Microsoft and Sprint team up to create a unified messaging service
ATLANTA'At the recent SuperComm '99 trade show, Microsoft Corp. and Sprint Corp. announced they will integrate a private branch exchange, LAN server, Internet connection and unified messaging within a single server.
BUY LINES
Digital signature laws are in place in many states. But a national Tower of Babel might arise because of differing digital signature practices.
INTERNAUT
The next-generation Hypertext Transport Protocol will restructure the Web's foundation.
The future is fine for printers, Xerox's CEO says
G. Richard Thoman, president and recently named chief executive officer of Xerox Corp., serves on the company's board of directors and on the board of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Foundation.'
HP's DeskJet Model 340 is the king of the portables for its great images
The Hewlett-Packard DeskJet Model 340, introduced in 1995, is not only still alive and kicking but is one of the best portable printers on the market.
Other vendors produce specialty printers for labels and bar codes
A big job that cries out for the use of portable printers is labeling inventory, collections, evidence or other items that have a procedural use. In many cases, that means bar codes.
PORTABLE PRINTERS
Paperless office? What paperless office? I have never seen one, have you? Even out of the office, the need for paper is always with you, perhaps more now than ever.
3Com's way-cool Palm VII puts wireless in hand
Defense Secretary William H. Cohen has one. So does Treasury chief information officer Jim Flyzik.
HANDHELDS EXTEND THEIR REACH
Decisions, decisions and more decisions.''
The 50 States
Get state-to-state tidbits on information technology. The Nebraska Corn Board is displaying its green thumb. From now until the fall harvest, the agency will upload digital pictures of the state's corn crop on its Web site each week.
Salt Lake City sets its post-2000 plans
Yes, there is life after the year 2000, Salt Lake City chief information officer Ken Cowley says.''Cowley has worked with computers in the public and private sectors for 25 years. He received a bachelor's degree in computer science from Brigham Young University and pursued graduate studies in the Senior Executive Program at Harvard University. Cowley spoke with GCN/State & Local about why the city is looking forward to 2000 and beyond.
Army chief says Reserve automation program has hit its stride
Army National Guard Bureau officials say the system that performs daily administrative, operations and training tasks has turned years of struggle into success.
Help desk delivers around-the-clock external support
After fielding calls from Defense Department agencies that buy aviation parts but have problems operating their computers, the Defense Supply Center'Richmond in Virginia this spring launched a 12-employee help desk for external support.
Navy taps new recruiting tool
Last month, the Navy Recruiting Command completed its deployment of a recruiting system for notebook PCs to run under Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 that replaced an MS-DOS system.
Briefing Book
No universal e-mail. Although some of its members call the 2nd Marine Division the most technically advanced division in the Corps, don't think that all the unit's soldiers at Camp LeJeune, N.C., have e-mail access, or even computers.
OFPP pushes decision on audit, price clauses to end of August
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy will miss its deadline for responding to a petition by industry groups asking that OFPP rescind the audit and price adjustment clauses of the General Services Administration's schedule contracts.
PACKET RAT
The Rat has found little time to enjoy the new comforts of his well-appointed, though slightly scorched, corner office.
USGS maps out a new position: geographic information officer
The Geological Survey wants to hire a geographic information officer, using the chief information officer's position as a model.
State donates PCs to Washington school
Students at Burville Elementary School in Washington are surfing the Web on PCs that once were in use at the State Department.
Rossotti: IT is key to reforming IRS
IRS commissioner Charles O. Rossotti last month told House lawmakers that technology will play an essential role in the implementation of the congressionally mandated restructuring of the tax agency.
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