Talk:Science Applications International Corporation

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Contents 1 Bashing 2 IMAPS layoffs? 3 Trailblazer 4 SAIC, Inc. 5 Virtual Case File

[edit] Bashing

It seems a neutral article about a company of this scale would not include such negative information that is not on the same scale. Otherwise, it seems like bashing. As an example, Lockheed_Martin's article only includes one negative statement, related to their violation of the Arms Export Control Act. This violation was an historical event, not quite on the scale of Enron, but certainly noteworthy. In contrast, SAIC's financial losses on individual accounts had a minor impact on their financial health. Do the Greek Olympics and FBI problems matter? There is no mention of SAIC in the 2004 Summer Olympics article. The FBI article includes mention of SAIC and the Virtual Case File, but under Criticisms. That entry does not criticize SAIC, but attributes "poorly defined goals and repeated changes in management...," an admission of the FBI, I believe. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.47.164.110 (talk • contribs).

[edit] IMAPS layoffs?

"SAIC also lost over a million dollars after the acquisition of IMAPS, LLC in September 2005, which lead to many lay offs and projects being lost." Any references for that? Layoffs where - the "old" SAIC employees or within the "old" IMAPS? -- RevRagnarok 01:07, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trailblazer

Trailblazer Technical Development Program would form an interesting article? Anyone know anything about it? [1] (unsigned)

Here's one: http://www.saic.com/news/oct02/news10-21-02.html You can use google to search SAIC's public site. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.172.87.49 (talk • contribs).

[edit] SAIC, Inc.

I don't know how to put this in the main text, and it will be irrelevant mid-2006 (and then mid-2007), but the IPO is actually the creation of a new entity "SAIC, Inc." which will then merge with the current SAIC, giving current employees shares that vote at 10-to-1 from public shares, for a maximum of one year. More info is at the IPO URL I tacked onto the main page. RevRagnarok 17:49, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

What's going on with the IPO? RJII 05:35, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Just go to http://www.saic.com/ - there's usually info there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.172.87.49 (talk • contribs).

They opened at $15 10/13/2006 and closed at $18.18, up 21.2%.

[edit] Virtual Case File

About this revert: shouldn't we find an intermediate solution between just naming the project and writing down a detailed post-mortem analysis? This is obviously a big, infamous and interesting project (which had SAIC much more publicity than usual), plus it seems the FBI, even if mostly responsible, cannot be the only one charged for this failure. -- ClementSeveillac 20:51, 19 August 2006 (UTC)