In-flight Internet, intranet access scheduled for arrival
JUNE 22—The Digital Living Room conference in Dana Point, Calif., this month displayed wireless and broadband ways for agency travelers and telecommuters to connect to their office networks.
Microsoft sells Datacenter Server through hardware manufacturers
JUNE 22—Microsoft Corp. is selling Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, the version of its Windows 2000 operating system for computers with eight to 32 processors, only through approved hardware manufacturers, officials said.
PERSPECTIVES
Few people disagree with the goals of Section 508, the new rules requiring agencies to buy technology that can be used by the disabled.
FROM THE EDITOR
From a user's standpoint, computing and communications should be getting more powerful and simpler. Power is on the rise, but unfortunately, so is complexity.
THE BOTTOM LINE
It's time we gave up and recognized once and for all that vendor prequalification is the wave of the present.
ONLINE BUYING
Voice over IP technology is ready for the big time, but it will be a while before the federal government is ready for it.
Buying in to online procurement
The push toward electronic government involves more than the information, forms and services government offices provide to citizens. A big part of the process'and a big part of the potential savings in time, money and paper'lies in procurement.
Free Stuff
Hot, hot, hot. Disk management tools are all the rage these days.
Online instruction can extend to technical support to help reduce calls, costs
Employee training is the most common form of Web-delivered education, but some application service providers also offer another kind of useful instruction'tech support.
Hard drives probably disappeared in March, FBI says
JUNE 21—FBI investigators have pinpointed March 28 as the likely date that a pair of hard drives containing highly secret nuclear weapons data disappeared from the Energy Department's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Continual education
For organizations that need to train their employees, distance learning can provide the shortest route. It's a cost-effective, time-saving method of teaching new skills and refreshing current ones. It's less expensive than tuition and saves travel expenses and time spent away from work.
Web-ready phones make lots of noise with their own vocabulary
When comparing the offerings of different wireless service providers and phone sets, keep in mind the following terminology.
Call waiting
If you buy into the hype, digital wireless Internet telephones are the latest and greatest technology for mobile business users since analog car telephones.
Groups examine ways of sharing geographic data to keep costs down
Up to 80 percent of the cost of a geographic information system is absorbed in the initial acquisition and creation of spatial data, according to some estimates. In government, this information is acquired separately by a variety of agencies and bureaus, each with different operating bases and uses for the data.
Integration programs help put GPS data in proper perspective
While accuracy is important, data from the Global Positioning System is valuable only to the degree it can be integrated with other information, analyzed and used to produce operational results. There are now several hardware-software integration programs available to help achieve this.
DOD procurement official to take OFPP post
JUNE 21—A Pentagon procurement official will take the reins of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
GPS finds its place
Location, location, location. Nearly every action a government organization takes can be tied to a map. Whether it's a military commander following troop movements, a biologist tracking the migration of an endangered species of bird or a legislature drawing new district lines after the census, the task can be enhanced by readily accessible and precise geographical data.
Mammoth-2 gets a head start on the next generation
Next-generation Super Digital Linear Tape and Advanced Intelligent Tape drives and those built around the new Linear Tape Open specification are expected to push tape drive capacity to new heights.
Play it safe
The tape backup industry has a long history of new technology leapfrogging the established competition. Whether it has been reel-to-reel systems, half-inch tape, quarter-inch cassette, digital audio tape, 8-mm helical scan or digital linear tape, the questions for the user have always been the same. What is the best solution for your application today? When does it make sense to leave legacy products behind and make the jump to the next big thing?
IBM gives voice to the rise of Linux with ViaVoice
The dramatic rise of Linux as a rival to Microsoft Windows'in potential if not yet in practice for most PC users'has led to many applications being ported over to the open-source operating system. The latest new category for Linux is in speech recognition.
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