EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from May 2002

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from May 2002

AMR RESEARCH EVALUATES $3 BILLION APP SERVER MARKET.
May 6, 2002... AMR Research has released a detailed report on the state of the application server market. The report evaluates the main vendors in the space, reflecting interviews with more than 40 of their end user customers. Vendors evaluated include: BEA...

NEW IBM 40 GNX ENHANCE 40GB /20GB 5400 RPM DRIVE FOR APPLE & PC NOTEBOOKS.
May 6, 2002... Trans Intl. has announced the online availability of a new IBM 40 GNX 2.5 inch, 5400-RPM hard disk drive offered in 20 GB and 40 GB [Giga-Byte] capacities delivering advanced notebook performance to entry-level and mainstream users. The...

RORKE DATA APPROVES RAVE COMPUTER'S ULTRASPARC-III SERVERS.
May 6, 2002... Rorke Data, Inc, a subsidiary of San Jose based Bell Microproducts (BELM), has announced that it has standardized on Rave Computer's series of scalable, Solaris-ready, UltraSPARC-III servers. Rorke will integrate and ship custom, rackmount...

PACELINE SYSTEMS DEMOS 4X INFINIBAND SWITCHING SYSTEMS AT SPRING NETWORLD+INTEROP.
May 6, 2002... Paceline Systems Corporation, developer of the industry's first enterprise-class InfiniBand switching systems, has announced that it will demonstrate its 4x InfiniBand switches at Spring Networld+Interop (N+I), May 7-9, 2002 in Las Vegas,...

RACKSAVER LEAPS FORWARD IN SUPERCOMPUTING TECHNOLOGY.(Product Announcement)
May 6, 2002... RackSaver, a provider of high-density rack-mounted computer servers and supercomputer clusters, has announced its BladeRack line of ultra-dense servers. The BladeRack line of servers will be highly sought after in the markets that requires...

ADIC ANNOUNCES ENHANCED VERSION OF PATHLIGHT 5000.(Advanced Digital Information Corp's Pathlight 5000 storage networking appliance)(Product Announcement)
May 6, 2002... Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) has announced an enhanced version of its Pathlight 5000 storage networking appliance that includes new, multi-path failover capabilities. This new version of the Pathlight 5000 both helps...

PENGUIN COMPUTING ANNOUNCES AMD CLUSTERING SYSTEM.(Penguin Computing's Altus 130)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 6, 2002... Penguin Computing Inc. has announced a critical addition to its 1U server platforms, the Altus 130 server. The new Altus 130 was developed by Penguin Computing to directly address the needs of customers in high performance cluster...

ARC LICENSES AXYS DESIGN'S MAXCORE AND MAXSIM DEVELOPER SUITES FOR MODELING OF ITS CONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR.
May 6, 2002... ARC International (LSE:ARK) and AXYS Design Automation, Inc. recently announced that ARC has licensed AXYS Design's MaxCore and MaxSim Developer Suites to develop, package and distribute processor models for the new ARCtangent-A5...

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DOCSIS 1.1 PRODUCTS SUPPORT ADVANCED TDMA TODAY.
May 6, 2002... Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE:TXN) (TI) will demonstrate end-to-end system interoperability of data over cable service interface specifications (DOCSIS) 1.1 products that include advanced time division multiple access (A-TDMA) technology...

MERCATOR RELEASES XML SCHEMA IMPORTER VERSION 6.5.(Product Announcement)
May 6, 2002... Mercator Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:MCTR), has announced the general availability of its XML Schema Importer Version 6.5. The new importer makes it possible for customers to accelerate their complete XML integration solutions to production....

CARDIFF SOFTWARE'S LIQUIDPDF SOLUTION SELECTED FOR KINKO'S DOCSTORE.
May 6, 2002... Cardiff Software Inc. has announced that Kinko's, Inc., the world's leading provider of document solutions and business services, has chosen Cardiff's LiquidPDF solution (formerly known as AudienceOne) to assist its latest online Kinko's...

LEGATO SYSTEMS DEPLOYS WORLDWIDE VPN USING NETSCREEN SECURITY APPLIANCES.
May 6, 2002... NetScreen Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSCN), a developer of ASIC-based Internet security systems and appliances, has announced that Legato Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:LGTO), a worldwide leader in enterprise software management solutions, has selected...

XI SOFTWARE LAUNCHES TIMEAGENT 2.0.(Product Announcement)
May 6, 2002... Xi Software Inc., a U.S. Technologies, Inc. (OTC: USXX) associated company, announced recently the release of TimeAgent 2.0, a productivity software solution that automatically tracks, captures and records time spent using Microsoft Office...

APPLE AND ADOBE INVITE MINDCOMET TO DEMONSTRATE NEW TECHNOLOGY.
May 6, 2002... MindComet, the industry leading interactive solutions developer, has been invited by Apple Computer and Adobe Software to demonstrate the combined power of Adobe's creative tools and Apple Computer's revolutionary new operating system Mac OS X....

BUSINESS LAYERS JOINS PEOPLESOFT ALLIANCE PROGRAM.
May 6, 2002... Business Layers, has announced its participation in the PeopleSoft alliance program with PeopleSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq:PSFT), a leading provider of real-time enterprise software, after completing the integration of its flagship product, eProvision...

MAGIC SOFTWARE POWERS UP UNITED UTILITIES EBUSINESS SOLUTION.
May 6, 2002... Magic Software Enterprises (Nasdaq:MGIC), a provider of application development technology and business solutions, announced recently that United Utilities Networks has chosen Magic Software to deliver an online quotation system for its...

IBM AND SYSTEMCORP: STRATEGIC ALLIANCE.
May 13, 2002... IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Systemcorp have announced a strategic alliance to market, sell and deliver comprehensive Enterprise Project-portfolio Management (EPM) web solutions to global organizations across all industries. Bridging the gap between...

NEW STUDY FROM CSC IDENTIFIES SIX 'DISRUPTIVE' TECHNOLOGY AREAS THAT WILL MAKE OR BREAK COMPANIES.
May 13, 2002... Think tanks call it "digital disruption" -- the arrival of a technology so radically superior that it has the potential to render entire industries obsolete. It's happened more in our lifetime than in any other period, as the vacuum tube, LP...

FORCE COMPUTERS INTROS CPCI-735/736R2 SBCS WITH PENTIUM III PROCESSORS.(Product Announcement)
May 13, 2002... Force Computers recently announced the CPCI-735/736R2 Intel Mobile Pentium[R] III processor-based single board computers (SBCs) with core frequencies of up to 1.2GHz. Implemented with these 0.13-micron processors, CPCI-735/736R2 server blades...

AUTHENEX ASAS TO SUPPORT MICROSOFT ISA SERVER.(Authenex Strong Authentication System supports Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 from Microsoft)(Product Announcement)
May 13, 2002... Authenex, a developer of strong authentication and encryption applications, has announced that the Authenex Strong Authentication System (ASAS) supports Microsoft's enterprise firewall, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000. ASAS...

SUN MICROSYSTEMS AND 3DLABS: SUN XVR-500 GRAPHICS NOW SHIPPING FOR SUN BLADE WORKSTATIONS.
May 13, 2002... 3Dlabs, Inc. Ltd. (Nasdaq:TDDD) and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW) have announced that the Sun XVR-500 professional graphics accelerator, based on 3Dlabs Wildcat II technology, is now available in Sun Blade 1000, Sun Blade 2000...

SSH HELPS SECURE NEXT-GEN SANS.(SSH QuickSec Toolkit for SAN from SSH Communications Security)(Product Announcement)
May 13, 2002... SSH Communications Security (HEX:SSH1V), a developer of Internet security solutions, has announced the SSH QuickSec Toolkit for SAN (Storage Area Network), the industry's first IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) toolkit designed for developers...

HARD DRIVES A MONEY-MAKER FOR CABLE TV, REPORTS LEADING ANALYST.
May 13, 2002... Putting hard drives in cable TV set-top boxes is a money-maker for cable operators, according to a new report to be released later this month by analyst Kagan Media Appraisals titled "The Future of Local Data Storage in Set-top Boxes." Kagan's...

ONSTREAM UNVEILS FIRST USB 2.0 DIGITAL TAPE DRIVE.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 13, 2002... OnStream Data, a prominent manufacturer of backup solutions, is the first to market with a digital tape drive featuring the high-speed, hot-pluggable USB 2.0 interface. OnStream's ADR2.60usb allows users to quickly attach the tape drive to...

SAMSUNG VOLUME SHIPPING DDR400 PC3200 MODULES NOW.(Product Announcement)
May 13, 2002... Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. has announced that it is first to volume ship Double-Data-Rate 400Mbps SDRAM (DDR400) modules in 128MB, 256MB and 512MB densities. As the newest addition to Samsung's DDR SDRAM portfolio, the 400Mbps (200MHz)...

IBM CORP - ASSEMBLES ALL-STAR INTEGRATOR TEAM FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
May 13, 2002... IBM has assembled an all-star line-up of information technology integrators to vie for a major Department of Defense project to build the largest integrated pay/personnel system in U.S. Government history. IBM's 'Delta Blue' team will compete...

ANTEON RECOGNIZED AS 17TH LARGEST FEDERAL IT PRIME CONTRACTOR.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Anteon International Corporation (NYSE: ANT) has been recognized by Washington Technology in its ninth annual ranking of Top 100 prime contractors in the federal information technology (IT) market. Anteon was ranked 17th in the 2002 rankings,...

MILLER ON PROCUREMENT.
May 13, 2002... ***FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE*** We often deal with companies who just entering the federal market place or with companies who have never held contracts with agencies but who have worked as subcontractors. Although there are flow down...

CACI AWARDED POTENTIAL $500M NETWORK SERVICES SUBCONTRACT.
May 13, 2002... CACI International Inc (NASDAQ:CACI) has been awarded a subcontract with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), in San Diego, California, to support the communications network of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)....

SIGNAL CORPORATION AWARDED $5 MILLION U.S. ARMY CONTRACT SIGNAL.
May 13, 2002... SIGNAL CORPORATION AWARDED $5 MILLION U.S. ARMY CONTRACT SIGNAL to Host and Maintain Joint Computer Aided Logistics Support Web Site FAIRFAX, Va., May 6, 2002 - SIGNAL Corporation, a leading information technology and engineering & management...

Sverdrup Technology, Inc.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Sverdrup Technology, Inc., Tullahoma, Tenn., is being awarded a$1,728,921 ($564,631,315 cumulative total) cost-plus fixed-fee contract for information technology support services. Work will be performed in Redstone Arsenal, Ala., (95 percent),...

Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded an $11,422,540 ceiling-priced, time and material delivery order against a previously awarded indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-99-D-1536) for the...

Orincon Corp.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Orincon Corp., San Diego, is being awarded a $9,500,000cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract to provide for development, integration, demonstration, and transition of fusion system technologies required for locating, tracking, and identifying...

Johnson Controls World Services Inc.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Johnson Controls World Services Inc. is being awarded a$59,927,904 firm-fixed-price contract for an initial period of eight months with four 12-month option periods. Services will be provided in the following areas: Directorates of Public...

General Dynamics Decision Systems.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... General Dynamics Decision Systems, Scottsdale, Ariz., is being awarded a $13,391,530 cost-plus-award-fee contract for the design, development and test of the combat operation center(COC) of the unit operation center. The COCs will be an...

ARTEL Inc.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... ARTEL Inc., Reston, Va.; Femme Comp Inc.*, Sterling, Va.; FGM Inc.*, Dulles, Va.; Pragmatics Inc.*, McLean, Va.; Northrop Grumman Information Technology - Defense Mission Systems, Reston, Va.; Science Applications International Corp. Technology...

Cable and Computer Technology Inc.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Cable and Computer Technology Inc., Anaheim, Calif., is being awarded a $9,955,000 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for Data Transfer System components, integration and installation. This effort will provide switching...

General Dynamics Government Systems Corp.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... General Dynamics Government Systems Corp., Needham, Mass., is being awarded a $44,003,583 modification to a fixed-price incentive (firm target) with award-fee contract(MDA947-02-C-0100) for definitization of the letter contract issued for...

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $8,038,235 modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (DAAH01-99-C-R246) for Global Positioning System Telecommunication Simulator Test Station augmentation. Work...

Tec Masters Inc.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Tec Masters Inc., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on April 19,2002, a $7,652,990 modification to a fixed-price requirements contract (DABT60-97-D-0007) for system engineering and technical assistance services as ordered on individual task orders....

Digital System Resources Inc.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Digital System Resources Inc.,* Fairfax, Va., is being awarded an $8,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-00-C-5130) to exercise an option for additional engineering under a Small Business Innovative...

National Technologies Associates Inc.
May 13, 2002... National Technologies Associates Inc., Alexandria, Va.; ManTech System Engineering Corp., Fairfax, Va.; Eagan, McAllister Associates Inc., Lexington Park, Md.; ARINC Inc., Annapolis, Md.; J.F. Taylor, Inc., Lexington Park, Md.; Titan Systems...

SFA Inc.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... SFA Inc., Largo, Md., is being awarded a $14,975,285indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering support services for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence systems on board...

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. (LMSS), Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded an $8,981,316 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide research and development investigations for technology sustainment of the D5 missile system. The contractor will...

IBM ESERVER LEADS SUPERCOMPUTER LIST WITH MORE THAN 300 SYSTEMS.(IBM eServer p690 Outperforms Sun 15K And HP Superdome)(Evaluation)
May 20, 2002... IDC Ranking Also Shows That IBM eServer p690 Outperforms Sun 15K And HP Superdome, While Using Half As Many Processors IBM has the most systems of any vendor on a new list of the world's most powerful supercomputers, nearly doubling the...

TOSHIBA ANNOUNCES NEW CHINESE PRODUCTION SITE.
May 20, 2002... Toshiba Corporation recently announced that it has acquired 400,000m2 of land, including future purchase rights, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. The site was acquired as a part of Toshiba's corporate strategy of constructing an optimized global...

MICROVISION NEW DESIGN WILL CUT MICRO SCANNER SIZE BY 60%.(Nomad Personal Display from Microvision)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... Microvision, Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS) announced recently that it has begun fabricating a new micro mechanical (MEMS) optical scanner that is a full 60% smaller than the devices that it is currently producing for a range of electronic display and...

KC TECHNOLOGY: BLUETOOTH QUALIFICATION FOR MICROSTACK PROFILES.
May 20, 2002... KC technology, Inc., a Bluetooth baseband IC and solution provider, has announced the qualification of their Bluetooth Profiles MicroStack and is listed in the Bluetooth Qualified Products list. Fred Rastgar, Sr. Director of Marketing...

HP PAVILION "FOOTBALL SPECIAL" PCS SCORE WITH ATI'S ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 7500.(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) has announced that ATI's ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 7500 graphics card is now available to France and United Kingdom customers on the new HP Pavilion PC "Football Special" models. Customers can control...

USTEC AND EVEREX TEAM UP TO MAKE HOME NETWORKING EASY AND POWERFUL.(Everex Intelliway)
May 20, 2002... UStec and Everex announced recently that they have formed an alliance that will couple UStec's industry-leading structured wiring networks with Everex's Intelliway residential server. The resulting solutions will enable homeowners to...

CISCO ANNOUNCES THE CISCO ADVANCED ATM MULTISERVICE PORTFOLIO.(Cisco Systems MGX 8950 network switch)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... Cisco Systems, Inc. has announced an advanced ATM Multiservice Portfolio, or AAMP. Cisco AAMP introduces the Cisco MGX 8950 multiservice switch, the Cisco MGX 8830 multiservice switch and the Cisco Route Processor Module XF (RPM-XF). The Cisco...

IBM ANNOUNCES 1 TB TAPE INITIATIVE ON 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAGNETIC TAPE STORAGE.(Enterprise 3590 Tape product line enhances storage capacity to 1 terabyte)
May 20, 2002... IBM has announced that it has recorded 1 terabyte (TB) of data to a linear digital tape cartridge, storing nearly 10 times more data than any linear tape cartridge currently available. One terabyte is equal to 16 days of continuously running...

NEW YANKEE GROUP REPORT ANALYZES HOW CHANGING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS HAVE IMPACTED THE MARKET FOR INTERCONNECTION SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS.
May 20, 2002... The interconnection software market, a byproduct of a government mandate for competition in the local service market, has clearly felt the impact of the numerous bankruptcies and mergers/acquisitions of the CLEC market over the last 18 months....

INTERPHASE: ENHANCED SOFTWARE DEV SUITES TO ASSIST WITH NEXT GEN I/O SYSTEM DESIGN.(iWARE)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH), an international supplier of next-generation I/O networking technologies, has announced the availability of iWARE[TM], an enhanced package of software tools to assist with board-level software integration...

BST SOFTWARE AND PROJECT INCENTIVES ENTER SOLUTION IN THE MICROSOFT PROJECT 2002 BUSINESS VALUE CHALLENGE.
May 20, 2002... New Project Management Solution Focused On Professional Services Firms Will Harness The Power Of New Enterprise Functionality Provided By Microsoft Project And BST Enterprise BST Software and Project Incentives announced their participation...

XACTA ENHANCES SOFTWARE WITH REAL-TIME VULNERABILITY INFO.
May 20, 2002... Xacta Corporation, a supplier of information security compliance assessment and management solutions, has reached an agreement with SecurityGlobal.net.LLC to integrate its SecurityTracker vulnerability alert service with Xacta Web C&A[TM] and...

IBM SHIPS 100 MILLIONTH SILICON GERMANIUM CHIP.
May 27, 2002... IBM has shipped the 100 millionth chip made with silicon germanium (SiGe), a technology pioneered by IBM that is revolutionizing the design of cell phones and other wireless electronic products. The 100 millionth SiGe chip was produced at...

ATI'S MOBILITY RADEON 7500 SELECTED FOR NEW WINBOOK J4 NOTEBOOK PC.
May 27, 2002... ATI Technologies Inc. has announced that its MOBILITY RADEON 7500 graphics processor with 64 MB DDR RAM has been selected by WinBook Corporation for the new WinBook J4 notebook PC. "The...MOBILITY RADEON 7500 graphics processor is the...

HP TO OFFER INFOWAVE SYMMETRY PRO WITH IPAQ MOBILITY SERVICES PACKAGE.
May 27, 2002... Infowave Software (TSE:IW), a global provider of software that connects enterprise applications to wireless devices, recently announced an agreement that will allow HP (NYSE:HPQ) to offer Infowave Symmetry Pro as part of iPAQ Pocket PC Mobility...

GARTNER DATAQUEST SAYS WORLDWIDE APPLICATION SERVER MARKET TOTALED $1.18B IN 2001.
May 27, 2002... The worldwide application server market suffered a severe growth slowdown in 2001, as revenue grew only 20 percent, down from 92 percent growth in 2000, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT and ITB). Worldwide...

GENESIS MICROCHIP SHOWCASES SINGLE-CHIP DIGITAL VIDEO FORMAT CONVERTER AT SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY SHOW.
May 27, 2002... Genesis Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq:GNSS) has conducted the first public demonstration of its new single-chip Digital Video Format Converter, the FLI2300, at the Society For Information Display (SID) show. The highly integrated FLI2300 incorporates...

PHOENIX: NEXT GENERATION BIOS SOFTWARE PLATFORM.(Phoenix Technologies FirstBIOS)(Product Announcement)
May 27, 2002... Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:PTEC) has announced general availability of FirstBIOS, a next generation platform of "instant on" software. Major PC Manufacturers Fujitsu, Panasonic, Sharp, Sony, and Toshiba are making plans to transition...

CAE TAKES FLIGHT WITH ATI'S RADEON 8500 GRAPHICS TECHNOLOGY.
May 27, 2002... ATI Technologies (TSE: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT) announced recently that CAE (TSE: CAE) will launch the new CAE Tropos image generator for Full Flight Simulation incorporating ATI graphics technology. Using ATI's award-winning RADEON 8500 graphics...

PENGUIN:INTEL XEON 1U LINUX SERVER.(Penguin Computing Relion 140)(Product Announcement)
May 27, 2002... Penguin Computing Inc. has announced the immediate availability of its next generation Relion class 1U server. The Relion 140 features the latest in technology from Intel. Built around the Intel E7500 Chipset, the Relion 140 supports dual...

INFINISWITCH LICENSES VIEO SOFTWARE FOR INFINIBAND SWITCHING SOLUTIONS.
May 27, 2002... InfiniSwitch Corporation and VIEO, Inc. has announced that InfiniSwitch has licensed VIEO's InfiniBand fabric-enabling software to provide fabric management capabilities for the InfiniSwitch family of enterprise-class switching products. As one...

SGI TRUSTED IRIX OFFERS SECURE OS FOR GOV AND COM SECTORS.
May 27, 2002... SGI (NYSE:SGI) has announced that the National Information Assurance Partnership's (NIAP) Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS) has successfully evaluated and validated the SGI Trusted IRIX 6.5 operating system with...

COUNTING ON COLLABORATION: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU CHOOSES SITESCAPE FORUM-R-.
May 27, 2002... SiteScape Inc., a provider of Web-based collaboration software and services, announced recently that the United States Census Bureau has purchased and installed SiteScape Enterprise Forum to improve project management and allow employees to...

ANTEON AWARDED $10 M CONTRACT AMENDMENT.
May 27, 2002... Anteon International Corporation (NYSE: ANT), an information technology and systems engineering and integration company, announced recently that it has received a contract amendment with an estimated value of $10 million from the Naval Surface...

MILLER ON PROCUREMENT.(Column)
May 27, 2002... I have always been curious about how things work and how institutions behave. As a government employee, I tended to snoop and sniff everywhere in my agency and with agency competitors, clients, etc. It really helps to figure things out to...

RSIS AWARDED $10 M CONTRACT TO SUPPORT NATIONAL WEATHER FORECASTING.
May 27, 2002... RS Information Systems (RSIS) has been awarded a $10 million contract to support the Meteorological Development Laboratory (MDL) of the National Weather Service (NWS) in Silver Spring, Md. The five-year contract calls on RSIS primarily to...

DRC AWARDED $11.2 M TO SUPPORT THE USAF B-52 SYSTEM PROGRAM OFFICE.
May 27, 2002... Dynamics Research Corporation (Nasdaq:DRCO) was awarded contracts valued at potentially $11.2 million over the next five years to provide services in support of the U.S. Air Force's B-52 System Program Office (SPO), headquartered at Tinker Air...

IEX AND ROCKWELL FIRSTPOINT CONTACT ANNOUNCE GLOBAL STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP.
May 27, 2002... IEX, a Tekelec company (Nasdaq:TKLC) and a provider of contact center solutions, and Rockwell FirstPoint Contact, a provider of complete customer contact solutions that support multiple channels (voice, e-mail, Web, wireless and voice over...

UNITED STATES FAR BEHIND ASIA IN SMART CARD USAGE.
May 27, 2002... One conclusion is crystal clear to Smart Card and Security expert, Dr. John Butterworth -- the Asia-Pacific region is far outpacing the United States in smart card usage. Furthermore, as the U.S. lags behind in smart card deployments, a number...

Eagan, McAllister Associates, Inc.(Brief Article)
May 27, 2002... Eagan, McAllister Associates, Inc., Lexington Park, Md., is being awarded a $5,030,500 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for technical and engineering services in support of airborne combat and communication systems (C&CS), information technology...

Datron World Communications, Incorporated.(Brief Article)
May 27, 2002... Datron World Communications, Incorporated, Vista, Calif., is being awarded a $100,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for various communications, spare part packages, training, engineering services and...

General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation.(Brief Article)
May 27, 2002... General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation, Taunton, Mass., is being awarded a $7,341,488.19 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract (DAAB07-94-C-N853), for exercise options for common hardware and software items for Project Manager...

Booz Allen & Hamilton.(GSA contract)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2002... Booz Allen & Hamilton, McLean, Va., was awarded a $24,595,291 modification to a general service administration based blanket purchasing agreement order contract (MDA908-02-A-0024) for Defense Intelligence Agency Information Technology...

Bloodworth Integrated Technology, Inc.(Keylogic Systems, Pragmatics Inc. and Taylor-Oden Enterprises get Defense Information Systems Agency contract)
May 27, 2002... Bloodworth Integrated Technology, Inc., Reston, Va., Keylogic Systems, Inc., Morgantown, W.V., Pragmatics, Inc., McLean, Va., and Taylor-Oden Enterprises, Inc., are being awarded an indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for the...

On May 7, 2002, Northrop Grumman.(Defense Threat Reduction Agency contract)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2002... On May 7, 2002, Northrop Grumman, Fairfax, Va., was awarded a $2,417,319 change order increment with an estimated cumulative total of $22,132,691 cost-plus award fee contract for technical, programmatic, and management support to Defense Threat...