Start-up tackles compliance; Federal agencies struggle with compliance

Compliance News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Riverbed Webcast: WAN Optimization benefits Listen to Network World's Editorial Perspectives Webcast WAN Optimization to learn how to leverage this technology. Find out how to shop for WAN optimization products and how these tools can improve traffic utilization and application performance. Click here for more information. Network World's Standards and Regulations News Alert, 10/05/07 PricewaterhouseCoopers spinoff tackles governance, risk and compliance, 10/03/07: Software start-up puts PricewaterhouseCoopers' knowledge to use in its Brabeion IT Risk & Compliance Manager platform. Federal agencies face obstacles in implementing FISMA, 10/04/07: Four U.S. agencies -- the departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Defense and State -- are apparently still having trouble complying with some of the requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Symantec seeking product management umbrella, 10/04/07: Symantec is looking to bring its storage, backup, security protection, configuration and patch-management tools under a common management umbrella that will lead to better IT policy and compliance reporting, a company executive said Wednesday. Storage Trends Explained Learn how IT shops can optimize their current storage systems with new tools and practices in this informative Webcast, Storage Trends and Options. Listen to industry experts explain the latest developments and address the hype surrounding future storage platforms. Click here for more information. SAP partners with IBM, Sun on identity management, 10/03/07: SAP is teaming up with IBM and Sun to combine identity management software with tools that ensure proper segregation of duties, a necessary part of regulatory compliance. E-mail security, compliance upgraded in Google Apps, 10/03/07: Google is upgrading its set of Google Apps office tools with e-mail security and compliance features, stemming from its acquisition of Postini, to help it compete with Microsoft Office. Compliance in the executive suite, 10/02/07: The difficulties of complying with regulations aren't going away; however, there is vast opportunity for organizations to gain competitive advantage by developing the right information technology infrastructure, policies and processes. FCC provides more information to some lobbyists, 10/04/07: The FCC has routinely let some telecom lobbyists know in advance when votes important to them will happen, but has not done the same for some consumer and public-interest groups, according to a report by a government auditor. Feds pull the domain name plug on State of California, 10/04/07: The Federal government pulled the plug on the ca.gov Web domain used by the State of California on Tuesday, setting into motion a chain of events that threatened to grind government business to a standstill within the state. RenewData rolls out e-discovery service, 10/03/07: RenewData, a vendor of e-discovery and data migration services, today launched a new service designed to help customers address liability issues associated with the content of backup tapes as well as limit the cost of storing backup tapes. WLAN patent threat may be resolved, 10/02/07: A roadblock that reportedly could have held up a key wireless LAN standard seems to have been cleared now that an Australian research group has responded to the IEEE standards body. Standards bodies vow to resolve MPLS flap, 09/27/07: The Internet’s leading standards bodies have agreed to work together to ensure that a new transport protocol being developed for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks is compatible with the billions of dollars worth of MPLS equipment that carriers have installed in recent years. Internet tax moratorium bill stalls, 09/28/07: A U.S. Senate committee has postponed action on a bill that would extend an Internet tax moratorium after it expires Nov. 1. IPv4 depletion: Where do we stand?: IP routing expert Jeff Doyle gives an update on IPv4 depletion.

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