Starting this week, if a company doing business in California gets hacked, it has to tell California residents that the security of their personal information has been compromised. While this seems like good business sense – not to mention common courtesy – some businesses aren’t happy about it. They say that the law is vague, that it will frighten customers unnecessarily and that it will only serve to encourage hackers.
Calif. breach-disclosure law raises questions, concerns
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0630california.html?net
Nortel lays out storage plan
Nortel is focusing on the network part of storage-area networks – whether those networks are in the local or wide areas. To do this the company is bringing one of its strengths, dense wave division multiplexing technology, to enterprises.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0630nortel.html?net
VMware software steps up control of virtual servers
VMware is readying software to enable users to move virtual machines among physical servers in response to resource demands. VMware Control Center, which is in beta testing now and is scheduled to be available later this year, provides a centralized point for managing multiple virtual servers on heterogeneous systems.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0630vmware.html?net
AOL adds encryption to its corporate IM
AOL has shored up its enterprise messaging products, adding the ability to encrypt messages, files and chat sessions over its network, which can then be logged and audited.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0630aoladds.html?net
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