EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from October 2002

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from October 2002

Cisco: new mobile access router to extend edge of network to new frontier.(Cisco 3200 )(Product Announcement)
October 7, 2002... Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) has announced the Cisco 3200 Series Mobile Access Router, a new solution optimized for mobile vehicular applications that pioneers a shift in the way organizations communicate and share information across...

F5 Networks announces support for the IBM eServer BladeCenter.
October 7, 2002... F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV), a provider of Internet Traffic Management (ITM) products, has announced its support of IBM's new eServer BladeCenter to provide customers with the ability to create flexible and customized business solutions...

Sandia National Labs buys InfiniBand fabric equipment.
October 7, 2002... Paceline Systems Corporation has announced that Sandia National Laboratories has purchased a complete 4x InfiniBand fabric from Paceline. The Paceline products will be deployed in the Laboratories' InfiniBand-based computational cluster...

Oak Grove: per-CPU, unlimited user pricing for Reactor 5 embedded Java workflow engine.(Reactor 5.0)(Product Announcement)
October 7, 2002... Software developer Oak Grove Systems Inc., provider of embedded workflow engines, has announced the availability of its Reactor 5 Java-based, XML-driven process engine for $10,000 per CPU with unlimited users and full support. The new...

Spatial marks first ten CAA V5 Adopters.
October 7, 2002... Spatial Corp., a Dassault Systemes (Nasdaq:DASTY) company and market-leading provider of 3D development technologies, recently recognized the first ten recipients of the Component Application Architecture (CAA) V5 development platform at the...

Vernier Networks intros special WLAN package for education marketplace.(Vernier Networks System Education Edition )(Product Announcement)
October 7, 2002... Vernier Networks announced recently a new feature package for the award-winning Vernier Networks System designed specifically to solve the access, management, and security challenges that wireless connectivity presents for educational...

IDELIX releases Pliable Display Technology SDK 2.1.0 beta and PDT 3d SDK beta.
October 7, 2002... IDELIX Software Inc. has released Version 2.1.0 beta of the Pliable Display Technology (PDT) Software Development Kit and the PDT 3d SDK beta featuring platform support for Mac OS X and "PDT 3d", a new application of PDT that extends...

IDT ships highest-density, highest-perf. IP co-processor in a 256Kx72 configuration.(Integrated Device Technology 256Kx72)
October 7, 2002... IDT (Integrated Device Technology, Inc.) (Nasdaq:IDTI) has announced the shipment of the industry's highest-density, highest-performance full-ternary Internet Protocol (IP) co-processor. IDT's 256Kx72 device currently operates at 100 million...

Starfish extends its mobile data sync patent position.(patent number US 6,460,051)
October 7, 2002... Starfish Software, a provider of end-to-end mobile infrastructure solutions for the wireless world, announced recently that it has received its latest U.S. Patent and Trademark Office award, patent number US 6,460,051, that allows a user to...

New Green Hills C/C++ compiler: smallest code footprint for ARM processor family.(MULTI 2000 Integrated Development Environment 3.6)(Abreast of the Market)(Product Announcement)
October 7, 2002... Green Hills Software has announced the industry's most efficient optimizing C/C++ compiler and assembler for the ARM family of microprocessor cores. The new compiler and assembler, part of version 3.6 of the MULTI 2000 Integrated...

Wakesoft delivers support for Oracle9i App Server.(Wakesoft Architecture Server for Oracle 9i)(Product Announcement)
October 7, 2002... Wakesoft, a supplier of application architecture and member partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork, announced recently that the Wakesoft Architecture Server now supports Oracle9i Application Server. The Wakesoft Architecture Server provides IT...

Right Hand Manager: SpendMetrix beta program.
October 7, 2002... Right Hand Manager Software, a developer of next-generation analytical applications, has announced the beta program for its SpendMetrix performance and control tool for manufacturers' direct material purchasing. With work already underway...

PointBase 4.4 release speeds development in rapidly growing Java app. market.(Product Announcement)
October 7, 2002... PointBase, Inc. has announced the availability of version 4.4 of its complete family of relational database and synchronization products. New ease of use features, increased high transaction load capability, improved functionality and...

Columbitech Wireless VPN 1.4 adds new security and platform support.(Product Announcement)
October 7, 2002... Adds new security features and platform support to its latest version of Columbitech Wireless VPN. The product eliminates security gaps and user frustrations associated with accessing corporate data by delivering strong security, enhanced...

Shunra and Mercury Interactive team to forecast and optimize application performance.
October 7, 2002... Shunra Software has announced that it is teaming with Mercury Interactive (NASDAQ:MERQ) to integrate its Wide Area Network (WAN) emulation technology with Mercury Interactive's industry leading load testing software. As a result of this...

Cray Inc. ships early versions of Cray X1 system.
October 14, 2002... Global supercomputer maker Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) has reported that it has shipped five early-production units of the new Cray X1 system, expected to be the world's most powerful supercomputer product. The five early-production Cray X1...

Raidtec launches 800MB/s SAN Storage Array, FibreArray 2208.(Product Announcement)
October 14, 2002... Raidtec Corporation has announced the release of its 800MB/s "No Single Point of Failure" SAN Storage Array, FibreArray 2208. The array is the latest addition to the 2 Gigabit end-to-end Fibre Channel family of products, launched by Raidtec...

Infineon: new integrated microprocessor solutions for cost-critical automotive and embedded designs.(XC167CI-16F40F and the XC164CS-8F40F microcontrollers from Infeon Technologies)(Product Announcement)
October 14, 2002... Infineon (FSE:IFX)(NYSE:IFX) has announced the availability of two new microcontrollers, the XC167CI-16F40F and the XC164CS-8F40F, that are optimised to balance performance and total cost in automotive and industrial drives and control systems....

Motorola integrates M-systems' DiskOnChip into its DragonBall MX1 microprocessor reference design for mobile applications.
October 14, 2002... M-Systems (Nasdaq:FLSH) has announced that Motorola (NYSE:MOT) has integrated DiskOnChip into reference designs for mobile applications based on its DragonBall MX1 microprocessor. Specifically designed to address the evolving needs of the...

ATI's RADEON IGP 320M to power new AMILO A Series notebook by Fujitsu Siemens.(ATI Technologies Inc)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 14, 2002... ATI Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:ATYT) (TSX:ATY) has announced that the RADEON IGP 320M, the world's most powerful and feature-rich integrated graphics processor for the mobile AMD Athlon processor platform, has been selected by Fujitsu Siemens...

Astute Networks ships powerful design kit to storage OEM customers.(Software Development Kit)(Product Announcement)
October 14, 2002... Astute Networks, rapidly moving toward product launch, has begun shipping its breakthrough Software Development Kit (SDK) to storage OEM customers. The SDK allows Astute customers to write their own application code in concert with industry...

Unisys and Cornell demo windows-based Unisys ES7000 for scale-up high-performance computing.(Product Announcement)
October 14, 2002... Unisys recently announced plans to collaborate with the Cornell Theory Center (CTC) to demonstrate the value of the Unisys Enterprise Server ES7000 as a platform for use in high-performance computing (HPC) environments. As part of the CTC...

ADC introduces BroadWire 528r DSL Splitter Platform.(Product Announcement)
October 14, 2002... ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com) announced recently general availability of its new BroadWire 528r DSL Splitter Platform with remote test access capabilities. ADC's new patent-pending BroadWire 528r system integrates remote test access...

Vertical networks announces support for standards-based IP phones and new InstantOffice 6500 platform.(Product Announcement)
October 14, 2002... Vertical Networks has announced that it has added full-featured, standards-based support for IP phones from Polycom, Inc. to its award-winning InstantOffice Integrated Communications Platform (ICP), expanding the array of communications choices...

TrueArc and Microsoft complete DoD 5015.2 cert for SharePoint Portal Server.
October 14, 2002... TrueArc announced recently that their integrated solution--SharePoint Portal Server and TrueArc's ForeMost Enterprise Version 3--has been tested and is now certified as being compliant with the new Department of Defense (DoD) 5015.2 standard...

GTSI wins contract to provide network solutions to U.S. courts.
October 14, 2002... GTSI Corp. (NASDAQ:GTSI), recently announced a new contract from the U.S. Courts Administrative Office. The new contract, a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to three awardees, will enable GTSI to provide the U.S. Courts with comprehensive...

U.S. army activates Army Contracting Agency.
October 14, 2002... Army Secretary Thomas E. White officially activated the Army Contracting Agency (ACA) recently in a ceremony at the Pentagon. The agency, which has been provisional since May, centralizes much of the Army's installation contracting...

ITI partners with Unisys to deliver client solutions using new gen. server tech.(Unisys ClearPath Plus Libra Model 180)(Product Announcement)
October 14, 2002... Information Technology, Inc. (ITI), a subsidiary of Fiserv, Inc. (Nasdaq:FISV), in conjunction with its technology partner, Unisys, has announced the introduction of a new server technology that provides state-of-the-art processing flexibility,...

RS Information Systems awarded $10 million contract at Hanscom Air Force Base.
October 14, 2002... RS Information Systems (RSIS) said recently it has been selected to provide a range of information technology infrastructure support at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts. Rodney P. Hunt, RSIS president and CEO, said RSIS' support of...

Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Inc., McLean, Va., is being awarded an $8,007,010 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-99-C-1011).(Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, St Inigoes, Maryland)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Inc., McLean, Va., is being awarded an $8,007,010 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-99-C-1011) to exercise an option for the procurement of engineering and technical services to...

Rome Research Corp., Rome, N.Y., is being awarded a $24,600,000 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract to provide for research and development.(Air Force Research Laboratory)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... Rome Research Corp., Rome, N.Y., is being awarded a $24,600,000 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract to provide for research and development, testing and evaluation (RDT&E) in multiple technical areas such as advanced antenna...

Automated Sciences Group, Inc., Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $48,556,296 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering and technical services in support of the Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Program.(from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... Automated Sciences Group, Inc., Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $48,556,296 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering and technical services in support of the Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Program. This contract combines...

ScenPro, Inc., Richardson, Texas is being awarded a $25,054,895 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, cost-reimbursement contract.(Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... ScenPro, Inc., Richardson, Texas is being awarded a $25,054,895 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, cost-reimbursement contract for research and development in advanced technologies to maximize human and information system interactions...

SYNTEK Technologies, Inc., Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $5,021,451 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to conduct a research project entitled "Technical Support of Wargaming the Asymmetric Environment (WAE).".(Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... SYNTEK Technologies, Inc., Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $5,021,451 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to conduct a research project entitled "Technical Support of Wargaming the Asymmetric Environment (WAE)," to develop and demonstrate...

The Boeing Co., Anaheim, Calif., is being awarded a $273,200,000 cost-plus award-fee contract to provide for a Family of Advanced Beyond-Line-of-Sight Terminal (FAB-T) program.(Headquarters Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... The Boeing Co., Anaheim, Calif., is being awarded a $273,200,000 cost-plus award-fee contract to provide for a Family of Advanced Beyond-Line-of-Sight Terminal (FAB-T) program that will use an evolutionary acquisitions strategy and a spiral...

Raytheon Systems Co., St. Petersburg, Fla., is being awarded a $39,977,703 firm-fixed-price, multiple award contract for component advanced development phase of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS).
October 14, 2002... Raytheon Systems Co., St. Petersburg, Fla., is being awarded a $39,977,703 firm-fixed-price, multiple award contract for component advanced development phase of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). The MUOS will be an unprotected narrowband...

Anteon Corp., Fairfax Va., is being awarded a $24,412,564 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract.(from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... Anteon Corp., Fairfax Va., is being awarded a $24,412,564 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract for engineering services in support of TUBA and other signature related or measurement technology...

Concurrent Technologies Corp., Johnstown, Pa., is being awarded a $9,213,067 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... Concurrent Technologies Corp., Johnstown, Pa., is being awarded a $9,213,067 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for environmental testing, training, and education support services to the United States...

Professional Software Engineering, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a $7,978,468 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-00-D-0402).(Naval Air System Command, Aircraft Division)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... Professional Software Engineering, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a $7,978,468 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-00-D-0402) to exercise an option for engineering,...

Simulation Technologies Inc., Dayton, Ohio, was awarded an $825,467 increment as part of a $35,358,081 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.(U.S. Army Materiel Command)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... Simulation Technologies Inc., Dayton, Ohio, was awarded an $825,467 increment as part of a $35,358,081 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for a research effort in the area of computer modeling and simulation for battlefield scenarios for the...

Thermal Wave Imaging, Inc., Ferndale, Mich., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $25,000,000 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract.(Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... Thermal Wave Imaging, Inc., Ferndale, Mich., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $25,000,000 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program under Topic N97-030 entitled...

Lockheed Martin Corp., Information Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $20,691,896 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-00-C-0289).(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... Lockheed Martin Corp., Information Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $20,691,896 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-00-C-0289) to exercise an option for the Fiscal Year 2004 production...

McDonnell Douglas Corp./The Boeing Co., St. Louis is being awarded a $15,000,000 modification to previously awarded fixed-priced-incentive-fee contract (N00019-99-C-1226).(United States. Naval Air Systems Command)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... McDonnell Douglas Corp./The Boeing Co., St. Louis is being awarded a $15,000,000 modification to previously awarded fixed-priced-incentive-fee contract (N00019-99-C-1226) for the incorporation of the advanced mission computer and displays...

TEAC America, Inc., Industrial Products Division, Montebello, Calif., is being awarded a $10,868,476 firm-fixed-price contract for 124 mass memory units used on S-3B aircraft.(Naval Inventory Control Point)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... TEAC America, Inc., Industrial Products Division, Montebello, Calif., is being awarded a $10,868,476 firm-fixed-price contract for 124 mass memory units used on S-3B aircraft. Work will be performed in Montebello, Calif., and is to be completed...

Anteon Corp., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $5,023,915 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00178-02-C-2001).(from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... Anteon Corp., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $5,023,915 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00178-02-C-2001) to exercise an option for continuing technical and administrative support for Surface Combat System...

TRW, Redondo Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $48,700,000 cost-plus award-fee contract modification to provide for design activities.(Headquarters Space and Missile Systems Center)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... TRW, Redondo Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $48,700,000 cost-plus award-fee contract modification to provide for design activities, including hardware and software modifications, necessary to incorporate the FT1394a data interface into the...

Unisys ES7000 scores first TPC-H benchmark result based on Itanium 2.
October 21, 2002... The Unisys Enterprise Server ES7000 demonstrated the record-setting power of the Intel Itanium 2 processor recently, delivering the first Itanium 2-based system performance results ever published with the TPC-H benchmark. This is the best...

Xilinx and Tensilica announce configurable processor support for programmable systems design.
October 21, 2002... Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq:XLNX) and Tensilica, Inc., a new Xilinx AllianceCORE program member, have announced that Tensilica's Xtensa-V configurable processors now support Xilinx FPGAs. Leveraging Tensilica's web-based Processor Generator and the...

Pioneer's new 4X DVD-R/2X DVD-RW drive.(Pioneer Electronics DVR-A05)
October 21, 2002... Pioneer Electronics Inc., Business Solutions Division, has announced the new DVR-A05 DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW combination drive. Pioneer's fifth generation drive doubles writing performance across the board with 4X DVD-R, 2X DVD-RW, 16X CD-R...

Laurel Networks to offer Fujitsu EF&I services to carriers.
October 21, 2002... Fujitsu Network Services, a division of Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., and Laurel Networks Inc. recently announced the signing of a Services Agreement to offer Fujitsu Engineering, Furnishing and Installation services (EF&I) to carriers...

ADC's Cuda 12000 IP access switch expands its share of the CMTS market.
October 21, 2002... During the first half of 2002, ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com) won 19% of the $181.9 million worldwide cable broadband access platform market, according to a recent report published by Gartner Dataquest. With this share, ADC is now the second...

Cicada Semiconductor enables low cost Gigabit Ethernet networking.(Cicada Semiconductor CRD8204 )
October 21, 2002... Cicada Semiconductor Corporation announced recently a complete 8-port Gigabit Ethernet switch reference design and development kit for manufacturers of Ethernet switches. Requiring only a simple, 4-layer PCB to minimize manufacturing...

Infowave: new solution suite for network OPS.(InfoWave ships Mobile Application Gateway)
October 21, 2002... Infowave Software (TSX: IW), a provider of wireless software for mobile professionals, corporations and network operators announced recently the launch of the Infowave Mobile Application Gateway. The new wireless services platform provides...

Adobe marks 20 years.
October 21, 2002... Adobe Systems (Nasdaq:ADBE) Incorporated recently commemorated its twentieth anniversary with a rare public reunion of the company's two founders and CEO at a meeting of the Churchill Club of Silicon Valley. Founded in 1982 by former Xerox...

Ingrian Networks boosts Web performance and optimizes use of bandwidth with new compression service engine.(Ingrian Compression Service Engine)
October 21, 2002... Ingrian Networks has announced a new software product for its secure networking platforms, called the Ingrian Compression Service Engine. When installed on Ingrian platforms, the software enables companies to compress and cache both encrypted...

Sterling sound licenses DMOD WorkSpace software.
October 21, 2002... DMOD, Inc., the leading provider of secure digital media workflow and distribution solutions for the media and communications industry, announced that Sterling Sound, a renowned mastering studio in New York City, has licensed DMOD WorkSpace...

Logica awarded first approved crypto IT security testing lab outside North America.
October 21, 2002... Logica has announced its security practice has become the first testing house outside North America to be accredited to validate and measure the effectiveness of cryptographic IT security products. Logica is now one of only seven companies...

New Pocket PC navigation software available for travelers.(Mapopolis Navigator)
October 21, 2002... The new Pocket PC navigation software tells you how to get where you're going and when to turn. The software generates directions from your current position to your destination. It provides audio and visual alerts before each turn and...

IDT ships its PAX.ware 2500 classification eval system.
October 21, 2002... IDT, a communications IC company and provider of network search engines and classification processors, has announced that it is now shipping the PAX.ware 2500 classification evaluation system for the PAX.port 2500 classification and content...

Serena delivers new release of APP performance monitor.(Serena StarTool APM 3.2)
October 21, 2002... SERENA Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRNA), a supplier of software that automates change to enterprise code and content, has announced the general availability of Serena StarTool APM 3.2, the latest version of the company's Application Performance...

Trend Micro intros industry-first virus response service level agreement.
October 21, 2002... Trend Micro (Nasdaq:TMIC)(TSE:4704), a provider of network antivirus and Internet content security software and services for business enterprises, has announced the availability of a Virus Response Service Level Agreement (SLA). With the...

HP and Nokia announce remote machine connectivity solutions.
October 28, 2002... HP (NYSE:HPQ) and Nokia (NYSE:NOK) have announced the availability of integrated machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity solutions that link Nokia wireless technology with HP hardware and software to access and manage remote assets. ...

AMD announces the new AMD Alchemy Solutions Driver Info Reference Design Kit.
October 28, 2002... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced the AMD Alchemy(TM) Solutions Driver Information Reference Design Kit (RDK), based on the AMD Alchemy Solutions Au1500(TM) processor and AMD's Flash memory technology. The Driver Information RDK is a tailored,...

Hitachi High Technologies reaches 300mm Silicon Etch system milestone.(700 Series Silicon Etch platform was selected by Texas Instruments )
October 28, 2002... Hitachi High Technologies America (HHTA) has announced that its 700 Series Silicon Etch platform was selected by Texas Instruments (TI) for its semiconductor production. Achieving a major milestone in the history of the 700 Series system, the...

New video networking chips use high-performance memory controller cores from Denali.
October 28, 2002... Denali Software recently announced that its Databahn(TM) memory controllers have been licensed and successfully implemented in two new chips from ViXS: XCode--a content-secured multi-stream real-time transcoding chip; and Matrix--an IEEE802.11a...

Micro Power launches high performance Lithium-ion battery systems to national marketplace.
October 28, 2002... Micro Power Electronics, Inc. has announced a national initiative to support the growing demand from engineers for high-performance battery systems. As the premier developer of custom battery systems for use in performance-critical...

F5 Networks delivers industry's first App Traffic Management' product.(BIG-IP software)
October 28, 2002... F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV) has announced the next generation of BIG-IP(R), pioneering a new category within the networking market called `Application Traffic Management'. With the introduction of this release, customers can apply all...

Sockeye Networks boosts network performance and control with new global data feed.(GlobalRoute service)
October 28, 2002... Sockeye Networks(TM) has enhanced its flagship GlobalRoute(SM) service with a newly developed global data feed, Sockeye announced today. The GlobalRoute data feed sets a new standard in the industry for accuracy, coverage and scalability, and...

Agere Systems announces world's fastest switching chip.(Agere's chip, called the Protocol Independent Stand-Alone Switch, or PI- 40SAX )
October 28, 2002... Agere Systems (NYSE:AGR.A, AGR.B) has announced the world's fastest switching chip that has the potential to revolutionize the economics, size, and multi-service performance and flexibility of communications network infrastructure equipment and...

Dept of Interior implements ACCELERATORs from Expand Networks.
October 28, 2002... Expand Networks, a provider of bandwidth optimizing technology, has announced that the US Department of Interior has selected its ACCELERATORs to boost performance in its Wide Area Network (WAN). The Department of the Interior (DOI) is the...

U.S. Air Force, Dept. of Agriculture among government orgs renewing contracts with Websense Inc.
October 28, 2002... The Department of Labor, Department of Energy and Chicago Police Department are among the organizations that recently selected Websense Inc. (Nasdaq:WBSN) as their Internet filtering solution of choice. In addition, the U.S. Air Force,...

TCS wins $8m contract from Northrop Grumman to support the Navy.
October 28, 2002... TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ:TSYS), a global provider of location and messaging software and E9-1-1 services for wireless carriers, and an expert in highly reliable and secure communications systems for government customers,...

FAA to order 21 Airport Surface Detection Equipment systems from Sensis.
October 28, 2002... Sensis Corporation recently announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a letter of intent to exercise contract options to purchase 21 Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE-X) systems and associated equipment and...

Corning IntelliSense Awarded $2 million from NIST Advanced Technology Program.(government grant)
October 28, 2002... Corning IntelliSense Corporation, a subsidiary of Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW), has been awarded a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Advanced Technology Program (ATP) to develop embedded digital interface and control...

Four agencies join WiredRed's customer list.
October 28, 2002... WiredRed(TM), a provider of secure instant messaging (IM) and enterprise real-time communications software, has announced that four federal agencies recently purchased e/pop(R) for its secure, IM capabilities. The Federal Bureau of...

EDO Corporation receives contracts valued at $10.6 million.(from Raytheon Corporation)
October 28, 2002... EDO Corporation (NYSE:EDO) announced recently that its EDO Reconnaissance and Surveillance Systems has been awarded the following contracts valued collectively at $10.6 million: a $2.1 million contract from Raytheon Corporation for the...

Northrop Grumman Information Technology Inc.(contract award)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... Northrop Grumman Information Technology Inc., Reston, Va., is being awarded an estimated $20,991,204 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for simulation/stimulation software systems engineering support for submarine fleet...

Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc.(contract for designated Navy Cryptographic requirements)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., Columbia, Md., is being awarded a $9,251,914 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for program management, high performance computing, information security, modeling &...

Bell-Boeing.(contract modification award)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded a $6,967,703 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-93-C-0006) for the development of source data and software necessary for training and...

Computer Sciences Corp.(defense contract)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... Computer Sciences Corp., Moorestown, N. J., is being awarded a $6,841,662 cost-plus-award-fee modification under previously awarded contract (N00178-99-C-2005) to exercise an option for engineering and technical services in support of...

Boeing Co.(contract award)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... The Boeing Co., Aircraft and Missiles Systems, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded a $13,000,000 cost plus award fee contract to provide for incorporation of technical manuals for C-130 aircraft types into the interactive electronic...

Chenega Technology Services Corp.(defense contract)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... Chenega Technology Services Corp., Springfield, VA, is being awarded a firm-fixed price contract with an award value of $5,215,686.00 for the DoD Data Management Enterprise Services Test Demonstration. The objective of this procurement is to...

Harris Technical Services Corp.(contract modification award)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... Harris Technical Services Corp., Colorado Springs, Colo., is being awarded a $29,914,895 contract modification to provide for operations, maintenance, logistics and training support for the Air Force Satellite Control Network weapon system at...

Spectrum Sciences and Software.(contract modification award)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... Spectrum Sciences and Software, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded a $8,635,958 firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for fiscal year 2003 operation and maintenance of Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field and the Barry M....