NetFlash: Citigroup loses data on 3.9 million customers

How does this happen? Financial giant Citigroup lost a package containing the names, Social Security numbers and payment history information of millions of customers. Who puts this kind of information into a mobile form? Actually, Citigroup says it is now abandoning this practice and plans to send the data electronically and encrypted. Way to shut the barn door after the horse’s identity has been used to run up a credit card bill. Citigroup loses data on 3.9 million customers http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-citibank.html?net

How does this happen? Financial giant Citigroup lost a package containing the names, Social Security numbers and payment history information of millions of customers. Who puts this kind of information into a mobile form? Actually, Citigroup says it is now abandoning this practice and plans to send the data electronically and encrypted. Way to shut the barn door after the horse’s identity has been used to run up a credit card bill.

Citigroup loses data on 3.9 million customers

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-citibank.html?net

Network Life’s Storage Strategy Guide

Managing data storage at home is getting to be as big a problem as managing enterprise storage – or at least it feels like it, what with massive music files, photos, videos, e-mail messages and who knows what else filling up your hard drives. That’s why a centralized storage strategy is a must for serious home networkers. This week’s Network Life will help you form that strategy with feature stories and product test results.

https://www.networklifemag.com/news/2005/060605ednote.html?net

AT&T teams with Microsoft on next-gen IP services

AT&T is promising a host of new collaboration services based on a five-year agreement it announced on Monday with Microsoft at Supercomm 2005 in Chicago. 

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060705-att-microsoft.html?net

For breaking Supercomm news, go to:

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/supercomm.html?net

VMware launches subscription service

VMware Monday introduced a new developer network that includes cheaper access to its virtualization products, with the aim of making it easier for enterprise customers to deploy applications in virtual environments.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-vmware.html?net

Radio: Apple switches to Intel

What does Apple’s announced move of dropping IBM PowerPC chips in favor Intel processors mean for the company and its enthusiats? We talk with Tim Deal, senior analyst at Technology Business Research to find out:

http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/060705radio.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where we haven’t assaulted a hotel clerk in weeks:

Apple wants to recycle your iPod; United to offer in-flight wireless; $30 disposable video cams on sale; and the start of the latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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