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Clarification from the author
Talkback IBM has asked me to make it clear that the industry standards discussed here are "industry standards, not IBM standards". The way it currently reads, they say, "it appears as if IBM is trying to get everyone to use proprietary IBM standards".
[July 11, 2007, 21:37]
Unisys defends ID cards scheme
News The report also revealed that the government had no clear data-management standards for the National Identity Register, the proposed database that, according to the government, will hold all UK citizens' identity details securely.
[May 12, 2008, 11:13]
New Web services tools look to security
News Web services is the name given to many Web-based standards and protocols designed to let companies connect disparate applications and share data, either among their own units or with outside partners and suppliers.
[November 6, 2002, 10:18]
Top UK sites 'do not comply' with anti-cookie law
News The industry needs to set its own standards and make those standards clear, so that individuals can easily identify Web sites that are behaving responsibly with their data," he stated. Web sites using cookies will now have to offer clear and...
[December 15, 2003, 12:35]
CeBIT 98: Gerstner Keynote P3 - Responsibility
News We've got to reach agreement on standards for communications, security, software development. Demand that we deliver open standards: Everybody's software, running on everybody's hardware, over everybody's network.
[March 19, 1998, 16:38]
Brazil says 'no' to Office Open XML
News It is incomplete (does not provide mappings with legacy standards, since compatibility is OOXML goal), too long (6000+ pages), fully tied to a single product, uses deprecated substandards, promotes bad practices (embedded binary objects), has...
[August 24, 2007, 16:35]
Gates: Seamless computing is the aim
News At the semantic level, we actually now have standards. People are just beginning to understand how profound they are as industry standards. This year he used the bully pulpit to make it clear that the industry is at one of its perennial crossroads.
[November 20, 2003, 11:50]
Grid computing hooks up to open standards
News Where once only large establishments could afford networks of fast machines, fast networks and software engineers capable of understanding connectivity, now we all have Internet connectivity, cheap networks, processors running at gigahertz speeds...
[March 19, 2002, 16:18]
Enterprises get the Instant Message
News We do name management, so you can make IM names conform to the company IT naming standards when someone joins, and remove them efficiently when they leave. But I'm actively agitating for standards But like email, where you had many different...
[October 8, 2003, 12:25]
LifeSize Express review
Reviews LifeSize Express is a standards-based videoconferencing system, unlike most of the low-end solutions. Specifically, the standards supported are: H.323 and SIP (communications); H263, H.264 and H.239 (video); G.711, G.722, G.722.1C, G.728, G729...
[April 4, 2008, 9:11]
WS-I takes on security challenge
News Cape Clear said it is concerned that large companies in the WS-I will be tempted to steer Web services standards to favor their entrenched businesses and products. But despite its laudable intentions, the WS-I faces challenges -- both technical and...
[February 4, 2003, 15:58]
Terse markup for speed -- NOT
Talkback Both are standards in name only. The terse markup is a dump to XML of the markup used by particular builds of the Office apps native file support APIs' intermediate formats used in the conversion processes, the builds that were the beginning point...
[February 28, 2008, 21:05]
Microsoft's standardisation move divides experts
News Industry observers have expressed concern about Microsoft's decision to submit the file formats for its new Office 12 applications to ECMA International, a European standards body. He added that Microsoft is only entitled to describe its file...
[November 22, 2005, 16:55]
Vodafone stung over mobile broadband claims
News The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld three complaints against Vodafone for claims made in its advertising of mobile broadband. The standards authority has banned any future publication of the advertisements in question.
[November 3, 2008, 11:09]
Keep pace with WLAN security developments
News This can be in the form of potential software-based upgrades or the inclusion of a middleware level that handles the complexities of standards transitions independently of the security software itself.
[March 25, 2003, 8:06]
Microsoft Office Open XML gets US knockback
News On Friday, Office Open XML (OOXML) failed to gain approval in a vote by a sub-group of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), a standards body influential with the US government.
[July 17, 2007, 18:39]
Government attacks EC's 'dangerous' online media plans
News If implemented, the directive would set minimum standards on areas such as advertising, hate speech and the protection of minors. Existing Television without Frontiers (TVwF) regulations cover traditional broadcasters, and set minimum standards for...
[June 29, 2006, 16:05]
What the hell are Grids anyway?
News Standards are a major issue but not a show-stopper yet, because you first have to get a general understanding of what are the requisite technologies. Only then when you have some good ideas and contribution for expert parties can you even start to...
[December 10, 2004, 13:30]
SAP acquires carbon management firm
News The enterprise software giant said on Monday it has acquired two-year-old, privately held Clear Standards, a Sterling, Virginia-based software company with tools for tracking and reporting a corporation's environmental impact.
[May 12, 2009, 10:39]
Apple Common Criteria Tools
Downloads An internationally approved set of security standards which provides a clear and reliable evaluation of the security capabilities of Information Technology products. By providing an independent assessment of a products ability to meet security...
[April 23, 2008, 8:00]
