OMB: Agencies to implement IPv6 by June 2008
The Office of Management and Budget plans to set a deadline of June 2008 for all government agencies to transition their network backbones to IP Version 6. Once network backbones are running the new protocols, applications and connecting networks will be brought up to date.
GCN INSIDER: Good code, secure code; Security compliance in action; No Flash in the pan
Interesting pair of briefings early last month. In the dining room of Washington's Hay-Adams Hotel, Dale Fuller, CEO of Borland Software Corp., mapped out for a GCN editor (literally, in great detail, on ruled paper), the need for better software development processes in government.
GCN INSIDER: Trends and technologies that affect the way government does IT
Yes, we nod, we understand the potential need for mobile storage area networks, such as the one Xiotech Corp. of Eden Prairie, Minn., introduced today.
Dan Farmer | Network security: a devilish mess
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Defense Department called on IT experts to help assess the security of public networks in the event of a cyberattack on the United States.
VeriSign to provide new digital certificates for working with DOD
VeriSign Inc. says it has been approved by the Defense Department to issue digital certificates under the External Certificate Authority program.
Is thin really in?
Thin-client computers'systems that don't hold any applications or data but run them off a central server'have been kicking around for a long time.
Ops and security get together
This is a tale of two approaches to the convergence of IT security and IT management.
Microsoft looks ahead
Bill Gates was in Washington recently saying, among other things, that the U.S. is losing its competitive edge in scientific pursuits, and Microsoft Corp. needs to be able to attract more foreign programmers.
New Itronix tablet goes to extremes
When a fire drill at GCN headquarters recently interrupted a meeting with Itronix Corp. officials, makers of rugged portables, the group, armed with a pair of the Spokane, Wash., company's new Duo-Touch Tablets, adjourned to a nearby park plaza to go over the features of the next-generation tablet line.
Who has security clearance?
Imu Etuk, CEO of MathCraft Inc. in Dulles, Va., calls his company's Access Commander program 'security accountability software.'
Philly's wireless network rolls on
Philadelphia's first public wireless hot spot in Love Park is a year old. In another year, a wireless network will cover the entire city, said Philadelphia CIO Dianah Neff.
Notebook, schmotebook
Notebooks, like wines, have good years and bad. So far, 2005 has been a very good year.
Gateway vs. Gateway
In further evidence that Intel's integrated graphics controller'the one that comes in many of the latest entry-level notebooks'is, frankly, unimpressive, witness the Gateway M460 family of portables.
DISA looks to better manage database, security info
The Defense Information Systems Agency, in separate efforts, is looking for software to boost database monitoring and the management of security information.
GCN INSIDER: Trends and technologies that affect the way government does IT
Agency users wanting to test out applications before buying can do so online at the new Microsoft TestDrive Center.
DISA inundated with security data, seeks enterprise tools to manage it
The Defense agency sees a big need for security information management in the coming years.
Gates, Powell: IT's benefits should be visible
One is the richest man in the world; the other a former secretary of State. Both had a similar message this week about IT in government.
GCN INSIDER: Trends and technologies that affect the way government does IT
Executives from Tumbleweed Communications Corp. stress the company was founded before the dot-com boom and continues to thrive after the bust. No argument here, but a GCN editor who recently met with the Redwood City, Calif., company prefers to romanticize about its dot-com-like name and history of launching from a founder's home.
Top technologies honored at FOSE
Twelve products were honored yesterday at the FOSE trade show, ranging from a network switch, to an electronic voting system, to a notebook chip set.
New Intel chief touts technology advances
"Moore's Law is absolutely alive and well," says Paul Otellini, incoming CEO of Intel Corp., referring to the 40-year-old premise that processing power doubles every 18 months.<br>
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