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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

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ALSO CALLED: Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, and ARPA
DEFINITION: DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is the independent research branch of the U.S. Department of Defense that funded a project that in time was to lead to the creation of the Internet. Originally called ARPA (the "D" was added to its name later), DARPA came into being in 1958 as a reaction to the success of Sputnik, Russia's first manned satellite. DARPA's  … 
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Argo Turboserve Corporation (ATC)
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Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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TOPICS:  Aerospace and Defense Industry | Business Intelligence | Cost Benefit Analysis | Inventory Management | Software Selection | Supply Chain Management | Utilities Industry
BPM 101: What Is Business Performance Management and What Are the Benefits?
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WEBCAST: This webcast will show you how to quantify BPM ROI and build the business case. It will also look at ways to leverage your existing systems to produce BPM benefits.
Posted: 20 Nov 2005 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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TOPICS:  Aerospace and Defense Industry | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | CRM | Retail Trade Industry | ROI | Systems Integration | Telecommunications Industry | Transportation Industry | Vendor Selection
AutoTime: Designed with Aerospace & Defense Companies for the Aerospace & Defense Industry
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BROCHURE:AutoTime, a time and labor management system that satisfies the complex time and attendance, labor collection and labor costing, and auditing requirements of defense, commercial and MRO companies.
Posted: 13 Jun 2004 | Published: 11 Jun 2004
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TOPICS:  Aerospace and Defense Industry | Time and Attendance Software
ClearFlite
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PRODUCT LITERATURE: ClearFlite software application allows users to identify and collect vertical obstructions in and around airfields using stereo imagery.
Posted: 18 Nov 2003 | Published: 01 Apr 2003
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TOPICS:  Aerospace and Defense Industry | Data Collection | Data Visualization Software | Databases | GIS Software | Imaging Software
 
DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY DEFINITION (continued): …  explicit mission was (and still is) to think independently of the rest of the military and to respond quickly and innovatively to national defense challenges.

In the late 1960s, ARPA provided funds and oversight for a project aimed at interconnecting computers at four university research sites. By 1972, this initial network, now called the ARPANET, had grown to 37 computers. Because ARPA's name was changed to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 1971, some people refer to ARPANET as DARPANET. (DARPA was changed back to ARPA in 1993 and back to DARPA … 
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