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Microsoft, Wang expand partnership
Microsoft Corp. and Wang Global have expanded their alliance for developing solutions based on Microsoft technology, the two companies announced today.
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DOD draft shifts ASD/C3I focus/mission
The draft blueprint for the Pentagon's key command and control office calls for a laserlike focus on information superiority and recommends that the Defense Department establish a new assistant secretary of Defense for information superiority to replace the current assistant secretary of Defense f
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Former BTG execs join IntelliSys Tech
Four former BTG Inc. executives who attempted a buyout in January of BTG's product business have become officers and owners of IntelliSys Technology Corp., a Fairfax, Va.based network integrator.
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SCO introduces 64-bit version of Intel Unix
Two years after taking over development of Novell Inc.'s Unix operating system, The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. (SCO) last week introduced UnixWare 7, which integrates technology from both companies and sets the stage for Intel Corp.'s move to 64bit processors. UnixWare 7 is designed as a common pla
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CA backs off CSC takeover bid
After several weeks of escalating hostilities between the two companies, Computer Associates International Inc. today announced that it would not pursue its proposed $9.8 billion acquisition of systems integrator Computer Sciences Corp.
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OSD names new CIO, keeps C3I office intact
Eager to fill key positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon this month backed off a controversial plan to separate its oversight of intelligence operations from its command, control, communications and intelligence office. The Defense Reform Initiative, released by Secretary
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CA launches unsolicited $9 billion bid for CSC
Looking to extend its capacity for 'endtoend' systems management, software vendor Computer Associates International Inc. last week made an unsolicited $9 billion offer to buy systems integrator Computer Sciences Corp.
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OSD leaders Valletta, Rand jump on buyout bandwagon
Even as the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) faces a major reorganization, Anthony M. Valletta and at least five other senior members of the Defense Department's command, control, communications and intelligence (C3I) staff plan to leave the Pentagon after applying for early buyouts last month.
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Navy taps IDP for PC, notebook leasing pact
In a prototype procurement program that eventually could change the way it purchases information technology, the Navy Atlantic Fleet last month awarded International Data Products Corp. a fiveyear, multimilliondollar contract for leasing computers, peripherals and networking equipment.
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DOD funds battlefield IT and security
As part of a broad push for force modernization, the Defense Department next fiscal year will focus funding on such key information technology initiatives as battlefield digitization and information security, according to the department's fiscal 1999 budget request released today. The $257 billion
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Compaq acquires Digital for $9.6B
Looking to boost its presence in the enterprise computing environment, Compaq Computer Corp. last week announced it would acquire Digital Equipment Corp. and its extensive portfolio of computer and networking products and services. With the estimated $9.6 billion deal, in which Compaq will buy all
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BTG sells product business to GTSI
In a bid to strengthen their individual positions in the federal market, BTG Inc. and Government Technology Services Inc. last month announced BTG would sell its product reseller business to GTSI in exchange for $8 million in cash and 3 million shares -- or 30.8 percent -- of GTSI's stock.
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PC industry turns attention to management concerns
LAS VEGAS At the Comdex trade show late last month hardware and software vendors unveiled a wide range of new or unannounced products that recognize an industrywide concern of making the enterprise computing environment more powerful and manageable. The products on display covered everything from
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TRW, BDM seek fed biz after merger
TRW Inc. late last month announced it would acquire BDM International Inc. for about $1 billion an acquisition that both companies described as necessary if they are to succeed in the federal information technology services market. Each systems integrator does a large amount of business in the fede
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Cohen plan splits C3 & intelligence
Six months after a major review of Defense Department operations Secretary of Defense William Cohen last week announced a sweeping reform of DOD that will dramatically alter how the department manages information technology as well as bolster major Defense IT initiatives. While the Quadrennial Defe
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Dell, Digital roll out new models
Dell Computer Corp. and Digital Equipment Corp. this week will introduce notebook computers including models based on the new Intel Corp. Tillamook 233 MHz chip that help fill out and refine their product strategies. Dell is rolling out a lighter thinner version of its Latitude line of computer
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Pentium IIs noncompliant with EPA regs
The emergence this year of new and more powerful computer chips is making it difficult for agencies to comply with a federal policy that requires them to buy PCs equipped with energysaving features according to agency executives and industry vendors. The Energy Star program created with an executi
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Gochenour leaves his mark at DLA
The Defense Logistics Agency last week lost an integral component of its data center operations. Lee Gochenour a DLA computer specialist retired at the age of 77 after 19 years of civil service. He spent the last 17 years at DLA's data center in Richmond Va. Gochenour left the facility now called
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Hummingbird unveils revamped PC X server
Hummingbird Communications Inc. last month introduced a new version of its Exceed PC Xserver software that allows users to access Unix or other Xbased applications over the Internet. Hummingbird's Exceed software allows users to give PC clients access to X applications running on a server.Exceed
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Navy's 'Smart Ship' passes tests
ANNAPOLIS, Md. After a fivemonth voyage earlier this year, Navy officials believe its prototype 'Smart Ship' has demonstrated the potential for reducing onboard manpower by rigging a ship with highspeed networks and using PC applications to steer the vessel and carry out other critical operati
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