Digital Government

California uses Microsoft CRM

California's Corporations Department retooled its customer call center.

People

Travelin' shoes

Technologies for road, rail and port security get new attention

People

Singer to leave Adobe

Adobe's senior director of government e-paper solutions will join a database administration vendor.

Modernization

Meshing with standards

Rivals of MeshNetworks say the latter's acquisition by Motorola goes against the trend of wireless open standards, but proponents of the deal say the opposite is true.

Modernization

Solaris 10 appears

Sun Microsytems formally launched its next-generation operating system.

Modernization

WiSPER puts data on forms

The system is supposed to be useful for the medical and legal industries, and other areas with specialized jargon.

Digital Government

Microsoft starts solutions network

The software giant formally introduced its global initiative to make it easier for governments, industry and academia to collaborate on IT projects.

Modernization

FCC, USDA work on rural broadband

Staff from the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will work with loan-grant officers and regional field representatives to help communities deploy wireless broadband.

Digital Government

Newstrom boards IMC

Virginia's former secretary of technology took a seat on the board of software developer IMC Inc.

Modernization

FCC promotes power line broadband

Commissioners issued rules so broadband over power lines doesn't interfere with radio.

Modernization

Digi-Data enters tiered storage

The company says its Storm Xtreme Array looks like a single storage system to users, even though it's distributed throughout a network.

Modernization

ActivCard cuts prices on ID tokens

The company will offer them for a one-time price of $15 a token.

Modernization

Attensity finds scattered data

Officials working for the In-Q-Tel investment say the software can be used for intelligence, law enforcement and logistics.

Cybersecurity

Keeping the bad guys out

Threat management: Organizing defense-in-depth strategies

Modernization

Emerging apps need special attention

Quality of service will become an important feature that most network analysis tools will have to support.

Modernization

New appliances offer view from above

These appliances are largely independent of the infrastructure.

Modernization

On the performance line

A new crop of analyzer tools aims to reduce the business impact of network problems

Modernization

McAfee manages e-mail

The company's new service is aimed at catching spam and virus-infected attachments before they can get into the network.

Digital Government

National Semi expands TCG lineup

The company has introduced two new devices that support Trusted Computing Group specifications.

Modernization

Symantec readies central console for Macs

IT administrators can use it to automatically update Macintosh systems with Norton Antivirus software.