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GCN Lab Review

Printers: The color of competence

The GCN Lab tests six network color printers and concludes that you'll get your money's worth from most of them, as the printers deliver speed, reliability and color accuracy for increasingly small prices.

Lexmark C734dn

A GCN Lab Reviewer's Choice pick, the Lexmark C734dn earned top marks in just about every area and low scores in none.

HP Color LaserJet CP3525x

The Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet CP3525x is lightning fast with good accuracy. If you need a speedy, accurate printer and are willing to pay a little extra for it, the CP3525x is the one that should race into your agency. It earns a Reviewer’s Choice for this roundup.

Just-right storage

The GCN Lab tests five network-attached appliances, and gives the Buffalo TeraStation III high marks. Read More

Tough shot

The Olympus Tough-8000 rugged digital camera delivers quality images in practically any conditions. More

Tech Product News

5 steps to secure your data center
With the advent of cloud computing, rich Internet applications, service-oriented architectures and virtualization, data center operations are becoming more dynamic with fluid boundaries. The shifting form of computing adds layers of complexity that have broad implications for how IT managers secure the components that make up a data center. Nov 20, 2009 More

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Lab Reviews

Grading the latest in mail servers Nov 30, 2009

The GCN Lab takes a look inside five mail servers and finds they all have their strengths and weaknesses — and Exchange still rules the roost. Read More
IdeaPad ideal netbook for budget consciousNov 05, 2009
Sony Vaio netbook a multimedia powerNov 05, 2009
Toshiba's Mini is the class of the netbook fieldNov 05, 2009
Fujitsu netbook designed to shineNov 05, 2009
Arabic language app walks the talkNov 05, 2009
HP Mini but mighty netbookNov 05, 2009
Dell Latitude: A Netbook on the goNov 05, 2009

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eSeminars

Security and Unified Threat Management

Federal Computer Week presents a recent eSeminar with John Kindervag, senior analyst for security at Forrester Research, where he discusses the latest cybersecurity issues facing government agencies. View more

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Vendor Webcasts

Cloud Computing: What is the next step…and are you ready to take it?

For organizations currently using traditional infrastructures, a cloud will enable users to consume IT resources in the data center in ways that were never before available. Agencies following traditional data center management practices know that making IT resources available to an end user can be time-intensive. A cloud dramatically alleviates this problem by implementing automation, business workflows and resource abstraction. So why haven’t more agencies moved toward cloud computing. Where does your agency stand? Read More
Learn Government Best Practices in Performance Management to track Operational Efficiencies: Performance Scorecards with Root Cause Analysis
Optimizing a Public Sector Business in a Commercial Enterprise: Creating a Flourishing Gov Con Division
Improve Opportunity Management utilizing Microsoft Dynamics CRM as a line of business application
Overcoming the Greatest Challenge of the FDCC Mandate

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eSeminar

Technology success through the stimulus
FCW will present Karen Jackson, deputy secretary of technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia, at 11 a.m. Wed, Dec. 9, in an eSeminar where she will discuss technology acquisition through the stimulus. Read more
Security and Unified Threat Management
GSA: Pick your procurement weapon