Diversity and Information Technology Provide Stability, Promote Success

摘要

You could forgive Bob Beyster for looking on his company with dollar signs in his eyes. After all, the chief executive officer of a nearly $5 billion global technology empire expects it to double in size again in the next five years. In many ways, his company, Science Applications International Corporation, or SAIC, also represents the new paradigm among defense contractors that need to offset cuts in government spending and shrinking profit margins. Just five years ago, the company depended heavily on federal procurement for its livelihood. Today, nearly half of all revenues come from commercial customers. The firm is so diversified in information-oriented technology and telecommunications that it now supports nearly every toll-free telephone call made in the United States. That is not a bad place to be with so many consumers shopping over the telephone.