BUYING XEN CORP., CACI CITES SYNERGIES IN CYBER SECURITY AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE.CACI CACI - A company developing and marketing SIMSCRIPT, MODSIM and other simulation software products. Telephone: +1 (619) 457-9681. International Inc., which earlier this month sold off its COMNET COMNET - A simulation tool from CACI for analysing wide-area voice or data networks, based on SIMSCRIPT. software unit for $40 million (see EDP (Electronic Data Processing) The first name used for the computer field. EDP - Electronic Data Processing Weekly -- IT Monitor, Nov. 8, pg. 7), is buying XEN Open source virtualization software that is used to partition workstations and servers into separate virtual machines, each containing its own copy of an OS. Pronounced "zen," and developed at the University of Cambridge in the U.K., Xen is noted for its fast response and low overhead. Corp., a privately-held company headquartered in Fairfax, Va., with other offices in Denver, Colo., for an undisclosed amount. With 70 employees, XEN provides quality systems engineering, engineering design, distance learning, training development, multimedia support, electronic commerce, and data security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the to national intelligence organizations, the Dept. of Defense, and the Navy, all of which are CACI clients. XEN's revenues for its fiscal year ending September 30 were $8.5 million. CACI Chairman Jack London says the buy "further complements our positioning in the intelligence community with in-demand technology solutions that are critical to global security. We believe XEN is a natural follow-on to the QuesTech Inc. acquisition completed in November 1998, which significantly contributed to our growth in the critical technology areas of the intelligence markets. The addition of XEN's intelligence capabilities and expertise in electronic commerce supports CACI's growth strategy, including the expansion of CACI's cyber security and information warfare Also called "cyberterrorism," it refers to creating havoc by disrupting the computers that manage stock exchanges, power grids, air traffic control and telecommunications. While the term often deals with attacks against a nation, it may also refer to attacks on organizations and the solutions with new clients, and should be accretive to our earnings." CACI is an Arlington, Va., IT products and services provider specializing in developing and integrating systems, software, and simulation products, and providing information assurance services to government agencies and commercial enterprises worldwide. |
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