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Treasury picks Convera for search

Integration with Microsoft's SharePoint is a key aspect of Convera's strategy.

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4 ingredients of safe storage every manager should know about

This analysis discusses four storage technologies that have recently gained traction in the market: Massive Array of Idle Disks, Switched Bunch of Disks, Perpendicular disks and USB thumb drives.

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The '24' effect

Fans say the show is most realistic when it portrays technology’s inconsistent performance.

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IBM prepares ground for mainframe resurgence

Company announces new software developments tools and middleware

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Palm seeks to break ‘Crackberry’ addiction

The company is angling for the federal market with the new Treo.

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Extra protection

Is application-specific backup software worth the added cost?

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Fairfax signs new GTSI contract

Two-year renewal continues commodity buys for national consortium

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New Jersey picks Cingular

The wireless provider has signed a three-year deal with the Garden State.

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Bankrupt SGI seeks better management

Analysts attribute company’s woes to leadership failures

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McCall: New look at an old technology

Demanding information needs call for more automated business processing.

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Extensions eliminate cell blind spots

Lawrence Berkeley lab uses indoor mobile technology to boost spotty coverage

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Intelligence community to reboot security

The intelligence community is turning to Defense services and agencies, industry and academia to help them overhaul their outdated and ineffective certification and accreditation processes. This month, personnel will begin receiving invitations to participate in one of two teams that will ultimately make suggestions on how to improve certification and accreditation processes across the intelligence community.

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Too much for NSA to mine?

The commotion over allegations that the National Security Agency has been secretly compiling data on millions of telephone calls made by ordinary citizens raises an interesting question: With the technologies in place today, how well can NSA actually mine the information it gathers?<@SM>

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Get ready for IPv6, industry leader says

IPv4 use will peak in 2010, Alex Lightman said.

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NIST releases standards for securing domain names

The National Institute of Standards and Technology recommends enforcing content control of DNS name resolution using integrity constraints.

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Energy upgrades Argonne network

Verizon Business provided services on the project.

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Telelogic updates development tools

Lifecycle Suite is only one of several new or upgraded offerings set for a June launch.

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Military interoperability test begins

Cisco Systems is providing the core network infrastructure for the exercise, which started today in Lager Aulenbach, Germany.

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House committee wants report on access control system standards for DOD facilities

House Armed Services Committee also asks comptroller general to determine if system can ensure legitimacy of cards.

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Energy contract stirs conflict

Problems with large government IT contracts grab headlines every day, but small awards can be just as much trouble. Just ask the Energy Department. A recent award, to a software supplier whose offer was priced substantially higher than two competitors and rated lower on technical merits, is one example.