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- Federal Server Core Configuration (FSCC): A High-Level Overview of the Value and Benefits of Deploying a Single, Standard, Enterprise-Wide Managed Server Environment
- The concept of enhancing server and network security, while also reducing the total cost of ownership, first took shape on a large enterprise scale in the U.S. Air Force USAF. It began as a follow-on project to the USAF's pioneering work on desktop standardization that grew into Federal Desktop Core...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Benefit, Configuration, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Roi/Tco, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Federal Desktop Core Configuration Compliance
- It is essential to understand that the FDCC is a detailed extension of a subset of the general security requirements previously imposed by Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 FISMA. In fact, FDCC presupposes that an implementing agency has already complied with the more general and fundamental network security...
- Tags: Desktop, Compliance, FISMA, Shavlik Technologies, NIST, Network Security, Networking, Security
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Driving Down Security and Compliance Costs: Learning From the Federal Government
- Utilizing a core standard for desktop and server systems is an approach that can yield significant savings in deployment and maintenance time. The Federal Desktop Core Configuration FDCC standard may provide some of the most significant, and well-document savings associated with this approach. This paper will examine the FDCC standard,...
- Tags: Security, NetIQ Corp., Standard, Compliance, Government, Federal Government, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-11-19
- Federal Desktop Core Configuration Statement of Direction
- FDCC stands for Federal Desktop Core Configuration. The FDCC specifies mandatory configuration requirements for the Microsoft Windows XP Pro and Windows Vista operating systems when used on US Government desktop systems. It also specifies mandatory configuration requirements for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 when used on these operating systems. This paper...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Procurement, FDCC, OMB, Purchasing & Procurement, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Business Operations, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2008-10-01
- BigFix makes government's power management mandate more palatable
- For those of you readers who work within federal government agencies and have been faced with meeting mandated conservation policies, software vendor BigFix has negotiated a deal with the General Services Administration to offer its software at an annual license of $3 per computer for the first year of new...
- Tags: Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Verdiem gives you more power over your power consumption. And, inquiring minds wonder whether power management might not be Vista's holy grail?
- Did you know that PCs and computer monitors account for roughly 13 percent of the total electricity used each year by commercial enterprises? That statistic from the Department of Energy, which actually is pretty outdated at this point, is just one of the arguments used by power management software company...
- Tags: Power Management, Data Center, Holy Grail, Power Consumption, Microsoft Windows Vista, Verdiem, Electricity Consumption, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-01-27
- The Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC)
- This white paper reviews the ongoing OMB and NIST Federal Desktop Core Configuration FDCC program at an executive level. It provides information on how the program originated, its current status and source data for additional information. The concept of enhancing PC and network security while also reducing the total cost...
- Tags: Air Force, Microsoft Corp., Roi/Tco, Desktops, Network Security, Networking, Security, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Inside Google Enterprise
- In the first part of my interview with Dave Girouard, vice president and general manager of Google Enterprise, we discussed the general parameters of a Google Office suite. In this part of the interview, Girouard talks about Google search and strategic directions for products directed at business customers. For...
- Tags: Google Inc., Girouard, Dave Girouard
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