Army to spend $11 billion for new satellites this decade
The military is using commercial satellite services for an estimated 80 percent of communications in Iraq, but such reliance "is almost a vulnerability" and has prompted the Army to invest in new satellite launches.
Brocade measures health of storage area networks
The free utility from Brocade Communications Systems can inventory and assess the performance of SANs built from the company's devices and those of its partners.
McNealy: Don't build a custom jalopy
I've told the government it ought to be a court-martial offense to develop in anything but Java," Sun Microsystems chief Scott McNealy says.
Does the future of computing lie in wireless mesh?
"There will be more machine-to-machine interaction on behalf of the user, without user intervention."
Joint Systems Integration Command swings into operation
The new command and control facility for civilian as well as military agencies and NATO countries promises to be 'a vibrant intellectual engine.'
IBM forms new government consulting group
IBM will spend $10 million to set up a consultancy in Northern Virginia to focus on issues such as homeland security and intergovernmental interactions.
Senator says 'major breakdown of stovepipes' is coming at DOD
Network-centric warfare programs will get about $25 billion of a $440 billion Defense Department authorization bill, Sen. John Warner predicted this month.
Hurricane hunter
Flying straight into a hurricane is all in a day's work for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologist A. Barry Damiano, who's seen the eyes of the worst Atlantic storms for 18 years now.
Sun introduces rent-a-cycle
Sun will sell N1 Grid Computing Pay-per-Use Cycles in the same way wireless carriers sell calling plans. The price is $1 per processor per hour.<br>
Microsoft forms government research center in Northern Virginia
Microsoft Corp. is hosting a brand-new activity in Reston, Va.: the Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Government.
GPO's permanent press
Brass at the Government Printing Office soon will get a first look at a draft plan for transforming the government's document agency into a digital-content manager. Says new GPO chief technical officer <b>Mike Wash</b>: "The cornerstone of the plan is world-class content management."
Warner: 'Major breakdown of stovepipes' coming
Senator faults DOD and industry for failing to find ways to stop the escalating terror in war zones.
Power of the portal
Technology has always been an enabler for knowledge management, but 'for the first time portal technology is now the driver,' the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.'s Elsa Rhoads says.
The GoBook III adds GPS and wireless radios
No longer just a rugged notebook PC, the new GoBook III from Itronix Corp. of Spokane, Wash., can roam among four types of wireless networks and find its precise position with an optional, 12-channel Global Positioning System receiver embedded in the cover.
Networking feeds joint transformation
The 'jointness' of the military services, allies and some federal agencies represents the biggest change in defense since 1973, Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani told a recent R&D audience in Washington.
Coast Guard innovates with rugged TDS Recon handhelds
Station Oregon Inlet Unit near Cape Hatteras, N.C., has won the Coast Guard's innovation award for pioneering a search-and-rescue application on rugged handheld computers.
Army recruits blues to green
The Defense Department last month approved the Army's plan to recruit hard-to-find IT experts and intelligence and imagery analysts, among other personnel, from the ranks of its fellow military services.
Boss alert
The House Government Reform Committee grades agencies on computer security once a year, but the U.S. Agency for International Development sends its managers a report card every month.
HSARPA funds advanced sensor systems
With a $1 billion R&D budget requested for fiscal 2006, the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding advanced systems to detect biological, chemical, nuclear and cyber threats to U.S. citizens and infrastructures.
Homeland research agency is funding advanced systems
Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding advanced systems to detect biological, chemical, nuclear and cyber threats.
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