From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Jun 1 15:07:33 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 11:07:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Nextel Signs Alliance Agreement with SAIC to Offer Wireless Solutions to Government and Business Market Verticals Message-ID: <20040601110656.P50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> June 01, 2004 10:12 AM US Eastern Timezone Nextel Signs Alliance Agreement with SAIC to Offer Wireless Solutions to Government and Business Market Verticals http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040601005563&newsLang=en --- RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2004--Nextel(R) Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTL) today announced that it signed a non-exclusive joint sales and marketing agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to establish shared leads and joint offerings of mobile solutions with SAIC Voice and Business Mobilization Solutions, and Nextel Telecommunications Voice and Data Services. The parties will focus on the government / public sector, energy, oil and gas, healthcare, financial services, transportation, retail, and manufacturing industries. Under the terms of the agreement, both companies will jointly offer Nextel's nationwide digital wireless network, products and professional services, and SAIC's expertise in system integration services, business consulting services, technology and architecture consulting, information services, and application development. "Mobility has become a core requirement in enterprise applications today. Nextel can bring the wireless voice and data network, products and services, and business practices that can assist us in addressing the needs of our corporate and government customers," said Glen N. Courtright, assistant vice president at SAIC. "Nextel's wireless solutions are designed to scale from workgroup to enterprise-wide deployments, facilitating workforce mobility and critical information exchange." "Nextel and SAIC are working together to provide wireless business solutions that help organizations excel by producing critical information on demand," said Susan Nelson, vice president of alliances and partnerships at Nextel. "We enable corporate and government customers to deploy a wireless infrastructure that can break down the barriers to information access, allowing mobile workers to get business done wherever they may be." Nextel and SAIC are already working together on a number of projects in the public sector and select industry segments. About SAIC SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. About Nextel Nextel Communications, a FORTUNE 200 company based in Reston, Va., is a leading provider of fully integrated wireless communications services and has built the largest guaranteed all-digital wireless network in the country covering thousands of communities across the United States. Today 95 percent of FORTUNE 500(R) companies are Nextel customers. Nextel and Nextel Partners, Inc. currently serve 295 of the top 300 U.S. markets where approximately 252 million people live or work. More information about Nextel can be found at www.nextel.com. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Jun 1 15:09:24 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 11:09:24 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Senforce Technologies(TM) Officially 'In Evaluation' for Common Criteria Validation and Certification Message-ID: <20040601110803.H50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Tuesday June 1, 10:01 am ET Senforce Technologies(TM) Officially 'In Evaluation' for Common Criteria Validation and Certification http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040601/latu029_1.html --- Senforce Enterprise Mobile Security Manager(TM) Is First Location-Aware Endpoint Security Product to Enter Official Third-Party Evaluation for IT Security Procedures OREM, Utah, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Senforce Technologies(TM), Inc., the leader in location-aware endpoint security, today announced that its Enterprise Mobile Security Manager(TM) (EMSM(TM)) software technology has achieved "In Evaluation" status in the Common Criteria security evaluation, validation and certification process. The Common Criteria process partners both public and private sector companies in helping United States Government agencies and organizations identify and select security technologies, and is a key requirement in many of these entities' purchase decisions. Senforce EMSM is officially listed on the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) Common Criteria in Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS) website at http://www.niap.nist.gov/cc-scheme/in_evaluation.html#s. Senforce EMSM software secures mobile users, connectivity and data. EMSM enables IT managers to easily create, deploy, monitor and enforce computer security policies to protect corporate data assets stored on mobile computing devices such as notebook and tablet computers. EMSM answers a variety of security problems and challenges faced by government organizations. For example, the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA is an organization within the United States Department of Justice) recently selected EMSM to provide policy-based client security for 15,000-plus mobile and desktop computer users in over 200 locations nationwide. Several EMSM 2.5 features also support compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) Wireless Directive DoDD 8100.2 for mobile technology usage in government agencies and organizations. "Our determination to perform the Common Criteria validation and obtain the certification approvals for Senforce EMSM provides added assurance and confidence to our existing and potential federal government and corporate customers," said Lori Lane, vice president of federal sales for Senforce Technologies. "Government agencies relying on Senforce for mobile data protection will, upon completion of the Common Criteria evaluation and certification, have added assurance that Senforce delivers an independently-assured, secure solution." About The Common Criteria Utilized in the public and private sectors, the Common Criteria (also known by the designation ISO international standard 15408) is recognized in several countries, and in the United States federal government, as the unbiased, official third-party evaluation for IT security procedures. Common Criteria is the first international standardized process for information technology security evaluation, validation and certification for NIAP. NIAP is a program jointly sponsored by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Multiple U.S. government and civilian agencies require new products be tested against the Common Criteria in accordance with the National Information Assurance Acquisition Policy -- National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Policy No. 11 (NSTISSP-1). The Common Criteria certification provides an objective review of information technology that results in key benefits including: * Cost reduction in procurement and deployment * Meeting agency / organization policy compliance requirements * Independent, standardized test metrics to aid in leveling out product evaluation criteria Senforce Draws On SAIC Expertise In a previous press release, Senforce announced the selection of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as its designated Common Criteria Testing Laboratory (CCTL) to perform the Common Criteria certification testing of Senforce EMSM. SAIC's Common Criteria Testing Laboratory was among the first commercial labs to be accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program to operate within NIAP's CCEVS, and is qualified to perform Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) evaluations for a variety of products. SAIC applies its expertise to assisting developers such as Senforce Technologies to efficiently achieve successful Common Criteria (CC) evaluations while adhering to the U.S. scheme. SAIC's CCTL, with its extensive evaluation experience, is a leader in Common Criteria evaluations completed and in progress within the CCEVS. Senforce anticipates completion of the Common Criteria validation and certification process in the first quarter of 2005. For product information and pricing information for Enterprise Mobile Security Manager, please contact Senforce's Federal Sales Office at (703) 481-9869. About Senforce Technologies Senforce Technologies, Inc. is the leading developer of location-aware security software for enterprise mobile computing. Senforce's flagship product, Enterprise Mobile Security Manager(TM), allows IT managers to create, deploy, enforce and monitor computer security policies for mobile clients across the enterprise. The company is based in Orem, Utah, with offices in California and Virginia. Senforce Technologies is privately held, and is funded by vSpring Capital, Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, Rocket Ventures, American River Ventures and EsNet Group. Information about Senforce Technologies is available on the World Wide Web at www.senforce.com. Senforce, and Senforce Enterprise Mobile Security Manager are trademarks of Senforce Technologies, Inc. Any other names or marks may be the property of their respective owners. Source: Senforce Technologies, Inc. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Jun 1 17:54:59 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:54:59 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Nextel signs marketing agreement with SAIC Message-ID: <20040601135437.Y50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> June 01, 2004 12:55 PM EST Nextel signs marketing agreement with SAIC http://rcrnews.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=18302 RESTON, Va..Nextel Communications Inc. signed a non-exclusive joint sales and marketing agreement with Science Applications International Corp., which it said would establish shared leads and joint offerings of mobile solutions with SAIC voice and business mobilization solutions and Nextel.s voice and data services. The venture will focus on the government/public-sector, energy, oil and gas, healthcare, financial services, transportation, retail and manufacturing industries. The agreement calls for both companies to jointly offer Nextel.s products and services along with SAIC.s system integration services, business and consulting services, technology and architecture consulting, information services and application development. .Nextel and SAIC are working together to provide wireless business solutions that help organizations excel by producing critical information on demand,. said Susan Nelson, vice president of alliances and partnerships at Nextel. Terms of the agreement were not released. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Jun 1 20:36:10 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 16:36:10 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Wins Defense Intelligence Agency Contract Message-ID: <20040601163529.G50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Tuesday June 1, 4:13 pm ET SAIC Wins Defense Intelligence Agency Contract http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040601/dctu057_1.html --- SAIC to Support Signature Measurement and Prediction for DIA's Missile and Space Intelligence Center HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A team led by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it has been awarded the Signature Measurement and Prediction (SM&P) contract by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The SAIC team will provide DIA's Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC) a wide-range of scientific and technical assistance to predict, measure, simulate and evaluate foreign missile systems, and related ground support equipment signatures in the electromagnetic, optical, acoustic, seismic and magnetic domains. This indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity cost-plus-fixed-fee contract will be performed over a base period of three years valued at $5,959,487, with the opportunity to renew two additional one-year options, which if exercised, would bring the potential cumulative ceiling value of the contract to $10,369,634. The primary purpose of this contract is to provide signature characterizations of the global threat using all-source data in conjunction with signature measurements or signature predictions of foreign threat systems. The SAIC team will address threat signature characterizations including radio frequency, electro-optical, infrared, ultraviolet, visible, laser, acoustic, seismic and magnetic, as well as electromagnetic emanations. "This contract enables us to continue the support we've provided this customer for ten years, and we look forward to deploying state-of-the-art technologies and quality products and services," said James Cook, SAIC vice president and SM&P program manager. Members of SAIC's team include Georgia Tech Research Institute of Atlanta, Ga.; Kinetics, Inc. of Stevenson, Wash.; and Dynetics, Sparta, and Teledyne Solutions, Inc. (TSI) of Huntsville, Ala. DIA/MSIC manages and produces all-source technical and scientific intelligence on foreign missiles, missile defense systems, directed energy weapons, selected space programs and systems, and relevant command, control, communications and computer systems. It also provides analysis of those materials to the Department of Defense and other U.S. government organizations. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Jun 2 12:23:14 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 08:23:14 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Round Britain And Ireland Challenge Message-ID: <20040602082214.I50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 2 June 2004 Round Britain And Ireland Challenge http://www.sailing.org/Article_content.asp?ArticleID=7242 --- Gamblers Becalmed Looking at the latest race viewer Barclays and SAIC may be confused as to which race they.re currently in, having taken a massive flyer last night and headed out west and towards the USA it appears! They.ve lost valuable miles on the leading pack but are searching for the predicted new breeze, which is due in later today. However they.re currently sat in absolutely no wind, alongside one another, as skipper Eero LEHINTEN, in his usual humorous style told Race HQ: .Fenders out for Barclays...no bloody wind, see you in July!. The forecast wind of force 4 or 5 occasionally 6 should see their gamble pay off though and put them in a much better position to reach the first Waypoint (Alpha). Still out in the lead is Clive COSBY.S yacht, Team Seven, neck and neck with Dave MELVILLE.S BP Explorer. Snapping at their heels in third place is Besso, whose problem with their Yankee 1 doesn.t seem to be affecting their progress. Save the Children is edging up in fourth place, followed by The Firm, then Kunachi with the gamblers - Barclays and SAIC - in joint last place. As the teams battle it out in the Irish Sea, tactics are crucial as they encounter the tidal anomalies of the Atlantic and need to decide whether to remain conservative or move away from the pack and trust the predicted forecasts. Time will tell but keep watching this space and we.ll keep you updated. Full positions are available on the event website at the address below. Event Website www.roundbritainchallenge.com From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Jun 2 12:25:40 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 08:25:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Barclays Adventurer and SAIC take massive westerly gamble Message-ID: <20040602082437.L50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 2 June 2004 Barclays Adventurer and SAIC take massive westerly gamble http://www.roundbritainchallenge.com/en/news_story.asp?chco_id=7325 [picture included] --- [IMAGE] 2 Jun 2004 08:54 GMT Looking at the latest race viewer Barclays and SAIC may be confused as to which race they.re currently in, having taken a massive flyer last night and headed out west and towards the USA it appears! They.ve lost valuable miles on the leading pack but are searching for the predicted new breeze, which is due in later today. However they.re currently sat in absolutely no wind, alongside one another, as skipper Eero Lehinten, in his usual humorous style told Race HQ: .Fenders out for Barclays...no bloody wind, see you in July!. The forecast wind of force 4 or 5 occasionally 6 should see their gamble pay off though and put them in a much better position to reach the first Waypoint (Alpha). Still out in the lead is Clive Cosby.s yacht, Team Seven, neck and neck with Dave Melville.s BP Explorer. Snapping at their heels in third place is Besso, whose problem with their Yankee 1 doesn.t seem to be affecting their progress. Save the Children is edging up in fourth place, followed by The Firm, then Kunachi with the gamblers - Barclays and SAIC - in joint last place. As the teams battle it out in the Irish Sea, tactics are crucial as they encounter the tidal anomalies of the Atlantic and need to decide whether to remain conservative or move away from the pack and trust the predicted forecasts. Time will tell but keep watching this space and we.ll keep you updated. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Jun 2 15:50:27 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:50:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Gary Lisota Appointed AMSEC CEO Message-ID: <20040602114943.A50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Wednesday June 2, 9:41 am ET Gary Lisota Appointed AMSEC CEO http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040602/dcw027_1.html --- VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Gary Lisota has been named chief executive officer (CEO) of AMSEC LLC, making him only the second CEO in the company's 23-year history. The AMSEC Board of Directors recently approved his appointment. Lisota replaces former CEO Carl M. Albero who was promoted to president of the Naval Engineering and Technical Services (NETS) Group of AMSEC LLC joint owner Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Lisota will remain as AMSEC's president and chief operating officer (COO) until a successor is named. He has been with AMSEC since its inception in 1981 when he developed the company's first strategic plan. Since then, he has progressed through the organization including being appointed executive vice president and COO in 1993. During his tenure as COO, AMSEC grew from $42 million in sales in 1993 to $267 million in 2003, the same year in which Lisota was named president of AMSEC LLC. Since that time, the company has grown to $500 million in revenue through a combination of internal growth and strategic acquisitions. A graduate of Purdue University, he served in the U.S. Navy as an officer in the engineering department of the USS Kinkaid (DD 965) and as a member of the Pacific Fleet Propulsion Examining Board. "AMSEC's strategic priority has been to build and acquire capability in the HM&E, C4ISR, combat systems, marine engineering and design, aviation, logistics and information technology solutions arena to support the full spectrum of services required by the U.S. Navy's Sea Power 21 doctrine and structure," said Lisota. "With two great owners and a world class management team, we will be marching forward with our well developed strategic vision and plan." "Gary and I have been a team for many years, and he is unquestionably the right person to succeed me and take this company to the next plateau," said Albero. In January, SAIC's new CEO Ken Dahlberg consolidated its federal business segment to align groups and business units with key customers and markets. The NETS Group run by Albero supports Navy and Marine Corps customers worldwide and has combined revenues in excess of $800 million and more than 7,000 employees worldwide. AMSEC LLC is a limited liability company jointly owned by SAIC and Northrop Grumman Newport News. With annual revenue of $500 million and 4,600 employees nationwide and overseas, AMSEC LLC is a full service supplier to the commercial and Navy maritime industry, providing naval architecture and marine engineering, combat and electronic systems engineering, naval ship systems assessments, maintenance engineering, and acquisition program development, shipyard industrial engineering, and complete logistics services from technical manual development to provisioning documents, to spare parts management and training. Northrop Grumman Newport News, headquartered in Newport News, Va., is the nation's sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. Newport News also provides after-market services for a wide array of naval and commercial vessels, and has the capability to design, build and maintain every class of ship in the U.S. Navy's fleet. Newport News employs more than 18,000 people. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, transportation and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause SAIC's actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Jun 2 15:52:02 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:52:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Dr. David Hardison Joins SAIC Life Sciences Practice Message-ID: <20040602115119.U50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Wednesday June 2, 11:20 am ET Dr. David Hardison Joins SAIC Life Sciences Practice http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040602/dcw041_1.html --- MCLEAN, Va., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today that Dr. David Hardison has joined SAIC as corporate vice president responsible for business development within SAIC's Life Sciences office. Hardison has spent over 25 years working at the intersection of biopharmaceuticals, health care delivery, performance improvement, and information technology (IT) in both executive and board-level roles. He comes to SAIC most recently from First Consulting Group, where he served as vice president with global responsibility for the Life Sciences Consulting Practice. Prior to that, in 1993, Hardison served as vice president of Continuous Improvement and chief information officer at Carolina Medicorp (now Novant Health), a large integrated delivery system, where he pioneered information technology-enabled performance improvement methods. In 1987, Hardison served in executive roles at the Hospital Corporation of America as a founding member of the Quality Resource Group and Quorum Health where he founded the Quorum Center for Continuous Improvement. Prior to that, Hardison served as a senior scientist at Eli Lilly and Company, and played a significant role in obtaining global regulatory approval for Prozac. Hardison currently is a member of the boards of directors of the global Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), the North Carolina Public Health Foundation, and the University of North Carolina Board of Visitors. He also served a decade on the board of directors of Wheaton Franciscan Services, a $2+ billion health system in the Midwest. Hardison received his bachelors of science from Vanderbilt University with High Honors in Math and Computer Science, and PhD in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Jun 2 15:52:41 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:52:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] William Hills Joins SAIC Life Sciences Practice Message-ID: <20040602115210.E50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Wednesday June 2, 11:04 am ET William Hills Joins SAIC Life Sciences Practice http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040602/dcw042_1.html --- MCLEAN, Va., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today that William Hills has joined SAIC as corporate vice president responsible for business development within SAIC's Life Sciences office. As a consultant, Hills has focused on process and technology integration to drive significant performance improvement in the research and development organizations of life sciences companies. Hills comes to SAIC from the First Consulting Group (FCG) where he served as a vice president in the Life Sciences Consulting Practice with responsibility for the clinical consulting practice. Prior to joining FCG, Hills was a senior vice president with Xansa, where he was responsible for the company's Global Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Sector. Hills has nearly 20 years of industry and consulting experience in strategic planning, technology management, application development and process improvement. After receiving his B.A. from Case Western Reserve University, Hills served in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility in both state government and industry. Among those roles, Hills served as the director of microcomputer consulting for Mathematica Policy Research, as well as director of systems and technology and chief information officer for Chase Econometrics. Prior to becoming a consultant, Mr. Hills spent eight years with Johnson and Johnson as director of systems development in the R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, with responsibility for global systems development and support. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Jun 3 14:31:10 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:31:10 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Vocera Communications Signs Value-Added Reseller Agreement With SAIC Message-ID: <20040603103018.Y50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> June 03, 2004 09:00 AM US Eastern Timezone Vocera Communications Signs Value-Added Reseller Agreement With SAIC http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040603005173&newsLang=en --- CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2004--Vocera Communications, a wireless communications company, today announced a strategic reseller agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a diversified high-technology research and engineering company based in San Diego, Calif. By signing the agreement with SAIC, Vocera Communications is broadening its Value-Added Reseller (VAR) channel, giving the company greater opportunity to fulfill the demands of its government and military customers. Targeting mobile personnel in hospitals, retail operations, government facilities, and other in-building environments, The Vocera Communications System provides hands-free, voice-activated communications throughout any 802.11b-networked building or campus. The Vocera Communications System consists of Vocera Server Software, residing on a customer server, and Vocera Communications Badges, which operate over a wireless LAN (802.11b). With simple voice commands, Vocera instantly connects people to other people or groups. This allows users to get information, make decisions, and act quickly anytime and anywhere within a building or campus environment with an installed wireless network. "Our customers are seeking better ways to improve productivity and efficiency using the best communications solutions available within wireless environments," said Brent Lang, vice president of marketing of Vocera Communications. "The signing of this VAR agreement with SAIC increases our opportunity and capability to deliver high-value solutions that address the most important communications needs of government and military customers." In November 2003, the U.S.S. Coronado (AGF 11), the U.S. Navy's sea-based battle lab, installed the Vocera Communications System to facilitate instant communication among select members. This was the first military installation for the company. About Vocera Communications Vocera Communications has created a wireless communications system to enhance customer service productivity and teamwork throughout organizations by enabling instant voice communication among mobile workers. The company, headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., was founded in March 2000. For more information, please contact the company at (408) 790-4100 or visit the Web site at www.vocera.com. About SAIC SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration, and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, healthcare, and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Jun 3 16:24:06 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 12:24:06 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Who's on Telcordia's Shopping List? Message-ID: <20040603122246.A50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> JUNE 03, 2004 Who's on Telcordia's Shopping List? http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?site=lightreading&doc_id=53855 --- Having rocked the OSS sector with its recent acquisition of inventory system specialist Granite Systems Inc., Telcordia Technologies Inc.'s M&A strategy is now the subject of intense speculation (see Telcordia Shells Out at Last and Nice GOSSip ). CEO Matt Desch has stated on numerous occasions that Telcordia must grow both organically and through acquisitions to break into new markets, and has promised further deals. Granite was the first major acquisition made using the significant financial muscle of Telcordia's parent company Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) , adding to a technology deal struck late last year (see Telcordia Dabbles With Dax ). So where might Desch look next? Officially, Telcordia's keeping schtum, in accordance with its stated policy to refuse media requests from Light Reading Inc. and its affiliated sites. But a source close to Telcordia and SAIC says the prime targets are those with standing relationships, particularly financial, with the OSS firm. Get the full details at Boardwatch. -- Ray Le Maistre, International Editor, Boardwatch From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Jun 4 13:49:19 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 09:49:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC to Resell Vocera's Voice over Wi-Fi Solutions Message-ID: <20040604094800.Y50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 03-Jun-04 SAIC to Resell Vocera's Voice over Wi-Fi Solutions http://www.convergedigest.com/WiFi/wlanarticle.asp?ID=11328 --- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) will distribute and resell Vocera Communications' Voice over Wi-Fi solutions, which target mobile personnel in hospitals, retail operations, government facilities, and other in-building environments. The Vocera Communications System consists of Vocera Server Software, residing on a customer server, and Vocera Communications Badges, which operate over a wireless LAN (802.11b). With simple voice commands, Vocera instantly connects people to other people or groups. In November 2003, the U.S.S. Coronado (AGF 11), the U.S. Navy's sea-based battle lab, installed the Vocera Communications System to facilitate instant communication among select members. This was the first military installation for the company. http://www.vocera.com From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat Jun 5 14:13:41 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 10:13:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Athens seeks to master game of security Message-ID: <20040605101231.J11314-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Saturday, June 5, 2004 - 7:15 a.m. Athens seeks to master game of security http://www.charleston.net/stories/060504/ter_05athens.shtml --- Associated Press ATHENS, GREECE--Athens is spending a small fortune on Olympic security so that its police will have the most modern equipment and technology available. The question in Athens these days, however, is not whether Greece will have the newest security gadgets, but if security forces will have enough time to learn how to use them before the Aug. 13-29 Games. The electronic security system for Athens has been touted as one of the most sophisticated ever assembled at a cost of more than $312 million. It was supposed to be delivered May 28, giving 4,000 security personnel at least two months of hands-on experience. Like much to do with the Athens Games, things didn't go quite as planned. "We will be ready by the end of June or beginning of July," Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis said. The security contract was awarded a year ago to a consortium led by San Diego-based Science Applications International Corp., or SAIC, which had helped to secure the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. Greek worries about escalating costs had significantly delayed the contract, barely giving SAIC enough time to put the system together. "The single biggest challenge is the time constraint," SAIC said at the time. On June 2, SAIC vice president David Tubbs would not give an exact delivery date. He said only that the system will be ready by the Olympics. "We and the government are working very hard to make certain that the system is completed, functional and available for use during the Olympics," Tubbs said. The company has blamed delays on construction setbacks at sports venues such as the main Olympic stadium, which is still not ready. The world has drastically changed since Athens was awarded the Olympics in 1997. After the Sept. 11 terror attacks, Greece went from being one of the safest countries in Europe to suddenly finding itself with a security bill that has surpassed $1.2 billion. "What has happened over the last number of years is that security planning and the security effort has come to the forefront. I don't think anybody wants to acknowledge that because you don't want it to take away from what the games are supposed to bring your country, but it is a fact of life." Tubbs said. The price for security, already twice the original amount budgeted, includes the cost for 70,000 police and soldiers, new equipment -- from pistols to blimps -- and the electronic system that will bind it all together. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sun Jun 6 15:10:44 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 11:10:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Greece splurges on electronic security Message-ID: <20040606111027.C13732-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Sunday, Jun 06, 2004 Greece splurges on electronic security http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/06/06/2003174031 --- PHOTO: AP Caption: Construction workers check the edges of the two massive arches that are part of the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Friday. The roof was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Construction work is likely to continue right up until opening day. Feeling insecure * The security contract for the games was awarded one year ago to a consortium led by San Diego-based Science Applications International Corp * Greek worries about escalating costs had significantly delayed the contract, barely giving SAIC enough time to put the system together * Greece's total bill for providing security for the Olympics has surpassed US$1.2 billion --- SUMMER OLYMPICS: The electronic security system for Athens has been touted as one of the most sophisticated ever assembled at a cost of more than US$312 million AP , ATHENS, GREECE Sunday, Jun 06, 2004,Page 23 Advertising Athens is spending a small fortune on Olympic security so that its police will have the most modern equipment and technology available. The question in Athens these days, however, is not whether Greece will have the newest security gadgets, but if security forces will have enough time to learn how to use them before the Aug. 13-29 Games. The electronic security system for Athens has been touted as one of the most sophisticated ever assembled at a cost of more than US$312 million. It was supposed to be delivered on May 28, giving 4,000 security personnel at least two months of hands-on experience. Like much to do with the Athens Games, things didn't go quite as planned. "We will be ready by the end of June or beginning of July," Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis told AP. The security contract was awarded one year ago to a consortium led by San Diego-based Science Applications International Corp, or SAIC, which had helped to secure the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. Greek worries about escalating costs had significantly delayed the contract, barely giving SAIC enough time to put the system together. "The single biggest challenge is the time constraint," SAIC said at the time. On June 2, SAIC vice president David Tubbs would not give an exact delivery date. He said only that the system will be ready by the Olympics. "We and the government are working very hard to make certain that the system is completed, functional and available for use during the Olympics," Tubbs said. The company has blamed delays on construction setbacks at sports venues such as the main Olympic stadium, which is still not ready. The world has drastically changed since Athens was awarded the Olympics in 1997. After the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, Greece went from being one of the safest countries in Europe to suddenly finding itself with a security bill that has surpassed US$1.2 billion. "What has happened over the last number of years is that security planning and the security effort has come to the forefront. I don't think anybody wants to acknowledge that because you don't want it to take away from what the games are supposed to bring your country, but it is a fact of life," Tubbs said. The price for security, already twice the original amount budgeted, includes the cost for 70,000 police and soldiers, new equipment -- from pistols to blimps -- and the electronic system that will bind it all together. "Preparations for the Olympics is the most complex thing that I have ever seen, and it is not just security planning but it is all the effort that everybody puts in," Tubbs said. Voulgarakis said Greece's high cost for security was something the world had to take into consideration with regard to the Olympics. "The international community has to decide whether this celebration has to be kept or not. I believe it has to be kept because it is something universal, no matter the cost," Voulgarakis said. After enduring years of construction delays and international criticism about the slow pace of preparations, Olympic organizers have now asked Athenians to at least put on a happy face for the world. "These games should be the games of smiles and not of misery and complaint," Athens organizing committee president Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki said. After a meeting with Premier Costas Caramanlis, she said that all Greeks must "take a common course and work together in a joint effort. We must make this common effort visible because everyone outside of Greece is watching." Her appeal came as Greeks have become increasingly vocal about both the cost of the Olympics and hassles caused by construction around Athens. The finance minister recently complained that the cost of the games were higher than expected and the rewards less than Greece had hoped for. His comments came a few days after the minister of public works questioned if Greece should have bid for the games. But Angelopoulos-Daskalaki said Greeks should "show that we are going forward with optimism and that we are ready. We should not give anyone a reason to complain or use an unfair description of our country." At least one delayed project came one step closer to completion on Friday, with the final section of the main Olympic stadium roof being slowly pulled into place. HOOP HAPPINESS Officials from world basketball's governing body expressed satisfaction on Friday with the long-delayed Olympic venue to host the sport. "It is a perfect building for basketball," FIBA spokesman Florian Wanninger said at the start of a three-day test of the 12,000-seat facility. "I believe this is the most beautiful basketball building which exists in this country right now," he said. The venue, a revamped hangar at Athens' former international airport, was hosting an international women's basketball tournament. "We are very, very satisfied with the work," Wanninger said. "It is almost completed. There is some finishing work to be done." Some temporary seats and some flooring remain to be put in place before the Aug. 13-29 Games. "All the functional areas are basically done. It looks as if traffic flow is excellent. It was a very well thought out design," Wanninger said. FIBA officials originally had doubts that the delayed venue would be ready for the test event. "At a certain time I had some doubts ... The state it is now in was a big surprise for me," Wanninger said. "To be honest we could even start tomorrow with the games." From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Jun 10 13:27:52 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:27:52 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Olympians weigh safety vs. glory Message-ID: <20040610092734.Y13732-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> June 10, 2004 Olympians weigh safety vs. glory http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0610/p06s01-wogi.html --- Athens has devoted record sums to security, but critics say the 2004 Games are still vulnerable to attack. By Coral Davenport | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor ATHENS - The realization hit two-time Olympic medalist Xeno Muller like a thunderclap. As he rowed out in the water during last month's Olympic qualifying trials, he knew his head wasn't where it should be. Out of concern for the safety of his wife and children, he had already decided they would not be joining him this summer if he made it to the 2004 Games. But suddenly he began to think of his own security and rowed back to shore. "I'm a dad with three children. Now that I'm a father, I look at the world differently," Mr. Muller says. "You try to think of the 'what-ifs' - what if you win a gold medal? But what if something happens and you can't come home to your family?" Within days, he announced he would not be competing in Athens this August, becoming the first US athlete to officially pull out of the Games for safety reasons. Greek officials say such fears are unwarranted. Over a billion dollars has been pumped into security; There will be seven security guards monitoring the games for every athlete competing in them. Still, athletes across the globe have questioned whether they - and their families - will be safe during this year's Olympics - the first summer games to be held since 9/11, in a country situated at the sometimes volatile crossroads between Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East. Just this week Greece drew sharp criticism after a European Union Council report revealed that the country has hardly implemented any of the antiterrorism legislation put in place by the EU after 9/11."Effectively, Greece is the bad boy of the EU on this," says an EU spokesman. He says that while the requirements - mostly dealing with legal processes - will not necessarily affect security during the Olympics, the report will do nothing to allay public fears. Last week, tennis player Lindsay Davenport told wire services she may not come to the Athens Olympics because of security concerns. "It's an awkward feeling to go somewhere Americans aren't really wanted," said the top-ranked player, who took home a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games. At least nine NBA players have said they'll decline invitations to play for team USA, though not all have cited security. And many athletes, like Australian spring and keirin silver medalist Jobie Dajka, are intent on competing still - but have asked their families to stay at home. The US, Australian, and Israeli Olympic teams, among others, will be sending national security forces to protect athletes. French Olympic officials have said they are considering sending athletes home as soon as they finish competing. Last month, the Australian government issued a travel advisory to citizens planning to attend the Games. And Qantas, the Australian national airline, has pledged to stand by to fly Australian athletes back to safety in case of an attack. Some experts say such measures may be warranted. In March, the FBI issued a warning that Al Qaeda could attack during the Games. And after the March attacks in Madrid, Europeans are more on edge. "After March 11, the threat came closer to us," says Mary Bossis, a Greek expert on terrorism and international security at Athens University. "In a sense, with the Olympics, we're inviting terrorists to prove themselves, with this great stage for worldwide coverage.... But the strongest strategic tool of terrorism is the element of surprise, which there won't be here." Greek officials point to the extraordinary measures they have taken to protect the country during the Games, citing security as a top priority. The $1.2 billion budget is the largest Olympic security price tag ever, nearly four times that of the Sydney Games in 2000. Greece has asked NATO to help guard international borders. There will be 70,000 security officers on duty during the Games - compared to just over 10,000 athletes. And the US company Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), which organized security for the Salt Lake City Games in 2002, is installing a vast $312 million security infrastructure system, the largest ever used for a nonmilitary operation. With the anticipation of the homecoming Olympics already marred by delays in building stadiums and infrastructure, Greek officials have also faced criticism for delays in security preparations. At a conference in Athens last week, SAIC contractors said that such a complicated system typically takes two to three years to install, including time for testing and training; Work on the Athens system began just over a year ago. It was supposed be delivered May 28, giving security personnel at least two months of hands-on experience, but officials now say it probably won't be in place for at least another month. "Basically, what we've started here is building a whole new system. So this makes it even more complex than you would routinely see in preparations for Olympics. Most countries don't run into that - they already have an infrastructure there, and they might build a little bit onto it," says David Tubbs, the head of SAIC in Athens. Greek officials maintain that preparations will be finished on time. "In assuming the hosting of the 2004 Olympic Games, our country has guaranteed, vis--vis the international community, an absolute secure and peaceful environment ... there is no margin for cutting corners or delays when dealing with Olympic security," George Voulgarakis, Greek public order minister, recently told an assembly on Olympic security. US ambassador to Greece Thomas Miller is more cautious, but still optimistic. He calls the Olympic security preparations a constant work in progress: "Are there guarantees? No. There are no guarantees anywhere in the world today. What this is all about is reducing risk. It's getting that risk down so much and making life so difficult for terrorists that you're not going to necessarily eliminate them, but you're going to make them go somewhere else. " And although some athletes continue to question whether to come to Athens, thousands more are still expected here this August, with their primary focus on competing for gold. US Olympic volleyball team member Tom Hoff knows that some of his teammates have told their families not to come to Athens, but he intends to be here with his wife and parents. "My first priority is working on the game, on bringing home a gold medal. The Olympics are always a dangerous time," he says, recalling the bombing that took place during the Atlanta Games. "But it's also why they're great. People from all over the world will be there. If they're willing to take that risk, so am I." He pauses for a moment, and adds, "I'll still keep following the news, though. I could change my mind up to the last minute." Full HTML version of this story which may include photos, graphics, and related links From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Jun 10 21:56:22 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:56:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] John Russell Jensen Honored with the SAIC/Estes Memorial Teaching Award Message-ID: <20040610175529.T13732-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> John Russell Jensen Honored with the SAIC/Estes Memorial Teaching Award http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2004/jun/10/news8.html John Russell Jensen, PhD, a Carolina Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina, is the 2004 recipient of the prestigious SAIC/Estes Memorial Teaching Award. This award was made during the ASPRS 2004 Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado, May 23-27. Dr. Jensen is a graduate of California State University, Brigham Young University, and UCLA. He was instrumental in developing a new PhD program at the University of South Carolina in Geographic Information Science specializing in remote sensing, cartography and GIS. This program is now one of the most respected in the nation. He has published over 100 articles dealing primarily with remote sensing of the environment. He was a co-author of the ASPRS Manual of Remote Sensing (1st and 2nd ed.) and Manual of Photographic Interpretation (2nd ed.) He has mentored 55 masters students and 25 PhD students in remote sensing. All of them are working in the field. He is a past president of ASPRS. Inaugurated in 2003, the ASPRS SAIC Estes Memorial Teaching Award is named in honor of Professor John E. ("Jack") Estes, teacher, mentor, scientist, and friend of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. This award is designed to recognize individual achievement in the promotion of remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) technology and applications through educational efforts. Award recipients are chosen based on documented excellence in education, teaching, mentoring, and training. The SAIC/Estes Memorial Teaching Award is presented by ASPRS with funding provided by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and consists of a presentation plaque and a cash award of $2,000. Founded in 1934, ASPRS is an international professional organization of 6,000 geospatial data professionals. ASPRS is devoted to advancing knowledge and improving understanding of the mapping sciences to promote responsible application of photogrammetry, remote sensing, geographic information systems and supporting technologies. For additional information about ASPRS, visit our web site at www.asprs.org. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Jun 10 21:57:20 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:57:20 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] AJT and SAIC Unveil Mobile Bio-Medical Technology Message-ID: <20040610175632.L13732-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Thursday June 10, 3:57 pm ET AJT and SAIC Unveil Mobile Bio-Medical Technology http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040610/flth015_1.html --- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- AJT & Associates and SAIC will unveil their medical lab and mobile isolation unit to hospital, healthcare organizations and emergency response groups during a preview event on June 10. Mobilis Systems is a modification of an AJT product derived from projects supporting the federal government. The unit is self-contained with proprietary, patented features including a wastewater treatment system, an ozone decontamination and disinfection system and a computerized air-control system. In today's environment there are a number of concerns ranging from tuberculosis, SARS and Anthrax to a host of other highly contagious diseases. The facilities and tools that are required to properly isolate and treat infected individuals must be safe, effective and affordable for infected individuals, as well as emergency response teams. "Technologies of this nature have not previously been incorporated into a single unit capable of rapid transportation via ship, plane, or trailer to an area that has suffered an epidemic or contagious disease outbreak," says Alfredo Teran, president of AJT & Associates, a scientific and technical firm headquartered in Cape Canaveral, Florida. "These units present a low-cost alternative to construction of independent facilities with similar isolation, containment and disinfection capabilities." Mobilis units, which range in price from $150,000 to $350,000, offer organizations numerous configuration options including: medical isolation, analysis and containment of infectious disease; bio/chemical research laboratory; medical diagnostics; morgue; or a WMD/HAZMAT Command, Control and Isolation Facility. "Through our partnership with SAIC, we built an easy-to-manage system from a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) using AJT's proprietary software," says Teran. "This PLC monitors alarms and issues maintenance messages while the software records environmental and water system performance -- all communicated over secure systems." Coupled with the extensive capabilities provided by SAIC, we have formed a fully integrated team capable of developing, implementing and maintaining very complex and advanced medical units to our customers. More than 60 representatives from healthcare organizations from across Florida including HealthFirst, Halifax Medical Center, Wuesthoff, and Parrish Medical Center are expected to attend the unveiling event. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, healthcare and logistics. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. AJT & Associates, Inc. is a scientific and technical firm that has been in operation for over fifteen years. With extensive experience in environmental control systems, water and wastewater management and treatment, AJT serves federal, state and local government, aerospace prime contractors and commercial clients. For more information, visit http://www.MobilisSystems.com or http://www.AJT.com or call 321.783.7989. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: AJT & Associates, Inc. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon Jun 14 16:49:45 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:49:45 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Announces Revenue and Earnings for the First Quarter Message-ID: <20040614124903.L13732-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Monday June 14, 11:15 am ET SAIC Announces Revenue and Earnings for the First Quarter http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040614/dcm025_1.html --- SAN DIEGO, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced financial results for the first quarter of Fiscal 2005, which ended on April 30, 2004. SAIC achieved first quarter revenues of $1.9 billion, reflecting a growth rate of 28 percent over revenues of $1.5 billion for the first quarter of the previous year. Revenues from our regulated segment, primarily federal government customers, increased $426 million or 36 percent over the same period of the prior year. Revenues from our non-regulated telecommunications segment customers decreased $20 million or 9 percent, while our non-regulated other segment revenues increased $18 million or 17 percent. "The company is continuing to expand our business base, particularly with both our defense and civilian agency customers," said Ken Dahlberg, SAIC chief executive officer and president. "Today, SAIC's employee owners are performing technical and other professional services with distinction on more than 9,000 federal and commercial contracts throughout the world." SAIC's operating income for the first quarter was $149 million, compared to $120 million during the same period last year. The increase in operating income was driven primarily by growth in revenues and operating income in our regulated segment. Non-operating expense items totaled $16 million for the first quarter compared to $17 million for the same period of the prior year. Included in the first quarter non-operating expense items for the current year was a net improvement from our investment portfolio of $21 million, offset by a $16 million increase in net interest expense (interest expense after subtracting interest income), and a $4 million increase in other non-operating expense items. Consolidated net income was $89 million in the first quarter, compared to $69 million in the same period last year, and increased primarily as a result of the growth in operating income. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon Jun 14 16:50:56 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:50:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Takeover of PA Consulting nears Message-ID: <20040614124946.K13732-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> [14-06-2004] Takeover of PA Consulting nears http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1137382 --- PA Consulting has confirmed that it is in discussions regarding a possible takeover by research and engineering company Science Applications International Corporation. 'The reaction of PA's board and management committee is that the proposal, if agreed, opens up exciting growth opportunities, both for our company and all our staff, so we should take it seriously,' said a statement released to Management Consultancy. 'If this merger goes ahead, PA would retain its own identity, indeed grow as other parts of SAIC were brought into our organisation, and the focus would be on maximising the growth potential of the new organisation.' The merger could be confirmed as early as next week, according to the Financial Times, with the privately owned management consultancy's staff receiving bonuses on their shareholding. A successful deal could see 3,000 PA Consulting staff benefit from a windfall. However the statement read: 'As yet the talks are preliminary, and we have no formal agreement or letter of intent between the two companies.' From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon Jun 14 16:53:12 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:53:12 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Telcordia Awarded Critical Softswitch Patent Message-ID: <20040614125059.V13732-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 3:18pm (UK) / 14 June 2004 Telcordia Awarded Critical Softswitch Patent; Softswitch Architecture Dramatically Advances Delivery of Voip Services http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3063810 --- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PISCATAWAY, N.J. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - June 14, 2004 - Telcordia(R) Technologies, Inc., a global provider of telecommunications software and services, today announced that it was awarded a U.S. patent for its method and system for media connectivity over a packet-based network. The advancement encompassed in the awarded patent, which is readily available for licensing, is critical to the delivery of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and demonstrates the company.s leadership in developing cutting-edge technologies. .The issuing of this patent is evidence of Telcordia.s role as a leader in the telecommunications industry,. said Joe McGarvey, senior analyst, Current Analysis. .Telcordia.s involvement in the disaggregation of traditional TDM components into a packet-based computing environment predates even the earliest deployments of softswitch technology.. Industry analysts predict that enterprises will spend more than 17 billion per year on VoIP services worldwide, split between IP PBXs and Hosted IP Services, approximately 12 billion of which will be in the U.S. Telcordia.s patented method consists of a reliable, distributed, scalable hardware-independent system that governs multiple functions for the management and support of communications over a packet-based network. In addition to VoIP, this softswitch architecture supports delivery of residential and commercial voice over asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), video conferencing, data transfer, telephony and downloading video or other data. .This patent is the latest example of Telcordia.s thought leadership in the industry and underscores Telcordia.s commitment to helping carriers enhance network productivity and customer satisfaction in both current and new markets,. said Rick de Pinho, Director of Patent Licensing, Telcordia Technologies. .Telcordia.s innovation in softswitch technology is landmark in that it is the preferred method that meets the scalability and protocol flexibility required to address one of the fastest growing technology segments in telecommunications today, VoIP.. Stemming from developments covered in a patent filed by Telcordia in 1997, the newly issued patent addresses methods associated with the origination and termination of packet-based media connections inherent to today.s evolving telecommunications networks and embodies Telcordia.s Elementive approach to help carriers more rapidly and cost effectively create, activate, deliver and manage voice and high-bandwidth data services. The patent and associated intellectual property are available immediately for license or purchase In addition, Telcordia offers a full complement of professional services focused on building and deploying carrier grade VoIP solutions. For more information please contact Rick de Pinho, Director of Patent Licensing, Telcordia, at 732-699-8381. About Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (www.telcordia.com). Telcordia Technologies, Inc. is a leading global provider of telecommunications software and services for IP, wireline, wireless, and cable. By delivering on its Elementive strategy of providing flexible, standards-based solutions that optimize complex network and business support systems, Telcordia enables customers to aggressively reduce costs and grow revenues. Telcordia, a subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), is headquartered in Piscataway, NJ, with offices throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Central and Latin America. Telcordia Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of SAIC. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC.s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2003, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Jun 15 12:11:33 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 08:11:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC's revenue up 29% over same quarter in 2003 Message-ID: <20040615081114.B13732-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> June 15, 2004 SAIC's revenue up 29% over same quarter in 2003 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040615-9999-1b15saic.html --- By Bruce V. Bigelow UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER June 15, 2004 SAIC's bottom line, which includes operating income and gains on corporate investments, amounted to a 29 percent increase over the $69 million posted during same quarter last year. "Certainly we are doing more defense work and intelligence work," said Thomas E. Darcy, SAIC's chief financial officer. "But more than anything, we've had a high success rate on our contract wins in general over the last year." The employee-owned company, also known as Science Applications International Corp., reported $1.9 billion in revenue for the three-month period. That was higher than the $1.5 billion SAIC posted for the same quarter last year, and substantially more than any first quarter revenue reported over the past five years. The company refrained from calling it a record, however. "It's still early in the year, and we're pretty modest," Darcy quipped. SAIC's business is typically stronger in the second half of its fiscal year, he explained. The company's fiscal year begins in February. In a government filing yesterday, SAIC also disclosed that directors have elected Chief Executive Kenneth C. Dahlberg as chairman upon the retirement of founder J. Robert Beyster, whose term on the board expires July 16. As part of changes in its corporate governance, SAIC's board also named director A. Thomas Young, a retired Lockheed Martin executive, as lead director. His responsibilities include serving as liaison to stockholders for communication with the board, chairing meetings of independent directors and serving as acting chairman when the chairman or CEO is unavailable. SAIC operates chiefly as an engineering and research consulting company, providing its expertise in information technology, systems integration and other technical fields. The company is working on more than 9,000 federal and commercial contracts around the world. About 83 percent of SAIC's revenue in the quarter came from business with the government, or what SAIC calls its "regulated segment." In the past year, the company has been awarded at least eight contracts valued at $108.2 million for work in Iraq, according to a Pentagon Inspector General's report issued in March. SAIC did not renew its contract to rebuild Iraq's media network, and its other work in Iraq seems likely to decline. "We're being very cautious about any new work in Iraq because we're concerned about the protection of our people," Darcy said. "So you'll see that work on balance decrease some as we continue to perform and complete the work that we have." SAIC said cash and short-term investments totaled $2.1 billion as of April 30. The company has $643 million available as credit and disclosed debts totaling $1.3 billion. The company said it used $14 million in cash in connection with an undisclosed business acquisition. "We intend to continue to make acquisitions as part of our overall growth strategy and expect the use of cash in connection with acquisitions will increase," the company said. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Jun 15 12:26:33 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 08:26:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] LocatioNet Joins SAIC's Public Safety Integration Center Message-ID: <20040615082548.L13732-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> June 15, 2004 LocatioNet Joins SAIC's Public Safety Integration Center http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Jun/1048533.htm --- NEW YORK --(Business Wire)-- June 15, 2004 -- LocatioNet Inc. announced today that it has completed installing its D-C4I system at Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) Public Safety Integration Center (PSIC). Located in the Washington, D.C. suburb of McLean, Va., SAIC's PSIC is a testing and demonstration facility that is used to illustrate the integration of capabilities and expertise from SAIC with vendors, service providers and the federal government to suit specific customer needs. Presented with scenarios tailored to PSIC visitors' requirements in the areas of homeland security, homeland defense and national security, PSIC staff demonstrates various integrated solutions to suit visitors' needs in areas that include policy, enterprise architecture, systems engineering, information technology, training and prevention. With LocatioNet, SAIC's PSIC can show a full set of capabilities for topographical settings. These start with advanced terrain analysis and line-of-sight calculations for deployment planning. LocatioNet's tools create an integrated, synchronized multi-sensor observation center from a wide array of surveillance and detection systems (such as antennas, radars, electronic fences, classified sources). The common operational picture (COP) is distributed to the field (on PDAs, mobile phones, and ruggedized portable computers). The system allows bi-directional sharing of information in real time, including free hand sketching on maps. It runs over a wide set of wireless communication means (such as HF, VHF, UHF, CDPD, GPRS, 1X). Where needed, it integrates detection systems with lethal and non-lethal response. LocatioNet's software is offered as a set of modules that can interface with existing systems and augment their capabilities. "LocatioNet's software can assist law enforcement and anti terror efforts in border protection, and in perimeter protection of sensitive infrastructure," said Robert Desourdis, vice president and director of SAIC's PSIC. "SAIC and LocatioNet can deliver to emergency decision-makers tactical arena management tools to present and share information effectively and in real time." "Homeland security officers have sophisticated requirements in perimeter protection", said Gadi BenMark, LocatioNet Inc.'s CEO. "LocatioNet draws on years of experience with demanding military users to bring battle proven capabilities to the homeland security environment. SAIC's Public Safety Integration Center can establish new standards of capabilities across all levels of the homeland security community" Additional Information: About SAIC: SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, transportation and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found on the Internet at www.saic.com. About LocatioNet: LocatioNet originated as a provider of software products to the most demanding military and homeland security customers in Israel. The LocatioNet products are deployed on Israel's borders, around military bases, and around critical pieces of infrastructure. They are used by anti-terror squads in Israel. Through LocatioNet's strategic partners they are implemented in demanding situations around the world. More information about LocatioNet can be found on the web at www.locationet.com From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Jun 15 15:53:32 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:53:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] AMSEC Wins Contract to Support the Fleet Technical Support Center Atlantic Message-ID: <20040615115315.X13732-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Tuesday June 15, 11:04 am ET AMSEC Wins Contract to Support the Fleet Technical Support Center Atlantic http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040615/dctu027_1.html --- VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC) Norfolk, Va., has awarded AMSEC LLC a contract to provide engineering and logistics support to the Fleet Technical Support Center Atlantic (FTSCLANT). The 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a base year ceiling value of $25,520,914, which together with nine option years, if exercised, brings the total ceiling value of the contract to $298,913,466. Services provided under the contract will include engineering analysis, logistics, industrial and installation services, and assessment and maintenance of shipboard systems and equipment. AMSEC CEO Gary Lisota noted that the award of this contract reinforces the reputation for quality that has been earned by the company over the past 23 years. "AMSEC is proud of the support that we provide to the ships and systems of the Fleet. FTSCLANT has been a great customer, and we are very happy to continue our relationship with them on this contract," Lisota said in congratulating Dave LaMontagne, AMSEC vice president and manager of Carrier Integrated Services, and Charlie Ellin, the contract program manager. AMSEC LLC is a limited liability corporation owned by SAIC and Northrop Grumman Newport News. With annual revenue of $500 million and 5,000 employees nationwide and overseas, AMSEC LLC is a full service supplier to the commercial and Navy maritime industry, providing naval architecture and marine engineering, combat and electronic systems engineering, naval ship systems assessments, maintenance engineering, and acquisition program development, shipyard industrial engineering, and complete logistics services from technical manual development to provisioning documents to spare parts management and training. Northrop Grumman Newport News, headquartered in Newport News, Va., is the nation's sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. Northrop Grumman Newport News also provides after-market services for a wide array of naval and commercial vessels, and has the capability to design, build and maintain every class of ship in the U.S. Navy's fleet. Northrop Grumman Newport News employs more than 18,000 people. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, transportation and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause SAIC's actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: AMSEC LLC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Jun 15 20:13:25 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:13:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC to Provide Intelligent Intermodal Solutions to Portuguese Railways Message-ID: <20040615161254.O58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Tuesday June 15, 12:02 pm ET SAIC to Provide Intelligent Intermodal Solutions to Portuguese Railways http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040615/dctu036_1.html --- SAIC Teams with Portugal's EFACEC to Help Secure Rail Terminals MCLEAN, Va., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it has been awarded a contract to support the supply, installation, commissioning and testing of an optical character recognition (OCR) system, which will provide automated identification of inbound containers and license plates at Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses (Portuguese Railways), EP's Bobadela terminal in Lisbon, Portugal. SAIC will serve as a subcontractor to EFACEC Sistemas de Electronica, Portugal's largest electronics and electromechanics service provider. SAIC will install an intelligent intermodal solution (IIS) system at the Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses Terminal in Lisbon. This IIS system will enable Portuguese Railways to monitor and process equipment at the rail facility, thereby helping to improve efficiency and enhance security. SAIC will install cameras on one EFACEC provided portal structure that will capture images of all inbound containers and truck license plates entering the terminal. Comprised of cameras, lighting, sensors and OCR processors, the system captures images of both sides of containers, rear of containers and trucks' license plates as they pass through the inbound portal to the terminal. "SAIC specializes in integrating technologies to meet specific operational requirements, said William Kelly, SAIC senior vice president and manager of the Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit. "We worked closely with EFACEC to design and install a system that was tailored to the Bodadela terminal. With our experience, we can adapt these same technologies to intermodal operations of any size." Created in 1948 and headquartered in Porto, Portugal, EFACEC is the first electric and electronic systems group in Portugal whose activities include the design and manufacture of equipment as well as systems development in the fields of energy, transportation and logistics, telecommunications, environment, buildings and services. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Jun 15 23:15:47 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:15:47 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Auditors find use of Iraq contracts is a mixed bag Message-ID: <20040615191502.J58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> June 15, 2004 Auditors find use of Iraq contracts is a mixed bag http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0604/061504h2.htm --- By Shane Harris sharris at govexec.com Defense Department officials generally adhered to contracting rules and guidelines when awarding new contracts for the war in Iraq and subsequent reconstruction. However, they often failed to follow the same procedures when awarding task orders on existing contracts, reflecting a systematic problem with the award, management and oversight of task orders that has been highlighted by federal overseers since 1992. That was the assessment of a General Accounting Office report (04-605) released Monday that found a mixed bag when it comes to the management of procurement operations supporting the war and reconstruction. On Tuesday, Comptroller General David Walker told members of the House Government Reform Committee that GAO was satisfied with Defense contracting organizations' decisions to limit competition and sometimes make sole-source awards for Iraq-related work. The exigencies of war demanded it, and contracting officials justifiably used regulatory provisions that allow the government to bypass normal competition requirements in order to award contracts more quickly, Walker said. But when it came to task-order awards on existing contracts, GAO found more systemic misuse, Walker testified. In particular, orders were placed for work outside the scope of their contracts. For instance, longtime intelligence contractor SAIC was hired to set up media organizations in Iraq using a contract for professional management services, the GAO reported. The report also says that an SAIC employee was hired as an expert for work outside the provisions of the contract. The Coalition Provisional Authority Inspector General has found the employee, Terry Sullivan, was hired as an intelligence analyst and technical adviser. The contract used for the SAIC work, known as MOBIS, is managed by the General Services Administration and covers services such as management consulting. Walker also pointed to a task order to oil services firm Halliburton in 2002, before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. That order was for planning about how to extinguish Iraqi oil-well fires and repair the oil infrastructure in the event of war. However, it was placed under an Army logistics contract, LOGCAP, that GAO believed wasn't appropriate for that type of preparatory planning. Defense officials believed that by awarding the planning order to Halliburton, the company would be "uniquely qualified" to execute the plan and repair the oil fields, Walker said. In March 2003, Halliburton won a new sole-source contract worth up to $7 billion to perform that work. GAO reported that Defense officials had determined the actual repair work was outside the provisions of LOGCAP. GAO also found problems with training of contracting personnel. For instance, the first contracting officers deployed overseas to manage LOGCAP work were well trained in how to use the contract. But a replacement team of reservists had received only two weeks of training. GAO also found problems with planning cost estimates and defining the services to be performed, both issues identified as problem areas when LOGCAP has been used in war zones, such as Somalia and the Balkans. Planning is essential to ensuring that the government isn't overcharged for services and that contractors are monitored in the field, Walker said. In one instance, on a contract to provide troop support such as food and housing in Iraq, a plan wasn't developed until May 2003, two months after the war began, Walker noted. This plan wasn't comprehensive, however, because the contractor, Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root, wasn't involved, Walker said. The Defense Contract Audit Agency has found that KBR was unable to support the reasonableness of its prices for dining services for troops. Costs to KBR subcontractors exceeded $800 million, testified William Reed, the audit agency's director. Reed said KBR found that, generally, subcontractors were charging per-person meal rates that exceeded the number of soldiers actually served by at least 19 percent. KBR couldn't support the billing discrepancies, but the company "asserts that the excess meals are allowable, primarily because the various task orders under the LOGCAP contract do not specify a specific billing methodology," Reed said. Walker said that management of Defense Department contracts has been on GAO's "high-risk list" since 1992. While he and others painted a somber picture of the state of Iraq contracting, a panel of senior Defense and Army officials said that the process has improved in the past year. While acknowledging that corners may have been cut initially, the officials said the need to award contracts quickly and provide support to U.S. troops should be taken into consideration when measuring how well the procurement system has fared. Deidre Lee, the Pentagon's chief procurement executive, said that the contracting process has "matured" as the Pentagon's knowledge of the environment in Iraq has expanded since the March 2003 invasion. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Jun 16 12:22:50 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:22:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] PA Consulting about to merge with US firm? Message-ID: <20040616082135.H58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 16/06/2004 PA Consulting about to merge with US firm? http://www.consultant-news.com/Article_Display.asp?ID=1566 --- Following much press speculation this week, PA Consulting has confirmed to Top-Consultant.com that it is in discussions regarding a potential merger with US research and engineering company Science Applications International Corporation. However only preliminary talks have taken place to date - and there is as yet no formal agreement or letter of intent between the two companies. Tom Barton told Top-Consultant: "It is true that PA has been engaged in very early discussions with SAIC, like us an employee-owned, private company, on the possibility of our two companies merging. This follows various collaborations this year between the companies, and an unsolicited suggestion by SAIC, expressed in a formal communication from their Board in late April, that we merge. The reaction of PA's Board and Management Committee is that the proposal if agreed opens up exciting growth opportunities, both for our company and all our staff, so we should take it seriously. If this merger goes ahead, PA would retain its own identity, indeed grow as other parts of SAIC were brought into our organisation, and the focus would be on maximising the growth potential of the new organisation. SAIC is, in fact, the largest fully employee-owned company in the US. Like PA, its focus is on science and technology, applied to effecting major change in its clients. In all our interactions to date, we have found their culture to be uncannily similar to that of PA. Like us, they have a terrific reputation with their clients, and creating value for their clients is their number one objective." The deal - if fulfilled - would give SAIC greater access to the UK and European markets and extend PA's geographic reach in the crucial US market. SAIC's small management consulting arm would in all likelihood be integrated into PA if a deal is concluded and the stronger PA brand retained. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Jun 16 22:38:46 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:38:46 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] FLIR Systems Announces $6.3 Million Contract From SAIC For US Air Force Message-ID: <20040616183725.D58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> June 16, 2004 FLIR Systems Announces $6.3 Million Contract From SAIC For US Air Force; FLIR To Provide Star SAFIRE II Units For US Air Force Space Command http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Jun/1049453.htm --- PORTLAND, Ore. --(Business Wire)-- June 16, 2004 -- FLIR Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:FLIR) announced today that it has been awarded a $6.3 million firm fixed-price contract from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) for the United States Air Force for the delivery of Star SAFIRE(TM) II airborne thermal imaging systems to the Air Force Space Command. The units are to be installed on their UH-1N helicopters for use on ICBM security missions. Deliveries are expected to begin in the third quarter of this year and be completed within 12 months. "This order represents another important contract for our Star SAFIRE(TM) product line. We are pleased the Air Force and SAIC have chosen the proven Star II system for use on such an important mission," commented Earl R. Lewis, Chairman, President and CEO of FLIR Systems, Inc. Forward-Looking Statements The statements in this release regarding FLIR's expectation of the value of the US Air Force contract and the time period within which these revenues will be generated are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about FLIR's business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including the following: the ability of FLIR to deliver units ordered in a timely manner and consistent with contract requirements, changes in demand for FLIR's products, product mix, the timing of customer orders and deliveries, the impact of competitive products and pricing, FLIR's continuing compliance with US export control laws and regulations, constraints on supplies of critical components, excess or shortage of production capacity, actual purchases under agreements, the continuing eligibility of FLIR to act as a federal contractor, the amount and availability of appropriated government procurement funds and other risks discussed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports. In addition, such statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and growth rates, and general domestic and international economic conditions. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and the company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release. About FLIR Systems FLIR Systems, Inc. is a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of thermal imaging and stabilized camera systems for a wide variety of thermography and imaging applications including condition monitoring, research and development, manufacturing process control, airborne observation and broadcast, search and rescue, drug interdiction, surveillance and reconnaissance, navigation safety, border and maritime patrol, environmental monitoring and ground-based security. Visit the company's web site at www.FLIR.com. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Jun 17 17:11:57 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:11:57 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Mobile VACIS(R) Cargo, Vehicle and Contraband Inspection Unit to be Deployed at Latvian Points of Entry Message-ID: <20040617131134.L58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> June 17, 2004 SAIC Mobile VACIS(R) Cargo, Vehicle and Contraband Inspection Unit to be Deployed at Latvian Points of Entry http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/06-17-2004/0002195257&EDATE= --- SAN DIEGO and WASHINGTON, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit today announced that its Mobile VACIS(R) cargo, vehicle and contraband inspection unit has been selected by the U.S. Department of State for deployment at points of entry staffed by Government of Latvia customs and border control agents. SAIC's VACIS inspection systems are gamma ray-based systems designed to non-intrusively inspect the contents of trucks, containers and cargo for purposes of manifest verification, contraband interception, and explosives, weapons or threat identification. The Mobile VACIS unit is one of five available configurations and is truck-mounted for rapid inspection of both stationary and moving vehicles and containers. "At the present time SAIC has sold a total of approximately 268 VACIS units and many of these systems are deployed internationally," said William J. Kelly, SAIC senior vice president and manager of the Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit. "We are delighted to provide assistance to the U.S. Department of State for installation of our system in Latvia." Through its Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance (EXBS) program, the U.S. Government assists about 40 cooperating countries in preventing proliferation by granting training, equipment, and other forms of support that strengthen export controls, customs operations and border security. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. SOURCE SAIC Web Site: http://www.saic.com From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon Jun 21 14:18:01 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:18:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Telcordia Iscp System Chosen by Cox Message-ID: <20040621101741.F58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 2:11pm (UK) Telcordia Iscp System Chosen by Cox http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3094706 --- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PISCATAWAY, N.J. . (BUSINESS WIRE) . June 21, 2004 . Telcordia Technologies, Inc., a global provider of telecommunications software and services, today announced that Cox Communications, a multi-service broadband communications company, has selected the Telcordia(R) ISCP(R) System, to enhance database management and facilitate the deployment of an advanced suite of network services. As part of Telcordia.s Elementive Portfolio, the ISCP System is a flexible, configurable, high-performance database platform that can offer Cox new revenue opportunities through added product features while helping it to lower the total cost of ownership for providing key services. .Cox Communications continually seeks new ways to improve service delivery and respond to customer demands in a business friendly and cost-effective way,. said Bill Dame, Director of Network Switching, Cox Communications. .The Telcordia ISCP System will enable us to maximize our database management and streamline our network services delivery process, resulting in increased efficiencies, reduced costs and the opportunity to generate additional revenue.. By selecting the Telcordia ISCP System, Cox will move all database services in-house and will be offering toll-free and calling name services independently rather than continuing to incur the cost of outsourcing those database services to a third-party. .Cox Communications has recognized that Telcordia.s highly reliable and extremely scaleable solution will enable it to streamline operations, which will provide a significant cost savings while creating new applications and revenue streams from their voice products,. said Richard Scott George, Group Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cable, Telcordia. .As one of the nation.s largest cable telephony providers, Cox represents a significant win for Telcordia in the cable industry and a validation of our extensive experience in managing voice and data services. We are pleased to support their aggressive competitive pace in the telephony market.. About Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Telcordia Technologies, Inc. is a leading global provider of telecommunications software and services for IP, wireline, wireless, and cable. By delivering on its Elementive strategy of providing flexible, standards-based solutions that optimize complex network and business support systems, Telcordia enables customers to aggressively reduce costs and grow revenues. Telcordia, a subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), is headquartered in Piscataway, NJ, with offices throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Central and Latin America. (www.telcordia.com) Telcordia Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of SAIC. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC.s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2003, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon Jun 21 14:18:26 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:18:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Sana Security Signs Master Marketing Agreement with SAIC Message-ID: <20040621101801.R58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> June 21, 2004 08:02 AM US Eastern Timezone Sana Security Signs Master Marketing Agreement with SAIC http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040621005372&newsLang=en --- SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2004--Sana Security, Inc., a leader in host-based intrusion prevention software, today announced that it has signed a master marketing agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) regarding Sana's Primary Response software for use in certain large enterprise customer engagements. "Our large enterprise customers are asking for more automated, highly scalable security solutions that offer server and application protection against unknown, zero-day attacks," said James Smith, SAIC's Enterprise Security Solutions Division manager. "Sana's host-based intrusion prevention software can help provide an extra layer of security at the enterprise core." A leader in both IT and telecommunications networking, SAIC has extensive experience providing government and commercial enterprises with high-level information protection and integration. Primary Response can serve as part of its integrated enterprise security solutions, supporting customers with a multi-layered defense-in-depth security strategy to help protect valuable information technology assets. Sana's Adaptive Profiling Technology (SanAPT) self-learns normal application behavior on each server it protects and automatically thwarts potential attacks before alerting IT staff of abnormal activity via a central management console. The software blocks malicious code from exploiting known and unknown code vulnerabilities, extending the time required of IT staff to patch or repair vulnerable software. Primary Response is designed to operate almost completely independent of IT administration, enabling it to protect and scale across hundreds or thousands of enterprise servers. "Sana's momentum in the federal government sector has grown steadily, and the opportunity to work with SAIC can help us continue our momentum," said Steven Erbst, senior vice president, worldwide sales and business development, Sana Security. "Government agencies that require better protection at the enterprise core can now work with SAIC and Sana Security to help prevent zero-day worms and hacker attacks from compromising critical host servers and enterprise applications." Already in use at Fortune 1000 corporations such as News Corp., RSA Security and U.S. federal government and defense agencies, Primary Response is a host based intrusion prevention software offering unmatched protection, scalability, manageability and performance for dynamic production servers and applications. About SAIC SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. About Sana Security Sana Security develops and markets host-based intrusion prevention software (HIPS) that provides protection from known and unknown attacks with low, predictable operating costs. Founded to commercialize breakthrough Sana Adaptive Profiling Technology (SanAPT) developed by founder Dr. Steven Hofmeyr, Sana Security's first product, Primary Response, protects a broad range of platforms and applications, and requires fewer resources to manage, deploy and scale by eliminating the need for constant updating and management by security experts. Sana Security is funded by leading venture capital firms Bay Partners, El Dorado Ventures and Sevin Rosen Funds. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., and can be reached at www.sanasecurity.com or by calling 650-292-7100. Note to Editors: RSA is either a registered trademark or trademark of RSA Security Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All product and company names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon Jun 21 18:58:11 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:58:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Tacit Signs Master Marketing Agreement with SAIC Message-ID: <20040621145754.G58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Monday June 21, 1:58 pm ET Tacit Signs Master Marketing Agreement with SAIC http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040621/sfm150_1.html --- PALO ALTO, Calif., June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Tacit Knowledge Systems today announced that it has signed a master marketing agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). The two companies have agreed to work together to market each other's business solutions that can enable enterprises to accelerate learning and knowledge utilization in order to increase organizational productivity. The SAIC Knowledge Management Practice approach focuses on delivering performance improvement where a business imperative exists, and where knowledge can make a difference to the desired performance outcome. Tacit ActiveNet combines automated expertise sharing and relationship networking to give companies a way to discover the work focus and activity of every employee. By adding ActiveNet to its targeted technology deployments, SAIC can help ensure that client companies are giving their employees tools that not only tell them how to work together, but who to work with, when and why. "SAIC is pleased to offer Tacit's technology solution for discovering subject matter experts inside large companies," said Kent Greenes, SAIC chief knowledge officer. "They provide technology to enable an important emerging trend in enterprise knowledge management." The SAIC Knowledge Management Practice clients include the U.S. Army and Navy, and companies like petroleum giants Unocal and Amerada Hess. "The combination of SAIC and Tacit means customers will get access to world-class consulting and implementation skills, along with innovative collaboration technologies being adopted by large companies today," said David Gilmour, founder, president and chief executive officer of Tacit. Companies who have implemented Tacit solutions include Lockheed Martin, Morgan Stanley and Northrop Grumman. About SAIC SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. About Tacit Tacit accelerates the process of doing business by automating the way people share expertise and relationships in the enterprise. Tacit software creates a self-sustaining collaboration network that connects people to people in order to realize the full potential of the enterprise. Tacit's customers include the U.S. intelligence community, AstraZeneca, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Lockheed Martin, Morgan Stanley, Northrop Grumman, and other Global 500 companies. More information is available at www.tacit.com. NOTE: The Tacit Logo is a trademark of Tacit Knowledge Systems Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Jun 24 15:46:46 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:46:46 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] The Olympics: How Safe? Message-ID: <20040624114556.Q58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Updated: 12:00 a.m. ET June 24, 2004 The Olympics: How Safe? http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5286718/ --- In terrorism's shadow, Athens gears up for the most security-conscious Games ever By Jack Ewing in Athens, with Brian Hindo and Ciro Scotti in New York Updated: 12:00 a.m. ET June 24, 2004 Police with automatic weapons and guard dogs patrol a fenced-off perimeter. Fighters and AWACS surveillance planes circle overhead. Armed frogmen -- and further out, powerful warships -- guard the nearby waters. Spy cameras and motion sensors pinpoint intruders. Metal detectors and X-ray machines scan all entrants. A summit of world leaders? No, just another round of field hockey, shot put, or ping-pong at the Athens Olympics. Whatever feats are in store at the 2004 Summer Games, the Greeks have already shattered the record for security measures. They will spend $1.2 billion -- four times what was spent by Sydney in 2000 -- with much of the money being used to turn 126 stadiums, athlete housing, and other Olympics-related facilities into virtual armed camps. The heavy weaponry was inevitable for these Summer Games, the first since September 11. Now, with less than two months remaining until the opening ceremonies on Aug. 13, Athens officials are straining to reassure athletes, participating nations, and sports fans that the city will be as risk-free as humans can make it. Yet terrorism fears appear to be keeping some fans away, raising the embarrassing prospect of swaths of empty stands. All that led Mayor Dora Bakoyannis to take her not-to-worry road show to New York and Washington in early June, telling Americans that Athens is tanned, rested, [almost] ready -- and fortified. "The answer to terrorism must be given," she said in New York, "and it will be given by Athens." But cheerleading aside, how safe will the Olympics be? SPARING NO EXPENSE For Greek organizers, already criticized for getting started too late on stadium construction and other preparations, security is a massive burden. When Athens won the Games in 1998, no one dreamed of the deadly terrorist attacks that lay ahead. Now organizers must walk a narrow line: They have to deter potential attackers and calm visitors and athletes. Yet they can't be so heavy-handed that the Olympic Village feels like Stalag 17. "We will try to keep a balance. The Games are not a military event," says Colonel Eleftherios Ikonomou of the Public Order Ministry, which oversees security preparations. Greece has a lot riding on safe Games. Its massive investment in infrastructure such as mass transportation could hit $12 billion, or 7% of gross domestic product -- about twice original estimates. The outlays have blown a hole in the national budget: Greece's deficit hit 3.2% last year, over the 3% Maastricht Treaty limit for euro zone members, and is estimated to rise even higher this year, depending on the final cost of the Olympics. The budget-busting will pay off only if Greece can demonstrate to the world that it is a modern country able to handle a huge management challenge. So the government is sparing no expense to create a safe Olympics. Some 41,000 police will keep an eye on sports venues as well as major hotels. An additional 10,000 Greek soldiers will provide backup, while special forces will lurk in secret locations, ready to storm buildings or defuse bombs. No threat is too far-fetched. Patriot missiles will guard the skies. In the port of Piraeus, where more than 13,000 visitors will sleep aboard docked cruise ships, sensors on the ocean floor and armed frogmen will protect against underwater attacks. About $300 million will be spent on a surveillance and emergency communications system that includes some 1,600 Siemens closed-circuit TV cameras. The security project is led by Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC], a $6.7 billion NASA and U.S. military contractor that has developed battlefield software. San Diego-based SAIC designed a system for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002, but this one is four times as large. Other big contractors are Motorola, which is supplying a $25 million, two-way-radio system, and E Team Inc., a Los Angeles company that specializes in emergency-response software. Organizers are even girding for cyber-terrorists. Not only have attacks increased since Sydney but so have destructive computer viruses that could scramble competition results. Paris-based Atos Origin, which will oversee information technology for the Games, has developed software that alerts technicians of aberrant traffic patterns, such as someone trying to log in with a false password too many times. FEARS AMONG FANS? No one suggests such measures are foolproof. "We all know it's a troubled world," says Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, president of the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee. As if to emphasize how hard it is to protect an open society, local anarchists have been planting homemade bombs around Athens in recent months. "These groups have been operating for years. They very rarely injure anyone. It's just that they know this is a great opportunity to scare people," says James Ker-Lindsay, director of Civilitas Research, a think tank in Cyprus. Security preparations have been made even tougher by construction delays on many venues. Unfinished projects, for example, are holding up installation of SAIC's surveillance system. The May deadline for completion has come and gone, but builders insist it will be in place and tested by the end of June. At least ticket and package tour sales seem to be picking up after a slow start. Most of the expensive tickets to Olympic events are gone, helping the organizing committee meet 90% of its revenue goal of $220 million. About 3 million less expensive tickets remain unsold, though, and agents estimate that 15% could still be available once the Games are under way. Officials attribute the delay to the lower purchasing power of Greeks and a cultural inclination to do things at the last moment. There are indications, though, that Americans in particular are worried about personal safety. Many affluent fans will be staying on yachts offshore for as much as $30,000 a week, in part for security reasons, says Richard M. Copland, CEO of the American Society of Travel Agents. German travel company Dertour says it has booked 90% of the available beds on a cruise ship that will be docked in Piraeus, at more than $3,000 per person for a five-day stay. Athens "will be the safest place on earth. But people are nervous, and justly so," says Sead Dizdarevic, president of Jet Set Sports, a Far Hills [N.J.] travel-package outfit. Of course, it's not clear if sports fans fear terrorism -- or just an explosion of their credit-card balances. Jet Set advertises rooms without event tickets beginning at about $300 per night for a budget hotel and as much as $2,900 for luxury digs. Dimitri Georgi, a retired Westinghouse Electric engineer, was shocked to find that a favorite hotel outside of Athens wanted $7,800 per night for a bungalow, albeit near a pleasant slice of Mediterranean coast. "I said: 'Hang on, I don't want to buy the place, just rent it,"' says Georgi, a native of Greece who has lived in Germany most of his life. He is waiting to see if prices come down. If they don't, Athens can always pray that terrorists will be scared off, too. Copyright 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Jun 24 17:11:31 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:11:31 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC to Provide Automated Gate System to Dubai Jebel Ali Port Message-ID: <20040624131036.U58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Thursday June 24, 12:37 pm ET SAIC to Provide Automated Gate System to Dubai Jebel Ali Port http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040624/dcth034_1.html --- SAN DIEGO and WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) to supply and install an automated gate system at the Port of Dubai, Jebel Ali terminal facility, United Arab Emirates. This Intelligent Intermodal Solutions (IIS) system from SAIC's Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit will include automated container identification, damage inspection and vehicle tracking components. The IIS system configured for Jebel Ali will identify trucks and containers as they move from the port entry to the inspection area, and then through the entrance and exit gates of the container terminal. Vehicle and container identification lanes, optical character recognition (OCR) portal systems, gatestands, and automated equipment identification (AEI) readers interface to the terminal's central operation system to provide integrated and comprehensive identification, inspection and tracking solutions. The system will enable the PCFC to more efficiently monitor and process traffic at Jebel Ali, thereby helping to improve throughput and enhance security. "SAIC integrates technologies to meet specific customer requirements," said William J. Kelly, SAIC senior vice president and manager of the Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit. "We have the experience and expertise to tailor our security and transportation systems to specific on- site needs and to adapt these systems to operations of any size." The PCFC handled 5.15 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) in 2003, a record growth of 23 percent in comparison with 2002 throughput. The Jebel Ali facility is the largest container port in the Middle East and serves as a warehousing and distribution hub for a market of roughly two billion people. The installation of SAIC's automated gate system will contribute to PCFC's ongoing development projects designed to accommodate the growth in trade and transit movement and better meet their customers' growing needs. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Jun 25 16:15:42 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:15:42 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Announces Inauguration of Hydrographic Training to the Maritime Industry Message-ID: <20040625121436.H58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> SAIC Announces Inauguration of Hydrographic Training to the Maritime Industry http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2004/jun/25/news2.html --- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), in partnership with the University Of Southern Mississippis Center for Higher Learning (USM), are pleased to announce for 2004 the inauguration of a series of country-wide seminars in Hydrographic Science. These 3-day courses are aimed at the maritime industry as a whole and not just at the professional surveying spectrum, although the material will also provide a useful refresher for the professional hydrographer, bathymetrist or oceanographer. Those involved in maritime business, administration, Port Operations and the marine aspects of Homeland Defence; or whose profession necessitates a basic understanding of the marine or even the freshwater environment for either contractual or operational safety purposes, are particularly encouraged to attend. Informative webpages, giving details of each seminar topic along with important contact information, can be found at: http://www.saicnewport.com and click Hydrog raphic Surveys and Training, or go direct via: http://www.saicnewport.com/saicnewport/pages/hydro_surveys.htm. Intended seminar schedules, location and fee information for this years program can be sought directly from the contact personnel provided. Don Ventura don.c.ventura at saic.com 228-813-1888 From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat Jun 26 13:59:05 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:59:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC to Provide Automated Gate System to Dubai Jebel Ali Port Message-ID: <20040626095716.G58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Saturday, 26 June 2004 SAIC to Provide Automated Gate System to Dubai Jebel Ali Port http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/2231/ --- (SAN DIEGO and WASHINGTON) - SAIC announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) to supply and install an automated gate system at the Port of Dubai, Jebel Ali terminal facility, United Arab Emirates. This Intelligent Intermodal Solutions (IIS) system from SAICs Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit will include automated container identification, damage inspection and vehicle tracking components. The IIS system configured for Jebel Ali will identify trucks and containers as they move from the port entry to the inspection area, and then through the entrance and exit gates of the container terminal. Vehicle and container identification lanes, optical character recognition (OCR) portal systems, gatestands, and automated equipment identification (AEI) readers interface to the terminals central operation system to provide integrated and comprehensive identification, inspection and tracking solutions. The system will enable the PCFC to more efficiently monitor and process traffic at Jebel Ali, thereby helping to improve throughput and enhance security. SAIC integrates technologies to meet specific customer requirements, said William J. Kelly, SAIC senior vice president and manager of the Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit. We have the experience and expertise to tailor our security and transportation systems to specific on-site needs and to adapt these systems to operations of any size. The PCFC handled 5.15 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) in 2003, a record growth of 23 percent in comparison with 2002 throughput. The Jebel Ali facility is the largest container port in the Middle East and serves as a warehousing and distribution hub for a market of roughly two billion people. The installation of SAICs automated gate system will contribute to PCFCs ongoing development projects designed to accommodate the growth in trade and transit movement and better meet their customers growing needs. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Jun 29 14:35:40 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:35:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] DefenseWeb Technologies Signs Teaming Arrangement with SAIC Message-ID: <20040629103510.H58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> June 29, 2004 DefenseWeb Technologies Signs Teaming Arrangement with SAIC; DefenseWeb Added to U.S. Army Personnel Community Automation Services --PCAS-- Task Order Team http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Jun/1052745.htm --- SAN DIEGO --(Business Wire)-- June 29, 2004 -- DefenseWeb(TM) Technologies, an emerging custom software developer and systems integrator serving Department of Defense (DoD) organizations, today announced that the company signed a teaming arrangement with Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) to work on the U.S. Army Personnel Community Automation Services (PCAS) Task Order. SAIC, the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, added DefenseWeb to an existing team of 13 companies for its customer base and domain expertise in DOD-related quality of life, family support and medical information IT services. PCAS is a task order under the General Service Administration Millennia contract vehicle. Millennia is a Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) program that fulfills the federal government's demand for large system integration and development projects by providing Information Technology (IT) services in a timely and cost-effective manner. Millennia provides a broad range of IT support through contracts with its world-class industry partners. SAIC, the prime contractor for PCAS, looks to DefenseWeb and other technology companies to help in its delivery of enterprise-wide IT systems for the active Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard and other subordinate and coordinating commands. "Teaming with DefenseWeb makes perfect sense," said John Forsyth, SAIC's PCAS Program Manager. "The company's internal software development and delivery platform as well as its customer service focus support its solid reputation for delivering applications on time and within budget." The unique requirements of PCAS called for SAIC to look for teammates that can offer integrated solutions that service multiple sites and locations simultaneously. DefenseWeb's experience in enterprise Web development fulfilled a much-needed requirement for the task order initiative. "Our people are skilled in working with a wide range of technologies from Microsoft, Sun and Oracle to Sybase and Linux," said Douglas Burke, CEO of DefenseWeb. "DefenseWeb's technical approach includes the use of modern technology architectures such as .NET and J2EE in a 360-degree approach that incorporates input from all organizational elements. We very much look forward in working with SAIC and the other PCAS teammates on the PCAS Task Order." About DefenseWeb Technologies DefenseWeb Technologies Inc. (www.defenseweb.com) provides customized enterprise software development services for Department of Defense (DoD) organizations. Founded in 1998, DefenseWeb delivers Enterprise Information Portals, Case Management Systems, Clinical Information Systems, Business Process Automation Systems, Training Systems and Decision Support Systems for DoD health care, quality of life and family support organizations. The company's core competencies enable it to provide and maintain complex, mission-critical solutions on time, within budget and beyond expectations. Profitable since inception, DefenseWeb is a privately held company located in San Diego. About SAIC SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. (C) 2004 DefenseWeb Technologies. All rights reserved. Xtendable(TM) Server is a trademark of DefenseWeb Technologies Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Jun 29 14:36:08 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:36:08 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] U.S. Army National Guard Expands Polycom Voice and Video Network as Part of Communications Modernization Plan Message-ID: <20040629103541.Y58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> June 29, 2004 08:31 AM US Eastern Timezone U.S. Army National Guard Expands Polycom Voice and Video Network as Part of Communications Modernization Plan http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040629005336&newsLang=en --- PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 2004-- Polycom's Rapid Momentum in Federal Space Continues with National Guard Deployment of 32 MGC Network Bridges That Seamlessly Facilitate Voice and Video Calls with Multiple Participants across Mixed Networks Polycom(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:PLCM), a leader in unified collaborative communications solutions, today announced that the United States National Guard Bureau, working through federal systems contractor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), has awarded Polycom reseller AGT the contract for equipping 32 of its Joint Forces Headquarters (JFHQ) offices with Polycom's MGC(TM) multipoint control units (MCUs). This implementation of 32 new MGC-50 and MGC-100 conference bridges, combined with the existing 22 MGC systems already deployed within the National Guard, will complete the deployment of the MGC platform in all 54 JFHQ locations. Polycom's robust MGC platform is enabling Unified Collaborative Communication today for the Guard by facilitating voice and video calls with multiple participants and among mixed IP and ISDN networks, both domestically and overseas. In addition, thanks to its inherent scalability, the MGC line is able to meet the agencies needs as its video network grows. "The National Guard Bureau is in the process of modernizing its communications capabilities to optimize response time and readiness, and the ability to facilitate and participate in multipoint voice and video calls across multiple networks is vital to meet this goal," said Susan Dix of the Joint Staff Architecture Branch of the National Guard. "We've been impressed with the high quality and reliability of Polycom's video conferencing systems and found that its MGC solutions offer the same, as well as the ability to natively bridge across multiple IP and ISDN networks." Earlier this year, the National Guard equipped the offices of its 54 adjutant generals with Polycom ViewStation(R) video conferencing systems, adding to its extensive nationwide Polycom video network. The addition of Polycom's MGC MCUs allows the National Guard to connect with multiple participants in both voice and video calls for applications like training, operations, state emergency response and morale and welfare programs for deployed troops. The MGC MCUs also enable gateway communications across multiple IP and ISDN networks, so the National Guard is able to easily connect with existing systems in both internal and external organizations from universities and hospitals all over the world, to the US Governors' offices and the Pentagon. "Polycom's MGC conferencing solutions lead the industry in high-quality multipoint and gateway conferencing support and it is the strength of the MGC platform that will carry us into the future," said Barry Morris, vice president of Polycom Federal Systems. "Combined with the MGC's flexible architecture, Polycom's network conferencing technology is positioned well to meet the requirements of customers like the Army National Guard and it is extremely gratifying to work with the organization as it expands its Polycom voice and video communications network." "SAIC is happy to once again be working with the National Guard to further its modernization efforts through the deployment of innovative voice and video conferencing solutions," said Lisa Daniels, vice president with SAIC. "Polycom's conference bridging systems are ideally suited to help the National Guard meet its mission-critical objectives for facilitating conferencing both at the state and federal levels." About SAIC SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. About Polycom Polycom, Inc. is the world's technology leader of high-quality, easy-to-use video, voice, data and web conferencing and collaboration solutions. The Polycom Office(TM) is our continued commitment to make distance communications as natural and interactive as being there by providing best-in-class conferencing solutions that are interoperable, integrated and intuitive to the user. The Polycom Office is based on industry standards and supported by an open architecture that promotes interoperability in multi-vendor environments and complements leading network infrastructure platforms. For additional information, call 1-800-POLYCOM (765-9266) or +1-408-526-9000, or visit the Polycom web site at www.polycom.com. Polycom, the Polycom logo, and ViewStation are registered trademarks and Polycom Office is a trademark of Polycom in the U.S. and various countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Jun 30 12:51:44 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:51:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] FBI's Virtual Case File system now delayed until 2005 Message-ID: <20040630085119.L58130-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 6/29/2004 4:52 PM FBI's Virtual Case File system now delayed until 2005 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-06-29-virtcasefile-delay_x.htm --- By Sara Michael, Federal Computer Week The FBI's case management system has been delayed again and will not be deployed by the end of the year, FBI officials said. FBI officials did not immediately comment on the cause of the latest delay of the Virtual Case File System, which is now more than a year behind the original schedule. In May, the FBI's chief information officer Zalmai Azmi said some capabilities of the new system would be in place by the end of the year, several months after the previous midsummer deadline. FBI officials also did not give a new target implementation date for the system, which is being developed by Science Applications International. Once in place, the Virtual Case File, the final piece of the bureau's Trilogy modernization program, will allow agents to search, analyze and compile case information and will replace many applications now developed and in use by agents. "While the FBI continues testing of the VCF to work through some of the remaining issues, it is also moving forward both with re-engineering efforts to improve workforce efficiency, and with [information technology] improvements," FBI officials said in a statement. FBI officials said they are taking advantage of the IT improvements completed thus far, such as new networks, hardware and software applications. Earlier this year, the Justice Department's inspector general found that SAIC delivered a version of VCF by the original December 2003 deadline, but FBI officials rejected it because it wasn't fully functional. Azmi also said that FBI officials are currently renegotiating the terms of the contract with SAIC and the new deal would include a cost-sharing provision if the work is not done on time. SAIC officials deferred to the FBI program managers for comment on the delays.