* Advisory body calls for stronger authentication in Internet banking * Nortel replaces CEO Bill Owens * Sun official says open source needs governance * Microsoft updates Windows Vista beta * Cingular to deploy Lucent IMS * Today on Layer 8
IDs and passwords just aren’t going to cut it anymore. A federal regulatory advisory group is telling banks they should upgrade their authentication, and if the guidelines are adopted, it could change the way we all do our banking. Advisory body calls for stronger authentication in Internet banking http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101805-banking.html?net&story=101805-banking
IDs and passwords just aren’t going to cut it anymore. A federal regulatory advisory group is telling banks they should upgrade their authentication, and if the guidelines are adopted, it could change the way we all do our banking.
Advisory body calls for stronger authentication in Internet banking
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101805-banking.html?net&story=101805-banking
Nortel replaces CEO Bill Owens
Bill Owens has spent the past 18 months helping to put Nortel back on more solid financial footing and focusing the company on enterprise networking. For all his efforts, he’s being shown the door.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101705-nortel-owens.html?net&story=101705-nortel-owens
Sun official says open source needs governance
The open-source software community is in a dilemma: How do you provide the most freedom to a diverse base of developers? Simon Phipps, chief open-source officer for Sun, said Tuesday that changing some key elements could help.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101805-open-source-sun.html?net&story=101805-open-source-sun
Microsoft updates Windows Vista beta
Microsoft has released a new version of its Windows Vista beta code that sheds some light on how the software giant plans to improve networking and PC manageability in this next major release of the Windows operating system. The new release also gives testers an early look at some important new features for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7.0 browser.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101705-microsoft-vista-beta.html?net&story=101705-microsoft-vista-beta
Cingular to deploy Lucent IMS
Cingular Wireless has awarded Lucent a four-year agreement to help the largest U.S. mobile operator build an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) for developing and delivering subscriber services, the companies said Monday.
http://www.networkworld.com/edge/news/2005/101705-cingular-lucent.html?net&story=101705-cingular-lucent
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