HP launches data security tools; Google launches public policy blog

Opinion
Jun 22, 20072 mins

Latest standards and regulations news.

HP launches data security tools, services, 06/21/07:  HP on Tuesday announced a new appliance, software and services intended to protect data on HP servers and storage for regulatory compliance purposes.

California gets Microsoft to change Vista, 06/20/07:  California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Wednesday that Microsoft has agreed to make “significant changes” in its new Vista operating system to stay in compliance with a U.S. court agreement in Microsoft’s antitrust case.

N.Y. state college takes the plunge, plans 11n WLAN rollout this summer, 06/21/07:  A small New York state college will be the site of the first large-scale wireless LAN based on the draft 802.11n high-throughput standard.

Keeping up with BGP best practices:  Jeff Doyle on IP Routing blog at Cisco Subnet answers a reader’s question of where to go to keep on top of BGP best practices.

Report: White House staff ‘circumvented’ e-mail system, 06/19/07:  The use of outside Republican National Committee (RNC) and Bush-Cheney ’04 re-election committee e-mail accounts by at least 88 White House staff members in the George Bush Administration was done in a manner that “circumvented” the requirements of federal laws mandating the historical preservation of presidential records.

Senforce adds encryption to endpoint security suite, 06/19/07:  Senforce on Monday announced a new version of its endpoint security suite that now features encryption.

Google launches public policy blog, 06/18/07:  Google has launched a blog focused on U.S. government legislation and regulation, one sign of the company’s growing interest in Washington, D.C., affairs.