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Outlawed: Reckless loss of data

News David Smith, deputy information commissioner, welcomed the laws, saying in a statement: "This change in the law sends a very clear signal that data protection must be a priority and that it is completely unacceptable to be cavalier with people's...

Tags: data breach, full disclosure, data loss

[12 May 2008]

Skype drops open-source appeal

News Skype's appeal argued that the GPL licence was not valid in Germany, claiming GPL breaks the country's antitrust laws. Skype has abandoned its efforts to avoid complying with an open-source licence that requires it to provide source code with Linux...

Tags: skype, gpl, open source

[12 May 2008]

Make the Best of a Company Reorganization

whitepaper New technology, new or changing laws that affect business, and actions that competitors take can mean the company must change or lose its competitive edge. At some point, virtually every business goes through a reorganization of some kind.

Tags: hr

[12 May 2008]

Collaborate on an Employment Manual With HR

whitepaper These manuals set expectations and guidelines for employees and must adhere to governing employment laws. Corporate attorneys often work together with human resources personnel to develop employment and policy manuals.

Tags: hr

[11 May 2008]

OSIsoft, Long Used for Performance Measurement, Now Boosts Environmental Sustainability

whitepaper The fear of global warming has accelerated interest in carbon footprint reduction, of course, as have government requirements at a variety of levels - from the international Kyoto Protocol to national laws in Europe and elsewhere, to enacted or...

Tags: application servers

[11 May 2008]

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

whitepaper In response to this increased threat, governments around the world have been considering an array of new laws and regulations to systematically combat the problem. During the last ten years there has been an explosion in the use of Internet-based...

Tags: security standards

[09 May 2008]

7 Ways to Reduce your 2008 IT Burden with Email Hosting

whitepaper Don't miss this chance to find out how upgrading to Microsoft Exchange 2007, advancements in mobile messaging, increased security concerns and a growing number of regulatory compliance laws will impact your in-house email system and IT staff.

Tags: infrastructure management

[08 May 2008]

Security Compliance Best Practices

whitepaper There are numerous new laws related to corporate governance, financial reporting practices, protecting personal information, counter-terrorism, and the potential for litigation. These laws impact an organization's data backup and storage...

Tags: security standards

[07 May 2008]

Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…

Comment Data laws Windows XP was getting a lot of attention this week, with silicon.com readers undecided whether the OS should live on or not… And data losses never seem far from the reader comments page, with this week being no exception… Another item on...

Tags: iphone, blackberry, femtocell, vista

[01 May 2008]

How To Use the Six Laws of Persuasion during a Negotiation

whitepaper This paper will introduce you to the Six Laws of Persuasion and teach you how to use them during a negotiation. In order to be successful, you must master the persuasion process, which will enable you to deliberately create the attitude change and...

Tags: outsourcing, persuasion, deal, actions

[30 Apr 2008]

Compliance Becomes A Top Concern

whitepaper So if you're concerned about laws requiring process management and the monitoring of electronic data (and you should be! Business and technology executives who are actively developing compliance strategies to meet the requirements of SOX, HIPAA...

Tags: compliance, informative, process management, requiring

[16 Apr 2008]

Bank admits rising leccy bills on 'green' data centre

News At the end of the day, I am bound by the laws of physics. Banking group Citi is on the verge of completing a major sustainable data centre project but has admitted the power requirements of its IT equipment are continuing to rise by 12.5 per cent...

Tags: green it, bank, data centres

[14 Apr 2008]

A New Paradigm in PKI Architecture: OTPK Technology for Online Digital Signature

whitepaper It is compliant to international digital signature laws. This paper presents a paradigm shift in PKI architectures. The OTPK concept is alarmingly simple to understand. Whenever a digital signature is required, the private key is generated...

Tags: pki

[11 Apr 2008]

Botnets: 'We're screwed', warn security experts

News Hopefully we'll get some updated laws to help us. President of the Internet Security Advisors Group, Ira Winkler, said: "The statistics are basically that we're screwed. There is no real strategy for it.

Tags: isps, law, fbi, security

[10 Apr 2008]

Laws of Data Recovery

whitepaper The main task of the director of IT for Fort Lauderdale-based law firm was to make the 200-attorney firm with 10 offices throughout Florida hurricane-proof. The goal was to make sure the company's employees retained access to its most critical...

Tags: high availability, availability, clients, employees

[10 Apr 2008]

United States Immigration Law in a World of Terror

whitepaper The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have spurred a burst of interest in United States immigration laws. Many elected officials and commentators called for immediate changes in US immigration laws to lessen the likelihood of future terrorist...

Tags: network security, united states, attacks, failed

[10 Apr 2008]

The Role of Security Management in Regulatory Compliance (CA)

whitepaper Corporate financial scandals, the rise of terrorism, and increased concerns over privacy of user information are among the factors that have led to a rise in governmental laws and industry regulations aroundfinancial reporting, security and data...

Tags: compliance, privacy, laws, achieve

[10 Apr 2008]

"WiMAX, NLOS and Broadband Wireless Access (Sub-11Ghz) Worldwide Market Analysis 2004-2008"

whitepaper The fact is that no system can go beyond the laws of physics and every deployment will face different challenges. This paper provides an analysis of worldwide market for WiMax, NLOS and broadband wireless access.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, wimax, deployment, coverage

[10 Apr 2008]

Consolidate and simplify UNIX system management with TFS UnixControl

whitepaper s multi platform environments to meet stringent security and privacy laws such as Sarbanes Oxley, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SBA), HIPAA act and the FDA 21 CFR Part 11 regulation.

Tags: unix, oxley, unix, sarbanes oxley

[10 Apr 2008]

Avoiding Unforeseen Consequences When Drafting Anti-spam Legislation: Some Key Technical Issues to Consider

whitepaper As part of this analysis, the white paper cites definitions and operative language found in existing state anti-spam laws in order to provide helpful contrasts to the language in pending federal bills.

Tags: spam and e-mail marketing, anti, language, spam

[10 Apr 2008]

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