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Talkback Possibly a MINORITY of the standards approval body, since the standard was approved by the MAJORITY.complex if not impossible to use so are now trying to backtrack and use ODF instead" If you call backtracking implementing both standards, but on a...
[May 28, 2008, 11:56]
China urged to follow the Wi-Fi herd
News An industry body in the United States is pleading with Chinese authorities to ditch its proprietary Wi-Fi specification, saying the plan could impede the country's technological progress and breach previously agreed trade concessions.
[February 26, 2004, 10:10]
IBM calls for global identity management solution
News Slemp believes that now is the right time to establish a global body that will consider the interests of all countries and build up a foundation, which the individual countries can expand upon to fulfil their unique requirements.
[November 10, 2005, 8:45]
W3C patent plan draws protests
News A new and controversial proposal under consideration by the World Wide Web Consortium could open the way for companies to claim patent rights -- and demand royalties -- on standards authorized by that body.
[October 2, 2001, 9:01]
UK financial organisations offer Firefox support
Talkback We should not even be talking in terms of Firefox support or any other browser support, financial institutions should be supporting standards which are clearly defined by the W3C steering body. Firefox also supports these standards therefore the...
[November 17, 2005, 8:22]
Healthcare IT pros call for standards
News NHS IT needs a greater emphasis on standards rather than standardisation, according to its representative body. The Association for Informatics Professionals in Health and Social Care (Assist) has said a standards-based approach would support the...
[October 9, 2008, 15:42]
Army Body Fat Percentage Calculator for iPhone
Downloads It calculates Body Fat Percentage with the help of rules applied in U.S. Features: Body Fat Percentage calculation. Keep track of your body measurements. Army standards set forth in AR 600-9. Save and Load calculations.
[December 19, 2008, 10:11]
Risk Management for IT Projects
White Papers There are a variety of standards associated with risk management including PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Australia-New Zealand ANZ- 4360, ISO 31000 Risk Management - Guidelines on Principles and Implementation of Risk...
[May 19, 2009, 1:18]
Achieving Open Access in Ethernet PON (EPON)
White Papers EPON has been standardized in the IEEE 802.3ah standards body. Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs) are point-to-multipoint broadband access networks. An Optical Line Terminal (OLT) at the Central Office (CO) is connected to many Optical...
[August 4, 2006, 1:00]
Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3): Knowledge Foundation
White Papers A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) has become the de facto Standard for managing individual projects and is the reference of choice for the project management profession.
[December 13, 2005, 0:01]
IBM Workplace Forms Software Extends Capabilities of ACORD Forms for the Insurance Industry
White Papers To help address these challenges, IBM and the Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD), a standards body for the insurance industry, are working together to provide insurance carriers and distribution channels with...
[April 21, 2007, 1:00]
Massachusetts finalises open standards proposal
News In addition, Microsoft document formats would have to be subject to "joint stewardship" by a standards body not controlled by one company or a small consortium. As it proposed late last month before a comment period, Massachusetts has decided to...
[September 26, 2005, 11:50]
What Is Formal Project Management and Who Needs It?
White Papers These standards include PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)® and OGC's Projects in Controlled Environments (Prince2)®. The Project Management Institute (PMI) and the (British) Office of Government Commerce (OGC) have developed...
[November 25, 2009, 9:11]
Industry group hones patent standards
News Earlier this year, another standards body, the World Wide Web Consortium, revised its policy to allow the use of patented software in standards, but only if related patents are disclosed. The technologists who oversee the engineering of the...
[August 5, 2002, 11:09]
OOXML debacle - time to take away ECMA's toys?
Blog Comment Ecma is a well respected standardization body with a long history. If you want to find out more about it and its present and past standards please visit the Ecma webpage at "www.ecma-international.org".
[March 5, 2008, 13:10]
ACCA UK Standardises on ADF and JHeadstart to Rapidly Develop Key Self-Service and Back Office Applications
White Papers ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the largest and fastest-growing global professional accountancy body with 296,000 students and 115,000 members in 170 countries. ACCA aims to achieve and promote the highest professional...
[November 6, 2007, 0:00]
Intel heads for 3D standards war
News They had technology they wanted to push through a standards body, and when they couldn't get their way, they left," said one source close to the consortium who spoke on condition of anonymity. Both groups plan to send it by year's end to the same...
[June 21, 2004, 10:25]
W3C shows why innovation needs standards
Leader The rules each body works by also mean that whatever standards either produces are available for all to use on the same terms as everyone else. The World Wide Web consortium (W3C) and Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) have announced the...
[January 27, 2005, 12:25]
Microsoft leaves standards group
News Microsoft, IBM and BEA have written their own specification for a Web services choreography, also called orchestration, but have not yet submitted it to a standards body for consideration. For example, Microsoft and IBM earlier this month published...
[March 25, 2003, 14:09]
Down with standards
News I think it is a brilliant idea to try to influence the direction of the one legitimate standards body out there. So, occasionally it is a government body, but usually some employer would say: "I think it is worthwhile to have my employee on this...
[April 28, 2004, 16:35]
