The General Services Administration today increased the minimum revenue guarantee to $50 million from $25 million for the Enterprise part of the 10-year Networx contract for telecommunications and data services.
Qwest Communications International Inc. can keep competing for federal government work, after the General Services Administration declined to debar the company following a two-and-a-half year probe.
The elimination of the House subcommittee that focuses solely on IT does not mean that federal agencies and contractors should expect oversight by lawmakers to relax.
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.
Comments on Networx, the General Services Administration's huge telecommunications contract, reflect industry concerns with low minimum revenue guarantees, price management mechanism and other issues.
Recent telecommunications merger announcements will reduce the number of carriers in the government marketplace, but will let the surviving companies offer more comprehensive services to the federal customers.
The Mississippi Information Technology Services Department wants a vendor to develop an asset management tool that would let it inventory IT equipment, such as circuits, routers, router configurations and transceivers. An RFP is expected in the first quarter. The department hopes to convert to a commercial package over several years.
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.
An industry group has launched a sharp attack on a planned $2 billion network project in California, contending that the new program's requirements favor the incumbent contractor, SBC Communications Corp.
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.
Science Applications International Corp. is urging the FBI to fully deploy the Virtual Case File case management system the San Diego company provided in a pilot version.
Thales e-Security Inc. is finishing work on an encryption appliance to secure legacy process control systems that regulate much of the nation's critical infrastructure.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Security Agency have released a specification to standardize IT security checklists.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology Jan. 31 released the final public draft of recommended security controls for federal systems, a fine-tuned version of a document that will become a mandatory Federal Information Processing Standard by the end of the year.
BAE Systems North America Inc. has won a five-year, $38 million contract to provide network operations and engineering services for the FBI Enterprise effort.
Thales e-Security Inc. is finishing work on an encryption appliance to secure legacy process control systems that regulate much of the nation's critical infrastructure.
