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Sales of Mac Office rocket, says Microsoft

News Senior marketing manager Amanda Lefebvre declined to give all of the credit to Apple, but said of the increased number of Macs, "Of course that's one of the components that is helping us. While Apple's market share gains are cause for consternation...

Tags: mac, apple, office, microsoft

[13 May 2008]

Ensuring Compliance With PCI Data Security Standards: Employing CoreGuard to Meet Encryption and Access Control Requirements for Payment Card Industry (PCI) Standards

whitepaper Compliance with PCI (Payment Card Industry) data security requirements is a key initiative for any company that processes credit cards. PCI, an industry-wide adoption of Visa's CISP (Cardholder Information Security Program), is the credit card...

Tags: security standards

[13 May 2008]

Is Your WLAN Putting Your PCI Compliance at Risk?

whitepaper The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard was created in 2004 by major credit card companies - American Express, Discover Financial, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa International - to provide security and privacy of customers...

Tags: security standards

[13 May 2008]

PCI Compliance: The Importance of Securing Payment Information

whitepaper The vast majority of these cases stemmed from data breaches associated with credit cards. Fraud and identity theft are on the rise. The Federal Trade Commission received more than 685,000 complaints of fraud and identity theft in 2005, totaling...

Tags: security standards

[13 May 2008]

Will consumers always want free banking?

Comment In other words, for customers who use the bank purely for payment transactions, settle credit card payments in a timely fashion, and do not overdraw their accounts beyond agreed limits, the bank's services - which could include cheque, credit card...

Tags: oft, free banking

[12 May 2008]

Photos: Babbage's Difference masterpiece in action

Photo Photo credit: CNET News.com Photo credit: Computer History Museum Photo credit: Computer History Museum Photo credit: Computer History Museum Photo credit: CNET News.com Photo credit: CNET News.com Photo credit: CNET News.com

Tags: history museum, babbage

[12 May 2008]

Cheques go up in smoke but plastic is fantastic

News Credit cards have remained static, as has the amount of money paid in cash. Cheque payments continue to decline in the UK as card transactions increase, according to UK payments association Apacs. It found plastic cards accounted for 65 per cent of...

Tags: debit cards, cheques, apacs

[12 May 2008]

Achieving PCI Compliance For: Privileged Password Management & Remote Vendor Access

whitepaper Though PCI compliance is not a government driven requirement such as Sarbanes Oxley and HIPAA, noncompliance under PCI can have a devastating impact on any enterprise that relies on credit card transactions.

Tags: security standards

[12 May 2008]

Financial-Software Leader Credits Productivity Boost, Reduced IT Costs to 2007 Software

whitepaper JHA), a leading provider of software and services to banks and credit unions, has long depended on Microsoft Office Word, Office Excel, and Office PowerPoint to produce timely and effective marketing, sales, and support documents.

Tags: business management

[11 May 2008]

Getting to Know You: Activities for Young Students

whitepaper Teaching is all about borrowing ideas, and the author would give credit if he or she remembered where or from whom they originally came (some ideas actually are the authors), but now these suggestions are of the users too.

Tags: it hr - staffing - training

[11 May 2008]

Eurogroup Ensures Stable and Secure Network Interaction Across 34,000 Member Enterprises

whitepaper Eurogroup was established in 1999 to provide small- and medium-sized enterprises with credit and corporate consulting services. Eurogroup wanted to have only one database for Eurofidi and Eurcons and reduce time for financing authorization.

Tags: data recovery - security

[11 May 2008]

Developing Adaptive Composite Business Services Using WebSphere Business Services Fabric, Part 1 - Introducing IBM's New Platform for Business Service Modeling, Assembly, and Deployment

whitepaper A business service, which can be derived from freestanding components, derived from disparate legacy IT assets (such as legacy systems, packaged applications, custom applications, and so on), or provided by a third-party, provides a discrete...

Tags: business management

[11 May 2008]

Citrix Solutions for Complying With PCI-DSS: Ensuring Protection of Web Applications and Privacy of Cardholder Information

whitepaper The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) is a global standard governed by the major credit card companies. The standard comprises a set of directives for entities that handle credit cards, with the goal of reducing fraud.

Tags: security standards

[10 May 2008]

Lessons Learned: Top Reasons for PCI Audit Failure and How to Avoid Them

whitepaper Although the drive to protect credit card data is vital, many companies have yet to implement the technologies and processes needed to address the standard's specific requirements. Since Visa mandated the Cardholder Information Security Program...

Tags: security standards

[10 May 2008]

Wireless LAN Security Best Practices and PCI Compliance

whitepaper Any business that handles credit card data must comply with the requirements of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. This paper describes how best practices for wireless LAN security help businesses meet compliance requirements...

Tags: wireless lan

[10 May 2008]

Caption Competition: Clamped!?

Photo Photo credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News.com This work of art was on show at the Maker Faire event in San Mateo, a celebration of do-it-yourself culture. Submit a caption for this picture as a Reader Comment below.

[09 May 2008]

PCI Data Security Standard: SSO - Strong Authentication - Physical/Logical Security Convergence

whitepaper During the last ten years there has been an explosion in the use of Internet-based commerce, as well as a drastic increase in credit and debit card usage in the physical storefront. Department of Justice, the number of identity thefts and...

Tags: security standards

[09 May 2008]

Managed File Transfer and the PCI Data Security Standards

whitepaper The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) are intended for use by merchants, financial processors, point-of-sale vendors, and banks, credit unions and other financial institutions that transmit, process and/or store credit...

Tags: security standards

[09 May 2008]

Encrypting Recordings Is Not Enough: Steps to Protect Your Most Sensitive Data

whitepaper The PCI Data Security Standards were created to protect the personal and financial data customers entrust to retailers, banks, service providers, and credit card companies. As fraud and identity theft becomes more prevalent, businesses that record...

Tags: security standards

[09 May 2008]

Photos: Beijing Olympics 2008 - tech keeping the games on track

Photo Photo credit: Steve Ranger Photo credit: Atos Origin Photo credit: Steve Ranger Photo credit: Steve Ranger Photo credit: Atos Origin Photo credit: Steve Ranger Photo credit: Steve Ranger Photo credit: Steve Ranger

Tags: project, infrastructure, olympic

[07 May 2008]

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