lockheed Martin Corp.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2001... Lockheed Martin Corp., Information Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $7,607,509 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-00-C-0289) for the fabrication, assembly, integration and testing for three...

Sverdrup Technology Inc.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2001... Sverdrup Technology Inc., Tullahoma, Tenn., is being awarded a $195,200,000 (maximum) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide for technical, engineering, and acquisition support for Headquarters, Air Armament Center and...

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2001... Lockheed Martin Mission Systems, Santa Maria, Calif., is being awarded a $22,000,000 (not to exceed) modification to a cost-plus-award fee contract to provide for enhancement of Eastern Range telemetry and communications equipment to allow for...

Booz Allen and Hamilton.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2001... Booz Allen and Hamilton, McLean, Va., is being awarded a $108,953,134 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support for the Defense Advanced Research...

System Planning Corp.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2001... System Planning Corp., Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $100,972,040 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support for the Defense Advanced Research...

SRS Technologies Corp.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2001... SRS Technologies Corp., Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $99,921,353 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support for the Defense Advanced Research...

Rockwell Collins Inc.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2001... Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Ind., is being awarded a $798,339 delivery order as part of firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract DAAB0701-D-M010, with a potential value of $100,000,000 for worldwide commercial...

Raytheon Systems Co.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2001... Raytheon Systems Co., St. Petersburg, Fla., is being awarded a $10,013,626 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00024-99-C-5110) for the development of Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC)/Enhanced Communication...

Lockheed Martin, Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2001... Lockheed Martin, Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems, Manassas, Va., is being awarded a $9,492,865 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Fixed Surveillance Systems (FSS) Engineering Support Services. The contractor will design, code, test,...

Zel Technologies, Limited Liability Company.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 14, 2001... Zel Technologies, Limited Liability Company, Hampton, Va., is being awarded a $24,700,000 (estimated) cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide design, development, integration, test, documentation, and training development for the Time Critical...

PBM GRAPHICS STREAMLINES RFPS WITH PRAGMATECH SOFTWARE.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 14, 2001... Pragmatech Software, Inc., a leading provider of sales effectiveness software, has announced that PBM Graphics, a top North American printing company, is implementing Pragmatech's proposal automation suite to streamline its request for proposal...

AMD INTRODUCES AMD ATHLON 4, WORLD'S HIGHEST- PERFORMANCE MOBILE PC PROCESSOR FOR NOTEBOOK MARKET.(Product Announcement)
May 21, 2001... AMD (NYSE: AMD) has announced two new mobile processors primed with industry-leading features, the mobile AMD Athlon 4 targeted for the performance space, and the new mobile AMD Duron processor for value-conscious buyers. Both processors...

INTERSIL SELECTS ARM SOLUTIONS FOR NEXT-GEN PRISM WLAN PRODUCTS.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 21, 2001... ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], a provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions, and Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq: ISIL), a developer of silicon technology for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), have announced that Intersil has...

TI INTRODUCES PROTOCOL STACK TO SIMPLIFY NETWORK CONNECTION FOR DSP-BASED INTERNET APPLIANCES.(Product Announcement)
May 21, 2001... Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) has unveiled a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack, which can reduce the cost of network connection by more than 50 percent for manufacturers of digital signal...

WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM ISSUES XML SCHEMA AS A W3C RECOMMENDATION.(Technology Information)
May 21, 2001... The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) issues XML Schema as a W3C Recommendation. XML Schemas define shared markup vocabularies, the structure of XML documents which use those vocabularies, and provide hooks to associate semantics with them. ...

ADIC DELIVERS SCALABLE AIT LIBRARY.(Product Announcement)
May 21, 2001... Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC)(Nasdaq:ADIC) has launched its new Scalar 100 AIT automated tape library, a high performance, high density, rack-mountable solution for data protection and high capacity digital storage. The...

ERICSSON AND CHINA UNICOM SIGN CDMA CONTRACTS VALUED AT OVER USD 200 MILLION.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 21, 2001... Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) has entered into contracts with China Unicom to deploy Ericsson CDMA infrastructure equipment in seven provinces in China. "We are honored to be selected by China Unicom to assist them in rolling out their...

ZIP 250 INTERNAL SCSI DISK DRIVE INTROD BY WINSTATION SYSTEMS.(Product Announcement)
May 21, 2001... Winstation Systems Corporation has announced OEM availability of the Winstation internal SCSI ZIP 250 Disk Drive. At 32 mm or 25.4 mm in height, the Winstation drive uses familiar ZIP 100 mb and 250 mb Iomega diskettes while incorporating...

ADC RELEASES VERSION 2.0 OF ITS ADVANCED DATA SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT.(Product Announcement)
May 21, 2001... ADC, (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com) a global supplier of fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, has announced the release of its Advanced Data System Environment (ADSE) 2.0, the core...

MEDIAWAVE TO DEPLOY NETSCREEN.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 21, 2001... MediaWave, one of Europe's largest providers of webcasting infrastructure and services is deploying a content networking solution from Nortel Networks, and a gigabit security system from NetScreen Technologies, Inc. to help ensure the high...

CALDERA LAUNCHES FIRST UNIX AND LINUX DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT: CALDERA DEVELOPER NETWORK.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 21, 2001... Caldera International Inc. (Nasdaq: CALD), has launched Caldera Developer Network. Caldera developers, including Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Independent Hardware Vendors (IHVs), corporate in-house developers and members of the...

DIGITAL LAVA ANNOUNCES TWO NEW ADDITIONS TO THE HOTFOOT SUITE OF PRODUCTS.(Product Announcement)
May 21, 2001... Digital Lava Inc. (Nasdaq:DGLV), has announced the availability of HotFoot Host Enterprise and HotFoot Host Software Development Kit (SDK) -- two new offerings, which allow clients to store, manage and deliver HotFoot for PowerPoint...

TIE RELEASES VERSION 7.0 OF EDGE SOFTWARE.(Product Announcement)
May 21, 2001... TIE, a leader in eCommerce trading partner enablement, announced recently the immediate availability of version 7.0 of its EDGE suite of eCommerce software. EDGE version 7.0 is a modular, easy-to-use EDI document handling system designed for...

i2 INTRODUCES SUPPLIER ENABLEMENT SOLUTION TO SIMPLIFY ACCESS AND USE OF INTERNET-BASED COMMERCE.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 21, 2001... i2 Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITWO), a provider of dynamic value chain and marketplace solutions, has introduced a comprehensive Supplier Enablement solution designed to improve value chain visibility and velocity for both buyers and suppliers...

PARTHUS LAUNCHES MACHSTREAM, THE INDUSTRY'S MOST POWER EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY FOR ACCELERATING MOBILE NET APPS.(Product Announcement)
May 21, 2001... Parthus Technologies plc (Nasdaq: PRTH) (LSE: PRH), a provider of platform-level semiconductor intellectual property (IP), has announced the launch and immediate availability of MachStream, the industry's most power efficient application...

NETEMPOWER SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES FILES A PATENT APPLICATION FOR E-BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TO AUTOMATE AND INTEGRATE BUSINESS PROCESSES.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 21, 2001... NetEmpower Software Technologies, Inc., a leading e-commerce software platform provider, has filed a patent application for a new technology that enables the automation and integration of business processes for manufacturers. The technology...

AMD AND M-SYSTEMS TO COLLABORATE ON HIGH-DENSITY EMBEDDED STORAGE SOLUTIONS FOR MOBILE MARKETS.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 28, 2001... AMD (NYSE:AMD) and M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. (Nasdaq:FLSH) have entered into a strategic agreement to jointly develop sophisticated high-density flash data storage solutions for the rapidly growing mobile data storage market. ...

IBM SET-TOP-BOX CHIP EXPANDS USE OF LINUX IN CONSUMER APPLICATIONS.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 28, 2001... IBM is working with MontaVista Software, Inc. to make its Hard Hat Linux operating system available for IBM's PowerPC based single-chip Set-Top Box (STB) Controller. Combining high-performance PowerPC-based STB controllers with Linux-based...

INTEL CREATES TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE 'WIRELESS-INTERNET-ON-A-CHIP'.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 28, 2001... Intel Corporation has unveiled an experimental computer chip based on a new process technology that combines the core components of today's cellular phones and handheld computers. This integrated, "wireless-Internet-on-a-chip" technology could...

WIND RIVER 'TORNADO CERTIFIES' METRO LINK'S X SERVERFOR MIL/AERO AND INTERNET APPLIANCE MARKETS.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 28, 2001... Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND) has certified Metro Link's micro footprint Micro-X Complete! for the marketing leading VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS). Micro-X Complete! provides 100% X Window System protocol compliant...

IBM'S 'PIXIE DUST 'BREAKTHROUGH TO QUADRUPLE DISK DRIVE DENSITY.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 28, 2001... IBM is using just a few atoms of "pixie dust" to push back the data storage industry's most formidable barrier. The company is first to mass-produce computer hard disk drives using a revolutionary new type of magnetic coating that is...

NEW BIOS WIZARD TECHNOLOGY IS PC INDUSTRY'S FIRST SOFTWARE APPLICATION TO TEST A PC'S BIOS FOR SYSTEM CRITICAL COMPATIBILITY.(Product Announcement)
May 28, 2001... Touchstone Software Corporation's eSupport Division (OTCBB: TSSW), has launched BIOS Wizard, the PC Industry's first true web application to test a PC's BIOS (Basic Input Output System) for system critical compatibility with all the new...

ANTEON CORPORATION AWARDED $53.8 MIL CONTRACT BY NAVAL SEA LOGISTICS CENTER.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 28, 2001... Anteon Corporation, a leading information technology and engineering solutions company, has been awarded a contract for logistics, engineering and technical services by the Naval Sea Logistics Center. This multiple-award, cost-plus incentive...

MILER ON PROCUREMENT.(News Briefs)
May 28, 2001... ***FEDERAL SPENDING*** Having been in the federal business since 1959, I quickly discovered that it is a growth industry. When the government cuts personnel they merely hire contractors through the A-76 or FAIR programs. Now total...

McDonnell Douglas.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 28, 2001... McDonnell Douglas, St. Louis, Mo., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Co., is being awarded an estimated $251,920,440 two-year performance-based logistics contract to provide full logistics support of approximately 850 components unique to...

Raytheon Aerospace Co.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 28, 2001... Raytheon Aerospace Co., Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $6,999,962 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-00-D-0272) for the procurement of 18 flight safety upgrade kits...

BTG Inc.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 28, 2001... BTG Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $53,096,806 (estimated) cost-plus-award fee contract to provide for four information management commander-in-chief sites in support of the integrated broadcast services. At this time, $13,028,000 of...

Anteon Corp.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 28, 2001... Anteon Corp., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $15,656,314 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing arrangement for computer systems operations and hardware maintenance of computers, peripherals,...

Digital System Resources Inc.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 28, 2001... Digital System Resources Inc.*, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded an $8,180,084 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for services to provide engineering and analysis support for the implementation of the Technology Insertion/Refreshment Management Plan...

Scientific Research Corp.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 28, 2001... Scientific Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., is being awarded a $9,523,256 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Charleston. This contract will provide program management, systems engineering, and production...

Telephonics.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 28, 2001... Telephonics, Huntington, N.Y., is being awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with an estimated cumulative total of $25,000,000, for intercommunications systems production and repair. An appropriation...

Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $8,600,000 increment of a $9,388,169 (base year total) cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract, with an estimated cumulative total of $59,950,206 if all options are exercised.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 28, 2001... Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $8,600,000 increment of a $9,388,169 (base year total) cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract, with an estimated cumulative total of $59,950,206 if all...

Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a firm-fixed-price, time and materials contract.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 28, 2001... Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a firm-fixed-price, time and materials contract with an estimated cumulative total of $15,261,909 for technical support services, including conduct of training...

ITT Industries, Systems Division.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 28, 2001... ITT Industries, Systems Division, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded a $15,750,000 modification to a cost-plus-award-fee and firm-fixed-price contract to provide program management, systems engineering, depot maintenance, product...

General Dynamics, Government Systems Corp.(Government Activity)
May 28, 2001... General Dynamics, Government Systems Corp., Worldwide Telecommunications Systems, Needham Heights, Mass., is being issued a $102,199,015 delivery order for Firm Requirement Base Level Information Infrastructure (BLII) improvements at Navy...

COMSAT MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCES INAUGURATION OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY COMSAT-A SERVICE.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 28, 2001... COMSAT Mobile Communications (CMC), a business unit of Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications (LMGT), has announced the inauguration of enhanced COMSAT-A mobile satellite service. CMC's modernized "A" service features a fully digital...

MOTOROLA DELIVERS ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTIVITY TO DELL.(Product Information)
May 28, 2001... Motorola, Inc.'s (NYSE: MOT) Software Products Division (SPD), a leading communications supplier to PC OEMs, has announced inclusion of its SM56 PCI II Software Modem in Dell's flagship Dimension consumer line of PCs, providing customers with a...

INTEL INTRODUCES FAST ETHERNET SOLUTIONS THAT SUPPORT DEMANDS OF THE NEXT GENERATION NETWORK.(Intel LXT973, Intel LXT9880AGE, and Intel LXT9785E)(Product Announcement)
May 28, 2001... Intel Corporation (Nasdaq:INTC), a leading supplier of Ethernet silicon solutions, has introduced three new Fast Ethernet devices. The Intel LXT973, Intel LXT9880AGE, and Intel LXT9785E are transceivers and repeaters designed to support the...