Route Fifty

An inexpensive utility simplifies file management

Not all good software comes in a shrink-wrapped box and pounds of manuals. In fact, the slickest-looking boxes sometime conceal the most bugs.

By GCN
June 29, 2000

Agriculture Risk Management Agency inks deal with SAIC

JUNE 29Science Applications International Corp. will provide the Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency with a wide range of services under an $81 million six-year contract.

By GCN
June 29, 2000

Burst your bandwidth constraints

Workgroups used to scrape by with a few 10-Mbps hubs daisychained together. Today, they no longer can. Demand for network bandwidth is growing exponentially.

By GCN
June 29, 2000

Team streamlines system to track down violent serial criminals

Increased funding and new software have rejuvenated the FBI Violent Crime Information Program.

By GCN
June 29, 2000

FBI will revamp its infrastructure

The FBI is waiting for Congress' thumbs-up for its eFBI initiative, through which the bureau wants to bolster its systems infrastructure.

By GCN
June 29, 2000

Interview: Bureau focuses on data sharing

Mark A. Tanner, the FBI's information resources manager since April 1997, juggles day-to-day systems management at the bureau.

By GCN
June 29, 2000

Interview: Constance E. Craig, the government's financial systems whiz

Constance E. Craig is chief information officer of an agency that exchanges data with practically every federal agency.

By GCN
June 29, 2000

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 RDBMS supports as many as 32 processors and 64G of RAM

Microsoft Corp. has released a second public beta version of its SQL Server 2000 relational database management system.

By GCN
June 29, 2000

Installing kiosk system is no tea party

The city of Boston hit the streets last year with a program to put 20 interactive kiosks throughout the city at which residents could pay parking tickets, get a bus schedule or find the nearest Thai restaurant. The kiosks themselves have provided digital access to the public, officials said, but problems with connectivity and siting have hampered full deployment.

By GCN
June 28, 2000

Transit payroll workers trade 400 square feet of paper for gigs of COLD technology

A COLD wind is blowing through New York City Transit, but it is warming the hearts of NYCT's payroll workers.

By GCN
June 28, 2000

IBM tests Linux version for S/390 line of servers

IBM Corp. has quietly released an experimental version of the Linux open-source operating system for its System/390 enterprise server line.

By GCN
June 28, 2000

Two security products step beyond the firewall

NetFacade software from GTE Federal Network Systems goes a step beyond firewall and intrusion detection software. It simulates an entire sham network where intruders can wander at will while the administrator tracks their moves and captures their IP addresses.

By GCN
June 28, 2000

Toshiba's Portege notebook now comes with a SpeedStep processor

The 3.4-pound, $2,499 Portege 3440CT midrange notebook PC from Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. now has a 500-MHz mobile Pentium III SpeedStep processor.

By GCN
June 28, 2000

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An inexpensive utility simplifies file management

Not all good software comes in a shrink-wrapped box and pounds of manuals. In fact, the slickest-looking boxes sometime conceal the most bugs.

LAB NOTES

Professional snoop. The Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol power the Internet by making possible the transfer of information between computers [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no15/reviews/2148-1.html"><i>GCN</i>, June 12, Page 23</a>].

Agriculture Risk Management Agency inks deal with SAIC

JUNE 29Science Applications International Corp. will provide the Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency with a wide range of services under an $81 million six-year contract.

How we tested with SmartBits

The GCN Lab used the SmartBits 2000 test system from Netcom Systems Inc. of Calabasas, Calif., to measure the Layer 2 communications performance of three switch configurations.

Burst your bandwidth constraints

Workgroups used to scrape by with a few 10-Mbps hubs daisychained together. Today, they no longer can. Demand for network bandwidth is growing exponentially.

THE BELTWAY AND BEYOND

Editor and writer H.L. Mencken said, 'There are some politicians who, if their constituents were cannibals, would promise them missionaries for dinner.' Few politicians are quite that crass, but they do carefully watch what their constituents want.

THE VIEW FROM INSIDE

Odd as this may sound, I really think we were lucky with the Melissa and ILOVEYOU viruses. Their payloads, admittedly damaging and inconvenient, were also totally unsubtle and therefore easy to notice and catch.

ANOTHER VIEW

Every government information technology manager faces the challenge of justifying emerging technologies to program managers and bean counters. You can't just show them an article in the latest issue of GCN about this or that new technology and obtain funding.

Editorial

When opponents used to hurl what for them were eternal truths at Ronald Reagan, he would answer with an amused, 'There you go again.'

Team streamlines system to track down violent serial criminals

Increased funding and new software have rejuvenated the FBI Violent Crime Information Program.

FBI will revamp its infrastructure

The FBI is waiting for Congress' thumbs-up for its eFBI initiative, through which the bureau wants to bolster its systems infrastructure.

Interview: Bureau focuses on data sharing

Mark A. Tanner, the FBI's information resources manager since April 1997, juggles day-to-day systems management at the bureau.

Interview: Constance E. Craig, the government's financial systems whiz

Constance E. Craig is chief information officer of an agency that exchanges data with practically every federal agency.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 RDBMS supports as many as 32 processors and 64G of RAM

Microsoft Corp. has released a second public beta version of its SQL Server 2000 relational database management system.

Installing kiosk system is no tea party

Transit payroll workers trade 400 square feet of paper for gigs of COLD technology

A COLD wind is blowing through New York City Transit, but it is warming the hearts of NYCT's payroll workers.

IBM tests Linux version for S/390 line of servers

IBM Corp. has quietly released an experimental version of the Linux open-source operating system for its System/390 enterprise server line.

Two security products step beyond the firewall

NetFacade software from GTE Federal Network Systems goes a step beyond firewall and intrusion detection software. It simulates an entire sham network where intruders can wander at will while the administrator tracks their moves and captures their IP addresses.

INTERNAUT

Toshiba's Portege notebook now comes with a SpeedStep processor

The 3.4-pound, $2,499 Portege 3440CT midrange notebook PC from Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. now has a 500-MHz mobile Pentium III SpeedStep processor.

Not all good software comes in a shrink-wrapped box and pounds of manuals. In fact, the slickest-looking boxes sometime conceal the most bugs.

Professional snoop. The Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol power the Internet by making possible the transfer of information between computers [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no15/reviews/2148-1.html"><i>GCN</i>, June 12, Page 23</a>].

JUNE 29&#151;Science Applications International Corp. will provide the Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency with a wide range of services under an $81 million six-year contract.

The GCN Lab used the SmartBits 2000 test system from Netcom Systems Inc. of Calabasas, Calif., to measure the Layer 2 communications performance of three switch configurations.

Workgroups used to scrape by with a few 10-Mbps hubs daisychained together. Today, they no longer can. Demand for network bandwidth is growing exponentially.

Editor and writer H.L. Mencken said, 'There are some politicians who, if their constituents were cannibals, would promise them missionaries for dinner.' Few politicians are quite that crass, but they do carefully watch what their constituents want.

Odd as this may sound, I really think we were lucky with the Melissa and ILOVEYOU viruses. Their payloads, admittedly damaging and inconvenient, were also totally unsubtle and therefore easy to notice and catch.

Every government information technology manager faces the challenge of justifying emerging technologies to program managers and bean counters. You can't just show them an article in the latest issue of GCN about this or that new technology and obtain funding.

When opponents used to hurl what for them were eternal truths at Ronald Reagan, he would answer with an amused, 'There you go again.'

Increased funding and new software have rejuvenated the FBI Violent Crime Information Program.

The FBI is waiting for Congress' thumbs-up for its eFBI initiative, through which the bureau wants to bolster its systems infrastructure.

Mark A. Tanner, the FBI's information resources manager since April 1997, juggles day-to-day systems management at the bureau.

Constance E. Craig is chief information officer of an agency that exchanges data with practically every federal agency.

Microsoft Corp. has released a second public beta version of its SQL Server 2000 relational database management system.

A COLD wind is blowing through New York City Transit, but it is warming the hearts of NYCT's payroll workers.

IBM Corp. has quietly released an experimental version of the Linux open-source operating system for its System/390 enterprise server line.

NetFacade software from GTE Federal Network Systems goes a step beyond firewall and intrusion detection software. It simulates an entire sham network where intruders can wander at will while the administrator tracks their moves and captures their IP addresses.

The 3.4-pound, $2,499 Portege 3440CT midrange notebook PC from Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. now has a 500-MHz mobile Pentium III SpeedStep processor.

JUNE 29Science Applications International Corp. will provide the Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency with a wide range of services under an $81 million six-year contract.