ANOTHER VIEW
You may think the most daunting opponent the Defense Department faces is Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard. Although that 300,000 strong unit is formidable, it doesn't keep the Pentagon brass awake at night. Simulations have shown that even under the worst scenarios, Saddam would not win a conventional war'against us, at least.
Keep an eye on privacy
When it comes to new systems initiatives, get ready to start thinking about privacy.
Approval of DMS Version 2.1 means full rollout throughout DOD, manager says
By the end of this month, the Defense Department's Joint Information Technology Command will approve Version 2.1 of the Defense Message System, program officials said. The approval will kick off a widespread rollout throughout DOD, according to those close to the 4-year-old project.
VA nurses graduate online
In May, the first group of students from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences graduated from a nursing course conducted as part of the Defense Department Distance Learning Program.
Briefing Book
Oracle lease. The Transportation Command, a unified Defense Department command, signed a multiyear, $50 million Oracle Corp. lease in late May through the Integrated Computer-Aided Software Engineering Contract of Logicon Inc. of Herndon, Va.
EDI-challenged buyers get a Web-based tool
EC Web Technologies Inc.'s ECbuyer is a downloadable, Web-based procurement tool for government purchase card users and small procurement shops that do not have full electronic data interchange capabilities.
Company ready to fill speech recognition demand
The Internet has set the stage for what SpeechWorks International Inc. predicts will be explosive use of speech recognition.
Suite offers just what the IP security doctor ordered
Government users are eager to buy end-to-end IP authentication and encryption products, but vendors 'have to go through a lot of processes' to reach them, said Julie Sullivan, marketing program manager for Anyware Technology Inc. of Los Angeles.
FTS 2001 players go for DSL
Agency telecommunications managers are eager to simplify voice and data networks that now depend on multiple local exchange carriers.
INTERNAUT
Events of the past couple of months are evidence of growing pains in the federal government's relationship to the Internet.
Win Labs, Toshiba seek success with sub-$1,000 clone PCs
As many agencies turn to name brand PCs at an average $1,500 price, two vendors are hoping to find a niche for sub-$1,000 clones.
ENTERPRISE COMPUTING NEW PRODUCTS
Symantec Corp.'s $69.95 Norton SystemWorks utilities suite now includes CrashGuard 4.0 and CleanSweep 4.5, following the Cupertino, Calif., company's 1998 acquisition of Quarterdeck Corp.
HP thin storage servers let users access CDs, DVDs via network
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s three new thin storage servers take only about 15 minutes to install on a network, according to HP officials.
Rumba 2000 products sport new integration tools
Organizations are busily evaluating thin-client and Web server alternatives to terminal emulation software, according to executives of Wall Data Inc.
Scalable Linkbot Pro investigates link rot, targets URLs
A wise Web site manager triple-checks links and other trouble spots, even if the site's authoring program has its own maintenance features.
N.Y. court keeps old systems in check
Although some agencies are replacing hundreds of unready PCs before 2000 arrives, court officials in the Southern District of New York plan to keep their aging systems for a while.
Beat The Clock
Trust but verify. The General Accounting Office wants the Food and Drug Administration and the Veterans Health Administration to verify year 2000 readiness claims by medical device manufacturers. But both agencies are wary of GAO's advice.
SMS' RAID storage subsystems await agency adoption under records policy
SMS Data Products Inc. has begun designing Ultra SCSI II and Fibre Channel RAID storage subsystems.
GIS maps out ecological ills
The powerful computing resources of the Maui High Performance Computing Center might not be sufficient to save the Hawaiian nene, the world's most endangered goose.
POWER USER
Whether you love or hate Microsoft Corp. products, you have to admit the company gives away a fair amount of free software. Even offices that frown on downloading freeware should not object to these useful patches and fixes.
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