Giga Information Group to Deliver Information Technology Analysis to US Postal Service.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct.14, 1998-- Agency Awards Site License Subscription for Giga Advisory Service Giga Information Group (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :GIGX) announced today that it has been awarded a site license technology analysis subscription by the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval (USPS (1) (Uninterruptible Switching Power Supply) A power supply for a computer that contains its own battery and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) circuitry. See power supply and UPS. ). This award is an expansion of a previous relationship between the two organizations. The subscription, which can be extended for up to three years, will be Giga's largest government sector agreement to date. It calls for Giga to provide integrated, multidisciplinary research and analysis services to support the U.S. Postal Service's information technology (IT) decisions. The knowledge provided by Giga is designed to help the USPS make informed decisions about enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. and communications products and services. The USPS expanded the Giga subscription because it found the firm's single advisory service approach to IT research an effective tool for making technology decisions. The U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. , like other major companies, utilizes technology to provide better service to its customers. Subscribers to Giga Information Group's Advisory Service have access to knowledge on virtually all areas and disciplines of information technology. The company provides its research primarily through its award-winning Internet site, GigaWeb, and supplements its easily accessed content with unlimited direct analyst contact. "If the USPS were a private company, it would be the 10th largest in America ... its demands for technology are immense," said Charlie Bacharach, vice president, marketing of Giga Information Group. "The Postal Service's IT department has the monumental task of providing computing services to help the organization move more than 190 billion pieces of mail each year. Giga is proud to be selected as a resource for them and this agreement validates the value of Giga's research to the USPS. We will continue to dedicate ded·i·cate tr.v. ded·i·cat·ed, ded·i·cat·ing, ded·i·cates 1. To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. 2. ourselves to providing the objective, integrated knowledge that they have come to depend upon from Giga." About Giga Information Group Giga Information Group, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. , sells knowledge which supports enterprise decision making in the field of Information Technology ("IT") with a focus on computing, telecommunications and related industries. Giga began providing its services in April 1996, and today its global client base exceeds 900 organizations comprising over 13,000 individual users, including IT vendors, IT users and institutional investors Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. . The Company's Web site can be accessed at http://www.gigaweb.com. Giga Information Group is a trademark of Giga Information Group, Inc. About the United States Postal Service The Postal Service, an independent government agency with more than 776,000 career employees and $58 billion in annual revenue, is the largest private employer in the United States serving everyone, everywhere, every day. Additional information on the US Postal Service can be found at http://www.usps.gov. |
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