PKI certificate sales slow, program executive says
The high cost of certificates is causing the Defense Department to hold back on public-key infrastructure deployments, according to the armed forces' PKI program director.
Navy 'squids' receive Palm Vs
The Navy bridged the technology gap between enlisted personnel and officers with its recent deployment of 115 handheld computers aboard a missile cruiser, officials said.
BRIEFING BOOK
Second look. Army officials said they plan to take a second look at the Wholesale Logistics Modernization Program and Global Combat Support System contracts early next year.
COMMUNICATIONS: NEW PRODUCT
SmartPartner Pager service from Paradigm4 Inc. of Fairfield, N.J., gives police officers secure wireless access to databases with a handheld device that's under 4 ounces.
Smart phones will outnumber PC browsers next year
By the end of 2001, the hundreds of millions of microbrowsers now being built into wireless phones and handheld computers will outnumber standard PC browsers on the Internet.
Census fields a robust WAN
The Census Bureau's DecennialNet WAN achieved 99.5 percent uptime from its final configuration in March through May, and it probably hit 99.75 percent for June.
INTERNAUT
Systems engineers bandy about the terms data-centric vs. application-centric in discussing how to redesign an agency's application structure. Here's what they're talking about.
THE BELTWAY AND BEYOND
Perhaps it's a sign of the times, but three of the four major-party presidential and vice presidential candidates have extensive experience with federal information technology contracting and procurement. How will their experiences affect their governing style?
THE VIEW FROM INSIDE
In a recent speech, Vice President Gore called for development of an online government auction site he dubbed G-Bay.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In a glossary of middleware terms [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no11/guide/1920-1.html">GCN, May 15, Page 46</a>], a GCN Buyers Guide defined CORBA as Microsoft's Common Object Request Broker Architecture.
EDITORIAL
It will be a lot of fun watching development of the FirstGov Web portal, for which the General Services Administration awarded a $4.1 million contract last month [<a href="http://gcn.com/vol19_no24/news-briefs/2716-1.html">GCN, Aug. 21, Page 3</a>].
INTERVIEW: Paul Wohlleben, Grant Thornton's government guru
After a quarter-century as a federal official, Paul Wohlleben now is a partner in the global government group of Grant Thornton LLP of Chicago.
3-speaker system delivers clean, strong sound for $100
Yamaha's advanced YSTMS50 multimedia speakers deliver high-quality, high-volume sound at a decent price'$100. But they definitely need a new moniker.
Design flaws mar otherwise outstanding LCD
The Eizo FlexScan L661 LCD monitor comes close to being an A-grade monitor, but its design needs improvement.
Sharp TM-20 retrieves your e-mail without wireless hassles
The Sharp TM-20 e-mail device keeps you connected via standard telephone lines while you travel. The 6- by 3-inch unit receives and sends e-mail without a phone cable, getting around the current wireless pitfalls of low bandwidth and poor signal quality.
Cobalt Networks' enterprise-ready RaQ 3i server appliance delivers more than promised
Too often, hardware vendors overpromise and underdeliver. My experience with the Cobalt Networks Inc. RaQ 3i appliance was the opposite: The RaQ delivered as promised, and then some.
LAB NOTES
Adobe patch. There is now a patch for an Adobe Acrobat security vulnerability affecting Acrobat Reader clients.
Gigabit copper zips data at super speed
Faster than Fast Ethernet. More powerful than a Pentium III. Able to leap a minitower in a single bound. TeamGiga stands for truth, justice and administrators everywhere. They're dedicated to superfast processors and high-bandwidth communications.
Distributor Caldera acquires part of Unix vendor
Two competing operating systems will morph into a new platform, following Linux distributor Caldera Systems Inc.'s recent acquisition of two divisions of UnixWare vendor Santa Cruz Operation Inc.
ENTERPRISE COMPUTING: NEW PRODUCT
The Summer2000 software developer's kit from the Web3D Consortium of San Ramon, Calif., is free on CD-ROM to consortium members.
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