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Payment card security compliance a moving target with additional requirements on the horizon
With deadlines looming this year for the biggest credit-card merchants and service providers to prove compliance with the
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), businesses are under the gun, sometimes spending hundreds of thousands
of dollars to accomplish that goal. But PCI compliance is a moving target, and more standards for next year are in sight.
Using virtualization to boost efficiency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proclaimed that data centers consumed 61 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity
in 2006. That’s roughly 1.6% of total U.S. electricity consumption and is worth about about $4.5 billion. Assuming current
trends continue, by 2011 the national energy consumption by data centers is expected to nearly double, making energy efficiency
a top priority for CIOs.
Remote access to smartphones, geospatial mapping highlight DEMO
A cool new service giving IT technicians remote access to smartphones is just one of the new technologies for enterprise executives
being unveiled at DEMOfall 07.
Q&A: HP Labs director sharpens focus on results
New HP Labs director Prith Banerjee is going to scrutinize research projects to focus on ones most likely to lead to making
HP products. Researchers from HP Labs will be joined by researchers from HP business units to promote the most promising projects
while the lower 20% of projects deemed unimportant will be eliminated.
Gartner touts Web 2.0, scoffs at sequel
Web 3.0 isn’t here yet, but it’s time for IT executives to encourage adoption of Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, wikis and
social networking, experts say at Gartner Web Innovation Summit.
No price hike for SQL Server 2008, Microsoft says
Microsoft promises no price hike for SQL Server 2008 and lays out data warehousing, data types, management and developer improvements
in new database slated to ship next year.
How to hit pay dirt when overhauling IT processes
Enterprise IT managers share their experience and advice on rolling out IT service management best-practice frameworks such
as ITIL across their companies.
Network General customers face more change
Network General's Sniffer business has changed hands a lot in the past few years, the latest a pending acquisition by NetScout,
and customers tire of the instability.
IT grapples with overcrowded, energy-guzzling data centers
At AFCOM Data Center World, Andrew Fanara of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star Program talked about how the
EPA is working to help reduce energy consumption in data centers.
New Nortel Enterprise boss talks about game plan
In an unexpected move, Nortel this week replaced its enterprise chief. After 20 years with Nortel, Enterprise Solutions President
Steve Slattery is leaving the company Oct. 1.
Federal CISOs seek security standards to prevent data breaches
Federal adoption of telecommuting has lagged far behind goals
IBM takes aim at Office with free productivity apps
IBM's Symphony suite provides document, spreadsheet and presentations applications with support for Open Document format company
has been championing.
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