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OMB changes tack on agency financial reporting
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Defense gets better on business
DOD’s size, incompatible systems still hinder financial management.
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Apple recalls 1.8M laptop batteries
Apple Computer has announced a voluntary recall of lithium-ion battery packs because of the potential to overheat.
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DOE to seek new technologies
A new associate CIO will be responsible for tracking new products and introducing suitable ones to the department.
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Councils: Make more IPv6 products available
Two groups proposed amending FAR to require IT procurements to include IPv6 products as often as possible, a Federal Register notice states.
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Cisco product connects first responders via Web
It overcomes interoperability issues by using the Internet to connect walkie-talkies, voice-over-IP phones, push-to-talk cell phones and computer voice messaging programs, a company official said.
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IBM to pay $1.3B for security provider
The company said the purchase of Internet Security Systems is "an important addition to its security and privacy services business.”
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Storage firm boosts its open-source credentials
Coraid's EtherDrive storage appliances now work with EtherBoot, popular open-source software that lets users boot diskless Linux servers from software loaded on remote disks and accessed across a network.
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Deloitte and Touche, Configuresoft partner
Their teaming agreement will help Deloitte’s Security and Privacy Services practice and Configuresoft market combined solutions to federal agencies.
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Vendors tackle high-speed encryption
Thales and Alcatel say they have developed a way to encrypt data traveling over optical networks that use Dense Wave Division Multiplexing technology without a big drop in performance.
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American Systems gets prime spot on GSA Connections
The employee-owned company is now a governmentwide acquisition contractor for federal telecommunications infrastructure needs.
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Battery recall affects thousands of federal users
Dell won't say how many weeks employees might have to wait for replacement batteries
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Intercepts
NMCI wastes 22,500 man-hours on Dell battery recall; The enemy within; BlackBerry bandits redux.
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Web extra: Beyond wide-area file services
Using WAFS to address talkative file-system protocols is important for network efficiency, but employees do more than access file systems all day.
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Fast track to file access
Here's how to use wide-area file services to boost access to files across WANs.
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Software licenses will have exchange value
Bentley Systems to offer a licensing model based on efficient portfolio management.
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Opsware readies application mapping tool
Visual Application Manager combines mapping and change automation capabilities.
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