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Friday, August 31, 2007

MPLS proposal spawns turf war; OOXML standardization battle drags on

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Network World's Standards and Regulations News Alert, 08/31/07

MPLS proposal spawns IETF, ITU turf war, 08/30/07: The IETF and ITU standards bodies are sparring over a set of MPLS specifications that some say could lead to massive interoperability issues for service providers if left unchanged.

Office Open XML standardization to drag into next year, 08/30/07: The long and contentious battle to standardize Office Open XML won’t end this weekend when ISO member countries cast votes, but is likely headed for a special meeting where specific questions regarding the 6,000-page specification will need to be resolved.

Microsoft employee offered incentives for OOXML support, 08/30/07: Microsoft admitted Wednesday that an employee at its Swedish subsidiary offered monetary compensation to partners for voting in favor of the Office Open XML document format's approval as an ISO standard.

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Microsoft firm on OOXML standardization, 08/29/07: Following criticism from the Open Source Industry Association (OSIA) over its ambition to have the Office Open XML (Open XML or OOXML) format accepted as an international (ISO) standard, Microsoft's group product manager for Microsoft Office, Gray Knowlton, spoke with Computerworld about why the world needs two standard document formats.

Podcast: SOX at 5: Benefits and Headaches, 08/29/07: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 turned five on July 31. Compliance with this federal law, designed to regulate the accounting and reporting practices of public companies, has become a top concern for executives, legal teams and the IT departments that support them. While the law has helped companies run tighter ships and secure themselves against threats, compliance has cost companies significant time, money and headaches. Many are wondering whether all the work is worth it. James Sayles, chief compliance advisor at Ecora Software and an expert in security, risk management and auditing, discusses the pros and cons of SOX with Cara Garretson.

The Blogosphere rages over OOXML standards vote: As the deadline approaches for the ISO vote on acceptance/rejection of Open Office XML as a standard, anyone and everyone involved in the process is blogging about it. Opinions range from gloating to indignation at the process, the spec and Microsoft’s controversial role.

Design e-mail archives beyond legal discovery, 08/24/07: Corporations are racing against time to create archives that allow retrieval of e-mails in response to increasingly common civil suit discovery motions.

Patent reform opponents find support from unions, 08/24/07: Opponents of legislation that would overhaul the U.S. patent system have enlisted new allies who may cause majority Democrats in Congress to rethink their support of the proposals.

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