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NHS renews Microsoft agreement
News Connecting for Health (CfH), the NHS national IT upgrade programme, has renewed its custom licence agreement with Microsoft covering the provision of desktop services over the next three years. The agreement provides Microsoft desktop software and...
[July 17, 2007, 13:41]
An Efficient Group Key Agreement Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks
White Papers A Group Key Agreement (GKA) protocol is a mechanism to establish a cryptographic key for a group of participants, based on each one's contribution, over a public network. The key, thus derived, can be used to establish a secure channel between the...
[May 24, 2007, 1:00]
More from Google on Android's 'non-fragmentation agreement'
Blog Just got a quote back from Rich Miner, "Member of Technical Staff, Google", about that non-fragmentation agreement that Google had all the members of the Open Handset Alliance sign to make sure that Android's code doesn't go forking off all over...
[November 13, 2007, 10:02]
Authorities reach agreement on travel card spec
News The Local Authority Smartcard Standards e-Organisation and Itso, the Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation, have reached a technical agreement on travel cards. It has been claimed the move will lay the ground for councils to plan and...
[October 9, 2009, 8:55]
US Report: Arms-control agreement threatens e-commerce
News The level of trust companies have in today's encryption [software] is definitely hurt by the agreement. Aaron claimed the agreement went "a long way in levelling the playing field for exporters and promoting e-commerce.
[December 4, 1998, 8:07]
Sample letter of agreement
White Papers Perhaps you could use a letter of agreement in lieu of a contract. There are plenty of times when a short-term or simple engagement is too small for a full-size contract. Here's a sample to get you started.
[May 16, 2006, 4:49]
Semantic WS-Agreement Partner Selection
White Papers WS-Agreement defines a language and protocol for establishing agreements between two parties. In a dynamic service oriented environment it is desirable for service consumers and providers to offer and obtain guarantees regarding their capabilities...
[August 4, 2006, 1:00]
Service Level Agreement Compliance Monitoring Based on RFID Events
White Papers These technical premises enable the development of new approaches towards evaluating Service Level Agreement compliance of service providers. Cross-company gathering of information about physical goods using RFID increases the transparency in...
[April 14, 2009, 0:00]
Buyer Beware: Tips for Getting the Best Agreement From Hosted Application Vendors
White Papers To help buyers see through the tedious legalese and technical jargon that permeates the typical service agreement, this paper provides four key areas which one should ask the prospective hosted providers about before signing a long-term contract.
[July 25, 2006, 3:16]
Service Level Agreement Management With Adaptive Coordination
White Papers Service Level Agreement Management in the telecommunications domain consists of a set of mechanisms for provisioning and monitoring services according to requirements given by either a customer or provider.
[November 26, 2007, 1:49]
A Year Ago: Mitnick signs plea agreement
News Computer hacker Kevin Mitnick, whose exploits put him on the FBI's most-wanted list until agents nabbed him four years ago, has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, his attorney has confirmed.
[March 20, 2000, 6:26]
District Gains Software Licensing Flexibility, Predictable Price, With Volume Agreement
White Papers To maximize the value of that software, the district signed a Microsoft Volume Licensing Enterprise Agreement to take advantage of volume savings, a predictable annual license cost per desktop, streamlined license management, and Software...
[July 25, 2009, 1:18]
SLA 101: What to Look for in a Service-Level Agreement
White Papers One of the biggest differences among providers of security services is the Service-Level Agreement (SLA). Many IT administrators aren't comfortable handing over control of the most critical security components of their infrastructure.
[August 23, 2006, 1:00]
Web Service Level Agreement (WSLA) Language Specification
White Papers This paper describes the specification language for service level agreements for Web Services, the Web Service Level Agreement (WSLA) language. WSLAs are agreements between a service provider and a customer and as such define the obligations of the...
[August 23, 2006, 1:00]
Engineering Company Saves 20 Days of Compliance Administration With New Licensing Agreement
White Papers United Kingdom based forging expert Firth Rixson negotiated a tailored financing solution for its Microsoft Volume Licensing Enterprise Agreement in 2006. Firth Rixson is one of the United Kingdom's original alloy and steel forging specialists.
[February 19, 2008, 0:02]
Sun-Microsoft agreement breeds anticipation of integration
News We can do a lot of that now," he said, "but having an agreement to [go] after some of the more esoteric parts of Kerberos authentication, for example, would help. Last month's historic agreement between the two computing giants is most likely to...
[May 11, 2004, 15:15]
The Principles of Electronic Agreement Legal Admissibility
White Papers There are five principles that contribute directly to the legal admissibility of an electronic agreement: the reliability of an electronic signature, the reliability of the act of signing, the state of mind of the individual at the time of...
[February 29, 2008, 0:02]
Momentum Webcast: Microsoft Licensing Briefing: Enterprise Agreement (Level 100)
White Papers If the organization has more than 200 users and utilizes Microsoft products, it may be time to take a closer look at the great value provided by Microsoft infrastructure products and the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA).
[August 18, 2006, 0:00]
Service Level Agreement in the Data Center
White Papers Key to the success of such a system is a sound Service Level Agreement (SLA). Aside from being able to deliver highly available, reliably performing systems, just being able to deliver your promise is key to success.
[July 29, 2004, 3:00]
Minnesota and Microsoft verge on antitrust agreement
News Last month, for instance, Microsoft reached a broad agreement with long-time enemy Sun Microsystems that has since resulted in Sun receiving nearly $2bn -- even though the two companies say they will remain fierce competitors.
[April 20, 2004, 9:20]
