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Grocer to Spend Millions on Security Upgrade

After being stung by a massive credit and debit-card breach, Maine-based grocer Hannaford Bros. says it will spend "millions" to upgrade its security systems. In a conference call this week, Hannaford executives said the company has installed an around-the-clock security monitoring service from IBM, and is installing intrusion prevention tools in its stores. Hannaford Chief Executive Ron Hodge said the company would be using "military and industrial-strength" security going forward. "It's going to be millions, but not tens of millions," Hodge said in the call in reference to the amount being spent. In March, Hannaford disclosed that intruders broke into the company's computer network and compromised some 4.2 million credit and debit cards.

IBM Buys De-Dupe Firm Diligent

IBM made its latest foray into the storage area by acquiring Diligent Technologies of Framingham, Mass., for an undisclosed sum. Diligent makes software that is known as data de-duplication technology. It is essentially a technique for saving storage space by eliminating redundant data, such as multiple copies of e-mail attachments. The companies said Diligent's employees and technology will become part of IBM's System Storage business.

Alien Wins Baggage Handling Business

Alien Technology, a maker of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, software and services, announced it has won a major contract to supply RFID tags to Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). Alien's "Squiggle" tags were selected by George Schmitt & Co. as part of its contract to RFID-enable the baggage handling system at the Hong Kong airport. HKIA is one of the world's busiest airports, handling close to 50 million passengers per year.

CSC Signs $915 Million in Contracts

Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) says that since Jan. 1 of this year it has signed 71 previously unannounced deals in Federal contracts valued at about $915 million if all options are exercised. Civil agencies accounted for 31 deals, valued at about $416 million, and Defense contracts accounted for 40 awards worth $499 million.

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