DBED promotes Mauritz

The Maryland Department of Business & Economic Development (DBED) promoted Paul Mauritz from managing director to assistant secretary of the organization's technology strategy division.

Prior to joining DBED, Mauritz held executive management positions at several high-growth companies. Most recently, he served as president of Netcordia Inc., a provider of network management appliances, and co-founded BrainChild Maryland, a technology commercialization company.

ManTech gains contract

Fairfax-based contractor ManTech International won a contract from the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center in Carderock.

The five-year contract is worth $20 million, and work will be done in Bethesda and in Panama City, Fla.

Under the contract, ManTech will provide engineering and technical services for conducting acoustic measurements and develop data acquisition systems for both submarines and surface warships. It also will support oceanographic research vessels.

Cybergroup unveils security tool

A new Web-based software tool geared to business incubators and developed by Catonsville-based Cybergroup Inc. is being put to work at the Chesapeake Innovation Center, the homeland security incubator in Annapolis home to more than a dozen high-tech startups.

The system, called incuTrack, serves as a clearinghouse for CIC's management team as well as its companies.

Cybergroup is a recent graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's incubator program.

Coote out as Manugistics CEO

A month after hiring a new chief executive, Rockville-based software maker Manugistics has fired its president, Jeremy Coote.

Coote was hired as president by Manugistics in June 2003 to head the company's global sales and marketing operations.

School tech access at all-time high

Access to technology in Maryland public schools has reached an all-time high, according to a report released Wednesday by the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education.

According to the report, Maryland has reached its goal of one computer for every five students. And 93 percent of all classrooms statewide are connected to the Internet.

Forty-two percent of schools now report that students use technology to "plan, draft, proofread, revise, and publish written text every day or almost every day," up from 34 percent in the previous survey.

Meanwhile, 49 percent of all schools report that students gather information and data from the Internet, online services, and reference software, up from 36 percent in the last survey.

But in Baltimore City, just 65 percent of city classrooms are connected to the Internet, and low-income schools continue to lag behind more affluent schools.

Internosis moving jobs out of Arlington

Arlington-based IT contractor Internosis is moving the majority of its local jobs to Prince George's County this fall. The company says it will relocate 170 jobs to a new site in Greenbelt, and expects to have 250 employees at its Maryland office by 2006.

Internosis has about 300 employees in the Washington area, as well as New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Colorado. The company helps government customers integrate Microsoft technologies into their IT infrastructures.

MobilePro completes Web One buy

Bethesda-based MobilePro Corporation has completed its purchase of Web One, a Missouri-based Internet service and web hosting provider.

The deal is expected to add more than 12,000 subscribers and $2 million in annualized revenue to MobilePro's pre-tax earnings.

Plan B sponsors NASCAR driver

Bowie, Md.-based Plan B Technologies was a primary sponsor of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series races in Richmond, Va., and Dover, Del. Both races took place in September. The company sponsored driver Donnie Neuenberger.

Plan B is a technology engineering firm.

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