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BSI security code prompts criticism about key escrow
News The BSI's Information Security Management (BS 7799), launched yesterday, is the fruit of labours started by the DTI and a group of blue-chip British companies in 1995. A BSI representative says: "Security has become an issue in the news over the...
[July 21, 1999, 14:39]
BSI to give OOXML vote results
Blog The BSI is due to send me a press release within an hour: please watch ZDNet UK for news of the vote. The British Standards Institute is today to give the result of its vote regarding whether the UK will approve fast track ISO certification for...
[September 3, 2007, 12:35]
BSI silent on OOXML vote result
News The British Standards Institution (BSI) did say in a statement, however, that it had "identified a number of technical issues in the document which need to be addressed before the UK can approve. However, BSI did not confirm or deny whether this...
[September 4, 2007, 10:13]
News Burst: BSI Smiles on your security
News Smile, the Co-operative Bank's online banking operation, met all the criteria laid down in BSI's BS7799 standard for information security management -- the transmission of private and financial details across the Internet.
[February 1, 2000, 10:34]
Dell Case Study: BSI Group
White Papers The British Standards Institution (BSI) employs over 4,200 people world-wide and is celebrating its centenary year in 2001. Rising to the challenge, Dell Computer Corporation with Dell Financial Services not only presented a unified solution that...
[November 30, 2005, 23:00]
ukuug quit BSI committee themselves prior to OOXML vote
Talkback I seems that the ukuug quit the relevant BSI committee a few months before the OOXML vote. We are very disappointed that BSI has chosen to take this decision against the advice of its technical committee.
[May 2, 2008, 14:18]
BSI issues Web-design guidelines
News The British Standards Institution (BSI) has issued new guidelines for Web designers in a bid to make Web sites easier for disabled people to use. The move follows an investigation by the Disability Rights
[March 14, 2006, 9:55]
BSI to give OOXML vote results
Blog Comment It is not only the Open Source Community which has raised criticism of Microsoft's behaviour, the improper fast tracking, the lack of a rigorous scrutiny taken together with the known deficiencies of and drawbacks to OOXXML as an ISO standard at...
[September 3, 2007, 17:01]
BSI Case Study: Datallect Group Ltd
White Papers The Datalect Group has been providing services within the I.T.industry since the 1970's. Datalect has a significant number of large partners organisations to which it delivers services. In order to ensure they are able to deliver efficient and...
[March 9, 2006, 23:00]
Ocado Enhances the Retail Experience With BSI and Sun
White Papers Ocado is a revolutionary online supermarket, designed to change consumers' shopping habits and make supermarket shopping a quick and easy, stress-free and enjoyable experience. As a greenfield site, Ocado needed a technical infrastructure to...
[March 24, 2008, 23:00]
What proof, what right
Talkback [quote]Anyway, perhaps we should let the High Court decide, rather than taking your, or the BSI's, word for it? If they were a participant in the BSI committee they might have some standing on what BSI states on therecommendations made by the...
[May 22, 2008, 10:43]
Changing the subject again?
Talkback At the risk of repeating myself - This is about the BSI, not UKUUG. If BSI has claimed to follow the recommendation in their official communications I would have little doubt on that. Anyway, perhaps we should let the High Court decide, rather than...
[May 22, 2008, 10:43]
Is this a 'Chewbacca defence' or something?
Talkback Um, this 'OOXML expert' is the chair of the BSI committee that reversed the BSI's decision, isn't he? I don't suppose this has anything to do with the action against the BSI in the High Court: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39408917...
[May 22, 2008, 10:42]
For more balance
Talkback BSI said: IST/41 reached a consensus decision and BSI voted in accordance with the committee’s recommendation.http://www.bsi-global.com/en/Standards-and-Publications/Newsletters--press/FAQs-for-journalists/OOXML-standardization/OOXML-standardization/
[May 2, 2008, 14:26]
Quitting and complaining
Talkback They could have had a vote in the official recommendation on Office Open XML to BSI but choose to leave. If BSI has claimed to follow the recommendation in their official communications I would have little doubt on that.
[May 22, 2008, 11:37]
UK may make last-minute U-turn on OOXML
News If the British Standards Institution (BSI) registers a vote in favour, Office Open XML (OOXML) would pass one of two criteria to becoming a standard, but fail the other. A technical group formed to make a recommendation to the BSI's policy panel...
[March 27, 2008, 16:51]
Independent Testing of Server Migration Tools
White Papers Blue Star Infotech (BSI) was selected for this due to its in-depth experience in J2EE technologies and other proprietary technologies of the client, and its expertise in a wide range of application and web servers currently available in the market.
[March 4, 2009, 0:25]
Denmark changes OOXML vote to 'yes'
News According to a Friday statement on the website of Danish Standards (the Danish equivalent of the British Standards Institution, or BSI), the country's previous vote of "disapproval with comments" on the original draft of the OOXML standard has now...
[March 28, 2008, 14:47]
Navision Implementation for Engineering Company
White Papers Using its synthesized templates derived from implementing ERP solutions, Blue Star Infotech (BSI) executed a set of pre-identified activities to ensure rapid implementation and stabilization. Proven methodology and implementation of best practices...
[March 4, 2009, 0:25]
Custom Application Development - Application Re-Engineering
White Papers BSI delivered a system, which was completely based on Open Source technology. This application was developed utilizing BSI's reusable web application framework. The client had decided to migrate all its Microsoft based applications to Open Source.
[March 4, 2009, 0:25]
