Taxonomy's not just design, it's an art
If anyone understands the acronym soup of Web services, it's Michael C. Daconta. He's director of Web and technology services for systems integrator APG McDonald Bradley Inc. of McLean, Va. As part of that job, Daconta is chief architect of the Defense Intelligence Agency's Virtual Knowledge Base, a project to compile a directory of Defense Department data through Extensible Markup Language ontologies.
Energy pilots Autonomy search tool
The Energy Department's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management is testing search software to see if it can help inspectors better find their way through millions of documents.<br>
iSCSI good for agency storage ills
An industry association is touting the iSCSI interface as a low-cost way to jump into networked storage.<br>
Open-source Samba takes on enterprise
The latest release of Samba, a widely used open-source application for file sharing on networks running Microsoft Windows, is specifically targeted at large-scale deployments.
Defense tests grid for weather forecasts
A grid computing initiative will link two powerful Defense Department weather modeling systems in hopes of predicting regional weather conditions better.<br>
U.S., Europe squabble over GPS spectrum
Some of the world's brightest technical minds will do battle this week over 2MHz worth of electromagnetic spectrum.United States and European Union representatives will discuss how to keep Europe's planned Galileo Satellite Navigation System, set for a 2008 launch, from interfering with the Defense Department's Global Positioning System.
IPv6 could get wider use in the government
The Commerce Department is accepting public comments on the costs and benefits of switching to IP Version 6 from Version 4. The request for comments hints at possible large-scale use of the protocol across all agencies.
Sun embraces desktop Linux
Sun Microsystems Inc. is trying to undercut enterprise Microsoft Windows desktop deployments with the Java Desktop System, which will cost just $50 per user per year, or less for agencies that abandon Windows.
SCO: Open source is bad for the economy
The SCO Group Inc. sent letters to every member of Congress this month urging them to consider the potentially negative effects of open-source software, a SCO spokesman confirmed today.
Security's moving to the network core
Hossein Eslambolchi holds multiple jobs at one of the government's largest telecommunications providers, AT&T Corp.
Agency taxonomies are a tall order, experts say
An agency building an enterprisewide taxonomy should expect to see more than a million categories within their design, according to the chief technology officer at a search engine company.<br>
Sun Microsystems embraces Linux, x86
The Sun Microsystems Inc. has decided that the best way to compete against the growing use of commodity hardware and open-source software is to expand its own offerings in those very lines. <br>
Commerce weighs IPv6 for governmentwide use
The Commerce Department is accepting public comments on the costs and benefits of switching to IP Version 6 from Version 4.<br>
U.S., Europe to debate GPS issues
Representatives from the United States and Europe will discuss how to make Europe's planned Galileo Satellite Navigation System compatible with the U.S. Global Positioning System. <br>
VeriSign to run RFID root directory
A standards organization for radio frequency identification tags has chosen VeriSign Inc. to run a global root directory for product ID numbers.<br>
ICANN calls for redundant Internet name servers
The organization that oversees the Internet Domain Name System wants top-level domains to double up on their DNS servers.<br>
Net-centric warfare gets lucky
The Army Recreation Machine Program is deploying a virtual private network and remote monitoring software to oversee gaming and cash machines at recreational centers in Europe and Asia.<br>
How ebXML turns EDI processes into XML
The evolving Electronic Business using Extensible Markup Language standard can move existing electronic data interchange processes to an XML framework.
Shopping without dropping
To keep pace with spiraling traffic, the Defense Department's EMall portal is shifting to an emerging transactions standard based on the Extensible Markup Language.
New applet to expand Common Access Card's controls
The Defense Department's Common Access Card Office plans to introduce a new software applet to the card that will increase the ways users can be identified.<br>
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