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Apple discounts storage
Fed agencies get $500 off on Apple's Xsan storage-area network file system.
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Army buys more network gear
Joint Network Node to support IP-based voice, video and data communications.
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CMS to apply business rules engines to claims processing
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has requested information on two technologies that could revolutionize the way health care claims are settled.
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Hometown supports Illinois soldiers
Paris, Ill., raises money to buy radios and GPS receivers to help equip a local guard unit.
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U.S. sends military ships to help in tsunami aftermath
USS Abraham Lincoln and five other ships are heading to the Indian Ocean to aid the countries hardest hit by last weekend's tsunami.
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Toughbook 51 puts the pedal to the metal
Panasonic's newest ruggedized notebook ? Toughbook 51 ? can withstand a one-foot drop in its magnesium alloy case.
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Army focuses on cyber protection
Army white paper emphasizes cybersecurity and the need to provide secure network communications to support modern military operations.
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Sandia upgrades digital media management
Planning for the lab's Web-based system started about 18 months ago because the current client-server system had become archaic, Sandia's database administrator says.
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Demolition tests radio signals
NIST used the implosion of a Washington, D.C., building to see how radio signals transmit through rubble and shielded environments.
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Air Force wants net-centric projects
Officials want to focus on prototypes, empirical research, test beds and proof-of-concept demonstrations in four areas.
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MCI gets Atlantic GIG
The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded two contracts worth $15.3 million for the Atlantic extension of the Defense Department's Global Information Grid to the government markets division of MCI.
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Army gets serious about paperless operations
Army officials plan to install a solution from IBM and others that will help automate the service's form-based business processes.
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Storage firm targets government
Clustered storage vendor Isilon Systems has added an ex-agency executive as a director and created a new federal advisory board.
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Sprint Nextel may push feds to talk
Adding Nextel's instant communication technology to Sprint's network could attract the eye of federal officials.
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GPS committee to form
But despite reports, there are no plans to disable the Global Positioning System during national emergencies, officials said.
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Symantec and Veritas to merge
Symantec's security offerings will be paired with Veritas' storage management products.
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Three win Air Force computer deals
The service can now buy nonruggedized computers from iGov, NCS Information Systems and Westwood Computer.
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Treasury award protested
The telecom firm filed a protest against the Treasury Department's award to AT&T of a contract that could be worth up to $1 billion.
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Vendors push Wi-Fi intrusion detection
Cisco Systems, Full Mesh Networks secure wireless access points.
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