DISA initiates Joint Enterprise Directory Service
The Defense Department's vision for building a global address list came into clearer view with the introduction of a newly operational directory service by the Defense Information Systems Agency.
States go green with Google, Intel
National Governors Association partners with the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, started by Google and Intel to foster increased energy efficiency of computers and servers.
Cyberjihad for Veterans' Day weekend?
Israeli tabloid Web site warns that Islamic terrorists are recruiting virtual martyrs for an attack on against unfriendly online targets on Nov. 11.
Neal Fox | SBA goes activist
Commentary: SBA has sided with perennial small-business activists, in opposition to GSA, and at the expense of government interests.
IT infrastructure LOB to focus on ends, not means
Agencies could soon have a new set of standards to comply with when planning their IT and communications infrastructures.
Cray unveils hybrid supercomputer
Cray's XT5 massively parallel processor system includes a new compute blade that quadruples local memory capacity, doubles processor density and improves energy efficiency.
Disaster recovery on the cheap
Managers at the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center found that, withcreative thinking, they could not only get a disaster recovery plan with limitedfunds but also improve the uptime of their service.
Google delves into wireless
Google is going to enter the wireless telephone business ' not by developing a proprietary wireless handset but by focusing on developing software that the phones will use.
Meet your users' needs
Online learning can be an effective way to extend resources to a widely dispersed workforce, and users have a wide range of programs to choose from.
Dell to acquire EqualLogic
Dell will acquire EqualLogic, a provider of high-performance iSCSI storage-area network solutions uniquely optimized for virtualization.
Carnegie Mellon team wins DARPA vehicle challenge
'Boss,' the self-driven vehicle engineered by Carnegie Mellon's Tartan Racing team, took first place in DARPA'S Grand Challenge autonomous vehicle competition.
Defense procurement ill-suited for open source
To fully take advantage of open-source software, Defense Department agencies may need to rethink how they do procurement.
Biggest Iron
GCN at 25: Around the time GCN was beginning its own era, in the last month of 1982, the Air Force was about to bring another era to an end by shutting down the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment.
DOD needs to speed up global interoperability
Integration between the IT assets of the U.S. and its partners for coordinated command and control of many nations' armed forces might take nearly a decade, according to military leaders at the Milcom 2007 trade show.
William Jackson | The most powerful anti-spam filter isn't used enough
Commentary: The villains continue to evolve networks and techniques to ensure that their messages are delivered into our inboxes.
Michael Daconta | The high cost of ambiguity
Commentary: Ambiguity is an unacceptable lack of precision that can cause immediate, blatant error. Or it can cause subtle, delayed error.
Agencies win White House kudos for saving energy
Five agencies were recognized by the White House today for their leadership in managing energy use in their facilities and operations.
Needle in a haystack
GCN Lab Test: Image-Seeker helps you find what you want in huge sets of image files
HP introduces secure network printing system
Hewlett-Packard has announced its new HP Secure Print Advantage, which promises to secure an often overlooked vulnerability in many networks.
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