People

Ore. group wins $1.6M TSA grant

A prototype security system for ports could eventually provide the basis for an info-sharing network throughout the Northwest and beyond.

Acquisition

Del. agency gets thin

Versalign supplied thin clients to Delaware's Department of Labor.

Modernization

IBM partitions eServers

Big Blue hopes its micro-partioning technology boosts server sales.

People

FERC looks to e-mail notices

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wants to replace most of its paper-based notices of Commission issuances.

People

Army buys Apple supercomputer

The MACH 5 will use 1,566 dual-processor servers and is expected to top 25 teraflops when it goes online.

Modernization

Cisco targets city wireless

The Cisco Metropolitan Mobile Network provides one network for multiple wireless technologies.

Modernization

InfiniBand group plans Linux standard

OpenIB expects to announce a schedule for its product delivery by the end of September.

People

DHS unfolds new safety net

Concept for nationwide info-sharing network applauded, but devil is in the details

People

Swarming: A new model of collaboration

Rather than have an overarching authority decide what information will be distributed and who will receive it, the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) will operate based on a concept known as 'swarming.'

People

DHS' new network

The goal of the Homeland Security Information Network is to provide real-time network connections that will deliver up-to-date information and the ability to collaborate online to all homeland security officials, from the federal level down to local first responders.

Cybersecurity

Hackers target government holes

Symantec officials concluded that ports typically used by peer-to-peer sharing networks were targeted more often by attacks against government systems than for others.

Modernization

Equitrac boosts control of paper mountain

Equitrac Office 3.0 gives IT administrators control document distribution and costs

People

Seattle digitizes crime records

ABM America is providing four products to form an integrated system for the Seattle police department.

Modernization

Sun rolls out network products

The company also instituted a subscription model for many offerings.

Modernization

CA readies wireless management

The company's Wireless Site Management product provide managers with a central point from which to control the network.

Modernization

IBM updates Lotus Workplace

Enhancements link Web-based functions with desktop PC software

Modernization

Remotely updating BlackBerries

The next version of BlackBerry Enterprise Server will let IT managers wirelessly update software in handheld devices.

Modernization

Tachyon touts easy-to-use satellite network

The company promotes its Auto Deploy product as a high-speed data solution for first responders.

Digital Government

BearingPoint to build Web apps on .Net

The systems integrator plans to use Microsoft's .Net architecture to build systems for government agencies.

Modernization

Allegany goes wireless

The Md. county has almost finished a broadband network for ISPs.