Fedora Core 5
Fedora Core 5 should be available by the time you read this. Think of Fedora as the standalone (and more user-friendly) flavor of Linux Enterprise Desktop, but without the enterprise support.
Red Hat Linux Desktop
If Windows is a family sedan and basic Linux is an armored car, then Red Hat Linux Desktop is a mainline battle tank.
2006: The year of desktop Linux?
The GCN Lab pulled together the latest versions of several desktop Linux distributions to determine not only which was our favorite, but also to gauge what might be required to integrate these systems into an existing environment.
Davis urges action on 'floundering' telework numbers
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), frustrated with the government's progress in promoting telework, urged the Office of Personnel Management to move forward on the issue.
DISA awards contract for business modernization
Pearson KEI Inc. to get $32 million contract to help to replace legacy applications and create a single integrated procurement system.
Honey, I shrunk the computer
OQO's model 01+ packs more technology into a smaller handheld computer.
EPA retains help desk, Lotus Notes support functions
The Environmental Protection Agency will keep a handful of its IT services in-house after analyzing whether it would be cheaper to outsource those functions to the private sector.
Energy lab to run petascale computer
The Energy Department's Oak Ridge National Laboratory will start to take delivery on a computer at least as three times more powerful than any now in operation.
Firetide: another mesh option
Add another company to the list of folks you want to hear from when issuing a municipal WLAN RFP.
Trusted handhelds can be easy to manage
Handheld devices, such as the BlackBerry and the Palm Treo, can be management headaches. No wonder there's so much software Advil on the market.
Streaming desktops: Don't call them thin
Dell knows how to find technology partners that add value to its systems. Among the most recent is Ardence Inc. of Waltham, Mass. Ardence makes server-based, application streaming software that provides the basis for Dell's SmartClient virtual desktop products.
Neal Fox | Contracting in perspective: Door opens for non-GSA deals
Contracting via government- or agency-wide buying vehicles is running a bit wild. As more agencies plan their own vehicles, GSA's historic near monopoly is threatened.
Incoming
The Army plans in the coming weeks to award a number of big IT contracts for satellite services, hardware and software, and modernization of its infrastructure, senior officials have said.
New name for DOD's Joint Command and Control program
The Defense Department's Joint Command and Control program has been renamed the Net-Enabled Command Capability and has moved from Milestone A to the technology development phase.
Apriva licenses FIPS-certified module for Feds
Arrangement with Certicom allows company to speed delivery of its secure wireless messaging products to government customers.
CIO critical to Medicare modernization to retire
Dean Mesterharm, CIO of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will retire at the end of April after having set the agency on a course to IT modernization.
ANOTHER VIEW: Move projects from possible to practical'and then, inevitable
In any discussion of project success, there is the central question of uptake'the ability to ramp-up transactions or market share or coverage or profit.
Long-term IT spending outlook lowered
The mounting impact of consolidation, budget pressures and the Lines of Business initiatives are dampening growth rates projected for federal IT spending over the next five years, according to a new forecast released today.
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