The bilingual Canadian military has faced a unique challenge for most of its history: How do you make sure training manuals, documents and other written material say the same thing in French as they do in English?
Middleware, Larry Ellison said, is a "nitwit idea." Ellison, Oracle Corp.'s chairman and chief executive officer, was referring to the software that links legacy and other database systems with more advanced Internet applications and computer systems.
When government agencies rushed to put information on the Web, little did they realize how ill-prepared they were to answer specific questions from Internet users.
As federal officials gear up for what is expected to be another dangerous wildfire season, they will have a new firefighting tool, thanks to a geographic information system application created in response to last year's crisis. GeoMAC, short for Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination, is a multilayered GIS system that maps fire conditions against a wide range of variables, such as topography, weather forecasts, population centers, roads, buildings and habitats.
Cell-phone users revel in mobility: the freedom from the traditional hindrance of wires and wall-mounted jacks. Computer users should expect the same ... sooner than later, according to knowledgeable insiders.
When the application service provider model first arrived on the scene a few years ago, many ASP vendors decided to take on the requisite integration work themselves even as many systems integrators thought they could simply add the ASP service to their bag of tricks.
Lockheed Martin Corp. announced June 11 that its Information Systems unit will undertake a paper-free contracting process with several Department of Defense agencies.
A year into the General Services Administration's 10-year, $1.5 billion smart-card program, federal agencies are quietly plugging away, still struggling to figure out how to use the new technology to strengthen security, streamline procedures and save money.
PeopleSoft Inc. and Smarthinking Inc. announced this week they have signed contracts to provide services under PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Army's global distance learning network.
Electronic Data Systems Corp. and Nestor Traffic Systems Inc. have announced an agreement through which the companies will market technology to catch drivers running red lights and process the resulting citations.
A wide variety of customer relationship management technologies are finding their way into the public sector as government officials discover the benefits of acquiring software solutions that promise better services, improved revenue and speedy contact with citizens.
Internet payment solutions provider eOne Global LP announced March 27 it has formed a new subsidiary that will provide electronic payments services to all levels of government.
Logicon Inc. has received a $13 million, five-year contract to provide computer operations and software programming services to the Air Force Weather Agency at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.
Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, Md., has delivered a new Web-based application to the National Wildfire Coordination Group that will help federal, state and local firefighter organizations mobilize people, equipment and materials to combat major wildfires in the United States.
KPMG Consulting Inc. is embarking on an enterprise resource planning project in Pennsylvania that industry and government officials expect to be closely watched as one of the largest projects of its kind.
