Acquisition

App outsourcing in low gear

Many agencies are kicking tires, but the practice may not yet gain traction

People

A long shadow

Post-Sept. 11 concerns shade agencies' year-end buying

Digital Government

Combining products and services

Computer Associates rides a revenue surge on integrator list

Digital Government

Power purchasing

Acquisitions lift Northrop Grumman to the top

Digital Government

ACS seeks higher profile

$3 billion outsourcer aims to crack IT contracting's top tier

Acquisition

Contracting options

Agencies interested in applications outsourcing have a number of sources

People

Navy hospital CIOs consult online

CIO Today is a community of practice that the Navy Medical Information Management Center built using software from eRoom Technology

People

Build a meeting of the minds online

Software tools help federal communities of practice flourish

Digital Government

IBM spurs concern with bid for PwC

IBM's pending $3.5 billion acquisition of PwC Consulting has prompted concern about the consulting giant's ability to remain objective

Digital Government

Microsoft's NAS hurdle

The rise of storage-area networks has changed a technical directive from Microsoft Corp.

Digital Government

Storage worlds converge

Better manageability the goal for merging two types of networked storage

Digital Government

Northrop makes deal with TRW

Northrop Grumman's agreement to acquire TRW would create the second largest federal information technology contractor

People

Verity upgrades knowledge engine

Verity is releasing a new version of its high-end information retrieval product, which powers several e-commerce sites and government portals

Digital Government

A bit too special?

Internet appliances don't fit every IT agenda, but may find niche roles in government

People

Looking into disk mirroring

Feds weigh options for data protection

Digital Government

SANs take on mirroring

SAN virtualization masks the differences among storage subsystems

People

iSCSI may cut mirroring costs

SCSI over IP, or iSCSI, is a promising solution for running storage traffic over ubiquitous IP networks

People

HHS goes back to school

Department pursues hosted approach to train 60,000 workers

Digital Government

The search continues

Software providers are pursuing advances that will take some of the effort out of searching

Digital Government

Resellers stick to basics

Product-centric services and deeper vendor relationships are key to survival