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ISO 17799: Pay Attention To This One
White Papers While not perfect, ISO 17799 is emerging as the standard of choice because it overcomes many of the critical deficiencies of SAS 70. Nevertheless, if compliance rather than certification is one's goal, ISO 17799 will serve as a sound security...
[April 23, 2008, 0:00]
ISO Lost All Credibility
Talkback ISO allowed the working group to be stacked, just one week before the first vote in September 2007. Countries with no capacity to make any contribution, simply voted Yes. Here are some countries from the list of shame (Participating members with...
[April 14, 2008, 15:11]
.iso Files
Forum I have downloaded an .iso file and burned it to disc but find that it won't boot up. When I try and make boot disc with NERO I cannot burn the .iso file as I make the boot disc first then try and burn the image but NERO expects a blank disc for...
[March 24, 2006, 15:21]
OOXML: ISO Says 'No' For Now
Blog Microsoft Office Open XML has failed to gain enough votes to become an ISO standard, according to the International Organisation for Standardisation. According to ISO, the OOXML specification received 53 percent positive votes, while it failed...
[September 5, 2007, 10:18]
ISO Credibility
Talkback IMHO, ISO has been terribly damaged by this document format war. Think about why it is that both Ecma and OASIS sought to have their format proposals approved by ISO? Here's the interesting point about Ecma and OASIS that truly differentiates the...
[March 4, 2008, 8:30]
ISO Crunch Time For OpenDocument
News The OpenDocument Format has been submitted to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), according to OASIS, the standards body that developed the format. Patrick Gannon, the president and chief executive of OASIS, said in a speech...
[October 18, 2005, 17:45]
ISO May Change Its Processes Following OOXML Debacle
Blog The normally august International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) has said that it may change its fast track processes following the controversy around Microsoft's Office Open XML. I've been involved in a long and very interesting round of...
[April 18, 2008, 17:44]
ISO Rejects Microsoft OOXML
News Microsoft's Office Open XML document specification has failed to achieve ISO certification for now. The software giant's bid to push Office Open XML (OOXML) through the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) fast-track process has...
[September 5, 2007, 13:32]
ISO Approval 'unlikely For Microsoft Open XML'
News The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is unlikely to adopt Microsoft Office Open XML format, now that it has approved the OpenDocument Format (ODF), according to analyst group Gartner.
[May 16, 2006, 12:55]
.iso Files
Forum An iso file contains a disc image. If you have burnt the image to a disc and it doesn't boot there are two possabiliities. The disc just isn't bootable, or 2 - your computer's bios isn't set up to read the cd at start up, i.e.it doesn't even look...
[March 28, 2006, 12:57]
ISO Does Publish ODF
Talkback ISO certainly does publish the ODF Open Document Format Standard. Here it is: http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm? Can you explain what you mean by "ISO does not publish document standards"?
[April 22, 2008, 16:24]
ISO 17799: A Structured Approach To Securing Your Corporate Data
White Papers An ISMS based on the ISO 17799:2005 standard provides the user with a structured approach to securing the corporate data. Organizations in the United States have fallen woefully behind in standardizing on a common code of practice for information...
[April 22, 2008, 0:00]
ISO Endorses OpenDocument Standard
News Members of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) ratified the file format standard with no opposition among the 31 votes. With adoption of ODF by ISO/IEC now assured...
[May 4, 2006, 13:30]
ISO Process Has Been Gamed, Why Back Off?
Talkback Given (a) the numerous reports of national standards bodies forcing through an acceptance vote, (b) the EU investigation of same (see your own site's article on the subject) and (c) the sudden influx of full-voting-rights P members just ahead of...
[April 14, 2008, 23:15]
Active ISO File Manager
Downloads Active ISO File Manager is a software to author, edit and burn CD/DVD-ROM ISO images compatible with the ISO 9660 / Joliet standards. You can create ISO images from either existing CD/DVD-ROMs or from a set of existing files and folders.
[December 22, 2006, 4:16]
A Perspective On ISO C++
White Papers As C++ programmers, we already feel the impact of the work of the ANSI/ISO C++ standards committee. Yet the ink is hardly dry on the first official draft of the standard. Already, we can use language features only hinted at in the ARM and ‘‘The C++...
[December 22, 2003, 23:00]
Microsoft's OOXML Limps Through ISO Meeting
News The Microsoft-created specification OOXML is struggling to achieve the two-thirds majority backing of ISO members in order for it to become a recognised standard, the aftermath of a high-profile meeting has revealed.
[March 4, 2008, 15:21]
Active ISO Burner
Downloads Active ISO Burner will allow you to burn an ISO image file to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+R DL(Dual Layer), DVD-RW and DVD+RW (including double layer, DL). Active@ ISO Burner software accepts command line parameters to automate ISO images...
[January 5, 2008, 6:46]
Using ISO 27001 For PCI DSS Compliance
White Papers The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) isn't dramatically different to the requirements of the best practice security standard - ISO 27001, except that PCI doesn't mention any of the prerequisites required for a management...
[April 22, 2008, 0:00]
ISO Calls For End To OOXML 'personal Attacks'
News The move came as an ISO committee meeting in Norway attracted protesters, who gathered to call for the retraction of Open Office XML (OOXML) from the ISO standardisation process. At the start of April, the document format won enough votes to become...
[April 14, 2008, 13:15]
