Four Points Technology, InterSystems partner for VA contract

Four Points Technology will provide the InterSystems’ Cache database to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a contract that has an initial value of approximately $34.9 million.

The contract for the software and maintenance services includes option periods which, if exercised, will bring the total cumulative value to an estimated $183.7 million, according to the Cambridge, Mass.-based InterSystems.

Four Points Technology of Herndon, Va., is a veteran-owned small business, providing IT products and services to the federal government.

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