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Vendor-neutral security certification update
News Here's a rundown of their CISSP suggestions, as well as details about another vendor-neutral certification option. Joss' article didn't mention the vendor-neutral Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) series offered by The SANS...
[April 4, 2003, 13:33]
IT security industry 'to be professionalised'
Talkback With vendor neutral certifications, not to mention the ubiquitous vendor ones already available one ask do we need another security certification, with all the requisite fees and CPEs to keep up with.
[February 22, 2006, 22:51]
Not 1,500 extensions
Talkback As far as international standards go, both ODF and OOXML need to be thrown in the scrap heap and a fresh vendor neutral standard developed. The world needs vendor-neutral formats, not winning application-specific formats.
[March 1, 2008, 1:33]
Five reasons why LPIC outpaces Red Hat's RHCE
News Vendor-neutral certifications enjoy growing popularity The 2002 CRN Certification Study suggested that IT professionals are almost evenly split as to whether more vendor-neutral accreditations are needed.
[October 4, 2002, 19:38]
A typo in the article, and an explanation of the Indian vote.
Talkback This breaks ISO's rules, and makes OOXML pointless except as a tool for fraudulently marketing it as an open and vendor neutral standard. These issues were not present with ODF which is fully described, capable of being implemented in full by...
[September 3, 2007, 16:13]
SAS chief dismisses Teradata merger speculation
News I would prefer to stay vendor-neutral or at least have the ability to be vendor-neutral," Goodnight said. SAS chief executive Dr Jim Goodnight has poured cold water on speculation that the business-intelligence company might merge with its former...
[November 4, 2008, 11:08]
Find free certification resources
News Other examples of those providing vendor-neutral certification are LPI and SAIR. Some certification exams are vendor-neutral, meaning that they're offered by third parties that don't endorse any one product.
[April 25, 2003, 11:19]
Row threatens Web services standards
News A vendor-neutral choreography specification which commands consensus and wide support, on the other hand, can make it much easier and cheaper to create composite Web services which integrate services from multiple vendors.
[January 17, 2003, 11:30]
XML 5: What's the story with OASIS? The XML champion examined.
News He believes that it is vital to establish open, vendor-neutral information stores for XML to flourish. OASIS continues to grow and add support to the XML community, but feels that the recent upturn in its membership can partly be attributed to more...
[November 10, 1999, 11:03]
Yahoo! charged with blocking rivals
News Panel moderator Edward McCabe, vice president of Internet research for Merrill Lynch, asked participants about the impact of exclusive vendor deals on their B2B businesses. B2B marketplace vendor Chemdex -- recently renamed Ventro -- expressed less...
[March 1, 2000, 14:36]
Say hello to the UK's 'open source dating agency'
News We try to make our courses vendor-neutral. In this paper they called for some of the ideas we had in our proposal: for example, a centre where people could get impartial, vendor-neutral advice about open source.
[December 29, 2004, 11:40]
Digital asset management - guts versus gloss
Blog Comment We've also found that good quality, vendor-neutral reports and whitepapers are also well received by developers, for example: http://www.daydream.co.uk/reports/ Agreed Adrian, far more useful is the vendor information that tackles innovative...
[February 19, 2009, 20:46]
Successfully Deploy and Maintain VoIP with these Best Practices
White Papers You can separate and handle voice traffic through standard, vendor-neutral protocols and design practices. Your VoIP vendor choice will influence your deployment and maintenance processes, but following general VoIP best practices will also...
[February 15, 2006, 0:01]
IBM Managed and Monitored Firewall Services
White Papers This service offers a vendor-neutral approach to help maximize the existing security investments while delivering around-the-clock monitoring, management and analysis of firewall logs. IBM Managed and Monitored Firewall Services provides real-time...
[June 25, 2008, 1:01]
IADP Definitions
Downloads Team Database offers the only vendor neutral database certification available. These are the Official Database Definitions for the IADP, Database Professional Certification Exam. The International Association of Database Professionals is a Division...
[October 5, 2002, 8:00]
uCertify PrepKit for CompTIA exam XK0-002
Downloads It is a vendor-neutral, entry-level certification that is a stepping-stone to advanced certifications. The PrepKit for CompTIA's XK0-002 test is designed strictly according to the new "2004" exam objectives.
[July 4, 2006, 8:00]
It's nice of Bill to make these available in a Microsoft-only video format
Talkback Call me a cynic, but if Bill really wanted to be nice, rather than trying to foist Sliverlight on everyone, he'd make these videos available in a format that pretty much everyone could use (eg, Flash video) or an vendor-neutral format.
[July 20, 2009, 9:51]
Securities Trading Back Office Solutions Overview
White Papers The IT solution provider has been looking for specialists in constructing flexible back office solutions riding over the new wave of neutral vendor free technology systems providing 24-hour and 365-day support services to cope up with any...
[June 13, 2008, 1:01]
Why Clinical Development Teams Should Care About Data Standards - Part I: An Introduction to the CDISC Operational Data Model (ODM)
White Papers The CDISC Operational Data Model (ODM) was designed to provide a vendor-neutral, platform-independent means of exchanging data among clinical trial stakeholders and archiving electronic clinical data.
[May 12, 2007, 1:00]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska Uses Verizon Business to Protect Confidential Healthcare Data
White Papers There was a need to team with a vendor-neutral strategic partner that could offer expert guidance, define and prioritize issues important to the organization, and provide a comprehensive, long-term security program to reach their goals.
[May 30, 2009, 1:19]
