Stackable Hubs
Why a hub? Network switches are faster, more efficient and destined to dominate network infrastructures. But for right now, network managers who need to find the shortest, least expensive route to upgrading their systems have plenty of good reasons to include stackable hubs in their plans.
Navy throws sailors LIFElines
It is second nature for a sailor to throw a lifeline to someone who has fallen overboard. That's why the Navy titled its quality-of-life Internet site LIFELines.
BRIEFING BOOK
Instant wins. The Marine Corps is speeding up its awards system by putting the submission and filing parts of the process online.
IBM builds security chip into NetVista for PKI functions
By embedding a security subsystem in the NetVista desktop system, IBM Corp. is promoting it as a secure end-point for public-key infrastructures.
EDGAR will embrace PKI
The Securities and Exchange Commission staff will order in turkey dinners when they cut over to the new Internet-friendly version of the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System.
INTERNAUT
Pornography filtering rules set at the federal level might have to be enforced at the local level, if HR 4600 is enacted.
THE 50 STATES
TEACH ME. Public school teachers are receiving free Internet training through a program called MarcoPolo from the WorldCom Foundation, a tax-exempt charity operated by WorldCom Inc.
OSHA digitizes its expertise
Businesses and consumers who have questions about workplace health and safety hazards can get personalized answers'without asking a single person.
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.
For older portables, consider Xircom's RealPort
Many new notebook PCs these days have a network interface as well as an on-board modem, but some still do not. I recently tried a dual-purpose PC Card for the notebook have-nots.
Microsoft's MapPoint 2001 can get a little lost on the details
The saying 'Don't sweat the small stuff' often precedes 'It's all small stuff.' That must be the motto of the Microsoft Corp. developers who coded MapPoint 2001.
Microsoft revamps its suite ingredients
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.
ANOTHER VIEW
For those of you who have met me or heard me speak at any of numerous rubber-chicken events over the last 10 years, try not to groan if some of the things I'm about to say sound familiar.
THE VIEW FROM INSIDE
The Office of Management and Budget has loosened its ban on cookies. But it has done so in a manner that has left many webmasters confused'or at least bemused.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
That's a bad idea: Your assertions and arguments in the editorial, 'Why roll your own?' [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no24/editorial/2709-1.html">GCN, Aug. 21, Page 32</a>], are rolling down the wrong road. Contrary to your premise, the Defense Travel System is a large, commercial, off-the-shelf system.
EDITORIAL
After a tough but fair and impartial evaluation, government Web sites were found wanting by a team from Jupiter Media Metrix of New York [<a href="http://gcn.com/vol19_no31/news/3194-1.html">GCN, Oct. 23, Page 1</a>].
Navy center adopts SnapReports to streamline monitoring
The Naval Air Warfare Center's Aircraft Division has adopted SnapReports from Aelita Software of Powell, Ohio, to automate and streamline reporting processes. The application replaces reporting software that is bundled with Microsoft Systems Management Server.
Navy awards contracts in first step toward end-to-end system
The Navy's award of its long-awaited $6.9 billion Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract last month signified a major information technology outsourcing shift for the service that chief information officers are recommending for other federal agencies.
INTERVIEW: Navy ready to set sail on NMCI
With more than three decades of Defense Department experience, Ron Turner, deputy Navy chief information officer for infrastructure, systems and technology, leads policy and planning for implementing and managing architecture and standards, information systems and enterprise initiatives.
INTERVIEW: Retired Col. Verle B. Hammond, master logistician
As president and chief executive officer of Innovative Logistics Techniques Inc. of McLean, Va., retired Col. Verle B. Hammond has charted Innolog's growth from eight employees and $250,000 in contracts in 1989 to 500 employees and $50 million annual revenues today.
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