State and local governments are wary of using unproven, untested technologies, and it's been a significant obstacle to early adoption of emerging technologies to support public-sector processes.
Last year, I predicted that this would be a good year for 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch and router manufacturers because of the growing demand for high-bandwidth connections in enterprise networks.
Before February, the U.S. Agency for International Development's network was scanned for vulnerabilities monthly, after which its systems administrators in 80 nations were sent reports about the vulnerabilities that were found.
Anyone get that plate number? Active Recognition Technologies Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz., has developed software for identifying and comparing license-plate numbers against watch lists.
The Agriculture Department's National Financial Center is looking for a vendor to provide support services for implementing Extensible Markup Language publishing extensions to its electronic publishing system.
In the past 18 months, Microsoft has overhauled its public-sector group, added government experts and begun working with systems integrators to win contracts.
When city officials in the nation's capital decided to build an interoperable wireless network for first responders, they adopted an approach that had barely been tested commercially, much less in government.
Despite the growing trend to pronounce the "Voice over Internet Protocol" acronym as a nasally "voip," purists still prefer to enunciate the letters V-O-I-P when they abbreviate the emerging technology.
Clad in tasseled caps and purple gowns, 50 seniors at Wurzburg High School in Germany stopped and posed briefly at the podium after receiving their diplomas. But instead of gazing at a teary-eyed audience, these students smiled into a donated video camera that relayed the event roughly 2,100 miles to their parents in Iraq.
Juniper Networks Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif., introduced the first fruits of its April acquisition of security vendor NetScreen Technologies Inc. The Juniper NetScreen-5 GT ADSL security appliance is designed to support remote offices that connect via ADSL services. It includes multiple security functions, including antivirus, firewall and denial of service protection, as well as IPSec and virtual private networking support.
Motorola Inc. has set its sights on emerging technology that could allow first responders and Special Forces to see through building walls. The Schaumburg, Ill.-based company joined other investors in a $5 million funding round for Camero Inc., an Israeli firm founded by technology and intelligence veterans.
ManTech International Corp., Fairfax, Va., released version 5.0 of its NetWitness wiretap tool. The new version includes better analytical features and increased abilities to monitor voice over IP traffic.
On July 7 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport the nation's first registered travelers sped through screening by placing their fingers on biometric readers in a pilot program launched by the Transportation Security Administration and Unisys Corp.
Even as the Defense Department builds a massive information grid often referred to as "network-centric warfare," experts say a new generation of software and sensors is needed to fulfill its promise. In a special report, Washington Technology found integrators and defense leaders struggling over how to make tactical use of the emerging network.
