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Computer City starts D.C. push
Identifying the federal government as one of the prime business opportunities, Computer City Inc. has reopened four stores in the Washington, D.C., area with a plan that emphasizes services and training over the warehouse philosophy that failed in its first attempt at doing business in the region.
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Sterling buy improves Army C4I opportunities
Sterling Software Inc. made a major step into the Army command and control arena with the planned acquisition of Mystech Associates Inc. in a $25 million stock deal announced last week. Mystech, a Falls Church, Va.based company founded in 1971, holds several Army contracts, including the Army Inte
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HP adds new model to PC workstation lineup
HewlettPackard Co. has introduced a new midrange Kayak PC workstation and refreshed two existing Kayak models with faster Intel Corp. processors and the new 440BX chipset. The new addition to the Kayak line, the XAs, is a higherend version of the XA model. The XAs, available in desktop and mini
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Medieval history takes Lipkin on high-tech career path
There are not many paths leading medieval history graduates to jobs at technology companies along the Beltway. But Joel Lipkin found one. While earning his doctorate in medieval history at Catholic University, Washington, D.C., Lipkin, now vice president of business development at Government Techno
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Sterling Software acquires DOD-centric services firm
Sterling Software Inc. today announced plans to buy Mystech Associates Inc. in a $25 million stock deal that will give the Dallasbased company a stronger position in the command and control and simulation markets.
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Xybernaut fashions wearable PC
Xybernaut Corp. earlier this month announced plans for the production of its next Mobile Assistant, a wearable computer that looks like the ultimate in computer geek fashion. Sony Digital Products Inc. later this year will start manufacturing Xybernaut's Mobile Assistant IV, which is composed of a
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Apple grows PowerBook from G3
Apple Computer Inc. recently introduced a new PowerBook portable computer aimed at mobile professionals and discussed the shifting road map for its Macintosh operating system. The new PowerBook released this month is totally redesigned around the G3 processor and includes features that are designed
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Industry speeds delivery of standard-compliant modems
After more than a yearlong delay caused by a standards dispute, modem vendors have begun to deliver new products that promise faster file downloads for federal employees who rely on dialup connections or who travel frequently with a laptop computer. The new modems transmit data at close to 56 kil
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Intelligent Decisions adds Netscape to GSA sked
Intelligent Decisions Inc., the Chantilly, Va.based reseller and PC manufacturer, has signed an agreement with Netscape Communications Corp. to make Intelligent Decisions one of four companies that offer Netscape products on a General Services Administration schedule. Intelligent Decisions will of
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Sybase aims to strengthen market position
Losses, layoffs and management restructuring have characterized the last several months at Sybase Inc., but the company hopes to reverse the flow of events with two new initiatives to augment its core database products and a commitment to focus on four core strengths. Sybase discussed the initiativ
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Navy consolidates human resources systems with PeopleSoft
The Navy has selected software from PeopleSoft Inc. to manage human resources information for more than 800,000 retired, active and reserve sailors. Under the $7.4 million contract, PeopleSoft's human resources software will be deployed throughout the Navy at more than 800 locations, including shor
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Fed Data building on acquisition spree
Few companies in the federal information technology market beat Federal Data Corp. at the acquisition game. In a little more than a year, the Bethesda, Md.based systems integrator quietly has acquired five companies and a division of a sixth, growing to 2,000 employees and annual revenue between $
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Y2K brings new players to market
Seeing federal agencies under growing pressure to correct Year 2000 computer problems, three vendors that traditionally have not sought much government business have launched campaigns to bring their solutions to the federal market.
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Boole offers MQSeries management
Systems management specialist Boole & Babbage Inc. has developed a tool for managing IBM Corp.'s popular MQSeries messaging middleware, and the company plans to offer customers a 90day free trial of the tool beginning in June. Boole & Babbage, the maker of Command Post management software, designe
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PC vendors jump on new Intel technology
The debut of Intel Corp.'s Celeron and two new Pentium II processors has spawned another round of product announcements by major PC vendors, with new desktop PCs, workstations and servers slated to begin shipping to federal customers by the end of the month. Intel's strategy with the much anticipat
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Microsoft ups software accessibility
In response to demand from disabled workers who rely heavily on computers to do their jobs, Microsoft Corp. has begun promoting its plans for making its operating system and applications software more widely accessible. The plans include new features in the Windows 98 operating system tailored for
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Notebooks from Digital, Toshiba feature mobile-ready Pentium IIs
Digital Equipment Corp. and Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. are among the 15 laptop vendors announcing their first Pentium IIequipped notebooks following Intel Corp.'s release last week of the highly anticipated chip for the mobile market. The new Pentium IIs for mobile PCs, running at cl
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Toshiba gives new look to Equium line
Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. this week released the second generation of its Equium desktop PC line for the corporate and government markets, touting new design features and a builtin help system. The Equium 7000S and 7000D run the latest Intel Corp. Pentium II processors, but company
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Vendors display wares, innovative technologies
Information technology vendors at last week's FOSE conference in Washington, D.C., displayed a wide array of upcoming or recent product releases, ranging from a data warehouse application tailored for federal agencies to a storage device that measures an inch across. Software firm SAS Institute Inc
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New remote-access software eases telecommuting woes
Remoteaccess software, which makes it possible for PC or laptop users to dial in to a central office from the field or home, has been around for years, but it is gaining in popularity as the need increases and the software offers richer functionality. Remote access is inherently complex because of
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