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New solutions fix problems small & large
The government's century datechange problems span a range of systems, from the unseen processors that run federal and military buildings' security systems to mainframes that handle the distribution of government checks. More and more, industry vendors offer solutions that cover that same span. CTA
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Lotus integrates voice, Internet in SmartSuite
Lotus Development Corp. has enhanced its SmartSuite office automation package with 100 new features and enhancements, including integrated Internet functionality and speech recognition as part of its spreadsheet. The Millennium Edition now in beta testing combines the Word Pro word processor, L
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Six vendors compete for charge card business
Six companies that won the right to issue charge cards to federal employees say the contracts provide an opportunity to test innovative services in the government sector that are likely to cross into the commercial charge card market, including smart cards and electronic commerce applications. The
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Kodak adds high-end camera to DCS 500 Series
Eastman Kodak Co. recently introduced a new highend digital camera to its DCS 500 Series that provides several features designed to help military and other government photographers manage the images they shoot more easily. The DCS 520 resembles the digital cameras already used by the Defense Depar
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Eicon targets agencies with ISDN modem
Eicon Technology Corp. has introduced a new modem designed specifically for government agencies using highspeed Integrated Services Digital Network connectivity. The Diva T/A modem, which costs $349, is designed to consolidate on a single ISDN line fax, email, World Wide Web browsing and voice fu
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BTG focuses on engineering
BTG Inc. president and chief executive officer Edward H. Bersoff does not feel the need to rewrite the script on how to run his company after deciding to leave the product reseller business last December. In Bersoff's mind, BTG is returning to its core business. Speaking at his company's Fairfax, V
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GTSI begins assimilating BTG product business, employees
Government Technology Services Inc., armed with 166 new BTG employees and BTG contracts, believes it is ready to pursue the high volume of sales that are needed to make a profit in the fiercely competitive government reseller market. The tumult of the past two months behind it, GTSI now is focusing
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Resellers, manufacturers jockey for market position
Decisions by BTG Inc. and Electronic Data Systems Corp. to sell their reseller business reflect a significant shift in the way the government buys technology, according to vendors and industry observers in the federal market. The problem stems from shrinking profit margins in the product business t
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Dell taps Wang as fed service provider
Wang Laboratories Inc. will become a preferred service provider for all Dell Computer Corp. products used by federal agencies, under an agreement reached by the two companies last week. About 700 Wang technicians and support employees from the MultiVendor Services group, all of whom have security
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New Intel chip leads to new models, falling prices
Over the last two weeks, industry vendors have introduced a slew of new computers incorporating Intel Corp.'s 333 MHz Pentium II the company's fastest chip yet and have begun lowering prices on models with slower processors that only a few months ago were the latest thing. The faster processors
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Dunn Computer acquires IDP in $23M cash/stock deal
In a move intended to strengthen its manufacturing operations, Dunn Computer Corp. has signed a letter of intent to purchase former 8(a) contractor International Data Products Corp. for cash and stock totaling $23 million. IDP, with its PC manufacturing facility in Puerto Rico, will keep its name a
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Digital revamps product line with Windows NT models
In a move to deepen its support for the Microsoft Corp. Windows NT operating system, Digital Equipment Corp. last week introduced a slew of new Intel Corp. PC servers and unified its server lines based on Intel and Alphabased processors under the Digital Server brand name. The new lineup spread
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High-speed connectivity wares unveiled
Highspeed localarea networking technology took center stage at last week's ComNet '98 show, as vendors introduced new cabling systems, routers and switches. 3M Corp. unveiled a new fiberoptic cabling system that the company said will cut in half the cost of laying fiber to the desktop.
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Pentium MMX wares lead new-product parade
Intel Corp.'s extension of its powersaving line of Pentium MMX processors for portable PCs has spurred another round of product offerings from major notebook vendors. Federal users should see the new machines quickly showing up on refreshed contracts and on the schedule offerings of major manufact
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FEC will put campaign finance data online
The Federal Election Commission last month awarded a software development and research company a contract to make campaign finance reports available and searchable online.
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PC industry turns attention to management concerns
LAS VEGAS At the Comdex trade show late last month hardware and software vendors unveiled a wide range of new or unannounced products that recognize an industrywide concern of making the enterprise computing environment more powerful and manageable. The products on display covered everything from
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Microsoft announces Windows terminal plan
LAS VEGAS At Comdex last month Microsoft Corp. launched the beta version of a Windowsbased terminal server designed to address the total cost of ownership issue by giving multiple thin clients the ability to simultaneously access Windows applications from a Windows NT server. The multiuser opera
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