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Amid roadside bombs from insurgents, the U.S. military has rolled out a satellite-based network for the Iraqi police that uses VoIP phones and Microsoft servers more reminiscent of an office in Boise than in Baghdad.

If you've ever wondered which conceptual shower the great business process management (BPM) idea came down in, the chances are you are not alone. Julian Bajkowski and David Margulius report

Lately it seems the moon and the stars are perfectly aligned for BPM -- the tools and methodologies for modeling, developing, and maintaining enterprise business processes. Scores of vendors now offer BPM software, which provides the means to analyze, optimize, and automate business procedures, from procurement workflows to insurance underwriting.

IBM and Honeywell International announced that they have signed a 10-year engineering and technology services deal that covers electronics for aircraft, munitions, and space and surface vehicles.

The Boeing Co. is to lease space on a satellite above the Atlantic Ocean, filling a further coverage gap in its Connexion by Boeing in-flight Internet service.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday granted seven companies permission to offer services such as broadband Internet over satellites.

Platform Computing announced the release of Platform SiteAssure 2.1 on Monday, offering customers an upgraded version of its distributed computing software equipped with new integrated service-level transaction probing and beefed-up management features.

Many companies have deployed streaming media for at least a few applications, but The Boeing Co. in Seattle thrives on it. At Boeing, it's possible to see Web-based video of rocket launches or to hear streaming Web audio of quarterly reports. And many of the aerospace company's 198,000 workers worldwide also have access to video, audio and slide presentation training materials over Boeing's internal network.

Akamai Technologies inked a handful of deals to extend the reach of its content distribution services at the ISPCON show in Orlando this week.

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) thought it was on its way to achieving more efficient purchasing when it unveiled its Procurement Gateway website two years ago. The site was designed to draw from several integrated databases to provide solicitations, specs, drawings and other contract documents online. Its aim was to make it easier for vendors to sell to the agency, thereby attracting more bidders and better prices for everything from paint to parachutes.

If Boeing has its way, road warriors soon won't have to suffer the agony of Web or e-mail withdrawal while on a commercial air flight.