GCN Lab Review | Get those desktops off those desktops
The GCN Lab recently tested the latest ClearCube Series R PC Blade system to see if it delivers on the PC blade system technology's promise. In short, we were as impressed as some agencies have been with blade PCs.
DOD resumes security clearance investigations
The Defense Security Service has come up with funding to immediately resume processing initial secret level security clearances for industry.
Iris scans return to Registered Traveler
The scans once again are part of the biometric component to the Transportation Security Administration's Registered Traveler Program.
CIS gets new technology chief
The Homeland Security Department's Citizenship and Immigration Services agency has brought on Jeff Conklin as CIO.
Bankrupt SGI seeks better management
Analysts attribute company's woes to leadership failures
Fairfax signs new GTSI contract
Two-year renewal continues commodity buys for national consortium
NIST releases standards for securing domain names
The National Institutes of Standards and Technologies have released new guidelines for securing Domain Name Systems.
Tech brief | Altiris virtual plug-in
Altiris Inc. has released a Microsoft Systems Management Server plug-in for its Software Virtualization Solution.
Tech brief | Extremely secure networks
Extreme Networks Inc. and StillSecure have combined technologies in Extreme's new Sentriant Access Guard network access control device.
Tech brief | Lenel get agencies OnGuard
Lenel Systems International last month unveiled OnGuard 2006, the latest version of its integrated physical/logical security suite.
Tech brief | NASA gets down to Earth
Version 1.3.4 of the NASA-led World Wind open-source application has been released.
GCN Insider | Rugged with everything
We've seen everything get rugged, from notebook PCs to videoconferencing gear. So what do we find interesting about the ruggedized mobile Catcher?
GCN Insider | Governing the governors
For those of you who've been studying service-oriented architectures, you've no doubt heard about the importance of governance.
GCN Insider | Office's brand new shine
Ever hunted around Microsoft Office and thought, 'I know this function is in here somewhere, I'm just not quite sure where it is?'
Allergic to 'whiskers'
Colorado will open a new disaster recovery center in June, offering state-of-the-art facilities for data backup and operational recovery of IT systems at little cost to most state agencies.
William Jackson | Cybereye: Lack of definition for spyware can put security apps on trial
Recent reports on the status of IT security offer few surprises: more vulnerabilities, sneakier exploits and a growing focus on theft and fraud. Tom Leighton, chief scientist for Akamai Technologies Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., recently summed up the state of cybersecurity in four words: 'Bad, and getting worse.'
Virtually unlimited possibilities
Virtualizing an operating system to consolidate resources or support multiple platforms is just one way the technology can work.
The server that wasn't
With the Office of Management and Budget insisting agencies consolidate operations wherever possible, operating system virtualization offers an easy way of grouping together operations. As hard as an agency might try to standardize on one platform, applications written for alternate OSes inevitably crop up. Virtualization eliminates the need to build separate machines for those apps
Mimi Browning | Executive Suite: Time to lay down the law on bad tech behavior
Now is the time for the IT community to raise the bar for civilized technology citizenship. Not only is common courtesy being crushed, but electrons are getting in the way of essential social behaviors that build trust, collaboration and team cohesion'all key ingredients for professional and personal success.
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