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David Nelson, NASA’s deputy chief information officer, is the new director of the White House’s National Coordination Office for IT Research and Development, which coordinates approximately $2 billion of government networking and IT projects. The agency is part of President Bush’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. As part of his new assignment, Nelson will […]

Predictive Systems , a New York-based network infrastructure and security consultant, is closing its offices in Germany as part of a European restructuring. Work previous done by the group will be shifted to Predictive Systems’ offices in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. “Predictive Systems continues to take steps to streamline operations, reduce expenses, and […]

ACS has signed a $3.2 million contract with the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) to provide local area network and desktop support services to DoDEA facilities in Virginia, Georgia, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. The one-year contract, with one option year, includes DoDEA’s desktop, file server administration, Web and help desk services under one contractor, […]

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice Tuesday cleared the way for Level 3 to acquire all of the assets of Genuity for $242 million. The FTC and DOJ said they did not need to request additional information about the transaction. “Today’s announcement is a significant milestone as we continue to make […]

Paving the way for beefed up anti-piracy efforts at Movielink, the European Commission has approved the sale of digital rights management (DRM) company InterTrust Technologies to a group that includes Sony’s American unit and Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands. The approval of the $453 million acquisition was important for Sony, which is in the […]

Qwest Communications International has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to re-enter the long-distance market in nine western states. The Denver telecommunications carrier will begin taking orders in Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming by mid-January. Qwest currently provides local service to nine million customer lines in those […]

Amsterdam’s ABN AMRO Bank said it has awarded IT services giant Electronic Data Systems a five-year, $1.3 billion (U.S.) outsourcing contract to assist with its wholesale client strategic (WCS) business unit. The unit provides investment banking services to corporate, institutional and public sector clients worldwide. The company said the contract involves EDS providing technology services […]

On the heels of a major agreement among cable providers and set-top box makers regarding digital broadcasting standards, the International Telecommunications Union has reached agreement on DOCSIS 2.0 standards for data-over-cable systems. The new standard is expected to serve as the foundation for integrating voice-over-IP and other telephony services within cable networks, in addition to […]

Sony recently shipped qualification units of its first-generation SuperAdvanced Intelligent Tape (S-AIT) to about eight OEMs, introducing a new breed of technology to the enterprise tape automation space. S-AIT is the first half-inch drive with over 1 TB of uncompressed capacity, and Sony is targeting the drive at high-end applications like digital asset management, broadcasting, […]

Tdsoft, an Israeli maker of broadband access equipment, recently completed installations for several European Internet service providers (ISPs). Neither the customer names, nor the financial terms of the deals, was disclosed. Tdsoft develops and sells voice access gateways and access concentrators — hardware and software that enables ISPs to deliver bundled voice and data services […]

Johnny Deep and his file-swapping service, Madster, have been found in contempt of court for ignoring a court order to stop offering the service. The company could face up to $51,000 in fines when a hearing is held on Jan. 23. In early December, a U.S. district court judge issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) […]

US Wireless Online and AIR2LAN announced Thursday that they will merge. The two companies will retain their names as they consolidate operations. The decision reflects the maturing of the fixed wireless broadband Internet industry, but it also owes a lot to a personal friendship between the CEOs of the two companies. Speaking from his office […]