Wolv is a great designer i wouldnt expect less from him :) I;ll try some modification if i find the time! Thank you for a great contest and great feedback i realy enjoyed it and learned a lot! Choose you logo wisely and good luck in your future work.
I didn't mean to imply you are out. If I'm forced to pick one winner, it's likely to be you, just because of the amount of work you have done on this project. I just wanted you to be aware of what's going on (since you aren't likely to look at my comments on wolv's page otherwise).
Actually, in terms of editing to hit the goal, you have a lot less work to do. Just replace the swirl with the attitude indicator, and a little cut-out to emphasize the "S". less copying too. The AI is my idea (although admittedly inspired by Wolv's #144), so all you'd really rip is the "S".
I think I prefer the bits between the name and the logo, and the grey shadowing for a subtle 3D (#117, I would use a shadowless version for BW). The spacing on the data bits is better in #175. I would say as wide as they can go, and still look like they were spaced by the gear teeth. Fewer teeth would help simplicity and bit-spacing. If you want a number, I'd say 10, but if you need 12 for symmetry, that's probably ok. I like the square teeth of #117 over the trapezoids of #175.
I would also be interested in looking a one-line (InformationSoftworks) design, with a wide-spaced short-wide font for the slogan that is fully justified (more like #139). Again, despite what I've said in the past
on a random note, I do like the way the gear in #164 has one side implied by the position of data bits (you don't pick up on it until you look closely), though I don't know if it has any application in your design.