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The article discusses the development and capabilities of the information technology (IT) systems of the German Armed Forces. Topics explored include the IT strategy designed by the German Ministry of Defense, challenges associated with maintaining security of information and communications networks while in compliance with interoperability standards, and the core requirements of information processing systems.

German internet exchange DE-CIX has announced Anexia as its first customer connecting to all three of its exchanges; DE-CIX Frankfurt, UAE-IX in Dubai and DE-CIX New York. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

German internet exchange DE-CIX has announced that its New York facility has gained 111 access points across Manhattan, New Jersey and Long Island in the US. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reports on a current project of the Bundesarchiv (National Archives of Germany), funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation). The project brings together in a collaborative portal the finding aids from archival records on SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany) and FDGB (Free German Trade Union Federation) from five eastern German state archives. To accomplish this the locally available, heterogeneous data formats must be transformed into a common profile of the international standard format for inventories: Encoded Archival Description (EAD). In addition to EAD, the Encoded Archival Context (EAC) is applied for the presentation of the provenance of the archival materials and the Encoded Archival Guide (EAG) is used for the information on the archives themselves. However, in spite of the use of EAD, EAC and EAG, there are still many aspects that need to be considered regarding interoperability with content from other cultural heritage organizations such as libraries and museums. When archival inventories are combined with catalogue data from libraries, for example, the archives' content stays inhomogeneous to the libraries' content. One reason for this, among others, is the diversity of the treated objects themselves. While publications from libraries are treated as single objects, finding aids from archives resemble collections. They subsume descriptions of single objects previously defined by archivists. A particular aspect of this heterogeneity is that the single objects connected in inventories cannot exist without their context. In addition, the different requirements and traditions of libraries and archives create a continuing heterogeneity. In spite of this heterogeneity, in the future it would be beneficial if users could employ a common searching entrance that takes into consideration the differences of the various knowledge institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the consumer electronics unveiled at the 1999 Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) in Europe. Digital television set introduced by JVC; Disadvantages of home network systems.

The article reports on the results of the first Plugfest which occurred in Nuremberg and Heilbronn in Germany in March 2009. The event was designed to prove the interoperability of the devices of members of the CANopen lift group. During the event, controller manufacturers Boehnke + Partner and Weber Lifttechnik exchanged data with several suppliers of lift components including Elgo and Masora through the CANopen network. It adds that a CANopen lift demonstration was presented at a conference in Heilbronn.