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Micron creates training, ed programs
Micron Electronics Inc. today launched an initiative to offer customized education and services online, both of which are aimed at making it easier for customers to understand the technology with which they are working. The company has developed a program called Micron University through which it w
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Microsoft gives NT new moniker, adds server
Microsoft Corp. last week announced a major change in the marketing of the next generation of its Windows NT operating system. Starting with the next release formerly known as 5.0 the operating system will be named Windows 2000 Built on NT Technology. Microsoft also announced the addition of a
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FMS requirements debate goes online
With critical decisions being made about the government's use of commercial financial management software (FMS), a government group this month has set up a site on the World Wide Web where agencies and vendors can find information and provide feedback. The Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro
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Intel's New 300 Mhz PII:
Due to tight agency budgets, most state and local workers in the market for a notebook computer are not looking for a second system but a workhorse replacement for their desktop PC.
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New strategy for financial software takes shape
A government group last week outlined changes being considered as part of the longawaited overhaul of the government program for buying commercial financial management system (FMS) software. The Joint Financial Management Improvement Program proposed changes to the list of core financial systems r
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Microsoft, Compaq team on NT/Unix link
Microsoft Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp. last month formed a joint initiative to create greater interoperability between Windows NT and Compaq's Digital and Tandem operating systems for highend systems users. The partnership comes as Compaq moves to take advantage of technologies acquired when th
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HP turns printer into Net device
HewlettPackard Co. last month introduced several Internetsavvy solutions to the company's network printer line and presented a new way to administer network peripherals. The JetDirect 500X print server is the first HP product to feature the Internet Printing Protocol, which HP jointly created wit
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Procurement innovator De Vera moves to GSA
Manny De Vera, who created groundbreaking governmentwide information technology contracts at the National Institutes of Health, has joined the General Services Administration as director of the Information Technology Solutions Regional Services Center. De Vera will be responsible for the center's r
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Apple responds to iMac demand
Apple Computer Inc.'s people-friendly iMac is moving into the federal government, a move neither analysts nor the company expected.
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FEC site emphasizes information, not presentation
Campaign fundraising has kicked into full gear with the passing of Labor Day, and the Federal Election Commission is doing its best to get information on election spending out on its World Wide Web site. The FEC site, www.fec.gov, provides all campaign reports on political action committee (PAC) c
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Compaq brings Digital into notebook fold
Compaq Computer Corp. last week announced two new offerings in its Armada notebook line, including the first notebook to come out of the Digital Equipment Corp. acquisition. Compaq introduced the Armada 3500 as a replacement for its 4200 line of midrange lightweight portables, and it unveiled a reb
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Navy issues BPA for Microsoft enterprise pact
The Navy late last month awarded an estimated $166 million enterprise license contract for Microsoft Corp.'s standard desktop software.
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New PCs meld power and price (Part 2)
During the fiscal 1998 buying season, many federal PC buyers have emerged as part of the new class of power PC users who look to take advantage of the surge in the performance and capacity of desktop computers, according to industry and government sources. Over the past year, Intel Corp. has introd
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GSA upholds Boeing protest of Seat Management
The General Services Administration has sustained Boeing Information Services' agencylevel protest against GSA's $9 billion Seat Management contract, but work on the contract will continue until a final decision is announced. The agency protest official delivered the response to Boeing and GSA Aug
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A Self-made businessman
Reinventing government to operate more like the private sector may go down in history as the Clinton administration's idea, but Charles Self has been at it for almost 30 years. As far as he is concerned, there is no reason why the government should not function like a business. 'I guess my moniker
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GSA: New system will check funding shortfalls
A new information management system at the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service (PBS) should guard against a repeat of a reported shortfall of $847 million in a pool funded by rents that agencies pay to GSA. But the fund may still feel the effects of the shortfall for several
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Ingram, Comdisco launch leasing deal
Bowing to customer demand and a market trend, Ingram Micro Inc. and Comdisco Inc. last week announced a new leasing option for government resellers as an extension of Ingram Micro's Partnership America program. The new leasing program, Partnership America Leasing Solutions, expands Ingram Micro's r
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Center finds IT workers are costly
When Congress returns from its August recess, officials at the Consumer Information Center (CIC) will be waiting anxiously to see if appropriators give them an extra $200,000 to hire computer specialists. The center, which is part of the General Services Administration, distributes more than 200 fe
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Comark to offer Fujitsu handhelds on GSA sked
After the successful pilot tests of Fujitsu ICL's handheld systems at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Comark Federal Systems will offer Fujitsu's entire handheld line through its General Services Administration schedule. In June, HUD launched the Public Housing Assessment System, a
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