Press Release, 10/5/02: EDS Successfully Passes Contractor Test & Evaluation for $6.9 Billion Navy Marine Corps Intranet; DoD Authorizes 100,000 Additional 'Seats'
Comprehensive Testing Ensures Network, Desktop and Application Rollout Success For Federal Government's Largest Intranet
PLANO, Texas, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDS (NYSE: EDS) today announced it has successfully completed the mandated testing phase for the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) program and, as a result, the Department of Defense (DoD) has authorized the Department of the Navy (DoN) to order an additional 100,000 computer "seats" from EDS.
Today's announcement comes on the heels of the company successfully completing the mandated Contractor Test & Evaluation (CT&E) phase of the NMCI. The DoD has reviewed, and agrees with, the test results.
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ZDNet, 5/6/02: Notebooks clearing off the desktop
By John G. Spooner, ZDNet News
A new study from researcher IDC shows that the percentage of notebook PCs shipped, versus shipments of desktops, rose again in the first quarter of 2002 for the third consecutive year. Notebooks made up 23.8 percent of worldwide PC shipments in the first quarter of this year, up from 21.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2001 and 22.3 percent in the first quarter of last year.
Sales are on track to break the 25 percent barrier in the next three years, according to IDC.
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SearchWindows2000, 5/6/02: Microsoft users love Windows 2000; hate forced upgrades, arrogant ways
By Robert L. Scheier
Microsoft still faces major challenges in moving away from its roots as an operating systems vendor, according to an exclusive survey of 950 Windows professionals conducted by SearchWin2000.
Microsoft customers said the software vendor finally "got it right" with the reliability of its Windows 2000 operating system and is still a dominant trendsetter in the IT industry. But they're less interested in, and less satisfied by, Microsoft's other server products, and are increasingly looking to buy non-Microsoft software.
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ZDNet, 5/6/02: Simplicity is the key to security
By Wayne Rash
COMMENTARY--The name of the security game these days is simplicity. Last week, Check Point introduced SmartDefense, a product designed to make configuring its firewalls easier. Meanwhile, McAfee kicked off its SecurityCenter, which makes it easier to check your security installations.
Both products are designed to make security management easier. This is important because managing enterprise security has grown increasingly complex, and many companies don't do the job properly--not because they don't care, but because they don't know how. There's a shortage of skilled managers, and other factors present a challenge. For one thing, it takes sufficiently long to really learn network security, and the topic is complex. And rarely do well-qualified, well-paid workers jump around these days. (Those of you reading this who are highly-skilled security managers but who are not making a lot of money should probably check into that.) As a result, you need to do more with less; simplified security management tools would really help.
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Infoworld, 10/6/02: 10 GigE steps right up
By Scott Tyler Shafer
JUST MONTHS away from being ratified as a standard with the IEEE, 10 Gigabit Ethernet products from companies including 3Com, Intel, and Extreme Networks are set to make a mark on NetWorld+Interop 2002 in Las Vegas this week.
The push for the high-speed networking technology reflects the vendors' optimism that enterprises are ready to start considering investment in new core routing technology, despite a still-depressed economy.
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