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Arlington tech company wins $1.5B contract
CACI International Inc. will support National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Arlington-based federal technology contractor CACI International Inc. announced Thursday it has won a $1.5 billion contract to provide networking and cybersecurity services for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). “This record award demonstrates CACI is delivering on its strategy to win larger, more enduring contracts,” CACI President and CEO John Mengucci said in a statement. “It
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Leidos lands contract worth $401M
Reston contractor will provide IT services to Defense Intelligence Agency
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Reston-based federal contractor Leidos announced Thursday it has won a contract worth $401 million, if all options are exercised, to provide information technology operations and maintenance support to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). “This award is a true testament to our strong capabilities and proven performance working with the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community,”
Arlington government contractor names chairman
Former Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work will chair Govini's board
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Arlington-based federal contractor Govini announced Monday that former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert O. Work has been elected as chairman of its board of directors. Work served as the 32nd deputy defense secretary from 2014 to 2017. He was under secretary of the Navy, the service’s second-highest ranking civilian position, from 2009 to 2013 and
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Private equity firm to acquire Herndon tech company
Thoma Bravo to buy Exostar
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Herndon-based tech company Exostar LLC announced Tuesday it will be acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC. The transaction amount was not disclosed. Exostar is a cloud-based platform that allows companies to securely share information and operate with security compliance. The platform is used by more than 135,000 aerospace and defense organizations across 150
Texas company starts building second data center in Ashburn
Aligned Energy LLC finished the first 60MW structure in 2019.
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Plano, Texas-based data center infrastructure company Aligned Energy LLC has started construction on its second data center in Loudoun County’s Ashburn area, the company announced Tuesday. Aligned finished construction on its first 370,000-square-foot, 60-megawatt data in 2019. The new data center will add 513,000 square feet and 120 megawatts to the existing campus. “The first
McLean telecom CEO steps down
Richard D. Calder had been with GTT Communications Inc. since 2007.
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Richard D. Calder, president and CEO of McLean-based telecommunications company GTT Communications Inc., left the company on Monday, June 1. He had been the president and CEO since 2007. “We appreciate the many accomplishments Rick has achieved since joining GTT as CEO in May 2007 over 13 years ago,” H. Brian Thompson, GTT executive chairman,
Microsoft to invest $64M in Fairfax County expansion, create 1,500 jobs
Company expects Reston Town Center project to be ready in 2021.
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Microsoft Corp. will invest $64 million to expand its presence in Reston Town Center in western Fairfax County, creating 1,500 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. The software giant will occupy 400,000 square feet in the Reston Town Center, which will include a software development and research hub, as well as retail space. The project
Will telework replace the office?
Lessons learned from working remotely during pandemic
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We’ve all gotten used to dog, kid and even outdoor bird interruptions of Zoom conferences, and some of us are not quite ready to start wearing pants with zippers and belt loops every day. Still others miss having doughnuts in the breakroom with work mates. Telework is the way many Virginians with office jobs work
McLean-based Cvent lays off, furloughs 10% of workforce
Tech company would not disclose how many Virginia employees were affected.
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As the hospitality industry has taken one of the biggest COVID-19 hits of all, McLean-based event software company Cvent Inc. confirmed Friday it is laying off or furloughing 10% of its global workforce due to business impacts from the pandemic. “Meetings and events boost the global GDP by more than $1.5 trillion and impact nearly
Google wins seven-figure DoD contract
Specific contract award amount was not disclosed
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Google Cloud, a division of Google LLC, announced Thursday that it’s been awarded a seven-figure Department of Defense contract to provide multi-cloud management. A specific contract award amount was not disclosed. The contract will be completed for the DoD’s Innovation Unit (DIU), which works to scale commercial technology across the agency. Google Cloud will build