Rick and all,
whew... rough week... 16 hour days... Haven't read through all the post so apologies if any of this is a repeat.
Sorry, nothing IDX specific...
Digitalme article.
DigitalMe technology clear -- but not its future
computerworld.com
Evidence of a fingerprint reader and Microsoft Windows NT.
PC complexities give more responsibilities to users
Recently, I saw a demonstration of a shell for Microsoft Windows NT. PC user could have everything from a full-blown system to a dumb terminal.
It was slick technology, right down to the fingerprint-enabled log-on. But it was also a bit creepy seeing the data-entry-clerk mode, in which a user clicks on the Start button and nothing happens.
gcn.com
In 2000, federal IT budget rises
A couple of excerpts...
As lawmakers wrangle over spending bills for fiscal 2000, a new study projects that federal information technology spending will increase to $33.6 billion this year despite an overall decrease in discretionary spending
The next big thing
The biggest issue facing agencies in the post-2000 period is systems security, the study found.
“ ‘Security is the next Y2K' is what we heard in every interview,” Freeman said. “As soon as there is a breach in security, there will be a need to move to the next level of security.”
Various security problems, ranging from those at the Energy Department to widespread Web hacking, have illustrated what a large target government is, said Deidre K. Murray, market development manager at GTE Corp. and a member of the civilian forecast team.
gcn.com
Some more talk about budget and security...
When it comes to IT security, CIOs say that talk is cheap
If government is to tackle systems security, Congress will need to put money where its mouth is, federal systems officials say.
gcn.com
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