Computer History Museum

Government Professional Services (GPS) workshop : session #5 : later history -- growth and adaptation

<p>This session covers what happened in the 1980s after the GPS companies were well established. What were the marketing and technical differences among the markets and services among the various companies? What were the changes in organization and mission and how did they affect the positioning and success (or failure) of these companies? What happened to the independent companies after their first successes? How did they grow? What new financing did they require? When did they go public and what were the results? Did they venture into other business areas? Did they introduce software or hardware products? Was there more systems integration rather than in-house development? Who were some of the new competitors and what effect did they have on the nature of the business? Did the organizations and management have to change to accommodate these changes in the markets and technologies?</p>

Item Details

Date
2009-03-31 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102742924
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Ed Bersoff (Participant)
Paul E. Ceruzzi (Participant)
Burt Grad (Moderator)
David Grier (Participant)
Luanne Johnson (Editor)
Jeffrey Yost (Participant)
John Toups (Participant)
Thomas (Tim) Bergin (Participant)
Dan Bannister (Participant)
J.P. (Jack) London (Participant)
Walt Culver (Participant)
Stan Gutkowski (Participant)
Judy Huntzinger (Participant)
Wayne Shelton (Participant)
Dan Young (Participant)
Doug Jerger (Participant)
Bob Plouffe (Participant)
Cliff Kendall (Participant)
Luanne Johnson (Participant)
Category
Transcript
Format
PDF
Credit line
Software Industry Special Interest Group
Extent
30 p.
Place of publication
USA/VA/Falls Church
Language
English
Acquisition number
X5323.2009
Subject
Federal Data Corporation, Datran, Computer Sciences Corporation, BTG, Inc., BDM International, Andersen Consulting, Association of Data Processing Service Organizations (ADAPSO), DynCorp, Northrop Grumman, CACI
Archive collection
Oral history collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection