Operating Systems

Dell is aboard with IT support for Coast Guard

Dell Services will provide IT to the Coast Guard under a five-year, $92 million Standard Workstation and Communication Infrastructure Support Blanket Purchase Agreement.

Ace Info wins $145M Coast Guard IT contract

Ace Info Solutions Inc., a small-business Homeland Security Department contractor, will provide the Coast Guard with a range of information technology services, thanks to a five-year, $145 million Core Technologies Services contract from the Coast Guard Operations Systems Center in Kearneysville, W.Va.

Lockheed Martin to upgrade Air Force intell workstations

Lockheed Martin Corp. will upgrade workstations for the Air Force’s Distributed Common Ground System under a new task order.

Windows 8 details may have been leaked

Slides purporting to show Windows 8 features, release date, have emerged on the Web.

Capgemini wins job fixing Nevada unemployment IT systems

Capgemini Government Solutions has won a $27.9 million contract to replace existing systems and technologies at the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation and deliver an unemployment insurance modernization solution.

HP shakes up mobile market with Palm acquisition

Hewlett-Packard Co. said today it has agreed to acquire Palm Inc., credited with creating the smart phone, for $1.2 billion.

SAIC's support award strengthens EPA information office

Science Applications International Corp. will provide technical services and information technology to the Environmental Protection Agency under a five-year contract that could be worth more than $26 million if all options are exercised.

Lockheed Martin to install new testing system for Navy

Lockheed Martin Corp. will design and install a new testing support system for the Navy under an $83 million contract.

SAIC adds CloudShield to intell and information systems unit

Science Applications International Corp. is acquiring CloudShield Technologies Inc., a cybersecurity and management solutions provider in Sunnyvale, Calif.

NASA plans new schedule for $4B procurement

NASA soon will release a new schedule for opening competition on five information technology services contracts estimated to be worth a total of more than $4 billion.