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Telos Corporation is an information technology (IT) consulting company located in Ashburn, Virginia. The company’s name is derived from the Greek word for “purpose” or “goal". Telos primarily serves government and enterprise clients, receiving a large number of its contracts from the United States Department of Defense (DoD). ==Company== Telos was founded in 1968, and incorporated in Maryland in 1971. From 1975 Telos developed and supported ground based telemetry systems for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Starting in 1976, the company provided software engineering services for the U.S. Army's tactical fire support systems. It was originally named C3, Incorporated, but in 1992 acquired Telos Corporation of California as a subsidiary (from Contel Federal Systems which was part of GTE) for $32 million and adopted its name. In 1994, the company attempted to recapitalize its debt by issuing a series of notes and preferred stock shares, after accumulated losses. A disagreement between former chairman Fred Knoll and John R.C. Porter, the majority shareholder at the time, was settled for $1 million. At the end of 1995 it had 1,658 employees and had headquarters in Herndon, Virginia.〔 The company provides security in four major areas: * Secure wired and wireless networks for DoD and federal agencies. * Software products and consulting services to automate, streamline, and enforce IT security and risk management processes. They offer information assurance consulting services and Xacta brand governance, risk, and compliance. * Their Automated Message Handling System offers secure, automated, web-based software for distributing and managing messages formatted for the Defense Messaging System. * Identity management logical and physical network security. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Telos (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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