Lenovo ThinkCentre A52
Not willing to part with $1,400-plus for the Dell OptiPlex we like so much? Then take a look at the ThinkCentre A52, which has a government price tag of only $1,072.
Alienware MJ-12 7550a
If biggest were best, the MJ-12 7550a would win hands down. Sitting on the test bench with the other systems, it towered over them.
Sony Vaio VGC-RC210G
The Vaio VGC-RC10G has the two hallmarks we've come to expect from the Vaio line: loads of multimedia features and a higher-than-average price tag.
Dell OptiPlex GX620
The OptiPlex GX620 packs a lot of power into a fairly small minitower case. With a 3.6-GHz Pentium D 960 dual-core processor and 1GB of 533-MHz DDR2 RAM, the GX620 broke the bank for performance, scoring an amazing 10,523 and edging the tricked-out Alienware system. <b><font color="CC0000">|GCN Lab</font> Reviewer's Choice|</font></b>
Can't stand the heat? Get the right desktops
Today's dual-core desktop processors are designed to be energy-efficient. It's a claim the GCN Lab has often wondered about.
Ecora's IT management freebie
Earlier this month, Ecora Software Corp. of Portsmouth, N.H., began offering a free download of Ecora Documentor, an agentless, Windows-based application that generates detailed configuration reports of an agency's IT infrastructure
Cross-platform comms
Codespear LLC and Itronix Corp., which last fall became part of General Dynamics, have agreed to combine their products into an interoperable communications platform.
House votes to create grants database
The House passes legislation that will establish a public database tracking federal grants.
Internaut | Virtual IT helps make do with less
As government data centers strive to cut costs by consolidating both software licenses and hardware platforms, 'virtualization' has become a common buzzword.
FAA maps hurricane damage
The Federal Aviation Administration has found that a little lozenge can simplify a lot of information during times of crisis.
Converged networks: You can't use what you can't find
Moving voice, video and graphical data over a single IP network offers advantages in economy and manipulation.
IP convergence: Traffic jam at the on ramp
Merging voice, video and audio into an IP network can be tricky when many partiesare involved.
Warren Suss | Networx and the Future of GSA
I read with distress Neal Fox's column, 'GSA's Networx'Will it connect with users?" What makes the piece dangerous is that it trashes a program that really represents a wonderful, if imperfect, model for how GSA should address many of the government's most pressing challenges.
House seeks integrator for PeopleSoft implementation
The House of Representatives is seeking an integrator that will help complete the chamber's implementation of Oracle's PeopleSoft financial management software.
Robert Gellman | @Info.Policy:The ills of sharing health network data
One of the big IT projects of the coming decade is the National Health Information Network. No one really knows what NHIN is, what data it will contain or how it will be controlled. It's the details that present tough choices and killer conflicts.
Editor's Desk: Telework temptation
Telework has been one tough sell around Washington. That's not good news. Especially as something of a perfect workforce storm appears to be brewing just outside the Beltway.
Colin Angle | Tuning in to robot wisdom
iRobot Corp. CEO Colin Angle talked with GCN about where most robot researchers went wrong in their development and how the PackBot is used in Iraq.
Incoming
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has signed a five-year, $111 million seat management and services contract with RS Information Systems Inc.
Smart call
Warfighting is not the only military activity that requires great strategy'IT acquisition does, too. That's a view that is increasingly popular under the Defense Department's recently implemented strategic-sourcing initiative, and it is beginning to result in substantial savings.
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