DOD computing centers get management app
Defense's High-Performance Computing Modernization Program is buying software that will help manage the processing load at the program's largest computing centers.
VA will offer IT acquisition services
An enterprise center within the Veterans Affairs Department is starting a franchise program to provide IT acquisition services to other agencies.<br>
Government funds 108 fast computers'but not the speediest
Federal supercomputing experts are gathering for a conference in Phoenix this week amid concerns that another country still has the world's fastest computer.
Task force pushes forward on supercomputing coordination
An interagency task force is well on its way to building a five-year roadmap for federal spending on high-end computers.<br>
Dell introduces server management tools
Dell Inc. is releasing server management tools that consolidate administrative functions with applications from Microsoft Corp. and third-party vendors.<br>
Fast computing ranks high on Energy's priority list
A proposal for a new unclassified supercomputing project ranks second out of 28 research projects the Energy Department has prioritized for the next two decades.<br>
Leopard leaps to e-gov
An open-source software group has released the core component of a Web services platform for e-government projects.<br>
Red Hat scales up Enterprise Linux hardware
Red Hat Inc. has increased the number of processors its Linux distribution can run on and has boosted the open-source operating system's performance with databases and other large applications.
Sandia simulator tests Calif. bioterror readiness
With a simulator developed by an Energy Department laboratory, county, state and federal officials in California recently conducted a six-hour anthrax attack drill.
Middleware connects Excel to the Web
Middleware and a self-contained XA 2500 appliance from Westbridge Technology Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., can use Extensible Markup Language to set up secure Web services connections to common applications such as Microsoft Excel.
EPA tool gets its business cases in order
When Environmental Protection Agency CIO Kim Nelson came to the federal government from a state agency two years ago, EPA was already working on its enterprise architecture.
Feds proselytize for XML
Agencies that don't already have an Extensible Markup Language evangelist need to get one as a guide, a federal Web services specialist said yesterday.<br>
Imaginary people help test real Web sites
In an era of doing more with less, some of the best Web site usability testers can be people who don't even exist.<br>
HHS issues usability guide for site design
The Health and Human Services Department has issued Web design guidelines based on extensive research into user-friendliness and accessibility.<br>
Red Hat scales up Enterprise Linux
Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. has increased the number of hardware architectures for its open-source operating system and has boosted performance with databases and other large applications. <br>
Microsoft launches XML-aware Office 2003
Microsoft's Office 2003 is not just a desktop client anymore, but an ecosystem of interacting Web services, according to company officials who released the program suite this week.<br>
NOAA extends Raytheon lab deal
The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has extended Raytheon Co.'s contract to manage the Princeton, N.J., lab's high-performance computing cluster.
NIST readies new security documents
A new National Institute of Standards and Technology method for categorizing systems security risks is on the cusp of final approval.
Easy data mart
Without any procurement effort, a pair of computer-savvy General Accounting Office officials have put together a data mart to track the office's studies of homeland security projects.
Through his lens, less is more
As area vice president of government systems, Mark S. Goldman manages federal, state, local and educational business for Citrix Systems Inc. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., vendor sells remote-access and infrastructure management products.
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