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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is collecting contract bids today from more than 300 companies across its 28 member nations to expand the alliance’s cybersecurity capabilities, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The initial award is for $42 million, but Daniel Michaels cited industry officials as saying a contract win will be much ...
The U.S. Education Department is seeking ideas on how to transfer several of its system to cloud computing, according to a request for information posted Nov. 18. The RFI asks for ideas for how to implement infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service for the department’s central automated processing system, known as EDCAPS. The RFI s...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) that is worth up to $502 million. The contract has a maximum length of 10 years with a five-year base period, a three-year option period and a two-year transition option. According a 2010 proposal relea...
With nearly one month to go before the end of the Navy‘s request for proposals for the $4.5 billion Next Generation Enterprise Network contract, Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has formed a comprehensive team of contractors in its effort to take home the NGEN deal. HP is teaming with AT&T (NYSE: ATT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC)...
The technology sector was one to watch in October’s merger and acquisition landscape, and a dominant player in the government contracting industry completed a significant transformation. GovCon Wire recorded 10 acquisitions in October and the first week of November, up from the eight we covered in September. Acquisitions IBM (NYSE: IBM) look...
IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) board of directors has elected 31-year company veteran Virginia M. Rometty to succeed Samuel Palmisano as president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2012. Palmisano will retain his position as chairman of the board. Rometty has joined the board effective of the announcement. Rometty currently serves as IBM’s senior vice pr...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to create technology that translates multiple foreign languages in all genres. The company will develop technology that can retrieve information from the translated material and enable bilingual communication via speech or text. Work is expected to be completed ...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Platform Computing. Although the financial terms have not been disclosed, the acquisition is anticipated to close in the fourth quarter of 2011. Platform Computing provides applications that fuel product development and critical business decisions, among other services. In combina...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has completed its acquisition of i2 Group, an intelligence analytics firm. The move will expand IBM’s big data analytics software and help governments and law enforcement access and analyze information to combat crime, fraud and other security threats, IBM said in a release. The company said its software will enable officials...
While no clear sector focus dominated the merger and acquisition landscape in September, government contractors remained busy, closing on several interesting healthcare and cybersecurity deals and divesting some operations. The eight acquisitions GovCon Wire recorded were down from the 11 reported in August, but executive moves ramped up to seasonal...
