Data Management
LOC adds online touch for visitors
Library of Congress unveils interactive online technology to personalize library access.
Agency partnership improves mobile data security
The Data at Rest Tiger Team, DODs Enterprise Software Initiative and GSAs SmartBuy are part of an effort to improve security on mobile computing devices and removable storage media at all levels of government.
Mass. delays enforcement of data security regs
The general compliance deadline for the states 201 CMR 17 regulations was initially set for Jan. 1, 2009, but officials have pushed it to May 1.
100 Gigabit Ethernet on the horizon
Two of the largest high-performance research and education networks will partner with industry in developing a 100 Gigabit Ethernet test bed to move the emerging networking standard into production environments.
Unisys' Stealth Solution
Unisys Corp. has announced a new technology method for safeguarding the flow of sensitive data across shared information networks.
The state of spatial data
The Open Geospatial Consortiums international survey of geospatial data users finds that few organizations have strict policies on ensuring the quality of data entered into its systems.
Cybereye | On paper, a potential risk
Commentary: The security of electronic data gets a lot of attention, and rightly so, but a lot of sensitive information exists on paper, whose security if sometimes overlooked.
Sensors get L.A. up to speed
The Los Angeles Regional Transportation Management Center employees a system of embedded highway sensors, traffic monitoring stations, closed-circuit cameras, and ramp metering systems to track and reroute traffic in of the countries busiest traffic areas.
NCAR installs major storage upgrade
National Center for Atmospheric Research begins fivefold expansion of scientific data storage with new Sun library system.
Sandia stores petabytes of data with SGI tools
Sandia National Lab has installed an SGI InfiniteStorage 4600 solution capable of housing more than 1.8 petabytes of data.
Ark. chooses pension management tool
The Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System will use the Arrivos pension administration tool to manage its retirement program for 15,000 participants and 450 employers.
Security hole in Adobe Reader
A recently unearthed vulnerability in older versions of Adobe Reader software leaves users vulnerable to Web-based attacks.
OASIS forms interoperability panel
The committee aims to draw up guidelines that will help implementers write applications that conform to the Open Document Format Standard.
Bento 2 thinks inside the box
Bento 2 packs elegant look, surprising touches into a personal database that could help Mac users get organized.
Microsoft unveils Single View Platform
New tool is an architecture for integrating data with geospatial visualization in the enterprise.





