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 <title><![CDATA[SECURITY HEATS UP]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Security plans moved to the front burner last month in Congress and at agencies throughout Washington, with systems security among the hottest topics.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[House sees e-mail spike]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Disrupted postal service to Congress and other branches of the government has prompted a spike in e-mail traffic, but federal agencies said it is too early to tell if anthrax attacks through the mail were pushing the public to use online services instead.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[14th Annual Post Newsweek Government Awards Gala]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Navy&#146;s Joseph R. Cipriano and the Mint&#146;s Jackie Fletcher took home Government Executive of the Year awards at the 14th annual Post Newsweek Tech Media Group awards gala in Washington last month, attended by about 1,000 federal and industry IT executives.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Three veteran federal IT execs named to Hall of Fame]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Three government veterans with a combined 67 years of service were inducted last month into Post Newsweek Tech Media Group&#146;s IRM Hall of Fame at the 14th annual government awards gala.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Ten agencies honored for innovative projects]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Ten federal projects received awards for their innovative, effective use of IT at the Post Newsweek Government Awards banquet last month.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Navy reboots quickly after Sept. 11]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Navy lost 70 percent of its Pentagon office space when a hijacked jetliner crashed into the building on Sept. 11. But within a week&#151;with the help of contractors&#151;the department was back at work.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Services award contracts for support, upgrade]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Navy, Army and Army National Guard recently awarded multimillion-dollar contracts for midsize to large-scale IT projects. And an Air Force command is deploying a new system for wireless LANs.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[INCOMING]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Job training. The Army has outsourced construction of an enterprise learning management system that will let soldiers train on the Web. As many as 1 million soldiers annually will be able to use the system to meet their occupational specialty requirements.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Energy ramps up its cybersecurity]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Public-key infrastructure and IT security training are two top priorities for the Energy Department as it recovers from the security lapses that sparked widespread criticism in 1999 and 2000.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[A SAN with a plan]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Data is the grist of any application. The trick has always been getting that data from where it is to where it needs to be without causing bottlenecks in application performance.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IRS takes some job applications on its Web site]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The IRS has launched an online job application process for criminal investigation special agent positions.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17425-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Bill would fund IT procurement worker training]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A fund for training IT procurement workers would result in better management of major contracts, said Rep. Tom Davis, who plans to sponsor a bill to establish one.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FEMA plans to connect worlds of data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Emergency Management Agency is seeking proposals, due Nov. 21, for a mapping interoperability framework to combine spatial data from federal, state and local storehouses on the fly via the Web.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17427-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Antiterrorism law broadens e-mail tracking]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The sweeping antiterrorism act signed last month by President Bush expands government&#146;s wiretapping and electronic surveillance authority.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17428-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Lockheed will buy OAO, put it in IT division]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin Technology Services of Cherry Hill, N.J., a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp., last month agreed to acquire OAO Corp., a federal IT security contractor in Greenbelt, Md.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17429-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Sun ruggedizes one of its Netra server models]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Extreme environments are no problem for some new 750-MHz UltraSparc III servers from Sun Microsystems Inc., according to company officials.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Telework gets boost at DOD]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Defense Department has signed off on a policy that will allow up to 25 percent of eligible employees to work from home or an approved alternative work site as part of the federal Interagency Telework/Telecommuting plan.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[INTERVIEW: John P. Stenbit, Defense&#146;s IT chief]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[President Bush appointed John P. Stenbit to the position of assistant secretary of Defense for command, control, communications and intelligence on Aug. 7. He had worked for military and civilian organizations in the telecommunications and command and control fields for more than 30 years.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DID YOU HEAR]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Vectors for evil. No, they&#146;re not terrorist-piloted Boeing 737s or letters loaded with anthrax. According to a recent e-mail slugfest among members of the government&#146;s XML Working Group, the vectors of evil are e-mail attachments. &#147;Just say no&#148; to attachments, argued one combatant to another.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17419-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[UNSCRAMBLE]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[NAME THAT AGENCY]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17421-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PACKET RAT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Rat got home from the hospital [GCN, Oct. 22, Page 42] just in time to succumb to the anthrax panic. Coming from a long line of subsoil inhabitants, the whiskered one can break into hives just from hearing the word &#147;cutaneous.&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17422-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Current Issue Crossword/Puzzle]]></title>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[A database helps the help desk]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[On many help desks, a support analyst has the option of walking to a malfunctioning computer and fixing it. For Erika Pierce, however, work isn&#146;t that simple.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17410-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Now that President Bush has placed the country on a war footing to respond to terrorist attacks, it is time to dust off some dormant procurement programs. Potentially, one of the most important of these is the Defense Priorities and Allocations System.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17411-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Calendar]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[November 14. Electronic Contracting Seminar.Philadelphia. Contact the National Contract Management Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter; phone: 215-569-5709; e-mail: figel@blankrome.com.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17412-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[HHS e-grants portal is one of the 23]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Health and Human Services Department&#146;s electronic grants portal, under development since 1998, is a winner in the Office of Management and Budget&#146;s sweepstakes for approval as one of the top 23 electronic-government initiatives.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17433-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FirstGov joined by USA Service]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The year-old FirstGov.gov federal information portal, developed by the General Services Administration, is ready to take its next step towards transactions. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17434-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Advances now seen as urgent]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The digital technology on display at last week&#146;s SGI Defense Summit in Arlington, Va., would give soldiers perhaps their most important weapon: information.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17435-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Agency CIOs emphasize sharing information &#133;]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[On Sept. 11, the terrorists &#147;had something we don&#146;t,&#148; said Alex Bennet, deputy CIO for enterprise integration and chief knowledge officer for the Navy. &#147;They had very good knowledge management, they shared and they understood. That&#146;s what we have not done well.&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17436-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[... while webmasters pull sensitive information off Web sites]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[That giant scrubbing sound you hear is federal webmasters removing documents from their sites&#151;data they believe would pose a danger to Americans if used by terrorist groups.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17437-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Weldon: Industry should help link stovepipes]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The government needs the IT industry&#146;s innovation and expertise, Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) told an audience of agency and industry representatives last month at a Market Access International conference.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17438-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Former security chiefs join call for data integration]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Former CIA director R. James Woolsey last month called on agencies to share databases to combat terrorism but only on a strict need-to-know basis.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17439-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army digitizes Nazi documents]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Since World War II, millions of images chronicling Nazi war crimes have gone unseen in reels of microfilm in the Army&#146;s Investigative Records Repository. Within a year, the images will be open to the public as historical documents, thanks to custom software that turned the poor-quality photographs into digital images.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17441-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[USPS inks second deal with Compaq]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Postal Service signed a five-year, $1 billion IT contract for products and services with Compaq Computer Corp., with an option to extend that into a 10-year, $2 billion contract.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17442-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[INS upgrades zero in on IDs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Immigration and Naturalization Service is building up its information systems as part of its efforts to bolster national security.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17443-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Landings find common ground]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration are testing separate but interoperable satellite-based landing guidance systems based on the Global Positioning System.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17444-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[INS awards two STARS orders]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Immigration and Naturalization Service awarded Computer Sciences Corp. two task orders worth $48 million to provide IT support for the agency&#146;s Service Technology Alliance Resources program.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17445-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Navy site posts Web warnings]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is using the Internet to inform Navy employees about the risks the Web poses to their children.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17446-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EDITORIAL]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The new emphasis on cybersecurity has been compared to the year 2000 repair effort. The analogy is only partly valid because the year 2000 work had an obvious deadline and a clear goal. Cybersecurity requires unending vigilance in the face of constantly changing threats.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17392-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[LETTERS TO THE EDITOR]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In your article, &#147;Digital-signature app lets DOD users work their way up to PKI&#148; [], about electronic signature and approval management software by White Sands Missile Range and the Army Medical Command, Barry West of the General Services Administration expresses his views on interoperability and scalability of this type of application used in government.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Two ways to fix XP&#146;s &#145;hibernate&#146; security hole]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The new Microsoft Windows XP operating system&#146;s hibernate feature by default creates a back-door security hole when used on a network domain, as the GCN Lab pointed out [GCN, Oct. 22, Page 1].]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17432-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Good wireless pick depends on service]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A cell phone is simply an advanced two-way radio, and about 40 percent of the U.S. population now carries one.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17409-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Easy Mapping]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Geological Survey&#146;s nationwide freshwater data survey now taps a data warehouse with a click on a map.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Spreadsheet server spreads Excel data with a browser]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Microsoft Excel spreadsheets can be shared by browser with Actuate Corp.&#146;s e.Spreadsheet Server. Users can do their own data analysis of the browser-delivered spreadsheets, said Michael P. Thoma, vice president for marketing strategy at the South San Francisco, Calif., company.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17395-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[POWER USER]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows XP will be the only operating system shipped on most PCs by January. It works better with legacy software than Windows 2000 was, and it is every bit as stable.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17396-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Printouts of e-mail records are piling up at agencies]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agencies are experiencing a warehouse logjam from printing out e-mail messages as official records, and the jam could grow as some congressional offices refuse postal mail because of the anthrax scare.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17397-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[INTERNAUT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Watching new network security initiatives emerge this winter will be like watching a sporting event.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[VA sends Spot to fetch data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The simple sentence &#147;See Spot run&#148; has taken on new meaning at the Veterans Affairs Department&#146;s National Center for Patient Safety in Ann Arbor, Mich.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17402-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[IT security work may be on hold]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Every branch of security &#147;is at a top level of alert,&#148; said Paul Connely, Washington partner in the technology security group of PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. of New York.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_32/17403-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[MaxAttach can make snapshots of disk volumes]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Maxtor Corp.&#146;s new MaxAttach NAS 6000 storage appliance scales from 1.9T to 5.7T in capacity.]]></description>
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