Sneak peak at Monday's issue

Monday's issue of Washington Technology leads with a feature on the hottest contracts in the Defense IT market, including Rapid Response 3rd Generation, NetCents II and FAST II. Requests for proposals for these contracts are expected in the coming months with awards sometime in 2008.The article examines how the growth task order contracts are changing the market and how companies are adjusting their strategies.Executives from some of the most successful companies to graduate from the 8(a) program and continue to thrive offer advice on how to make the transition from small-business set-aside contracting to full-and-open competition.Pitney Bowes has merged two of its recent acquisitions ? Group 1 Software and MapInfo ? into a new unit, Pitney Bowes Software. We examine their strategy and how they plan to go after the geospatial space in the government market.Look for these features and more news and commentary in the Oct. 1, 2007, issue.