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Criterion Systems acquires Protas Solutions
Second acquisition this year for Vienna-based federal contractor
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Vienna-based Criterion Systems Inc. has acquired Reston-based Protas Solutions Inc., a government contractor providing data science, software engineering and management consulting services to the intelligence community. Financial terms of the
Reston tech company names new CEO
Founder Jeff Nigriny to lead CertiPath
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Reston-based tech company CertiPath announced last week it has named company founder Jeff Nigriny as its CEO. Nigriny most recently served as president and replaces Shawn Hughes as CEO. With
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PAE to acquire Mass.-based tech company for $208M
Falls Church contractor to buy Centra Technology Inc.
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Falls Church-based defense and government services contractor Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE) announced Monday plans to acquire Burlington, Massachusetts-based Centra Technology Inc. for $208 million in cash. “By acquiring Centra,
D.C. private equity firm sells Chantilly tech firm for $827M
KBR Inc. buys Centauri from Arlington Capital Partners
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Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners announced Wednesday it has agreed to sell Chantilly-based technology contractor Centauri to Houston-based KBR Inc. (a former Halliburton subsidiary) for $827 million.
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
Reston IT company to be acquired by Cognizant
Collaborative Solutions specializes in Workday Cloud Platform applications for finance and human resources.
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Reston-based human resources tech company Collaborative Solutions LLC will be acquired by New-Jersey based information technology company Cognizant, the companies announced Tuesday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed
Boston tech company to acquire Arlington-based DivvyCloud for $145M
DivvyCloud is a cloud security and governance tech firm.
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Boston-based tech company Rapid7 announced Tuesday that it’s acquiring Arlington County-based cloud security and governance tech firm DivvyCloud for $145 million. The acquisition, which will be made via a combination
Arlington tech company names COO
Sandy Gillespie will move from NCI Information Systems to Excella Consulting.
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Arlington-based tech company Excella Consulting Inc. announced Tuesday it has named Sandy Gillespie as its chief operating officer. Gillespie was most recently COO and executive vice president for Reston-based NCI
Sterling biotech firm launches COVID-19 test
Aperiomics says it has capacity to process 1,000 test results per week.
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Sterling-based biotech company Aperiomics has launched a COVID-19 test available for to medical providers nationwide for $250 per sample. Aperiomics says it has the capacity to process and deliver results
MicroStrategy CEO draws fire for denying COVID-19 is health crisis
Michael Saylor reportedly redacted a leaked memo in which he refused to close his offices unless legally required.
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Michael Saylor, the CEO of Tysons-based tech company MicroStrategy Inc., wrote a later-redacted three-page memo to his 2,400 employees this week arguing that COVID-19 is not a public health crisis