Latest standards and regulations news.
Security deadline missed by one-third of Visa merchants, 10/25/07: Just over a third of large-volume Visa merchants failed to meet a Sept. 30 deadline to comply with the Payment Card Industry’s 12-part Data Security Standard, Visa said yesterday, and those companies are facing fines of $25,000 per month.
Payment-card security standards for wireless and Web applications debated, 10/24/07: Proposed new security standards governing wireless and applications from the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council are stirring debate among merchants still struggling with PCI compliance on existing security standards.
Group creates standard to ease e-discovery data transfer, 10/24/07: The Electronic Discovery Reference Model standards group Tuesday unveiled an XML-based standard that it says will allow documents transfer through the systems of multiple vendors during the various stages of e-discovery.
E-discovery law a boon for lawyers, 10/19/07: New regulations governing the storage and management of electronic data that might be needed in federal court actions has an increasing number of organization turning to outside counsel for help, according to a new study.
‘Safe’ applications for 802.11n, 10/24/07: As 802.11n grinds through the IEEE standards process, enterprises eagerly anticipate its arrival. But they are understandably reluctant to invest heavily in today’s pre-standard products.
More broadband regulation may be needed, 10/19/07: Competition may not fix problems with broadband speed and cost in the U.S., because of the high cost of entry into the market, the leader of a technology think tank said Friday.
Taiwan inks WiMAX pacts with Alcatel, Sprint, others, 10/22/07: The Taiwanese government added several companies to a growing list of WiMAX wireless broadband technology partners on Monday, including Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks and Sprint Nextel.
Intel: Patent reform still needed, 10/22/07: The U.S. technology industry has faced dozens of lawsuits by “patent speculators” in recent years, and it’s time for Congress to fix problems with the patent system, Intel’s general counsel said Monday.
