Route Fifty

INTERVIEW: Bill Crowell, Cylink's NSA link

William P. Crowell, a former deputy director and chief operating officer of the National Security Agency, found the transition to working in industry easy at information security company Cylink Corp. of Sunnyvale, Calif., where he is president and chief executive officer.

By GCN
March 30, 2000

Commerce deputy CIO Balutis moving to NIST

MARCH 30  Alan P. Balutis will leave his job as the Commerce Department's deputy chief information officer to become director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program.

By GCN
March 30, 2000

IBM backup power system lasts half as long as expected

The compact and dependable IBM Office Professional 500 uninterruptible power system does provide steady emergency power, but for only half as long as claimed.

By GCN
March 30, 2000

Personal firewalls block the inside threat

In an environment rife with hackers and denial-of-service attacks, it is a foregone conclusion that government administrators need enterprise firewalls. but they're no longer sufficient.

By GCN
March 29, 2000

Compusearch application suite now has planning module

Compusearch Software Systems Inc. has recently released a planning module for its Virtual Procurement Office (VPO) application suite.

By GCN
March 29, 2000

ENTERPRISE COMPUTING: New Products

MathCAD 2000 from MathSoft Inc. has an AutoSelect feature for algorithms and operators, 3-D QuickPlots for charts, an Axum LE component for technical graphing, and Hypertext Markup Language export to the Web. A built-in SmartSketch LE component from Intergraph Corp. of Huntsville, Ala., can illustrate calculations or integrate computer-aided design drawings into MathCAD documents.

By GCN
March 29, 2000

Speed's the periennial hot topic when it comes to PC processors

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.'A 1.5-GHz microprocessor was the surprise star at Intel Corp.'s spring developer forum last month.

By GCN
March 29, 2000

Xerox updates DocuShare and releases askOnce

Xerox Corp. has updated its DocuShare software and released a query package called askOnce.

By GCN
March 29, 2000

Security's goal is to protect the mission, expert says

When Rich Pethia recently asked a large military audience whether the Internet was essential to conducting their daily work, practically everyone raised a hand.

By GCN
March 29, 2000

State finds that e-mail lists can advance the cause of diplomacy

Each night, the State Department disseminates policy news to internal and external audiences around the world via electronic mailing lists.

By GCN
March 29, 2000

Sun StorEdge L700 tape library can backs up 430G of data per hour

The Sun StorEdge L700 tape library can back up 3.5T of data in less than eight hours, according to officials of Sun Microsystems Inc.

By GCN
March 29, 2000

Mylex RAID controllers use new, fast SCSI interface

Storage maker Mylex Corp. is bringing out a line of RAID controllers that use the Ultra 160/m SCSI interface.

By GCN
March 29, 2000

Psion's compact computers compete with WinCE devices

Two extremely compact computers from Psion Inc. of Concord, Mass., a division of British maker Psion PLC, are on the way to the market.

By GCN
March 29, 2000

PTO works to accept all trademark applications electronically

Officials at the Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Electronic Application System plan to accept all forms electronically by the end of this month.

By GCN
March 29, 2000

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INTERVIEW: Bill Crowell, Cylink's NSA link

William P. Crowell, a former deputy director and chief operating officer of the National Security Agency, found the transition to working in industry easy at information security company Cylink Corp. of Sunnyvale, Calif., where he is president and chief executive officer.

Commerce deputy CIO Balutis moving to NIST

MARCH 30  Alan P. Balutis will leave his job as the Commerce Department's deputy chief information officer to become director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program.

IBM backup power system lasts half as long as expected

The compact and dependable IBM Office Professional 500 uninterruptible power system does provide steady emergency power, but for only half as long as claimed.

Lab Notes

Personal firewalls block the inside threat

In an environment rife with hackers and denial-of-service attacks, it is a foregone conclusion that government administrators need enterprise firewalls. but they're no longer sufficient.

Compusearch application suite now has planning module

Compusearch Software Systems Inc. has recently released a planning module for its Virtual Procurement Office (VPO) application suite.

ENTERPRISE COMPUTING: New Products

Speed's the periennial hot topic when it comes to PC processors

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.'A 1.5-GHz microprocessor was the surprise star at Intel Corp.'s spring developer forum last month.

Xerox updates DocuShare and releases askOnce

Xerox Corp. has updated its DocuShare software and released a query package called askOnce.

Security's goal is to protect the mission, expert says

When Rich Pethia recently asked a large military audience whether the Internet was essential to conducting their daily work, practically everyone raised a hand.

State finds that e-mail lists can advance the cause of diplomacy

Each night, the State Department disseminates policy news to internal and external audiences around the world via electronic mailing lists.

Sun StorEdge L700 tape library can backs up 430G of data per hour

The Sun StorEdge L700 tape library can back up 3.5T of data in less than eight hours, according to officials of Sun Microsystems Inc.

Mylex RAID controllers use new, fast SCSI interface

Storage maker Mylex Corp. is bringing out a line of RAID controllers that use the Ultra 160/m SCSI interface.

CYBER EYE

The Environmental Protection Agency got a black eye recently when it had to shut down much of its Web site at the urging of Rep. Thomas J. Bliley (R-Va.), the House Commerce Committee chairman, because of security holes.

Psion's compact computers compete with WinCE devices

Two extremely compact computers from Psion Inc. of Concord, Mass., a division of British maker Psion PLC, are on the way to the market.

NASA's work is mapped out

While the space shuttle Endeavour was returning to Earth on Feb. 22 with 13T of raw radar images of the Earth's dry land, a NASA team was still assembling the hardware to crunch the data.

POWER USER

If you have leftover keyboards and VGA monitors from your year 2000 upgrades, but no budget for more new PCs, consider adding a second user to your more powerful office systems for only $150 each.

@INFO.POLICY

FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW

According to legend, Frederick the Great of Prussia said that learning from his own mistakes was too costly; he preferred to learn from the mistakes of others. That's a good reason to study the opinion in Seattle Security Services vs. United States, a Jan. 28 decision by the Court of Federal Claims.

PTO works to accept all trademark applications electronically

Officials at the Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Electronic Application System plan to accept all forms electronically by the end of this month.

William P. Crowell, a former deputy director and chief operating officer of the National Security Agency, found the transition to working in industry easy at information security company Cylink Corp. of Sunnyvale, Calif., where he is president and chief executive officer.

MARCH 30 &#151; Alan P. Balutis will leave his job as the Commerce Department's deputy chief information officer to become director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program.

The compact and dependable IBM Office Professional 500 uninterruptible power system does provide steady emergency power, but for only half as long as claimed.

In an environment rife with hackers and denial-of-service attacks, it is a foregone conclusion that government administrators need enterprise firewalls. but they're no longer sufficient.

Compusearch Software Systems Inc. has recently released a planning module for its Virtual Procurement Office (VPO) application suite.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.'A 1.5-GHz microprocessor was the surprise star at Intel Corp.'s spring developer forum last month.

Xerox Corp. has updated its DocuShare software and released a query package called askOnce.

When Rich Pethia recently asked a large military audience whether the Internet was essential to conducting their daily work, practically everyone raised a hand.

Each night, the State Department disseminates policy news to internal and external audiences around the world via electronic mailing lists.

The Sun StorEdge L700 tape library can back up 3.5T of data in less than eight hours, according to officials of Sun Microsystems Inc.

Storage maker Mylex Corp. is bringing out a line of RAID controllers that use the Ultra 160/m SCSI interface.

The Environmental Protection Agency got a black eye recently when it had to shut down much of its Web site at the urging of Rep. Thomas J. Bliley (R-Va.), the House Commerce Committee chairman, because of security holes.

Two extremely compact computers from Psion Inc. of Concord, Mass., a division of British maker Psion PLC, are on the way to the market.

While the space shuttle Endeavour was returning to Earth on Feb. 22 with 13T of raw radar images of the Earth's dry land, a NASA team was still assembling the hardware to crunch the data.

If you have leftover keyboards and VGA monitors from your year 2000 upgrades, but no budget for more new PCs, consider adding a second user to your more powerful office systems for only $150 each.

Officials at the Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Electronic Application System plan to accept all forms electronically by the end of this month.

MARCH 30 Alan P. Balutis will leave his job as the Commerce Department's deputy chief information officer to become director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program.