Solid state speeds IT storage access
A solid-state storage system for up to 1 million input-output operations per second can serve grid computing, online transaction processing and other high-throughput tasks.
Power User: Big screen makes Tablet PC an on-the-go asset
I enthused about the early personal digital assistants, even boasting about writing a couple of GCN articles on my Handspring Visor.
Boyd takes over Safecom Project
The Homeland Security Department named David Boyd as the new project manager for Project Safecom.<br>
IBM starts up new line of PCs
Taking its longtime NetVista desktop line a step further, IBM Corp. announced this evening a string of redesigned PCs.<br>
Cyberweather forecasters
A year-old Navy application is helping meteorologists compare their weather forecasts with their colleagues'.
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Significa
As deadly tornadoes raged across the country's midsection earlier this month, residents, local government agencies and TV forecasters turned to the National Weather Service for predictions and warnings.
Another View: You'll just know when it's time to go
Search the subject of retirement on the Internet and you find most responses provide computational models to help you decide whether you have enough money to retire. The human, emotional side is rarely addressed.
NMCI redux
During a recent luncheon talk, I noted that agencies create far fewer big indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts than 10 years ago. Instead, I joked, vendors now lose money on big performance-based contracts.
Teleworkers add up to, well, more work
Is providing for agency telecommuters easier said than done?
Sharing terror threat information still lags
The Homeland Security Department still is not receiving full access to intelligence community terror threat information, according to a department document revealed today at a House hearing.<br>
IT chiefs work to get a grip on data
When Tim Howes was vice president of technology at America Online Inc., he watched AOL partner sites collapse under heavy traffic demands because their data center infrastructures could not scale up.
Student tracking system falters in its early rollout
Facing criticism for the rushed deployment of a foreign-student tracking system, Homeland Security Department officials say the program is on track despite some technical hiccups.
Army takes the lead on Blue Force Tracking system
The Army is service lead for Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness and was directed to devise a system investment plan and method to build a combined architecture that meets the requirements of Joint Forces Command's operational architecture for Blue Force Tracking. <br>
Hobbs receives John J. Franke Award from FGIPC
Federal Government Information Processing Councils last night honored Ira Hobbs, deputy CIO at the Department of Agriculture, with the John J. Franke Award.<br>
Scientists ponder the politics of data
Computer simulation models many policy makers use to predict the outcomes of proposals aren't up to the task of giving objective answers. Two researchers at the University of Washington are trying to change that.<br>
NSF planning major new computing initiative
The National Science Foundation is planning up to a $1 billion upgrade of the computing infrastructure supporting its research and engineering activities.<br>
Army settles on Boeing for Future Combat Systems
On Sunday, the Army officially entered the $14.92 billion development and demonstration phase of its Future Combat Systems program.<br>
Immigration officials do the tighten up
The Homeland Security Department is forming an office that will monitor compliance with visa violations detected by the new U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology system.<br>
Storage market gains new entry from MPC
MPC Computers LLC has entered the external storage market, adding its wares to a government market lineup.<br>
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