Latest standards and regulations news.
Sun starts storage standards war, 06/22/06
Sun has left Aperi, the IBM-led open source storage management initiative, causing a big fracture in the world of storage standards.
Identity Management Newsletter: Sun says it will not seek licenses for use of SAML patents, 06/21/06
What I thought was the most interesting vendor announcement to come out of last week’s Catalyst …
IEEE suspends mobile broadband group, 06/20/06
The IEEE has suspended the working group developing 802.20, a wireless broadband standard expected to challenge WiMAX, following accusations that Qualcomm was improperly influencing the group’s decision-making process.
SEC ruling drives demand for SOX auditors, 06/19/06
From the moment SOX was enacted, there have been heated discussions about providing relief for small to midsize businesses by relaxing requirements or exempting some of the rules. During the last three years, committees were formed, industry opinions …
SOX may push public firms to go private, 06/19/06
The cost to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act fell slightly in 2005 – but not enough to deter some public companies from going private.
Opinion: How FCC wiretapping order could affect enterprise networks, 06/19/06
Just what will your corporate network need to be ready to do? So far, the FCC has not made it clear that enterprise network managers will need to do anything in response to its order extending CALEA to the Internet and VoIP. There is an ominous hint, …
