Voice-driven DSL service is coming to East Coast
Competitive local exchange carrier Network Plus Corp. plans to deploy digital subscriber line service on the East Coast with voice, not data, as the driving application.
Attachmate's PalmFrame gives handhelds mainframe access; rollout due before 2000
Attachmate Corp.'s PalmFrame software gives handheld devices access to mainframe data.
Navy cruises on with ATM
The Navy has begun automating mechanical controls on its Aegis cruiser fleet, starting with an asynchronous transfer mode network aboard the USS Ticonderoga, a Tomahawk cruise missile destroyer.
INTERNAUT
From congressional bills to special reports to a noteworthy lawsuit, this autumn has been an intriguing season for the Internet. Let's start with spam.
Wang, Van Dyke plan to offer information assurance package
Wang Global Inc. and its subsidiary, J.G. Van Dyke & Associates of Bethesda, Md., are developing a suite of information assurance services to offer at fairly low, fixed prices through General Services Administration schedule contracts.
Handy little device can duplicate disks quickly as it keeps them cool
A handheld hard disk duplicator from Greystone Peripherals, a subsidiary of PubliCard Corp. of Fairfield, Conn., transfers 400 megabytes per minute in either direction between dissimilar PC drives and operating systems.
Linux is picking up support among federal users
No longer just a skunk works' answer to budget problems, the Linux open-source operating system is gaining support in government research laboratories and other areas, federal and industry speakers said at a recent workshop in Washington.
New Ghost 6.0 duplicates drive images onto multiple PCs
Ghost 6.0 is a new tool that can manage a large group of computers as well as copy new software, data and operating system files from a master disk to all the others.
DOD sets up enterprise license for tools to be used in final Y2K assurance checks
The Defense Department has added several computer-aided software engineering tools to the categories covered by its enterprise software licensing agreements.
USPS takes market's pulse
Behind its new point-of-service terminals, the Postal Service is building a data repository that will track customer preferences across the nation.
POWER USER
OK, I know next year isn't the new millennium, because there was no year zero. But the confusion means that columnists not only get to pontificate this year, they also get to do so at the end of 2000, when millennial hype will once again be ignited by marketeers who didn't sell all the software they're promoting this year.
THE BELTWAY AND BEYOND
Here's an irony for you. The Commerce Department struggles to carry out the administration's mandate to privatize the Internet and ends up incurring more congressional oversight than the Internet ever before received.
THE VIEW FROM INSIDE
If you believe Americans have an unalienable right to privacy, you'll take heart in the latest round of funding bills from Congress.
Editorial
Many years ago, my in-laws had a tiny dog. It was a toy Doberman pinscher'a ridiculous animal in most respects. One time we gave it a mostly-eaten T-bone steak from a restaurant.
Presentation Software
PowerPoint 2000 from Microsoft Corp. has vaulted to the top of the charts in GCN's survey of presentation software, so it's a safe bet that most users are pleased as Office 2000'with which PowerPoint is bundled'is introduced in federal offices.
USB averts most, but not all, reboots
With a Universal Serial Bus, you will never reboot again when you connect a new peripheral. Well, almost never. OK, so you sometimes have to reboot even if you have a USB port on your PC.
BUY LINES
Electronic commerce is growing at a geometric clip all over the world. Many people now routinely shop online for groceries, books'even cars.
Chicago keeps tabs on resources with 311 system
The city of Chicago has replaced its customer service complaints system, accessible by dialing 311, with a custom system that tracks and categorizes service requests and responses. The old Cobol system was not date-code ready.
IT unit aims to satisfy its customers
Miami-Dade County's Information Technology Department has begun ramping up customer service to the agencies it serves on a fee basis.
New software extends VPNs into nets for secure communications
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has new software to extend virtual private networking inside an enterprise network, securing communications between individual servers and clients.
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