HP taps outsider as CEO
Once again, Hewlett-Packard Co. has turned to an outsider, naming Leo Apotheker as president and CEO and former Oracle President Ray Lane as non-executive chairman.
Radio interoperability effort is old enough to drink
Delays in finalizing the P25 suite of interoperability standards for public safety radios force agencies to use expensive, proprietary equipment, House panel is told.
Should public safety network be public/private?
A piece of the 700 MHz spectrum is earmarked to support a national public safety network. But public safety agencies and the telecom industry differ about whether it can and should support both of them.
How Moses parted the Red Sea (one theory, anyway)
Computer models developed as part of a study on wind’s effect on water depths show that a strong east wind could have pushed push water back at a point where a river is believed to have bent to merge with a coastal lagoon near the Mediterranean Sea.
Cancer institute's PKI system shows how it's done
The National Cancer Institute and Bristol-Myers Squibb have developed a working example of public-key infrastructure that increases efficiency, saves money and eliminates paper at little cost to NCI.
Storage consolidation pays off for Michigan
The state Department of Technology, Management and Budget says the consolidation of three large storage arrays into one smaller array has already generated saving, with more expected.
Stuxnet reveals vulnerabilities in industrial controls
Stuxnet apparently is the first malware to cross the line from cyberspace to the physical world with the intent to do physical damage.
Can an app predict future traffic jams?
Early next year, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority expects to go live with the Traffic Prediction Tool, which uses an algorithm to project pending bottlenecks and then warns drivers of what's down the road.
Product interoperability effort is showing promise
The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium demonstrates the first products and programs that meet its interoperability standards.
Takai nomination for DOD CIO withdrawn
California CIO Teri Takai's nomination as defense CIO is dead at least for now; the job and its responsibilities are being shifted between Defense Department agencies.
Albany's network control tool sniffs out untrusted devices
A network access control tool from ForeScout gives Albany County, N.Y., visibility of its network assets and the ability to enforce policy on the users and devices that access them.
Space travel does not always require warp-speed innovation
Space travel technology often moves in evolutionary steps, retaining what works even if it's obsolete.
Using digital signatures: What took so long?
The digital signature is a technology whose time has come and has the potential to save money, streamline processes and help the environment by eliminating paperwork, says one NIH official.
NIH and drug industry build a bridge to paperless processes
The National Cancer Institute and Bristol-Myers Squibb are using digital certificates to eliminate paper in a cancer therapy evaluation program, a trend that advocates hope will become more widespread in government.
How to save energy and money through data center consolidation
NASA has discovered the benefits of two critical elements of data virtualization: power management and virtualization, which go hand in hand.
SQL Server 2008 SP2 now available
Microsoft released Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008 after three months of testing.
Microsoft adds dashboard for monitoring BPOS services
Microsoft rolled out a dashboard tool for customers around the globe using its Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) hosted services.
Intell fusion centers need to set performance goals, GAO says
The intelligence fusion centers created for sharing intelligence information need to be evaluated on their performance, the GAO says.
Open source powers Florida county's revamped website
Officials in Manatee County, Fla., recently revamped an aging website and technology infrastructure to more effectively interact with a growing and diverse population. The new site, mymanatee.org, uses an open-source content management system from Magnolia.
10 rugged devices that are fit for all seasons
The GCN Lab tests 10 of 2010's toughest computing devices, including laptops and tablet PCs, a vehicle-mounted computer, and a phone that would make James Bond proud.
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