Windows 2000:

Filtering the flood of facts and fluff on Windows 2000, you get the impression that the federal and commercial network administrator of the future will need a lot more than a degree in computer science or an industrial-strength technical background.

Software Performance Systems Puts Patent Office Paperwork Online

The Clinton administration's initiatives to reinvent government gave the Patent and Trademark Office the impetus to look at electronic commerce as a way to better serve its customers.

A Glimpse of What's Ahead

What the future holds for companies like IBM Corp. and HardBall Software Inc., as well as for e-business and XML, can be gleaned from a quick review of the papers set for presentation at the third annual GCA XML Developers' Conference in Montreal Aug. 19 and 20. The schedule includes an array of industries and issues, all critical to advance the XML initiative.

Oracle's Mission: To Build Federal E-Business

Four years ago, Oracle Corp. Chairman Lawrence Ellison told company management to Web-enable all of its software products.

Listen Up, State Leaders: E-Commerce Demands Careful Coordination

States are making great strides in putting their services online, but citizens could end up having to search through a hodgepodge of government Web sites unless their state takes steps to centrally coordinate plentiful electronic commerce initiatives.

Defense E-Business Tool Streamlines Payment Process

An Internet-based freight payment system U.S. Bancorp developed for the Department of Defense is stirring interest from other federal agencies seeking similar services.

XML: The Key to E-Business

While storage giant EMC Corp. may focus on e-infostructure, software king Microsoft Corp. on BizTalk, and turnkey titleholder IBM Corp. on e-business, all of them along with major and minor electronic commerce players are turning increasing attention to XML development.

Head Count: Census Bureau Taps Data Management Tools

Following the lead of the corporate world, the federal government is harnessing the power of data management tools to improve its operational efficiency and to furnish information for itself and the public.

Companies, Cities Exploit Help-Desk Revolution

The paradox of the way most major software and hardware firms run their help desks strikes home when you find yourself stuck in your office on a Saturday afternoon. There you sit, frustrated, ready to defenestrate the monitor, trying to install the newest upgrade for the presentation software you need to prepare the president's slide show for the annual shareholder meeting Monday morning.

Enterprise Application Integration Boosts Client-Server Scalability

Client-server systems have frustrated many government and business network managers because of the systems' inability to scale to the enterprise level. While client-server architectures have been a boon to the way an organization's data is stored and accessed, they have proven ineffective in tasks requiring multiple applications.

Enterprise Computing: Business Beyond Boundaries

The popularity of the Web browser as an end-user tool, the continuing migration of firms to the TCP/IP protocol as a data distribution mechanism, and the sharpened focus on the needs of the customer have stretched the notion of enterprise computing like a rubber band.

Streamlining Distribution

The federal IT market faces increasingly complex products and systems, shortening product life cycles and ongoing pressures to cut costs. Over the past two to three years, procurement reform has given federal officials more flexibility to deal with IT requirements in a more efficient manner. And in the marketplace, manufacturers, distributors and resellers have enhanced their ability to efficiently deliver the products needed, when they are needed.

Surviving the Storm

Information technology is speeding the response of federal and state organizations to emergencies and increasing their efficiency in the wake of rising disaster relief costs.

Intranets: The Next Best Data Delivery Tool?

Whether or not intranets become the next best data delivery tool since spliced genes, it won't be for lack of the right ingredients. Armed with market research, innovative software, advancing hardware and network administrator and top executive encouragement and acceptance, it seems intranets are a sure bet.

Workstations Become Everyone's Tool

When is a workstation not a workstation? Perhaps the instant a major player introduces a card that lets end users run Unix and Windows on the same machine. Or it might be the moment when the price point of a workstation approaches that of a PC.

Energy Initiatives Spark Business Opportunities

As it presses ahead with efforts to modernize its information infrastructure and business systems, the Department of Energy also is scrambling to bolster information security at its facilities.

Defense Department Enlists Next Generation Document Imaging

Department of Defense officials no longer view document imaging systems simply as a means to eliminate bulk paper storage. U.S. military leaders today want to leverage imaging technology to improve work processes agencywide.

Army Lays Groundwork for Revolution In Logistics Management

With the tentacles of business process re-engineering probing deeper into the structures of public and private organizations, it seemed only a question of time for the Defense Department to grab hold.

Inattention to Security: Will 'Dollarizing' Make a Difference?

Anyone browsing documented reports over the last decade about the importance of information systems security and the need to beef up efforts, for instance, in civilian and defense federal units, would hardly be surprised by the current revelations of security lapses at the Department of Energy.

Past Performance Big Wins Wind Around Work History

Anyone who doubts the government is serious about using past performance to award contracts need only look to the General Services AdministrationÕs Millennia contract.

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