Compaq still the top federal choice for servers
Compaq Computer Corp. has long been the big cheese in the federal market for servers.
Most feds envision migration to Win 2000
Here's an easy-as-pie forecast: Microsoft Windows network operating systems will continue to expand their presence in federal IT shops.
Agencies move to boost defenses
Lothar Harris was in his office in Arlington, Va., across Route 1 from the Pentagon, when disaster struck.
Calm after the storm
Federal workers responded to the terror of last Tuesday's attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon with quiet resolve, returning the following day to the business of serving the nation.
Feds resolutely return to work
Federal workers responded to the terror of yesterday's attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon with quiet resolve, returning today to the business of serving the nation.
Keeping the bad guys at bay
As you read this, there's probably a hostile packet headed for your network.
Air Force lab struggles to get a handle on wireless security
Wireless networks present a paradox for security. 'The whole reason for having a wireless network is to broadcast radio frequency energy everywhere,' said Paul Ratazzi, a senior engineer for the Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Connectivity Branch in Rome, N.Y.
NASA's Nelson makes security a frontline issue
David Nelson is all too familiar with the battle fatigue that comes with the daily campaign to keep systems secure.
DOD wants to engage the future
The Defense Department's oft-stated vision for the future of combat thrusts information technology to the fore, embracing concepts such as network-centric warfare and digital battlefields.
Researcher gives voice to digital warfighting
When Lockwood Reed speaks, computers listen. Reed is project engineer of the interactive speech technology program for the Army's Communications-Electronics Command's Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDEC) at Fort Monmouth, N.J.
Feds say virus threats keep them awake at night
What's in a name? Code Red, Kournikova, Melissa, I Love You? Whatever. To federal information technology managers, they're all names for malicious code, and that's what they worry about most, a GCN telephone survey on systems security found.
Feds have a controlling interest
Keeping intruders out of your systems is enough of a headache without adding a firewall that's difficult to configure and manage. Hence, this admonition from a Transportation Department user in Seattle on FireWall-1 from CheckPoint Software Technologies Inc. of Redwood City, Calif., the top-rated firewall in the GCN survey: "Think of the user who has to manage—not technicians."
Electronic Commerce
The government's advance down the electronic commerce road sometimes seems like Zeno's paradox as agencies strive to go from Point A to Point B without ever getting there. If federal e-commerce appears to be progressing in slow motion, consider this: The Government Paperwork Elimination Act requires all agencies to offer to the public the option of interchanging mandatory documents electronically—including the use of digital authentication systems—by October 2003.
Patent database adds 20 million image files
The Patent and Trademark Office has launched one of the federal government's biggest online databases, a 2T colossus that houses both images and text of more than 2 million patents and 1 million registered and pending trademarks. The patent database, accessible at www.uspto.gov to anyone with a Web browser, previously contained only text. PTO added 20 million .tif image files to the system last month.
PRODUCT PREFERENCE SURVEY: Antivirus software
When the Melissa virus struck recently, they needed a cure, pronto. And users I talked with said they got it from Symantec Corp. of Cupertino, Calif., whose Norton antivirus software was the top-rated brand in the GCN survey. "Symantec had the Melissa fix out there within 36 hours," said John Engstrom, an IRS computer audit specialist in Tampa, Fla., who uses Symantec's Norton antivirus 5.0. "I was impressed with
Novell NetWare users keep the faith
User views Old loyalties die hard. Despite owning a sagging share of the government market we surveyed, Novell Inc.'s NetWare network operating systems still captured the hearts of feds GCN surveyed. "I've worked with NetWare since early 1992, and I'm just really familiar with it," said Charles Pickles, an Army information management officer and a LAN administrator at Fort Carson, Colo. "It's a good, stable, reliable platform,
Trailblazers leave footprints for others to follow
In interviewing women in federal information technology, GCN sought to find out who these women are, where they are, how they got where they are and what the journey was like. What follows are the answers we got from nine women in different agencies, in different aspects of IT, and at different points in their careers.
Notebooks' faults weigh heavy on feds
—Gene Mercer, unit LAN manager, Air Education and Training Command, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., on his Micron GoBook "I'd like it to be about half the weight.'' —Robert Allan, integrated logistics support manager, Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., on his Hewlett-Packard notebook
Patience is a virtue when building data warehouses
"It's the biggest issue," said Pat Garvey, director of the Environmental Protection Agency's Envirofacts data warehouse team. "Don't think too big, and don't start off too grandiose. Keep expectations lowered." The much-lauded Envirofacts data warehouse has been online since 1995. From the EPA's six national mainframe systems, the warehouse application extracts information on about a million sites handling or discharging potentially harmful substances, and pulls regulatory, spatial and demographic data
Data mining prospects for diamonds in the rough
The Army's Scott Optenberg says data mining has saved $1 for every 11 cents invested in the CHAMPUS medical system. Data, data everywhere. Your data warehouse is awash in data. How do you dig deep into that data, discern patterns and trends, and apply what you learn to advancing your agency's mission?
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