Utah over the years developed separate and distinct IT systems to manage its social services such as Medicaid and Food Stamps. One problem with such a broad palette of systems, however, was that it forced families to separately navigate each program when applying for benefits.
When U.S. tanks rolled into Baghdad during the invasion of Iraq, one of the command vehicles was outfitted with cyclone antennas to establish a link with orbiting satellites. The satellite connection gave life to an onboard collaboration system that let commanders in the tank share audio, video, data and applications with command centers just about anywhere.
The newest notebook from rugged mobile-computing provider Getac Inc. of San Diego comes with a 14.1-inch screen, but offers an optional 15-inch screen.
Polycom Inc. has released a set of video-aware networking and security solutions that solve firewall and network address translation problems for enterprises and service providers, company officials said.
A new baggage-screening system unveiled at the Demo@15 Conference is hailed as "the most important product to take the Demo stage" in the trade show's 15-year history.
In its simplest form, radio frequency identification is a method to track what is inside a case, pallet or shipping container full of goods. But the evolving technology is more than a replacement for bar codes.
A provider of keyboard/video/mouse and remote connectivity solutions to manage servers and other network devices has released an enterprise-class combo KVM solution that includes IP access, officials at ATEN Technology Inc. said.
CommScope Inc. is offering a new cable aimed at users who want to improve network performance while minimizing the number of cables in a system, said officials from the Hickory, N.C., company.
Broadcom Corp., a provider of integrated semiconductor solutions for broadband communications, has released StrataXGS III, a switch solution that includes integrated Ethernet switch chips and embedded security, officials from the Irvine, Calif., company said.
Blackberry has integrated a secure messaging server with its BlackBerry Enterprise Server to simplify sending sensitive messages from its handheld devices, a feature driven by its government users.
With Linux enjoying great use and acceptance with overseas governments, the open-source software's popularity is expected to increase in the United States, said experts that gathered at a forum today sponsored by Red Hat Inc.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology today will release specifications that will firm up biometric plans for governmentwide personal-identity-verification cards.
The government last month unveiled a new plan that calls for overhauling the nation's air transportation system in anticipation of dramatically increasing demand for air space.
Information Systems Laboratories won a three-year contract worth $13 million to develop and supply tactical air deployable buoys for the Navy, company officials said.
Sensoria Corp.'s new wireless mesh router enables high-throughput communication to support video and voice traffic with no infrastructure, said officials at the San Diego company.
Stacks of paper, hand-written notes and days of computer down time were all a part of the Marine Corps' old system of assigning and moving personnel from duty to duty.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency issued a broad agency announcement seeking research, development, design and testing proposals to be undertaken by the agency's Advanced Technology Office.
