ERP Software
Enterprise resource planning software, long used mostly by manufacturers and retailers to manage supply chains and business processes, is becoming a staple in the public sector.
New linear tape format doubles library space
A new high-density tape format, Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium, will give midrange systems the storage density and data throughput previously found in high-end mainframe storage.
POWER USER
Books about software aren't as exciting as software itself, but they're almost as expensive. I remember the days when most computer books that crossed my desk were just rewrites, often poor ones, of program documentation. It was obvious that some of them were marketed merely to document illegally copied programs.
BUY LINES
No matter where you turn you stumble across another innovative procurement technique suited to the age of electronic government.
FROM THE EDITOR
If you take a room full of paper records about individuals, digitize them and put them online, are you violating anyone's privacy?
CIO OUTLOOK
Governments that rush to digitize their data today could be jeopardizing their ability to retrieve that data tomorrow. The problems of preserving a digital legacy have not been solved.
THE 50 STATES
VIRTUAL KNOWLEDGE. The state Legislature has sponsored an online library system that gives registered users access to 53 databases of information. Students, teachers and other Alabama residents can access thousands of full-length articles and definitions, as well as links to numerous Web sites, from the Alabama Virtual Library.
Microsoft revamps the components of its Office suite
An office suite upgrade is often only a new paint job on an old house. It increases the value of the property, but the structure stays the same.
FAA investigates software failure at Orlando airport
NOV. 30—The Federal Aviation Administration says it still does not know what caused new software it developed for its air traffic controllers to fail on Sunday. The failure caused delays for at least 28 flights in Orlando, Fla., on the nation's busiest holiday travel weekend.
SPAWAR knowledge project an award-winning work in progress
NOV. 28'A new knowledge management pilot at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in Charleston, S.C., still doesn't have a formal name or budget, but it is drawing attention within the Navy.
GSA hangs on to the transition keys
NOV. 27—The General Services Administration is keeping its presidential transition funds and facilities off-limits for the time being in the contested presidential election.
Sun releases Trusted Solaris 8
NOV. 27—The Trusted Solaris 8 operating system, released Nov. 20 by Sun Microsystems Inc., comes with role-based access control and a Java management console that resembles the one in SunSoft Solaris 8.
Agriculture inspectors now armed with notebook PCs
NOV. 27—The Agriculture Department has completed the first phase of a program aimed at bringing its field staff into the information age.
Dell to provide storage for NMCI project
NOV. 22—Dell Computer Corp. will provide the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project with 2,000 terabytes of storage under a subcontract to Electronic Data Systems Corp.
Independent study supports FBI defense of Carnivore
NOV. 22—An independent study of Carnivore, the FBI's Internet wiretapping system, maintains the software doesn't overreach its intended use.
Orange County, Calif., awards $250m outsourcing pact
NOV. 21—The Board of Supervisors of Orange County, Calif., has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a $250 million outsourcing contract that will run for 10 1/2 years.
Cisco's SoftPhone brings together voice, video and data
NOV. 21—IP telephony is just starting to appear on government WANs, and Cisco Systems Inc. is betting that so-called soft telephony on notebook PCs will be one of the early arrivals.
Weather agency's supercomputer is getting an upgrade
NOV. 20—The world's sixth-fastest supercomputer, an IBM RS/6000 SP at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction in Camp Springs, Md., is in the midst of an upgrade that will greatly increase its computing power.
Hot graphics, blinding speed give SGI workstation oomph
The Silicon Graphics 230 is more a workhorse than a workstation.
The transition team's ready to lend IT hand
'To the victor belong the spoils' is still true more than 160 years after New York Sen. William L. Marcy said it in support of President Martin Van Buren's patronage policies.
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