Enterprise Architecture
Group tackles IP routing protocols for embedded networks
New IETF working group formed to create IP routing standards for low-powered networks.
Draft guidance for securing servers
NIST needs comment on draft guidelines for securing servers.
Shawn P. McCarthy | 10 steps toward solid government SOA
Internautcommentary: When it comes to SOA, the only way to go is bite-size chunks and a long-term plan.
Wyatt Kash | Good ideas converge
Editors deskcommentary: Financial pressures, security concerns driving data center consolidation are intersecting with the demand for green computing and emerging virtualization capabilities.
Make way for T-Ray
Investigators at the University of Utah, with funding from the National Science Foundation, are investigating terahertz radiation computing.
WAN to the max
Optimization tools can help boost network efficiency, reduce strain on bandwidth.
R. Fink | Data centers need pole position
The Packet Ratcommentary: Overheated system boards dont always faithfully report their increasingly random problems.
Experts struggle with cybersecurity agenda
The next president will inherit a cyber infrastructure under almost constant attack and at greater risk than eight years ago.
Argonne gets new computer facility
Argonne National Laboratory unveils new Leadership Computing Facility for research, development of science and engineering advances using computationally intensive projects.
DARPA showcases remote-control cars
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency spotlights six top performers from the Urban Challenge competition.
To each his own storage
Agencies need to build backup systems to match their unique storage challenges.
Wyatt Kash | Data center metrics
Editors deskcommentary: Industry and government cannot give up on finding a common set of metrics for data center performance.
IBM debuts iDataPlex servers
IBM has unveiled a new category of servers addressing the needs of organizations that use high-performance and Web 2.0 computing to operate massive data centers.
EPA, Green Grid in energy-efficiency pact
Environmental Protection Agency has signed an agreement with the Green Grid to forge greater energy efficiency in EPA computer facilities.
Mobile computing gets academic
GCN Insider: Its a sign of having arrived when a new technology gets its own academic discipline.
Seagate accelerates SAS
Product Spotlight: Seagate has introduced its first near-line Serial Attached SCSI hard drive, the 1-terabyte Barracuda ES.2.
Dark physics and processor power
GCN Tech brief: Researchers propose to fit more circuits on a processor by refining a of dark physics.
Self-encrypting data center drives
Seagate Technology has plans for a new line of self-encrypting drives that could secure critical data through the life cycle of the data-center hardware on which it resides.
Jan Popkin | Enterprise architecture: a journey, not a destination
Jan Popkin a master at describing and documenting current and desired relationships between information technology and an organizations business and management processes, and he remains on top of enterprise architecture trends and developments.
Greener data centers
Federal agencies are adopting a more environmentally conscious mentality when it comes to their data centers.



