Latest standards and regulations news.
InBoxer announces virtualized version of compliance appliance, 05/16/07: InBoxer on Wednesday announced a virtualized version of its appliance for archiving e-mail, detecting data leaks, and meeting electronic discovery requirements.
U.S. ISPs slam into wiretap deadline, 05/15/07: U.S. broadband and VoIP providers on Monday hit a deadline to prove they could accommodate law-enforcement wiretaps.
FCC approves iPhone. 05/17/07: The Federal Communications Commission approved Apple’s iPhone, clearing the way for the combined phone and music player to hit the shelves.
Microsoft backs adding ODF to ANSI standards, 05/17/07: Days after declaring its intention to aggressively collect patent royalties from open-source distributors, Microsoft backed adding ODF, the document file format used widely in open-source alternatives to Microsoft Office, to a list of business standards.
U.S. senators take outsourcing firms to woodshed over H-1B use, 05/15/07: Two U.S. senators – a Democrat and a Republican – are taking aim at nine prominent outsourcing companies demanding that they explain their use of the H-1B program.
HP unveils security-monitoring appliance for SCADA systems, 05/15/07: HP Tuesday plans to unveil a network-monitoring appliance that captures event data generated in systems-control and data-acquisition networks to help energy-sector companies comply with federally required security standards that took effect this year.
Patent overhaul bill moves forward in Congress, 05/16/07: A subcommittee of the U.S. Congress has taken the first step toward overhauling the U.S. patent system by approving a patent reform bill Wednesday.
U.S. military bans access to social networking sites, 05/15/07: The U.S. Department of Defense has blocked access to some social networking sites on its computers, saying use of the sites could clog the military’s networks, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Provilla upgrades data-leak prevention offering, 05/14/07: Start-up Provilla on Monday announced a new version of its data-leak protection agent software and appliance designed to make demonstrating compliance with corporate, federal, and industry regulations easier.
Qualcomm talks tough on patents, 4G, 05/10/07: The race to define and build next-generation broadband wireless networks is in full swing. And though Qualcomm doesn’t like to use the 4G term, the company – a key supplier of chip technology for today’s 3G networks – is already moving to stake its claim in the emerging market for super-fast wireless services.
