Stories about: GSA

Over 100 attendees gathered for Network World's live chat on counterfeit network gear -- how to detect it and protect yourself -- with guest Mike Sheldon, chief executive officer of Network Hardware Resale. NHR employs more than 200 people in the United States and Europe. Sheldon discussed methods for identifying fake gear, the refurbished hardware industry's efforts to educate users about counterfeits and Cisco's role in eradicating this growing problem.

In a quick turnabout, the US Environmental Protection Agency has lifted a week-old suspension of IBM from seeking new federal IT work. But IBM still faces an investigation by the EPA as well as a federal grand jury probe over a bid for a contract at the agency in 2006.

Web-hosted enterprise search has failed to catch on because of its limited scope and the rise of search appliances from vendors such as Google, analyst firm CMS Watch says in a new report.

Despite official urging, telecommuting within US federal agencies is languishing, in part because standards for how to secure mobile endpoints don't exist -- mainly the laptops telecommuters would use when outside the office.

The big bang outsourcing contracts made famous by the big banks over the past decade may have been a one-off occurrence, according to the architect of Westpac's famed multi-billion deal with IBM.

The U.S. federal government will award on Tuesday a 10-year, $50 billion IT services contract called Alliant that is available to all civilian and defense agencies for purchasing IT systems design, software engineering and other services.

A unique demonstration showed user-centric identity software from major vendors, start-ups, one-woman projects and open source hackers all working in concert to replace passwords with validated identity-card access to Web-based resources.

An upgraded version of the free enterprise search application IBM developed with Yahoo is being released Monday, and includes support for foreign languages, the ability to search metadata, and tools allowing customers to more easily customize the user interface.

The value of the top 20 U.S. government IT contracts in fiscal year 2007 will be US$118 billion, less than half the value of the top 20 government IT contracts in 2006, according to a report released Tuesday.

Foodstuff producer and distributor Burns Philp has signed a three-year managed service contract with Brennan IT replacing incumbent IBM GSA.

The Department of Health and Ageing is calling for tenders for the development of an online network to store documents and enable better workflow management for the listing of approved drugs via the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).