OS upgrades across multiple platforms prove successful
The GCN Lab fed CD-ROMs of Microsoft Windows 2000 code into the drives of more than a dozen systems'PCs, notebooks and servers. For the most part, upgrades went without glitches.
LAB NOTES
Auction fever. While Web sites such as <a href="http://www.ebay.com">www.ebay.com</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com">www.amazon.com</a> hawk their auction services as a way for consumers to clear their clutter, CablExpress Corp. of Syracuse, N.Y., is promoting a buyback site for unwanted networking items.
As you like it? Here are some good and bad points of successor to NT
GCN Lab reviewers and early adopters elsewhere have been working up their lists of cheers and jeers for the new features in Windows 2000.
Learn how to take control of Win 2000
It takes some drilling down to see where the new Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system diverges from its Windows 98 and NT 4.0 predecessors [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no3/reviews/1293-1.html"><i>GCN</i>, Feb. 7, Page 1</a>]. Sure, it looks like Win 98 and acts like NT, but when it comes to the administrative tools, Win 2000 is all new.
THE BELTWAY AND BEYOND
The convergence of public-policy streams often creates unexpected waves that threaten to swamp some of the government's small boats. Such is the case when audit standards created by the private audit community'a community dominated by big accounting firms'threaten to severely affect the viability of inspectors general who are not appointed by the president.
THE VIEW FROM INSIDE
Ever have a great idea that begged to be implemented? Maybe it's a publication to address nagging issues in your program. Maybe it's a software application that fills a need that no one but you recognizes. Or maybe it's a new process that could dramatically cut backlogs while improving customer service.
Marine Online draws few users among Corps' work force
Although a Web site designed to improve the morale and well-being of Marines became operational two years ahead of schedule, a lack of officer support and limited bandwidth have stalled its growth, its chief architect says
Marines speed modernization
The Marine Corps Systems Command recently awarded three delivery orders in less than 30 days under the service's Information Technology Modernization 2000 program.
Interview: Brig. Gen. Robert M. Shea
Brig. Gen. Robert M. Shea, the Marine Corps' assistant chief of staff for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence, is also intelligence director and chief information officer. A 28-year veteran, he is one of the first communications military occupation specialists to become a general officer.
Superfast new chip stars at Intel conference
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., FEB. 16—A 1.5-GHz microprocessor—that's gigahertz—was the surprise star of Intel Corp.'s spring developer forum, which began here yesterday. Intel chairman Andrew S. Grove showed off the ultrafast chip, code-named Willamette, which will be introduced in limited quantities in the second half of 2000.
DOD completing check for compromised systems
FEB. 16—Defense Department network administrators have until the close of business tomorrow to check their PC and server hard drives to see whether hackers have loaded denial of service tools onto them, a Pentagon spokesman said. Yesterday afternoon, DOD officials said they had so far found no evidence of such tools on a military system.
Microsoft posts patch for security vulnerability in Win 2000 server component
FEB. 16—In its first security bulletin for Windows 2000, Microsoft Corp. has warned of a vulnerability that could allow hackers to see server system logs and data files.
GSA supply depots cost money, report says
FEB. 15—An independent analysis of the eight General Services Administration supply warehouses suggests it would be more cost-effective to outsource the business, the agency said.
Letters to the Editor
IT accessibility is worth its cost
Industry lobbies to take point on security
FEB. 15—Government needs to be a good security role model, information technology industry representatives told the president during a White House meeting on Internet security today. But industry wants to take the lead in securing the Internet, they said.
TRW names subcontractors for Army Appliqu'+ V4 deal
FEB. 15—TRW Inc. officials have selected Litton Data Systems of San Diego and Paravant Inc. of Melbourne, Fla., to provide more than 6,000 vehicle-mounted, ruggedized computers for the Army this year, the subcontractors announced yesterday.
Security above all
Rank has its privileges: authority, good pay, a big office, support staff, an expense account. But rank also carries obligations.
Western governors will form tech council
FEB. 15—At the Western Governors' Association's recent winter conference in Las Vegas, members agreed to create a technology council that would work to form strategic alliances among state governments, technology companies and universities.
Navy is more cautious than its sister services about DMS rollout
FEB. 14—Although the Air Force and Army are scrapping their AUTODIN message centers as part of their Defense Message System rollouts, Navy officials plan to maintain their aging AUTODIN infrastructure, according to Defense Department program managers.
Justice makes Gallagher its new systems technology chief
FEB. 14'Jim Gallagher today officially takes over as chief of the Justice Department's systems technology staff.
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