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Peraton acquires aaS business of Herndon tech company
Herndon-based federal contractor Peraton Inc. acquired the as-a-service business of Herndon-based IT company ViON Corp., it announced Wednesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Peraton acquired ViON’s cloud business and its employees, adding to its storage, computing and network capacity. The company also acquired the business’s contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense, […][...]
Criterion Systems acquires Protas Solutions
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 deal were not publicly disclosed. Protas will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Criterion, a federal contractor specializing in cybersecurity and IT services. Protas employees […][...]
Herndon’s BlackSky appoints chief revenue officer
Herndon- and Seattle-based geospatial intelligence and global monitoring company BlackSky Technology Inc. announced that J.R. Riordan assumed the role of chief revenue officer on Monday. “With a professional background in both defense and geospatial intelligence, J.R. will be an outstanding addition to BlackSky’s expanded ex[...]
GTT completes $2B infrastructure sale
McLean-based telecommunications company GTT Communications Inc. finalized the sale of its infrastructure division to Miami-based I Squared Capital, the company announced Friday, allowing GTT to move forward on Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Although the financial details were not disclosed by the companies this week, the sale price was[...]
Peraton appoints government and customer relations SVP
Mara Motherway joined Peraton Inc. in September as the Herndon-based federal contractor’s senior vice president of government and customer relations, a newly created position. She comes from Booz Allen Hamilton, where she served as vice president for government relations and military affairs. Motherway reports to Mike King[...]
Ellucian acquisition deal closes
The acquisition of Reston-based higher education software company Ellucian by investment firms Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners has been completed, the companies announced Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. New York-based Blackstone and Texas-based Vista Equity acquired Ellucian from Texas-based TPG C[...]
Finnish software company establishes North American HQ in Reston
Helsinki-based e-permit software company Cloudpermit has chosen Reston for its North American headquarters, it said Wednesday. Last spring, during Gov. Ralph Northam’s trade visit to Germany, the company decided to locate the office in Fairfax County, with the precise location announced this week. The company currently has[...]
Vienna-based Spire Global to buy Canadian company for $161.2M
Vienna-based space-focused data and analytics company Spire Global Inc. has entered into a $161.2 million deal to purchase exactEarth Ltd., a Canadian maritime data provider, the two companies announced Tuesday. Spire, which is set to close on the cash and stock purchase late this year or in early 2022, will operate Ontario-based exactEarth as a […]
Booz Allen acquires Fredericksburg-based Tracepoint
Fortune 500 global management consultant Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has acquired Tracepoint, a Fredericksburg-based digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) company, Booz Allen announced Monday. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Baton-Rouge based Plexos Group LLC, Tracepoint CEO Chris Salsberry, Brett Anderson and Rob Driscoll co-founded Tracepoint in December 2019. Tracepoint provides DFIR, […][...]
Blackboard to merge with Fla. company Anthology
Reston-based Blackboard Inc. announced Monday it will merge with Florida company Anthology. Anthology is a cloud-based software company focused on serving global education institutions, and Blackboard is a provider of learning management software and has more than 150 million users. Its clients include higher education institutions, K-12 schools, governments and businesses. The financial details were […][...]
TransUnion to acquire majority of Neustar for $3.1B
Chicago-based consumer credit reporting agency TransUnion has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reston-based identity management tech company Neustar Inc.’s marketing, fraud and communications businesses for $3.1 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter. The Neustar acquisition is expected to generate approximately $575 million in revenue and $115 million […][...]
United Way Worldwide names new president and CEO
United Way Worldwide has hired Angela F. Williams to be its next president and CEO, the global nonprofit announced Thursday. She will be the first woman and the first African American to lead the Alexandria-based organization. Currently the president and CEO of Easterseals, Williams will take the top post at United Way Worldwide[...]
