Stories by Dan Caterinicchia

Gateway Unveils Revved-Up Servers

Gateway 2000 Inc. today unveiled its 8400 server, which is powered by Intel Corp.'s new 700 MHz Xeon processors and is designed to offer agencies an affordable solution for consolidating older, less powerful equipment.

Helping Agencies Set Up Shop

Federal agencies looking for a way to set up an easy-to-use and affordable electronic marketplace have a new option, thanks to an agreement made last week between IBM Corp. and Data Junction Corp.

New Computers for Tight Fed Space

IBM Corp. unveiled two simple and space-saving computers in its NetVista line today, features the company says make the products ideal for federal offices.

SAS Offers Money-back Guarantee

Information technology pilot programs normally test a system to work out the bugs before going forward with a full-scale implementation.

Free Linux Software Blocks Hackers

Certain electronic intruders will have to find a new way to wreak havoc thanks to free Linux software released Thursday by Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Bell Labs.

PictureTel forms ASP subsidiary

PictureTel on Monday announced the formation of 1414c, an application service provider that will focus on supplying IP-based communications to federal agencies and other ASPs.

Net Access Aids Malaria Study

Malaria is one of the toughest diseases for scientists to battle because it is most prevalent in remote areas of Africa, where electronic communications are either outdated or nonexistent.

GovHost.com Joins e-Government Craze

With the April launch of GovHost.com, cities and counties have yet another option for moving their government services online. Launched by VC3 Inc., a systems integrator based in Columbia, South Carolina, GovHost.com offers a suite of 13 virtual government modules via an application service provider (ASP) business model. The services include: payment of utility bills, property taxes and traffic citations online; the ability to apply for various permits; and the option of receiving e-mail notification for current or overdue bills.

GPS Follows Mobile Security System

The Hauppauge, New York, Public School District is testing a new vehicle tracking and messaging system that could improve communication between supervisors and their security personnel in the field.

The Case of Missing White House E-mail

A case-sensitive glitch allowed hundreds of thousands of incoming U.S. White House e-mail messages to slip through undetected, leaving the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice without e-mail evidence in matters related to campaign finance, "Filegate" and the Monica Lewinsky sex-and-perjury scandal.

Education CIO: A Man on a Mission

Staying perfectly still, Craig Luigart looks to the stars. Luigart, chief information officer at the U.S Department of Education, enjoys taking pictures of objects in space. The hobby requires careful focus and the aid of many different lenses to bring the objects, which cannot be seen by the naked eye, into view.

City Manager Challenges California Gov. on E-taxes

Responding to California Governor Gray Davis' recent "do no harm" remarks in favor of extending the moratorium on taxing Internet transactions, San Mateo, California's city manager sent a letter to the governor detailing at least two ways the lost tax dollars would hurt cities.

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