The lowdown on 10-Gigabit Ethernet switches
<b>What is it?</b> A 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch is built to handle 10-Gbps speeds in its switching fabric. Most also bundle multiple Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet slots as well.
Ethernet switches on 10-Gbps speed
If there's one thing network administrators can all agree on, it's that you can never have too much bandwidth.
State lines
<b>Wireless hookup</b>. Nevada, Mo., has hired a wireless high-speed Internet provider to connect the town to the Web after other telecommunications providers said they couldn't deliver access to such a remote area.
State creates database of abandoned mines
Pennsylvania's Environmental Protection Department is developing an electronic database of maps and information about abandoned mines to avoid a repeat of the Quecreek Mine disaster of July 2002.
Alabama links data to nab bad guys
Alabama police are finding that a single integrated data portal can help catch criminals more effectively than dozens of standalone databases can.
Navy awards anti-submarine support contract
The Navy has awarded a $107 million contract to Anteon Corp. for engineering and technical support for anti-submarine warfare and mine warfare systems.<br>
Microsoft puts a bounty on virus writers
Microsoft Corp. today announced rewards of $250,000 each for the arrest of the writers of the SoBig and Blaster worms that attacked millions of computers running the company's Windows operating systems earlier this year.<br>
CAP gets better sensors
The Civil Air Patrol, the Air Force's civilian auxiliary headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., has awarded two contracts worth nearly $5 million for hyperspectral imaging sensors and a visual computing network to enhance its reconnaissance missions.
Defense chooses pilot networks for IPv6
The Defense Department will test the next generation of the Internet on two major networks over the next year.
Army briefings get up to date
Amry senior managers have always relied on briefings for updates on major programs.
Sandia simulator tests Calif. bioterror readiness
With a simulator developed by an Energy Department laboratory, county, state and federal officials in California recently conducted a six-hour anthrax attack drill.
NIST puts money where the risk is
Computer security, intelligent data searching and a personal wireless service are among 16 projects funded recently by the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program.
DLA modernization still has a few mountains to cross, Falvey says
Transformation in the Defense Logistics Agency has been fraught with challenges. DLA's David Falvey describes it as similar to scaling a mountain range that has a million landmines.
OMB personnel changes: Chenok out, Anderson moving up
Dan Chenok, the well-respected branch chief for information policy and technology, is leaving to join SRA International Inc. Tad Anderson, portfolio manager for the government-to-business Quicksilver projects, has been promoted to associate administrator for e-government and IT.
Middleware connects Excel to the Web
Middleware and a self-contained XA 2500 appliance from Westbridge Technology Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., can use Extensible Markup Language to set up secure Web services connections to common applications such as Microsoft Excel.
EPA tool gets its business cases in order
When Environmental Protection Agency CIO Kim Nelson came to the federal government from a state agency two years ago, EPA was already working on its enterprise architecture.
DOD still lacks comm in the trenches
The Defense Department deserves an A for its long-haul communications to the Iraq theater but an F for reaching the soldier on the ground, former assistant secretary of Defense Arthur L. Money said today.<br>
Internaut: Now Net cowboys want a federal sheriff
Amazing, isn't it, how companies that once demanded the government keep hands off the Internet are now begging it to move in and regulate the online chaos?
OMB tests government transactions portal
By July, the Office of Management and Budget expects that 24 agencies will be able to process their rent and reimbursable IT services payments through a new interagency portal.<br>
Power User: Command line tools rule when an OS is under attack
No power user worthy of the name should ignore the command line tools that still underlie Microsoft Windows' graphical interface.
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