12 Hot Technologies For Government Customers

More than 100 top solution providers descended on sunny Hollywood, Fla., this week for IT ChannelVision: Government Edition. The VARs got to see the latest and greatest technologies for government customers from dozens of vendors (and the ocean view wasn't too shabby, either). Here's a look at what some of the vendors had to offer, and what some solution providers had to say.

These two companies combined technology to offer a Bluetooth voice communication eyewear that attracted the attention of solution providers Katie Gladhill, director of DoD programs, defense sector for Nortel Government Solutions (second from left), and Leslie Anne McIndoe, account manager at AAC, of Vienna, Va. (third from left). They are flanked by Thomas Rickards, president of Energy Telecom (left), and Tom Perszyk, CEO of Samsin USA (right).

Rickards said the eyewear was developed as an industrial and military product, but Gladhill and McIndoe envision a more general acceptance among government employees.

"It's the missing link to telecommuting," Gladhill said.

The glasses retail for $169 to $199, but the company is also developing fashion frames that will be more expensive.

Somansa's Mail-i system is a managed e-mail and IM compliance solution that can archive and manage messages that monitor in real-time.

Eric Kwon, president of Somansa Technologies, (left), explains the solution to Alberto Donoso, IT director for Advanced Computer Concepts, a McLean, Va.-based solution provider. Kwon also explained that his family has been in the "compliance" business for 1,400 years. He's a 39th generation descendent of his family tree and his ancestors carefully planned out how family members are named to easily track and manage them. "That's compliance," he said.

Emerson Network Power/Liebert shared information on its UPS systems, power conditioning, power distribution and other products marketed toward government, defense, education and health-care customers.

Eprentise offers a consolidation solution that works with Oracle's E-Business Suite, said Helene Abrams, founder, CEO and president. Its FlexField suite works well to meet customers' Common Government-Wise Accounting Classification (CGAC) needs, she said.

Her company shared a booth with Protexx, which offers Protexx VPN, government-level 2048 bit encryption algorithm, according to the company.

Oracle's Stacey Sink, director of applications partner programs and initiatives, is ready to explain Oracle PartnerNetwork for prospective resellers and systems integrators. The vendor said more than 1,500 national and local governments run Oracle applications and the public sector is Oracle's largest industry, according to literature Sink was distributing.

Craig Denning, business development manager, Federal Government, is ready to talk about his company's managed security services, including SecureWorks Log Monitoring, Host Intrustion Prevention Service and Threat Intelligence. SecureWorks is ISO 27001/177999-, PCI-, GLBA-, HIPAA-, NERC CIP- and SOX-compliant, according to the company.

Tobesoft representatives answer questions about the company's XPlatform, an enterprise rich Internet applications (RIA) building platform that improves business productivity through three versions: runtime, widget or Ajax, according to the vendor.

QlikTech's Tony Altemus, a senior presales consultant, shows off the company's QlikView business analysis tool to a couple of solution providers.

From left to right, Sang-Suk Oh, Yoonho Lee, Raphael Gomez and Richard Oh demonstrate Wellbas Limited's HiSaver, a power strip that manages power through motion sensors that detect when a user is present or absent. The HiSaver can realize "zero standby electricity," using a fraction of electricity that a PC uses in standby mode, according to the company.

Ken Higgins, vice president of sales, Buffalo Technology, proudly displays his company's network attached storage and direct attached storage products. Buffalo's LinkStation and TeraStation NAS products provide a central location for data and allow access from anywhere on the network.

Pete Rouse, vice president of marketing at Intermec, holds the new CN3 Mobile Computing device at the Solution Center booth. The rugged handheld includes an integrated GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, choice of WWAN radios (3G CDMA/EV-DO or GSM/EDGE), runs Windows Mobile 5.0 and supports Cisco Systems' Compatible Extensions (CCX).

CRU-DataPort executives talk with a solution provider about the company's new RTX400-QR rugged and portable SATA storage enclosure. The product features two- to four-bay and 1U SAS/SATA storage enclosures with removable drive carriers.