DOD overpays for satellite access
The Defense Department accounts for more than half of the $500 million yearly revenue earned by commercial satellite services, but it pays a premium because its needs surge unexpectedly.
CIOs need to talk like CFOs
A communications gap between CIOs and business managers is holding back growth of a federal enterprise architecture, speakers said today at a Washington breakfast.<br>
DOD still lacks comm in the trenches
The Defense Department deserves an A for its long-haul communications to the Iraq theater but an F for reaching the soldier on the ground, former assistant secretary of Defense Arthur L. Money said today.<br>
DOD overpays for satellite services, panel says
The Defense Department accounts for more than half of the $500 million yearly market for commercial satellite services, but it pays a premium because its needs surge unexpectedly. <br>
Gateway tablet gets full keyboard
Gateway Inc.'s Tablet PC, which started out as a pen tablet, now has a keyboard tray.<br>
Army Guard and FBI sign up for Peerless IP net
Two security-conscious agencies are signing on to Sprint Corp.'s Peerless IP fiber network, which operates independently of the public Internet.
Computing will become service 'you buy by the drink'
Two industry leaders speaking last month at the Commonwealth of Virginia IT Symposium 2003 acclaimed Web services as the next big thing, despite the juggernaut of hardware and networking innovation.
How about IM via a Dick Tracy watch?
The .Net Common Language Runtime can power Internet-aware devices, from PCs to wristwatches that exchange instant messages, and soon CLR will keep dashboard and refrigerator magnets up to date with whatever Internet data their owners want to see, a Microsoft Corp. senior vice president for research says.
Homeland defense funds flow to states
At a Monday briefing, Battelle Memorial Institute showed off homeland defense tools and an executive of the nonprofit said the Homeland Security Department's single hardest job is interagency coordination.<br>
Free vulnerability testing for SANS top 20
The SANS Institute has enlisted two California vendors to offer free network audits to government agencies.<br>
VeriSign says ICANN is stifling Net's progress
VeriSign argues that a demand that it suspend its Site Finder wild-card search site will stifle new services and investment in the Internet's infrastructure.<br>
Virginia honors state IT projects
At its annual IT symposium, the Commonwealth honors state, local and private-sector organizations for technology innovation.
Info overload reaches the exabyte range
The cost of magnetic storage will drop to $1 per gigabyte by 2005, according to a new university study, and the drop is fueling growth in the world's yearly output of unique information.<br>
Global Hawk set for U.S. skies
The Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle, famed for precision targeting in Iraq and Afghanistan, last month received Federal Aviation Administration approval to make routine flights in U.S. airspace with preprogrammed flight plans.
Global Hawk OKed for U.S. flights
The Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle, famous for precision surveillance and targeting in Iraq and Afghanistan, yesterday received Federal Aviation Administration approval to make routine flights.
Library maps the future of digital content
The Library of Congress is looking for ideas on building a national digital information infrastructure.
DISA adopts Linux standard for Defense apps
An industry standard designed to bring consistency to the Linux open-source operating system has won support from the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Library maps future of digital content
With $100 million in hand, the Library of Congress is looking for partners with matching funds to build a national digital information infrastructure. <br>
Army center climbs CMMI mountain
The Army's Fire Support Software Engineering Center is the first Defense Department unit to reach Level 5 of the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model for Integration.<br>
ColdFusion MX 6.1 fuses with JRun
Today's release of Macromedia Inc.'s ColdFusion MX 6.1 Web application server can run in multiple, independent instances on a single server platform.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
When you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our First Party Strictly Necessary Cookies as they are deployed in order to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner and remembering your settings, to log into your account, to redirect you when you log out, etc.). For more information about the First and Third Party Cookies used please follow this link.
Manage Consent Preferences
Strictly Necessary Cookies - Always Active
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data, Targeting & Social Media Cookies
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. These cookies collect information for analytics and to personalize your experience with targeted ads. You may exercise your right to opt out of the sale of personal information by using this toggle switch. If you opt out we will not be able to offer you personalised ads and will not hand over your personal information to any third parties. Additionally, you may contact our legal department for further clarification about your rights as a California consumer by using this Exercise My Rights link
If you have enabled privacy controls on your browser (such as a plugin), we have to take that as a valid request to opt-out. Therefore we would not be able to track your activity through the web. This may affect our ability to personalize ads according to your preferences.
Targeting cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Social media cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.
If you want to opt out of all of our lead reports and lists, please submit a privacy request at our Do Not Sell page.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Functional Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Performance Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Social Media Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Targeting Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Help us tailor content specifically for you: