NSF researchers test genetic storage technique
Researchers have found that genetic algorithms provide a handy shortcut in determining how to distribute data across multiple networked computers.
Who's who in iSCSI
Options for building low-cost IP SANs are gaining acceptance.
NASA, we have cheap storage
'We're taking a little bit of a gamble,' admitted Jeff Seaton, the chief technology officer for NASA's Langley Research Center.
What's new in Exchange 2003
Microsoft will cease support of its Exchange 5.5 messaging server software this year, making it all but inevitable that agencies will need to upgrade to Microsoft's latest'Exchange 2003.
You've got no mail
For the Social Security Administration, upgrading its e-mail servers from Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003 proved to be a job so monumental that the agency had to break it into segments.
William 'Bill' McDermott | Competitors can also be partners
Last December, when Oracle Corp. bought PeopleSoft, SAP AG of Walldorf, Germany, wasted no time in setting out to court PeopleSoft customers.
Thinking global
The challenge?
Defense buys big iron for serious sims
The Defense Department bought $13 million worth of computers, including a 2,048-processor supercomputer.
Sun gears up for fresh enterprise push
Sun Microsystems this week discussed the successor to its UltraSparc processor and previewed its next-generation chip, due out in 2008.
OMB releases FEA action plan for budget use
The Office of Management and Budget has released an outline detailing how agencies should plan to use their federal enterprise architectures for the budget planning process.
Who's who in open-sourcedatabases
Berkeley DB (<a href= "http://www.sleepycat.com">www.sleepycat.com</a>): An open- source database widely used for embedded applications, Berkeley DB eschews full SQL searching capabilities in favor of a compact, fleet design.
Beyond the database giants
Although most of the LinuxWorld trade show attendees had left for the day, Bruce Momjian took the podium to spread the gospel: PostgreSQL, the open-source database management system he co-develops, is ready for mission-critical work.
Donald Becker | The inside story of the Beowulf saga
In early 1993, then-NASA employees Donald Becker and Thomas Sterling devised a way to yoke multiple low-cost desktop computers together so they could offer the combined performance of a much higher-cost supercomputer.
IP SAN vendors claim low cost, high uptime
New types of IP storage area networks promise to be more affordable than conventional SANs, at least when top-speed access isn't the top priority.
OMB releases FEA action plan
The Office of Management and Budget has released an outline detailing how agencies should plan to use their federal enterprise architectures for the budget planning process.
NASA global-view program sparks 6 million downloads
A NASA planetary visualization program that lets users zoom in to anywhere on Earth has proved to be a hit with the public.
Whither research?
What is the direction of future government research? With the deficit looming overhead, Congress and the White House will have to make some tough choices over which new technologies to fund in the 2006 budget.
Government R&D dollars pay dividends
Look under the hood of almost any new information technology product, and chances are good you'll find traces of government R&D funding.
New features spice up Science.Gov and Vivisimo's Clusty
Energy Department is trying to make it easier to find scientific documents on Science.Gov; Vivisimo adds government section to Clusty.
NIST expert: Don't max out DVD disks
When burning an optical disk, leave the last 10 percent of the disk empty to ensure greater compatibility with other disk drives, says Olibh'ar Tadhg O'Slattra.
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