Forum certifies first Carrier Ethernet systems

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Network World's Standards and Regulations News Alert

Forum certifies first Carrier Ethernet systems, 09/13/05

The Metro Ethernet Forum this week certified its first group of
vendor products as conformant with the organization's "Carrier
Ethernet" specifications.
<http://www.networkworld.com/edge/news/2005/091305-mef.html?nl>

HP, Philips join to push new RFID standard, 09/13/05

HP and Philips have teamed up to push adoption of a worldwide
standard for radio frequency identification) systems, the
companies announced Tuesday at the EPCglobal U.S. Conference in
Atlanta.

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091305-hp-philips.html?nl>

Smart ID card advocates call for government action, 09/13/05

Imagine a so-called smart card that contained your U.S.
government checked identity, complete with biometric
identifiers, plus your three credit card accounts, your check
card account, possibly even your health records.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre7073>

Tech Update: XRIs resolve identity management dilemma, 09/12/05

The Extensible Resource Identifier (XRI) specification
establishes an interoperable framework for expressing, resolving
and establishing equivalence between identifiers of any kind for
any resource type, including people, applications, network ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre7074>

Opinion: IE required: The government gets it wrong, 09/12/05

So if you were sitting somewhere in the South a few days ago,
at, say, your Macintosh, with polluted water swirling around
your ankles and alligators sitting outside your front door, and
you thought, 'Maybe I should apply for some aid,' you would have
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre7075>

FCC mandates seen as aid to telecoms in disasters, 09/12/05

An FCC mandate on network providers and related emergency
communications policies would help telecommunications companies
prepare for future disasters similar to Hurricane Katrina,
industry experts said last week.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre7076>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

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3. Supermarket chain freezes Internet access
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4. The rise of the IT architect
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5. What's the best way to protect against spyware?
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