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Agencies see the light
Carriergrade fiberoptic gear helps agencies boost bandwidth
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Standards smooth upgrade to DWDM
The International Telecommunication Union created a standard for DWDM technology called the ITU grid
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Census counts on self-service
To give its headquarters staff selfservice password capabilities, the Census Bureau last year bought 10,000 licenses for Courion Corp.'s PasswordCourier and ProfileBuilder software
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Minding your online business
Expanded services make Web-hosting firms key e-gov partners for agencies
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A sample of hosting providers
Digex Inc. -- Managed hosting with tiered service offerings. Uses parent company Intermedia Communications Inc.'s Tier 1 worldwide backbone.
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Three E's: Engage, entertain, educate
The Army School of Cadet Command provides its computer-based training program to its students on a CD-ROM or via the Internet. The content is the same on either format. The CD-ROM is most convenient for students who are on the move and have a laptop computer but not regular Internet access.
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New standards for nonstandard learning
Most students who use distance-learning programs don't really care about the standards that facilitate the interaction between the two parts of an e-learning system: the learning management system (the administrative part) and the courseware (the actual training materials). And with some products now available, they don't have to care.
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XML: New formula for e-learning
Agencies find emerging Internet technology can simplify software development
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Under new management
Managing today's distributed agency computer systems is no easy task. And it is little help when a tight information technology labor market makes hiring and retaining experienced employees challenging.
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DIA takes best of both worlds
With the help of Computer Sciences Corp., the Defense Intelligence Agency took a hybrid approach with its systems management project, using solutions from BMC Software Inc. in conjunction with Tivoli Systems Inc. management framework software.
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Building bigger pipes
It sounds almost too good to be true. Bandwidth-hungry agencies that have upgraded their networks with Gigabit Ethernet on IP-based backbones rather than Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) are saving themselves both headaches and money.
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Gigabit Ethernet relieves ATM woes
Some users have breathed a resounding sigh of relief when they built Gigabit Ethernet into their network backbones.
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E-learning gets easier
For agencies setting up Internetbased distancelearning systems, the market is brimming with choices
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DOT becomes courseware carrier
Federal users have less reason every day to build their own World Wide Webbased training sites.
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E-learning standards lag
As the e-learning market takes off, so does the need to build standards that will integrate products in blended technology environments.
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Portals New Starting Point for Service
State and local governments looking to build World Wide Web portals these days have a healthy market of software and services from which to choose.
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