# SAIC Science Applications International Corporation — American defense and government services contractor that acquired [[wiki/Telcordia Technologies|Telcordia Technologies]] (Bell Labs' descendant through [[wiki/Bellcore|Bellcore]]) in 2004 and held significant contracts from [[wiki/Unisys|Unisys Federal]] ([[wiki/Burroughs Corporation|Burroughs]]' descendant), creating a literal corporate convergence node between the Bell communications lineage and the Burroughs computing lineage. This convergence is analyzed in [[articles/Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power|Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power]].