Replies to post #116939 on Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

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Bacala....a concern??

I realize that this is wishful thinking on my part, but what I make of this is that the Army will take some of this $30B (even just small change) that they are going to spend on upgrading and standardizing their enterprise IT environment over the next decade and spend it on utilizing those TPMs that they just mandated be present on all new desktop and laptop computers. Even more wishful thinking would have me believe that this spending would lead to revenues for this company, Wave Systems (are you aware of their products?), that I have made an investment in. And of course these revenues would lead to an increase in the share price, which in turn would result in a monetary gain for me and my family. We would like that.


So you see, it isn't so much a concern as it is a warm fuzzy feeling that this news gives me. Perhaps not unlike what a Las Vegas casino owner feels when he sees those packed tour busses heading towards town from LA on the I-15. He knows that they may only be retirees coming up to play the nickle slots, but he also knows that enough of that small change can add up to real money. I think ITES2-S&H could result in some real money for Wave.

[dude_danny]

Bacala: I think ITES-2 and ITES-2H are two different awards. Perhaps wave/dell, wave/gateway maybe involved ITES-2H awards...we'll see


http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/40366-1.html



Army issues statement of work for ITES-2
By Dawn S. Onley, GCN Staff


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The Army today released a draft statement of work for its $10 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Hardware program.

Other draft items for ITES-2H will be released over the next few days, with the final RFP package coming in about a week, according to an Army official. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts have a ceiling of $10 billion and will run over 10 years.

The draft statement of work says a contractor will provide for the purchase and lease of commercial servers, desktops, notebooks, workstations, Thin Clients, storage systems, networking equipment, printers and peripherals, including cabling products, monitors, VTC products, scanners, software and warranty options.

The draft also calls for contractors to provide for technology refreshes, to keep pace with changes in technology, over the life of the contract.

Later this month, the Army also expects to award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts to multiple vendors for Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services, pegged at $20 billion over nine years.



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