To address some of these issues, the Information Technology Acquisition Advisory Council (ITAAC) has organized a series of rountable meetings to highlight and identify much needed solutions to these acquisition pitfalls.

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Management support services include acquisition planning, information technology systems development, and program management.

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We consider free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business that, after the acquisition of property and equipment, including information technology infrastructure and land and buildings, can be used for strategic opportunities, including investing in our business, making strategic acquisitions, and strengthening the balance sheet.

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By radically changing the information technology business model, cloud computing also challenges the traditional federal acquisition process.

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While the EDS acquisition cemented HP's spot in the top tier of information technology services firms, trailing only IBM, analysts had anticipated big cuts as HP integrated EDS' offerings with its own services arm.

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Recent research from organizations like Kennedy Information and SPI Research is providing insight into the impact of technology in client acquisition and retention for professional services firms. (For specific insights from these and other industry thought leaders, please visit our online summit.) These range from opportunity identification, to proposal development, service execution and expectations management.

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