PC tape backup is affordable but slow
When a new PC comes standard with a 12G, 18G or 36G hard drive, its backup requirements overflow the usual 8G tape.
Lab Notes
Mad hatter. A Big Blue penguin wearing a Red Hat? IBM Corp.'s ThinkPad 600E notebook computer has passed certification tests by Red Hat Software Inc. of Research Triangle Park N.C., to run the Red Hat Linux 6.0 operating system.
Effective telecommuting does the job
In today's wired world, employers are finding out that telecommuting'when set up correctly'improves productivity and morale, as well as helps attract and retain top talent.
@INFO.POLICY
Perhaps the most famous executive order in privacy history is No. 9397, signed by President Franklin Roosevelt on Nov. 22, 1943. It was intended for federal agencies that needed a new system of permanent account numbers for individuals. The president directed agencies to use the Social Security number exclusively.
FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW
The ancient Greeks, lovers of logical paradox, posed a riddle: How many hairs would it take to make a beard? A similar puzzle faces the procurement community when it comes to bundling items into single buys that should perhaps be competed separately. How big is too big?
An eight-port Ethernet switch for small office LANs fits in a pocket
Compex Inc. has designed two compact networking devices for building or expanding small office LANs.
Telecom device makes sure the back door is closed
A telecommunications scanning and discovery system from SecureLogix Corp. can secure back doors through telephone networks into data networks, the company says.
Check Point software extends VPNs into enterprise 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.
NASA pilots online bidding
The NASA Acquisition Internet Service, which posts agency solicitations online, has begun a pilot to accept vendor proposals electronically.
INTERNAUT
Chances are you've never heard of the Uniform Computer and Information Transactions Act, although within the next 12 months UCITA could affect the way your office buys software or Internet services.
AF officer: Warehouse only good data
Government organizations need to consider an alternative to building data warehouses. A better approach is to build an architecture and solve data problems at the source.
Beat the Clock
Four by four. Although year 2000 fixes have been under way in the government and elsewhere for more than five years, and the public hype level is spiraling up to near-hysteria, many desktop PC users do not know whether their Microsoft Windows Control Panel's Regional Settings show four-digit year dates in the mm/dd/yyyy format.
Company reshapes vision and software to tackle interorganization Web collaboration
PHILADELPHIA'Say goodbye to R/3 from SAP AG of Walldorf, Germany. The company has renamed its enterprise resource planning software MySAP.com.'' Company chairman Hasso Plattner told government and corporate customers at the Sapphire user group conference here last month that the new moniker signals inter-organization, Web-based collaboration functions.
USDA agency adds disk farm
An Agriculture Department agency is cultivating a bumper crop of disks in its new storage area network.
POWER USER
Power users do the most with what they have, and they don't necessarily have the hottest computers or latest software.
USDA unifies its HR services
The Agriculture Department has implemented a system that combines the human resources management activities of its three service agencies.
Interview: Anne F. Thomas
Anne F. Thomson Reed has served as the Agriculture Department's chief information officer since August 1996. Congress caught USDA off guard earlier this year with HR 82'the Freedom to E-File Act, which would direct USDA to expand electronic access to services.
PROFESSIONAL CALENDAR
Association meeting. Arlington, Va. Contact the National Capitol Chapter of the Association for Information and Image Management
USGS serves up fresh satellite views of Earth
Earth's newest eye is beaming down trillions of bytes in many colors.
Office users can navigate by StarOffice'for free
It's faster than the speeding Lotus Smart-Suite Millennium Edi-tion, easier than Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 and cheaper than just about any Microsoft product.
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