Friday, August 03, 2007

Regulatory-compliance demands on IT; Mass. adopts OpenXML

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Standards and Regulatory Compliance News Alert




Network World's Standards and Regulations News Alert, 08/03/07

Regulatory-compliance demands put IT on the spot, 07/31/07: Meeting the goal of regulatory compliance means running a tight security ship. When auditors come calling, however, how can you prove that you do? Security managers share their tips on how high tech and plain old communication skills can make the difference between passing and failing.

Massachusetts adopts Open XML, 08/01/07: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wednesday added Open XML to its list of approved open documents formats.

Massachusetts remains lightning rod on open documents, 08/02/07: Massachusetts has been a lightning rod and a leader in the movement for governments to embrace open document formats, and neither of those roles change with Wednesday’s announcement that it will adopt Open XML.

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Vendors say patent system needs work, 08/01/07: The U.S. patent system has veered off course and is being abused, executives of three top technology companies said Wednesday.

Compliance policies outdated and ignored at large financial institutions, 08/01/07: Compliance policies at large financial institutions are outdated and often ignored by employees, a new survey has found.

EU to name carriers not offering cheap roaming, 07/31/07: The deadline for European cell phone carriers to offer a new mobile phone roaming tariff passed on Monday evening with the European Commission saying it plans to name carriers not offering customers the rates.

Hosted software manages environmental compliance, 08/01/07: software-as-a-service tool that manages environmental, health and safety compliance and is used by DuPont, Chevron and Johnson & Johnson has been upgraded with new features making it easier to plan for contingencies and keep tabs on compliance efforts.

Clearswift unifies policy management with upgraded e-mail security appliance, 08/01/07: Clearswift this week announced an upgrade to its e-mail appliance that features unified policy management for organizations looking to secure both their e-mail and Web communications.

ICANN seeks to better protect domain-name registrants, 07/30/07: The Internet regulation body, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), is asking for the public's input as it revises its accreditation process for registrars, the companies that register and sell domain names.

AirMagnet analyzes 802.11n Wi-Fi, 07/26/07: Wi-Fi management company AirMagnet has launched an 802.11n laptop analyzer, ready for the host of performance issues expected from the emerging fast wireless LAN standard.

From Microsoft Subnet:: How Open XML uses ZIP to reduce app storage. Massachusetts adopts Open XML.

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