CALENDAR
Conference. Newport, R.I. Contact the National High-Performance Computing and Communications Council.
DOD aiming for PKI deadline
MARCH 14—The Defense Department faces significant hurdles in meeting an October 2003 deadline for implementing a public-key infrastructure, but organizations expecting to deal with DOD should count on it being in place, officials said Tuesday.
FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW
Federal regulations for acquiring intellectual property, such as software and technical data, are notoriously complex. Sellers encounter lengthy contract clauses and buyers with detailed rules on how to use them.
Defense CIO to leave post next month
MARCH 14—Arthur L. Money today confirmed rumors that he will soon leave his post as chief information officer and assistant Defense Department secretary for command, control, communications and intelligence, said Susan Hansen, a DOD spokeswoman.
Guidelines for CIOs put practical spin on IT reforms
Program managers now have a practical guide to help them design an enterprise architecture that won't run away with the bank.
Click and save documents in HTML
Wouldn't it be convenient to push a button and convert an ordinary document to Hypertext Markup Language that accurately reproduces the layout, formatting and images? Now you can.
Soundx S7300 is a light and fast notebook
The Sceptre Soundx S7300 is one of the first of a multitude of lighter, faster notebooks for business travelers.
Biometric devices improve but still need more work
Call me paranoid, but I have some good company.
IT executives focus on worker shortage, e-gov at Texas conference
MARCH 14—A couple of government information technology gurus discussed two related topics—work force shortages and electronic-government challenges—during the opening sessions of the Information Processing Interagency Conference in Austin, Texas.
Navy prescription: Use handheld app to place med students
A test of handheld devices has demonstrated how the Navy's Graduate Medical Selection Board can shrink by 75 percent the time it takes to complete an arduous annual appointment process.
Network course keeps Air Force connected
Scott Air Force Base, Ill., was one of the first military installations in the country to start training from a Web-based, educational curriculum designed to teach personnel to build and maintain computer networks.
Microsoft's BizTalk opens a channel for doing business
Many vendors have aligned with the ebXML consortium'the initials stand for electronic business Extensible Markup Language'to standardize an XML transaction infrastructure. In the meantime, Microsoft Corp. is attempting to win over early adopters with its own XML transaction technology, called BizTalk.
E-commerce applications stake out a middle ground
Electronic-commerce applications are like Oreo cookies'it's what's in the middle that makes them successful. Middleware tools are what hold the whole endeavor together, making it possible to bridge the Internet and back-end applications without sacrificing security or functionality. Pick the wrong filling, though, and everything falls apart.
INTERVIEW: Col. Thom E. Tuckey, the warfighters' trainer
Amid budget constraints, the information management personnel at the Army's Training and Doctrine Command must modernize aging systems and build smart classrooms to train tomorrow's soldiers.
Citizens rush to download Bush budget proposal
MARCH 13—Eager to scan President Bush's budget plans for 2002, Web-savvy citizens downloaded A Blueprint for New Beginnings: A Responsible Budget for America's Priorities more than 125,000 times in the first 24 hours after its release on Feb. 28, officials said. That figure grew to 200,000 downloads within 48 hours.
POWER USER
How often have you resorted to opening two small windows to copy data between a form or a Web page and a desktop application?
Fiber vs. copper war isn't over yet
Network administrators who already have Category 5 or better copper cabling installed for fairly undemanding applications should leave the copper where it is, industry executives say.
Systat lets users draw on SAS app
Systat 10, a new release of the scientific desktop application from SPSS Inc. of Chicago, has a GraphExpress mode to draw graphs within SAS 8 for Microsoft Windows statistical software from SAS Institute Inc. of Cary, N.C.
Will managed services mean better Net quality?
'The Internet is not about security, performance or manageability,' said Dennis Brouwer, senior vice president of marketing for SmartPipes Inc. of Redwood City, Calif.
Vendor bets on its firewall
Complete invulnerability to hackers and viruses seems problematic, but Security Systems Pty. Ltd. of Perth, Australia, has entered the firewall market with a hardware product it guarantees to be 100 percent impenetrable.
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