Dell expands portfolio with purchase of software company
Dell Computer Co. has signed an agreement to acquire Scalent, a private manufacturer of software that manages data center servers and infrastructure. Financial terms of the agreement were not released.
SAP extends $5.8B deadline to purchase Sybase
SA has extended its cash offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Sybase Inc. until July 16.
QinetiQ NA names homeland security unit manager
QinetiQ North America Inc. has named Rick Finn general manager of the Homeland Security Unit in its Mission Solutions Group. He will be responsible for all aspects of day-to-day operations, customer relationships and fiscal goals.
DynCorp shareholders agree to Cerberus acquisition
DynCorp International Inc. stockholders have approved the company’s merger agreement with certain affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management L.P.
Booz Allen snares $700M FAA NextGen contract
The contract, which covers NextGen and the current National Airspace System infrastructure, calls for a broad range of systems engineering, investment and business case analysis.
Northrop could face penalties on Va. contract
Northrop Grumman Corp. could face as much as $5 million in penalties if the giant contractor fails by January 2011 to meet three new conditions negotiated with the state over its much disputed $2.3 billion statewide information technology contract, reports Jeff Schapiro at the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Boeing to take C4ISR provider Argon ST under its wing
The Boeing Co. will acquire Argon ST, of Fairfax, Va., a C4ISR and combat systems provider, in an all-cash tender offer worth approximately $775 million.
Montana company targets feds with new cloud offering
Although its headquarters is more than 1,750 miles from the Washington, D.C., metro area, RightNow Technologies Inc., of Bozeman, Mont., is in the right place at the right time, company officials say, as it looks to ramp up the company's cloud computing offerings in the public sector.
Baroni leads Attain to new markets
Attain LLC has closed more than 20 contracts worth a total of more than $20 million as it focuses on the energy, cybersecurity and health care markets.
Centuria provides IT power for Energy hydroelectric project
Centuria Corp. will provide a wide range of information technology services to the Energy Department’s Western Area Power Administration, Rocky Mountain Region, under a three-year contract valued at approximately $5 million.
Former SI execs make first deal with SGIS acquisition
Salient Federal Solutions Inc., a recently formed information technology and engineering solutions company, has taken its first step into the mergers and acquisitions market by acquiring SGIS.
Dell doubles down on data centers, services
Dell plans to double the size of its $16 billion data center and technology services business and move away from being a PC supplier.
How Apptis boosted revenue to nearly $1B
Contract wins and a strategy focused on IT, communications and program management pushes Apptis to No. 35 on the 2010 Top 100.
Acquisition boosts SAS’ goal of security market leadership
Business analytics software and services company SAS has acquired Memex, a provider of intelligence management solutions with a strong presence in the law enforcement and homeland security markets.
CSC will maintain immigration e-records for CIS
Computer Sciences Corp. will help the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services manage its electronic records by conducting scanning, indexing and file management operations at a CIS records digitization facility.
Raytheon names new president of Integrated Defense Systems
Thomas Kennedy has been named president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, effective immediately, succeeding Daniel Smith, who will retire from the company July 30.
Cubic takes first step in cyber solutions expansion
Cubic Defense Applications Inc., a unit of Cubic Corp., has acquired Safe Harbor Holdings Inc., a supplier of customized hardware and software for cyber solutions. Financial terms were not reported.
Can the fed IT market break $100B? You bet
Federal spending for information technology will continue to accelerate at least through 2015 topping $112 billion by 2015, according to a new report from federal marketing analysis firm Input.
GDIT wins $25M transition contract for Marines Corps
General Dynamics Information Technology will provide logistics and other support services to the Marine Corps under a firm-fixed-priced contract that could be worth as much as $25.2 million.
SAIC taps former Lockheed exec as new chairman
SAIC Inc. today announced that A. Thomas Young has been elected non-executive chairman of the board of directors effective June 18. Young succeeds Ken Dahlberg, who retired from the board the same day after the company’s annual stockholders meeting.
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