Acquisition

Desktops anyone?

It's been three years since the Year 2000 problem and the PC replacement cycle it inspired. So are broad-based procurement vehicles such as Electronic Commodity Store III in for an imminent round of PC buying?

Acquisition

Too many primes?

The National Institutes of Health's Electronic Commodity Store contracts have been hailed as among the government's best.

Acquisition

The path of least resistance

ECS proponents say the program thrives because it makes it easy to do business

Acquisition

ECS III: Loaded with technology

Security, IP telephony and mobile PCs are expected to be among the hot sellers

Digital Government

Antarctica targets fed market

Data access vendor is making its first foray in the federal sector with shared information software

Digital Government

Good news, bad news for GIS managers

The federal government has asked major metro areas to deliver a richer set of spatial data to help with homeland security

Digital Government

Mapping a response

GIS is more important than ever, but state and local governments face many hurdles

Digital Government

GIS politics may be tougher than technology

GIS vendors believe their software is up to the task of security planning and emergency response without much modification

Digital Government

Grid vendor opens fed unit

Platform Computing has launched a federal subsidiary to help the Toronto-based company delve deeper into U.S. accounts

Digital Government

Grid vendor opens fed unit

Platform Computing has launched a federal subsidiary to help the Toronto-based company delve deeper into U.S. accounts

Digital Government

Mixed messages

Organizations can manage both EDI and XML to get the best of both worlds

Digital Government

Bulletproofing XML

Adoption of XML for business messaging will increase once the approach has taken on the industry-strength characteristics of value-added networks.

Digital Government

EDI standards group adopts XML

A lack of standardization has hampered those hoping to tap XML's potential

Digital Government

Systems management seeks fresh ground

But new features don't always make the government's priority list

Digital Government

IRS learns from experience

The IRS has a tip for agencies thinking about enterprise systems management: Don't do it on a piecemeal basis

Digital Government

On the rebound

Faster, better tech gives bounce to ruggedized computers

Digital Government

Focus on security

Security is one area of systems management development that may strike a chord with federal customers

People

DARPA explores self-healing system

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Digital Government

Data backup and reconstitution

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Modernization

Forensics meets time travel

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