At the height of the Internet boom, a company knew its Web site had made the big time when it needed the help of a separate network of servers to meet the demand of site visitors. The added servers proved to be a cost-effective way of locating content closer to users and taking the burden off back-end systems that ran a site.
Cross Match Technologies Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., has developed a biometric hand print scanner based on requirements set out by California law enforcement. The new ID 2500, which meets FBI and NIST standards, is ergonomically designed to get a complete scan, including the palm pocket, in one pass.
	Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have tested a high-speed exchange of cryptographic keys using a stream of photons, the smallest pulses of light. Such transmission is secure from eavesdropping because tapping into a photon stream changes its physical properties. "Detecting a photon involves its destruction," a NIST official said.
	Mountain View, Calif.-based Silicon Graphics Inc., in a bid to raise its profile further in high-performance computing, said it will incorporate 10-gigabit Ethernet connectivity across its servers, workstations and storage systems. The high-speed interconnect will help research labs better process large data sets.
The U.S. military's huge demand for satellite services is driving a wave of acquisitions among large providers trying to capitalize on the growing federal market.
The telecommunications industry is once again in a state of flux. Still acclimating to the flood of competition unleashed by the 1996 Telecommunications Act and licking its wounds from a scandal-tainted 2000 market crash, the industry now must grapple with how best to deliver a wide variety of services over a changing network infrastructure.
It might not be as stunning an upset as Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson for the heavyweight championship in 1990, but Accenture Ltd.'s selection as prime contractor for the U.S. Visit program surprised many market experts.
"The back-end advantage that people don't understand about Linux is that it changes the way applications are being developed and the way that organizations are structured," says IBM's Sam Docknevich about the growing attention to Linux.
"The back-end advantage that people don't understand about Linux is that it changes the way applications are being developed and the way that organizations are structured," says IBM's Sam Docknevich about the growing attention to Linux.
"The back-end advantage that people don't understand about Linux is that it changes the way applications are being developed and the way that organizations are structured," says IBM's Sam Docknevich about the growing attention to Linux.
Federal officials are hoping to bolster support among states for an anti-terrorism information-sharing network with a new approach that would let each state keep greater control over its information.
	Hewlett-Packard Co. will incorporate digital imaging, identification and biometric technology from San Diego-based ImageWare Systems Inc. into its Adaptive Enterprise security solutions for the government market, the companies said.
Tibco Software Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., has opened an executive briefing center in Falls Church, Va., to help develop integration platforms for government customers. The move is part of the company's new government solutions practice aimed at providing homeland security, Federal Enterprise Architecture and cross-agency collaboration applications.
IBM Corp. wants government agencies to use the same productivity applications, regardless of computing device and operating system, by running them off a server. The company's new Workplace Client Technology aims to create server-based applications that are easy to manage and can run on desktops, notebooks and wireless devices using Windows, Unix, Linux or another operating system.
At a top-secret industry conference this week, a federal agency with no budget to speak of will tell integrators and technology vendors how they can win business helping defense and intelligence agencies.
The 64-bit processors from Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. could alter the landscape of high-performance computing. The design advancements in AMD's 32/64-bit Opteron and Intel's 64-bit Itanium are the latest example of Moore's Law, which holds that computer chips will double in density, and thus capability, every 18 to 24 months.
The government should tap the expertise of private industry when it develops continuity of operations plans, an AT&T Corp. executive told Congress last month.
