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Professional IT Services Firm Focuses on Public-Sector Market as Growth Engine Sterling, VA, November 5, 2001 - Knowledge Consulting Group (KCG), a leading professional IT services firm, today announced that it has been awarded contracts from Northrop Grumman IT Services, Harris, and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to provide information assurance and enterprise management and planning services for multiple Federal intelligence agency organizations. In a concurrent announcement, the company noted that the United Way has selected KCG for a second year to provide Web application services. The United Way ePledge kit is being implemented in California (the Bay areas and Silicon Valley), Massachusetts, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Washington D.C. In the past year, KCG has more than doubled in size, growing from 18 employees to 45. In addition, the company turned in 500 percent growth, with 2000-2001 year-over-year revenues increasing from one million to five million. The company continues to experience accelerating organic growth in today's economic climate by offering high-demand services in the areas of:
"The KCG network security engineers work closely with our network management team to create a customized 'defense-in-depth' security posture to discourage and prevent network attacks," said Ron Ehrenfeld, General Dynamics, program manager for the DIA. "We are pleased to be working with an organization that not only understands technology, but understands our needs specifically related to the complexities of the government arena." PEC Solutions, Inc., selected KCG as a value-added provider of on-site messaging service and IA engineering services to the six billion United States Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) project, the largest Federal information technology contract in history. KPMG Consulting has also added KCG to its National Institutes of Health (NIH) Chief Information Officers Solutions & Partners Contract II (CIOSP2). Under the contract, KCG will support KPMG Consulting's efforts in the areas of Critical Infrastructure Protection & IA, IT operations and outsourcing, as well as integration services. "In stark contrast to the dot.com phenomena, today's technology market is focused exclusively on hard ROI," said Maryann Hirsch, president of KCG. "KCG's business model delivers specialized, highly-skilled services to major IT organizations. Our goal is to establish long-term win-win partnerships with major integrators and consulting firms. We have a very focused business plan and early market acceptance and contract wins that underscore the value of this concentrated business approach." About KCG Established in April 2000, Knowledge Consulting Group (KCG) possesses experience in leading large-scale, mission critical IT programs for Fortune 100 companies and the US Government. KCG offers services in three cores areas: Information Assurance, Enterprise Operations, and Strategic Business Consulting. The company maintains partnerships with many of the world's leading systems integrators and consulting firms including CSC, EDS, General Dynamics, Harris Technical Services Corporation, KPMG Consulting, Northrop Grumman IT Services, PEC Solutions, Inc., SAIC, and TRW. Additional information on KCG can be found at: www.knowledgecg.com. Press Contact Information To request additional information or interviews, please contact: Evan Weisel O'Keeffe & Company for KCG (703) 883-9000 ext. 106 eweisel@okeeffeco.com ### |
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