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Execs upbeat that initiatives will continue in second Clinton term
President Clinton's second term in office spells stability and solid prospects for the information technology industry. That is the analysis of a number of systems integration executives interviewed recently. Clinton's reelection avoids the procurement dislocations that often come with a change in
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Tools for Building an Internet/Intranet
Whether an organization is building an Internet or an intranet setup the technology is basically the same. Vendors have made it increasingly easy to create both types of applications. Some vendors are offering intranet 'bundles" that include the necessary hardware software and peripherals. Overall
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Army Corps of Engineers
At a Glance Project Objective: Replace cable plant and create intranet to improve data access within organization. Status: A new cable plant has been installed and several intranet applications are up and running. Investment: $1 millionplus (including new cabling). Contractors: The Corps of Engine
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HP, Tektronix carve new niches
HewlettPackard Co. and Tektronix Inc. today announced new printer lines aiming to carve out niches in the growing market for workgroup and departmental printers. HP debuted a network printer that the company is positioning as an alternative to the photocopier. HP has dubbed its product a 'mopier '
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Dell ships midrange server
Dell Computer Corp. last week announced availability of its PowerEdge 4100 a midrange server powered by Intel Corp. Pentium Pro processors. The PowerEdge 4100 ships in single and dualprocessor Pentium Pro configurations at speeds of 180 MHz or 200 MHz. An entrylevel configuration with a single 1
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Federal Agencies Push into Intranets
Intranets employ the fundamental technologies of the Internet to meet an organization's internal information needs while keeping data safe from Internetrelated security risks. They are gaining in popularity because they are inexpensive to build and take advantage of what many organizations already
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Treasury faults AT&T over 800 service
The Treasury Department is so dissatisfied with AT&T's 800 service under FTS 2000 that it does not want to use the AT&T network for the Internal Revenue Service if problems cannot be resolved before taxfiling season. The IRS has run into difficulties with reporting systems that collect information
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Competing network computers debut
The market for network computers and other lowcost hardware platforms heated up last week with announcements involving companies such as Sun Microsystems Inc. Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. Some of the products unveiled could arrive on federal contracts late this year. Sun announced JavaStation
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Video-based training headed to health care workers' desktops
The Department of Veterans Affairs will soon install a distributed computerbased video training system to teach health care personnel how to use a new distributed application. The training course is designed to teach VA staff members how to use the agency's Primary Care Management Module a client/
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FAA mulls Corn pact's recompete
The Federal Aviation Administration has taken the first step to recompete the $508 million Computer Resources Nucleus (Corn) contract an outsourcing pact awarded to Electronic Data Systems Corp. in 1992. The FAA recently released an initial screening information request (SIR) through which the FAA
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MicroTouch undercuts competition with $499 PC whiteboard product
MicroTouch Business Products Division a unit of MicroTouch Systems Inc. announced today a PC whiteboard product that undercuts competitors' pricing by at least $1 000 and is slated to appear on the General Services Administration's schedule early next year. Electronic whiteboards are designed to re
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Bellcore buy would broaden SAIC's talent base
Recent reports of Science Applications International Corp.'s negotiations to buy Bell Communications Research Inc. (Bellcore) have focused on the diversification angle. The thinking is that a Bellcore acquisition would help SAIC push into commercial and international markets from its base in the De
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Industry faults rule on pricing, audits
Industry groups last week attacked the General Services Administration's proposed final rule for governing the multipleaward schedule program charging that GSA's language is not in keeping with the spirit of acquisition reform. GSA late last month issued the proposed final MAS rule as well as a se
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SAP America eyes fed market
SAP AG the fifthlargest independent software developer in the world has been virtually unknown in the U.S. federal sector. But this situation could be changing soon as the German software developer takes its first steps in the government market. The company's American arm SAP America Inc. earlier
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Popkin, CACI announce software alliance
Popkin Software & Systems Inc. last week announced an alliance with CACI Products Co. to collaborate on business process reengineering tools. Under the agreement CACI Products' SIMPROCESS LITE a process simulation package will be integrated into Popkin Software's SA/BPR process modeling tool. The
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Veterans Affairs moves forward with VISTA program
The Department of Veterans Affairs is rolling out a new client/server architecture to its 150plus medical centers and is testing the first major application to take advantage of the updated infrastructure. The VA's Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VISTA) supersedes
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IBM's new S/390 line targets network computing
IBM Corp. last week announced two new System/390 server lines an enhanced operating system and a host of other products designed to link firms' mainframes more closely with networked computing environments. The company unveiled the S/390 Parallel Enterprise Server Generation 3 (G3) a CMOSbased p
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JetForm buys Delrina's electronic forms business
JetForm Corp. last week acquired Delrina Group's electronics forms business in a pooling of the federal government's major electronic forms vendors. JetForm Ottawa has acquired full ownership and rights to Delrina's electronic forms products and will bring on 65 people from Torontobased Delrina. J
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Navy to award more BPAs
The Naval Information Systems Management Center is soon expected to award one or more blanket purchasing agreements for desktop computers. NISMC earlier this summer awarded BPAs for notebook computers to Ameridata Federal Systems and McBride and Associates Inc. The notebook deals each worth up to
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Unisys sets course within crowded services market
In hopes of standing out in a crowded systems integration marketplace Unisys Federal Systems Division is concentrating its information technology services business in its defined areas of core competency. The McLean Va.based unit of Unisys Corp. plans to emphasize three areas: network integration
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