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Jerry Lazar

Digital Government

Opportunities blossom as HR moves out of the back room

Human resources is not exactly a glamorous occupation and that's been reflected in the dearth of software vendors who have catered to this niche federal market. But in the new reality of cutbacks and doing more with less automated HR systems have suddenly been thrust into the spotlight. With a numb

  • By Jerry Lazar, FCW
Digital Government

Feds get the picture on videoconferencing

After years of high prices questionable fidelity and confusion about standards videoconferencing seems ready to become a standard part of federal IT systems. Costs are falling for products from fullroom to desktop systems the return on that initial outlay seems to be growing and some standards are

  • By Jerry Lazar, FCW
Digital Government

How to handle multimedia?

Thanks to booming interest in the Internet and aggressive marketing by PC vendors, 'multimedia' has become a hot button in the federal market. It is seen as a significant factor in the future of training, simulation and document management. How to handle the data products of multimedia is a problem

  • By Jerry Lazar, FCW
Digital Government

Object technology gains ground

Not long ago, objectoriented technology was earning itself a bad name. People had begun calling the programming paradigm "the next CASE." And that wasn't a compliment. As was the case with computeraided software engineering, object technology was idealized as a solution for faster and better so

  • By Jerry Lazar, FCW