Microsoft gives iSCSI a boost
Internet SCSI software package, including an initiator service and an initiator software driver, could give iSCSI a place in the sun.
The lowdown on IPstorage area networks
<b>What are IP SANs?</b> IP storage area networks are built on the new iSCSI protocol, which enables the transmission of data across TCP/IP networks using the familiar SCSI protocol.
IP extends the storage area network
The foundation for storage area networks could be shifting toward the Internet.
For fiscal 2005, agencies will assess privacy of systems
For the first time, agencies must submit privacy assessments of their major IT systems with their business cases, a senior administration official said. <br>
Air Force picks information warfare contractors
The Air Force has chosen six vendors to compete for $252 million to provide data warfare techniques to support operations, acquisition and testing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.<br>
Navy changes radar systems for the DD(X) warship program
The Navy's $2.9 billion, DD(X) networked warships program will use S-Band radar systems, rather than L-Band radar, which the service originally planned to use on the next-generation warships, Navy brass have decided.
Army WIN-T program enters Phase 2
The Army has begun the development and demonstration phase of its Warfighter Information Network-Tactical project.
What's in the Air Force's multiyear communications and IT award to InDyne?
According to Vandenberg Air Force Base, the contract includes:<ul><li>More than $350 million to Range Operations, Maintenance and Support services to provide a range capability to conduct and support activities for spacelift, ballistic missile, tactical military operations and aeronautical programs.</li>
30th Space Wing awards Western Range IT contract to small business
The Air Force Space Command's 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., has awarded a $429 million Western Range Operations Communications and Information contract to InDyne Inc. of McLean, Va.
New forums generate plenty of feedback to AKO
When the Army Knowledge Online portal added a forum earlier this month for soldiers to post equipment reviews, the amount of user feedback skyrocketed. <br>
DOD tests apps for battlefield data
The Defense Department completed its Quantum Leap I exercise yesterday, a test of 13 initiatives designed to improve intelligence gathering and dissemination to the battlefield. <br>
Internaut: Linux isn't all black and white
The open-source Linux operating system will likely remain free for the foreseeable future, despite SCO Group's legal fight with IBM Corp.
Here comes your worst nightmare: Superworm
Believe it or not, Internet worms until now have been too dumb and inefficient to cause much impact, according to software developer and activist Brandon Wiley.
Power User: Linux: a comer or a goner?
PC prices are still falling, and Microsoft Windows might not remain the dominant operating system forever. Did you know a PC running low-end Lindows, SuSE, Mandrake or some other Linux OS sells at several sources online for as little as $200, without monitor?
GSA awards contract for updating smart-card handbook
The General Services Administration is for the first time in three years updating its Smart Card Policy and Guidance Handbook for agencies. <br>
Be prepared: Happy campers use GPS beacons
Boy Scouts in Vermont are adding an intergovernmental safety device to their backpacks. For the first time, personal locator beacons (PLBs) became available for public sale or rental July 1 in the Green Mountain State, and later in all 48 contiguous states.
Army Reserve inks data center deal
The Army Reserve Command in Atlanta has awarded a $40 million contract to Anteon International Corp. for enterprise data centers. <br>
MPC acquires division of Omni Tech Corp.
MPC Computers LLC of Nampa, Idaho, has acquired the end-user division of Omni Tech Corp. <br>
Digital blueprint
NASA archivist Donald M. Sawyer has guided a digital archiving framework to International Standards Organization status.The product of eight years of work, NASA's Open Archival Information System, or OAIS, this year became ISO 14721. Sawyer is interim head of the National Space Science Data Center at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Army opens up to interoperability
Lt. Gen. Steven W. Boutelle recently became a three-star general and is now the Army's CIO.Boutelle replaced Lt. Gen. Peter Cuviello. Previously, Boutelle was director for information operations, networks and space in the Army CIO office.
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