Latest standards and regulations news.
Why standards matter, 03/05/07
The fact that a particular enterprise-class piece of network gear meets a formal industry standard certainly doesn’t guarantee that it works and performs as advertised.
Is the IEEE standards process broken?, 03/05/07
High-stakes, vendor hanky-panky and rudderless, bloated committees are pushing some working groups off track. Is there a better way?
IEEE standards process under fire, 03/05/07
Why the IEEE working group attempting to craft the 802.20 Mobile Broadband Wireless Access standard became a bloody train wreck.
Too late to discredit open source, advocates say, 03/06/07
Advocates and users of free and open source software (FOSS) technology believe that it is too late for any form of crusade to discredit FOSS as it is already widely used.
Gates calls for new privacy law, 03/07/07
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates asked the U.S. Congress to pass a comprehensive privacy law this year, allowing consumers to control how their personal information is used.
Technology Executive Newsletter: Tools and services to manage business risks, 03/05/07
We live in Houston, and we were personally and professionally affected by the saga known as ‘The Enron Scandal.’ Unfortunately, Enron executives’ antics resulted in wide ramifications for many U.S. companies – most notably through the implementation of the federal mandate known as Sarbanes-Oxley, or SOX. Yes, it’s true that most publicly traded companies are honest and ethical, but we’ll also remind you that it only takes a handful of deceitful people to bring down an empire.
