Feds in the trenches
Budget cuts, downsizing, less-than-competitive pay scales, the capricious political crosscurrents of Washington'all these factors add up to a big brain drain on the federal information technology work force.
Interview
James D. Buckner, chief information officer for the Army Materiel Command, is chief information technology adviser to the AMC commanding general.
Navy says it feels pressure to make IT-21 a success
Navy officials are pleased with the funding they have received for their Information Technology for the 21st Century project for fiscal 2000. But now that the money is allocated, they are feeling the pressure to perform.
Army exec: Let's improve app development prowess
If T. Kevin Carroll has his way, the program executive office for Standard Army Management Information Systems will become one of the Defense Department's premier software development organizations.
NIMA sets mapmaking goal
As National Imagery and Mapping Agency officials implement the Defense Department's Joint Vision 2010 policy to compress map processing from weeks or months to 72 hours, they are deploying software more quickly and negotiating software site license agreements to save money.
COMMUNICATIONS: NEW PRODUCTS
Cabletron Systems Inc. has devised a dual-component system to reroute traffic around network jams with its Cabletron Traffic Accountant and Flow Accounting Server applications.
Telephone carriers: Public switched network almost 2000-ready
The Network Reliability and Interoperability Council has good news for government users who are counting on the telephone in case of systems trouble on New Year's Eve.
Intel's 460T standalone has 100-Mbps Layer 2 switching for LAN, Internet access
Intel Corp.'s 460T Standalone Switch, the final product in its Express line of LAN switches, is a 100-Mbps Layer 2 switch for LAN and Internet access with optional fiber and Gigabit Ethernet modules.Intel Corp.'s 460T Standalone Switch, the final product in its Express line of LAN switches, is a 100-Mbps Layer 2 switch for LAN and Internet access with optional fiber and Gigabit Ethernet modules.
Site delivers music to masses
The Library of Congress has added 686 recordings of folk music by more than 300 performers to its American Memory Web site, as part of a growing collection of audio files available via the RealServer streaming audio server from RealNetworks Inc. of Seattle.
INTERNAUT
A few years ago, smart Internet service providers began expanding their core business by hosting Web sites and processing transactions.
ENTERPRISE COMPUTING: NEW PRODUCTS
Dynamic Network Factory's Enterprise Series of plug-and-play RAID storage servers can range in capacity from 66G to 225G.
Unisys launches Web portal to compete for online orders
Unisys Corp.'s federal unit has launched an all-in-one information technology Web portal for products it sells through government contracts.
Project managers can take stroll on PM Boulevard
Project managers don't need chat rooms: Now they have a Web portal site of their own.
Toucan server sports two nodes to ensure availability for net services
A low-cost, two-node server cluster to be released this fall by Compaq Computer Corp. will maintain high availability for file and print services, e-mail, databases, Web serving and other common functions on networks running Novell NetWare 4 or Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0.
Commerce office seeks better way to distribute software
The Office of the Secretary of Commerce is studying the cost of installing PC management software vs. options such as seat management, said George Imber, director of technical support and network services.
Compaq expands ProLiant server line with RAID and storage area network options
Compaq ProLiant servers now include several high-end storage options, including a RAID array and a workgroup-sized storage area network. Compaq also has upgraded its data-replication software to work over distances as great as 40 kilometers between sites.
Census standardizes surveys
The Census Bureau's Economic Directorate has made big strides toward standardizing the way its 110 national surveys are processed.
Editorial
Would you like to double the power of your Web servers? 'It's not an academic question. The 550-MHz and 600-MHz Pentium chips are pouring out of Intel Corp.'s fabrication plants. In a year the company plans to start selling even faster chips with 64-bit memory addressing.
POWER USER
1984 is long past, and surveillance freaks still haven't had their chance to watch everyone all the time. But webcams are cheap enough to post over parking lots and employee snack areas. Trouble is, watching an unchanging image gets boring. What you want is a way for your computer to notify you when something happens, such as someone snagging the last doughnut.
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