MaxAttach can make snapshots of disk volumes
Maxtor Corp.'s new MaxAttach NAS 6000 storage appliance scales from 1.9T to 5.7T in capacity.
New eServer has a diagnostic processor
IBM Corp.'s new p610 eServer can accommodate six hot-swappable disk drives for almost 300G of internal storage.
Agencies push for ever-faster supercomputing power
Federally funded supercomputers have dominated the list of the world's fastest publicly benchmarked computers for years, and the government wants more.
States are split on Microsoft's antitrust deal
Attorneys general for nine states and the District of Columbia have turned down a proposed settlement of the Justice Department's long-running antitrust suit against Microsoft Corp.
Intel lays the foundation for 20-GHz chips
Intel Corp. is developing tinier and faster transistors that will keep increasing microprocessor performance, projecting chip speeds of 20 GHz or faster in six years.
Geographic information standard gains approval
A spatial data standard that was originally developed by the Army Corps of Engineers recently gained approval from the National Committee for IT Standards.
Law enforcement groups try to get standardized on XML to share data
The Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs has proposed using the Extensible Markup Language to help law enforcement agencies and courts at the federal, state and local levels share data.
Servers' power grows at almost every size
Server makers' new lines run the gamut from compact midrange systems to high-end supercomputers-in-a-box.
Study estimates computers' energy consumption
Computers and telephone networks consume about 3 percent of all the electricity produced in the United States, according to a study commissioned by the Energy Department.
Agencies lay groundwork for Science.gov portal
Seven Cabinet departments and three independent agencies are preparing a one-stop Web portal to present government science and technology to a broad audience.
System makes maximum use of space
The V960 Shared Virtual Array Disk System from Storage Technology Corp. holds 170G to 4.3T of data with full device-level virtualization.
New product speeds OFAC data to subscribers
A Boston data integration company has introduced software that matches the Treasury Department's list of terrorist suspects against the customer's own records.
Former security chiefs join call for data integration
Former CIA director R. James Woolsey last month called on agencies to share databases to combat terrorism but only on a strict need-to-know basis.
Weldon: Industry should help link stovepipes
The government needs the IT industry's innovation and expertise, Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) told an audience of agency and industry representatives last month at a Market Access International conference.
Microsoft antitrust settlement opens interfaces
The Justice Department today said its antitrust settlement with Microsoft Corp. 'imposes a broad range of restrictions that will stop Microsoft's unlawful conduct, prevent recurrence of similar conduct in the future and restore competition in the software market.'
MaxAttach can make snapshots of disk volumes
Maxtor Corp.'s new MaxAttach NAS 6000 storage appliance scales from 1.9T to 5.7T in capacity.
Easy Mapping
The Geological Survey's nationwide freshwater data survey now taps a data warehouse with a click on a map.
Energy ramps up its cybersecurity
Public-key infrastructure and IT security training are two top priorities for the Energy Department as it recovers from the security lapses that sparked widespread criticism in 1999 and 2000.
Ridge, Weldon call for industry to take part in homeland defense
Office of Homeland Security director Tom Ridge today called on the IT industry to use their products and expertise to support homeland defense efforts.
IT spending to jump, survey says
Federal IT spending will rise by 15 percent next year, and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have changed the government's priorities for how to spend the money, an industry trade group survey showed.
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