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CA, Microsoft announce joint plans
Computer Associates International Inc. and Microsoft Corp. last week announced plans to provide remote systems network and applications management via the Internet. The pact announced at the CAWorld '96 conference in New Orleans combines CA's expertise in enterprise systems management with Microso
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Primes compete for sales against booming skeds
Prime contractors and product vendors are gearing up for the final sales push on the federal government's major PC and workstation buying vehicles as the peak buying season enters its final month. The government's information technology suppliers are completing what likely will be their last techno
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If at first you don't succeed...
Last week the National Institutes of Health concluded a procurement Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners that is perhaps the most unusual in decades. Some participants even think it will redefine how the government buys products and services. But awarding contracts even in record time i
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Intergraph, Network Appliance debut server products
Intergraph Computer Systems and Network Appliance Inc. this week unveiled products designed to woo customers seeking powerful Internet/intranet servers. Intergraph Huntsville Ala. announced InterServe 650 and 660 servers running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT and powered by up to four 200 MHz Pentium
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DOD sets sights on development of Shared Data Environment
SAN DIEGO Now that the Defense Information Systems Agency has developed a Common Operating Environment (COE) for its combat and support systems allowing users to share applications the agency wants to do the same for data. The development of a Shared Data Environment (Shade) will allow users to t
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3M, USGS study ways to deliver maps electronically
3M and the U.S. Geological Survey recently signed a research agreement that eventually could lead to the development of kiosks able to print electronic maps on demand. Under a 16month cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) 3M is working with the Rocky Mountain Mapping Center in Lak
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Serving up an operating system
Overall costs and integration with legacy systems are the top concerns when government buyers pick server operating systems. This leads to several distinct choices: Unix Novell Corp.'s popular NetWare package or upandcomer Windows NT from Microsoft Corp. 'Cost ease of implementation and software
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OPM to MSPB: See you in court
It's not often that the Office of Personnel Management takes the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to court but it happened earlier this year. The case involved Ethel D. Briggs fired in 1992 from her job as executive director of the National Council on Disability after holding that position for
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Linking with Lynx lessens lag time
Running a graphical World Wide Web browser such as Mosaic Netscape or Internet Explorer over an ordinary phone line amounts to an act of blind optimism best understood by folks who believe every year that the Red Sox will win the pennant. Even highspeed localarea networks hooked up to the Interne
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Board plans IT overhaul for retirement system
To accommodate the more than $39 billion in assets invested by more than 2 million federal employees the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board recently issued a request for proposals to overhaul the system that administers the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The RFP calls for changing the current I
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Banyan unveils Windows NT product, new version of Vines
Recognizing the acceptance of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT in the government market Banyan Systems Inc. last week introduced a Windows NT version of its distributed directory services technology along with a new version of its Banyan VINES network operating system. The directory services product St
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AWARDS
Siemens Rolm Communications Inc. A contract not to exceed $13.7 million for maintenance and operation of telecommunications systems. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Code 211 Greenbelt Md. 20771. Software Productivity Solutions Inc. A $2.1 million award to integrate a system for the predictable evo
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GSA proposal pushes info swap via TV and Internet
The General Services Administration's Office of Information Technology is putting the finishing touches on a proposal to set up quarterly meetings to allow senior federal IT officials and employees throughout the government to share information. The conferences to be held in the auditorium at GSA h
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Lotus is first vendor to complete initial DMS testing
Product testing for the Defense Message System is making headway with Lotus Development Corp. emerging as the first DMS useragent vendor to complete the initial four test regimens. Lotus completed Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile (GOSIP) conformance testing which includes formal X.4
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Hughes wins $171M patent office contract
The Patent and Trademark Office awarded Hughes Data Systems a contract for desktop computers late last month that could be worth as much as $171 million. Under the contract Hughes will provide 120 MHz and 133 MHz Pentiumbased PCs manufactured by Micron Electronics Inc. The company also will supply
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DARPA prototypes take new approach to design
While software developers slave away to develop innovative applications that will run efficiently on operating systems (OSes) designed in a different computing age nextgeneration OSes are beginning to take shape. Sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) these efforts are
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ROSTER
Two General Services Administration information technology veterans are expanding their influence in the international arena. G. Martin Wagner associate administrator at GSA's Office of Governmentwide Policy and Frank McDonough deputy associate administrator for intergovernmental solutions have bee
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For Perry, IT is a day at the beach
Some folks like to bring a stack of pageturning books to the beach to escape the office grind. Not Frank Perry the Defense Information Systems Agency's point man for integration engineering and interoperability he packs a pile of technical tomes. Perry DISA's technical director for engineering and
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Ordering the DOD Acquisition Deskbook
You provided a valuable service in the Aug. 12 issue of Federal Computer Week by mentioning the availability of the Defense Department's new Defense Acquisition Deskbook on CDROM
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