Microsoft products earn Common Criteria certification
Versions of the company's Server 2003 and Windows XP are among the six products certified at Evaluation Assurance Level 4+.
Despite lawsuit, RIM continues to innovate
Research in Motion Ltd. continues to develop new products and services despite its ongoing litigation with patent holder NTP Inc. of Arlington, Va.
Microsoft's Ballmer: 'Bad guys are still out there'
Speaking to government contractors today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked about IT security improvements, software as a service and Microsoft Office as a 'definitive front end.'
GCN Insider: EarthLink WiFi, in short
GCN editors appreciate insightful conversation unsullied by marketing speak. So thank you, Cole Reinwand, director of next-generation broadband at EarthLink Inc., for a good talk about the company's recent success in winning bids to build municipal wireless networks in Philadelphia and Anaheim, Calif.
GCN Insider: McAfee tackles FISMA
Halloween 2005, McAfee Inc. launched a couple of new products to help take the fear out of agencies' FISMA compliance efforts.
GCN Insider: Getting Wyse to thin clients
In an interview with GCN a week before he rolled out several new initiatives, John Kish, CEO of thin-client pioneer Wyse Technology Inc., said there had been 'an upsurge of thin-client interest' in government.
GCN Insider: Falcon flies the COOP
Windows Restore brought to our collective consciousness the idea that we could screw up our systems, mangle our registries, then go back in time to when everything worked (not that it was a new idea).
Cisco delves into wireless mesh networking
The company also debuts wireless controller add-ons for Catalyst and Integrated Services Router families.
GCN Insider | Enterprise service bus products: Tale of two technologies
As service-oriented architectures generate ever more buzz, the market for enterprise service bus products is starting to heat up as well.
GCN Insider | Cranite Systems' SafeConnect: The end of VPN?
At last month's MILCOM conference in Atlantic City, N.J., Cranite Systems Inc. of Los Gatos, Calif., took the wraps off what its vice president of engineering calls virtual private LAN technology.
GCN Insider | Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Case of the missing mirror
This month marks the long-awaited release of Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
Mickey Mouse's hometown to go wireless
The city of Anaheim, Calif., picks EarthLink to build a citywide WiFi network.
Cisco debuts integrated IP-based radio system
Cisco Systems Inc. this morning launched an IP-based communications platform that the company says will tie together disparate radio systems in order to achieve interoperability for first responders and other government users.
Sendmail Inc.'s Sentrion appliance: All-in-one e-mail security
Earlier this month, Sendmail Inc. of Emeryville, Calif., gave government customers what company officials say government customers wanted'an appliance version of its e-mail security software.
Sarnoff Corp.'s TerraSight surveillance suite: The bird's-eye view
t's been a good couple of months for 'holy cow' new technologies.
Altiris Inc.' Software Virtualization Solution: Software you don't have to load
A trend is emerging at the GCN offices. It seems little time passes before a company from Utah'not Silicon Valley'comes by with some cool new technology. Most recently the company was Lindon, Utah-based Altiris Inc.
Color copiers earn security clearance
Six products from Xerox Corp. have become the first of their kind to achieve Common Criteria Certification.
Philadelphia, San Francisco move ahead on plans for WiFi networks
The cities of Philadelphia and San Francisco have reached new milestones on their respective paths toward providing citywide wireless Internet access.
Dave Rensin | Handhelds on fire, WiFi on guard
In 1997, Dave Rensin headed a mobile computing practice at Noblestar Systems, an IT integration firm.
Two municipal WiFi projects go forward
The cities of Philadelphia and San Francisco reached new milestones on their respective paths toward providing citywide wireless Internet access.
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