<FONT SIZE=2>The Naval Sea Systems Command has tapped into e-procurement software from Commerce One Inc. to cut its acquisition cycle and move to a Web-based system that allows better tracking of what it buys.</FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>Through funding from a National Science Foundation grant, Vivisimo Inc. of Pittsburgh has developed a search engine that clusters like-themed documents in multiple languages, including Arabic and Korean.</FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>A research subsidiary of San Diego natural gas provider Sempra Energy, called Sempra Fiber Links, is developing fittings to run fiber-optic cables through natural gas pipelines without disrupting the flow of gas, eliminating the costly need of trenching new ground to add lines. </FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>Phillip Windley, former chief information officer for Utah, has started a Web log (http://www.windley.com). Several times a day, he updates the site with news he finds around the Web, adding his own commentary. Recent articles posted include those on the return on investment offered by Web services, Utah's online sex-offender registry and recent federal legislation. </FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>A Web site that maps U.S. export data for each state is saving many hours for Commerce Department employees who have been swamped by an annual doubling of information requests from federal agencies, Congress and the public.</FONT>
What's the big deal about blade servers? Everything's smaller, from the size of the servers, to the number of cables and wires cluttering up the back of a rack, to the time required for setup and management and, at least in some cases, in the amount of power consumed.
<FONT SIZE=2>The Information Age has spawned an archivist's nightmare. Computers make it easier to create records, whether e-mail or formal documents. But storing them for the long haul wasn't part of the original plan.</FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>When city officials in Austin, Texas, decided to reduce pollution by allowing more city employees to telecommute, they found Expertcity Inc.'s GoToMyPC software enables employees to telecommute without the expense of upgrading the city's virtual private network. </FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>Phoenix Technologies Ltd., San Jose, Calif., a manufacturer of computer basic input-out system chips, has enhanced its chips with additional utilities for diagnostics, self-healing hardware monitoring capabilities, security protection, virus protection, emergency network access, remote desktop installations and system recovery. The Core Managed Environment BIOS chip is designed for use in personal computers, servers and wireless and embedded devices. </FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Md., has developed the first version of maintenance monitoring software for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The Test Failure Resolution Report software collects and stores failure data, root cause analysis data and corrective actions. As the first component of a Lockheed Martin F-35 <BR>
<FONT SIZE=2>In late March, NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America Inc., Itasca, Ill., will release a 40-inch liquid crystal display, the NEC LCD4000. The large monitors will cost $5,800 and will be used for public displays, conference presentations and information kiosks, company officials said. </FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>A new integration system developed with Defense Department funding can fit the functions of incompatible back-end applications onto a single desktop screen.</FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>Imagine this dilemma: You are standing in the desert, overlooking 10,000 tractor-trailer-sized containers packed with everything needed to carry out a military operation. Your mission: find a pair of size 10 boots locked away in one of those metal vessels. What do you do?</FONT>
The scenario is familiar to network administrators: Your network file servers are running out of storage space, and you can't think of any more quick fixes for the problem.
<FONT SIZE=2>When the Marine Corps needed to carve fat from operating expenses at its bases, it turned to cutting-edge accounting software from SAS Institute Inc.</FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., and Oracle Corp., Redwood Shores, Calif., are both sponsoring Common Criteria evaluations of the Linux operating system. </FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>Despite the space shuttle Columbia's tragic ending, at least one experiment from that mission proved successful. Tests had already been completed on the use of mobile Internet protocol in space, according to project managers. </FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>When the Navy issues a memorandum, personnel aboard ships at sea sometimes don't have it in their hands until several months later. A Navy base generally waits to collect enough memos or policy changes to fill a 650-megabyte CD-ROM. Then the copies must be burned, labeled and mailed. </FONT>
