COMMUNICATIONS: NEW PRODUCT
Neon Systems Inc. has released Version 4.5 of Halo SSO, a single-sign-on product for mainframe applications in interoperating IBM System/390 and Microsoft Windows NT network environments. The product automates password resets between the two, and its bidirectional account synchronization simplifies setting password policies.
Tumbleweed Communications opens secure inbox for messages
Tumbleweed Communications Corp. is opening up a Secure Inbox for the next release of its Integrated Messaging Exchange secure communications software, which is being used in Postal Service and NASA pilots.
Unix client-server can replace that old PBX
Alcatel S.A. of Paris has a Unix client-server telecommunications system that can take the place of an analog private branch exchange.
Cisco says government users are early adopters of IP phones
Cisco Systems Inc.'s Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (AVVID) products now include IP telephones, call management software, a multimedia server, and interface cards and modules for Catalyst 6000 switches.
QOSWorks lives on network edge to maximize Ethernet bandwidth
Sitara Networks Inc. of Waltham, Mass., has bundled several quality-of-service tools into a hardware appliance for maximizing available Ethernet bandwidth as an alternative to upgrading.
Distance learning receives high-level backing
Distance learning needs a vocal champion, the higher in the organization the better. And content should drive technology, not the other way around.
FTS finds itself in vendor role at Dallas conference
DALLAS'Contractors'or partners, as the Federal Technology Service now refers to them'were conspicuous by their absence as opening speakers at last month's Network Services Conference.
Net conference server runs under Linux
The latest MeetingPoint conference server from White Pine Software Inc. of Nashua, N.H., is the first H.323-ready IP videoconferencing product for the Linux operating system.
Tripwire Inc. adds control module to its intrusion detection program
Tripwire Inc. has put a control module into its flagship file integrity assessment tool, creating the Tripwire Enterprise Control Manager.
Naval center keeps defensive eye on its network
Ron Black, information technology director for the Navy's Transportation Support Center in Norfolk, Va., does not brag about his network defenses.
FCC gives nod to transverter for wireless links
The Federal Communications Commission has given approval for the first two-way Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service transmitter-receiver.
Protect your net with a filter
Security experts want to stop denial-of-service attacks at their source by encouraging systems administrators to filter outgoing packets at routers and firewalls.
INTERNAUT
Nine up-and-coming technologies are going to have a big impact on the way the government uses the Web, as well as on how people access government information from it.
Crystal Reports 8 creates run-time and Web reports
Seagate Crystal Reports Professional 8, government-priced at $360, has faster reporting performance than earlier versions, the manufacturer says. It now can create run-time reports dynamically within applications.
Pocket PC's upgraded standard apps set to compete with Palm in handheld market
Microsoft Corp.'s new Pocket PC package, which is powered by Windows CE, will have a better Microsoft Outlook inbox plus revised, lightweight versions of Microsoft Word and Excel.
Dell four-way servers get speedy Xeon upgrades
Dell Computer Corp. has upgraded its four-way servers to accommodate the fastest processors and chip sets.
ENTERPRISE COMPUTING: NEW PRODUCTS
Welcom Software Technology's project management software, Open Plan, now has an interface for SAP R/3 from SAP America Inc. of Wayne, Pa., and other enterprise resource planning applications.
Lotus releases a standalone version of Approach
Divvying up a final chunk of its SmartSuite Millennium Edition 9.5 suite, Lotus Development Corp. is releasing the Approach database manager as a standalone application.
Microsoft plans to upgrade its Win9x kernel
A successor to Microsoft Windows 98, known as Windows Me, will arrive later this year.
SAS, Pine Cone mesh data warehouse products to meet government needs
Two makers of data warehousing software are bundling their products into a specialized data mart package for federal, state and local governments.
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