Cybex switch's new AutoView 200 makes remote server access easier
To make server connections easier for multiple and remote users, Cybex Computer Products Corp. has added AutoView 200 to its AutoView Commander switch. The rackmountable, $1,295 switch controls up to 64 servers from one keyboard, monitor and mouse.
Voice and data network unit is ready to do battle
An integrated voice and data field network for dozens or hundreds of users is literally rolling out from SRA International Inc. of Fairfax, Va., in hardened, wheeled cases.
British coming to push standard on data security
The British Standards Institution is working to drum up interest among systems and network administrators on this side of the Atlantic in its newly adopted standard for information security management.
Navy's carriers go electronic
The nation's newest aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, owes its integrated shipboard network to computer models and simulations.
INTERNAUT
New players and some familiar old ones are busily lobbying government policy-makers and the public to direct the Internet's evolution in specific ways. Their efforts could change the way you use the Net in years to come.
THE BELTWAY AND BEYOND
For business-to-business and government-to-business electronic commerce to prosper, Congress must clean up the patchwork of overlapping and sometimes conflicting federal and state laws, regulations, agency interpretations and court decisions that govern Internet transactions.
THE VIEW FROM INSIDE
One of the biggest errors agency people make is to look at Web projects through rose-colored glasses.''
ANOTHER VIEW
Are you a buying ace? Take this quiz to find out if you've got what it takes to survive in the federal systems buying market.
So long, Shangri-la
The brouhaha over a Web project at the National Institutes of Health shows how mature the Internet has become and how careful agencies that use the Web to post information should be.
Shrink your coding for faster loading with HTML freeware
Bloated Web pages take extra time to load, and page creation tools such as Microsoft FrontPage or NetObjects Fusion from NetObjects Inc. of Redwood City, Calif., produce a lot of bloat.
OneStep Connect is a PIM supplement for Palms
Users of 3Com Corp.'s Palm III, V and VII computers have been left out in the cold when it comes to unified personal information management. They can sync up data, but things can get lost when a PIM is running on a PC and on a different applet on the palmtop.
ApproveIt holds key to signer security
Most users think of a digital signature as an electronic image of handwriting, but Silanis Technology Inc.'s ApproveIt goes far beyond that.
Lab Notes
Government workers at one computer show got a T-shirt just for being there. At the DefCon hackers conference in Las Vegas last month, attendees played a game called Spot the Fed, in which they identified people they thought were federal employees in an audience of 2,000-plus.
Lab tested disk storage products using both large and small files
The GCN Lab needed a common platform for comparing removable-media storage devices. Although throughput would have been faster on a desktop system, I chose a notebook computer because one of the Imation SuperDisk drives tested had to connect through a PC Card.
Zip disks give floppies run for the money
One of the oldest pieces of technology in PCs today is the 3.5-inch floppy drive. Even with no groundswell of support to protect its dominance, it has endured for a decade. But how?
App brings data management to storage area networks
Exabyte Corp. soon will ship Java server-based management software for storage area networks.
Like mainframes, PCs are here to stay, experts say
Do sub-$1,000 PCs, thin clients and handheld computers stand a chance of toppling the PC from its king-of-the-hill position on federal desks?
Data integration tool lets users pick virtual view
The Virtual DB 3.0 data integration tool from Enterworks Inc. supports bulk loading and incremental changes to a data model.
ClearPath, Aquanta servers take a step up in performance
The ClearPath HMP IX6800 server from Unisys Corp. has 20 percent better price and performance than previous ClearPath IX servers, according to Unisys officials.
USDA turns to CD-ROM for technical training
The Agriculture Department recently ordered 16 computer-based training courses worth nearly $1 million for 16,500 employees who are getting new computers with Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 preinstalled.
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