InBoxer's virtual compliance appliance; ISPs hit wiretap deadline

Standards and Regulatory Compliance News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Arsenal Digital Solutions Automated Off-Site Data Protection for SMBs Would you bet your company on the data saved during your last backup? Statistics show that only 6% of companies suffering a catastrophic data loss will survive beyond two years. And yet many organizations struggle to maintain a regular backup schedule, especially as more and more employees work from remote locations: branch offices, home offices, and while traveling. Join us for a timely, interactive presentation to find out how automated, off-site data protection can help SMBs to meet and overcome their backup, recovery and business continuity challenges. Click here to register today and learn how to protect your mission-critical data! Network World's Standards and Regulations News Alert, 05/18/07 InBoxer announces virtualized version of compliance appliance, 05/16/07:  InBoxer on Wednesday announced a virtualized version of its appliance for archiving e-mail, detecting data leaks, and meeting electronic discovery requirements. U.S. ISPs slam into wiretap deadline, 05/15/07:  U.S. broadband and VoIP providers on Monday hit a deadline to prove they could accommodate law-enforcement wiretaps. FCC approves iPhone. 05/17/07:  The Federal Communications Commission approved Apple’s iPhone, clearing the way for the combined phone and music player to hit the shelves. Network World Executive Guide: Compliance: Trends and Lessons Make your compliance efforts as streamlined and effective as possible - download our latest Executive Guide: Compliance Trends and Lessons. Through case studies and best practices, examine how network IT executives are meeting regulations in the real world and get exclusive Clear Choice Test results on 15 compliance tools. Click here to download Microsoft backs adding ODF to ANSI standards, 05/17/07:  Days after declaring its intention to aggressively collect patent royalties from open-source distributors, Microsoft backed adding ODF, the document file format used widely in open-source alternatives to Microsoft Office, to a list of business standards. U.S. senators take outsourcing firms to woodshed over H-1B use, 05/15/07:  Two U.S. senators – a Democrat and a Republican – are taking aim at nine prominent outsourcing companies demanding that they explain their use of the H-1B program. HP unveils security-monitoring appliance for SCADA systems, 05/15/07:  HP Tuesday plans to unveil a network-monitoring appliance that captures event data generated in systems-control and data-acquisition networks to help energy-sector companies comply with federally required security standards that took effect this year. Patent overhaul bill moves forward in Congress, 05/16/07:  A subcommittee of the U.S. Congress has taken the first step toward overhauling the U.S. patent system by approving a patent reform bill Wednesday. U.S. military bans access to social networking sites, 05/15/07:  The U.S. Department of Defense has blocked access to some social networking sites on its computers, saying use of the sites could clog the military's networks, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Provilla upgrades data-leak prevention offering, 05/14/07:  Start-up Provilla on Monday announced a new version of its data-leak protection agent software and appliance designed to make demonstrating compliance with corporate, federal, and industry regulations easier. Qualcomm talks tough on patents, 4G, 05/10/07:  The race to define and build next-generation broadband wireless networks is in full swing. And though Qualcomm doesn't like to use the 4G term, the company - a key supplier of chip technology for today's 3G networks - is already moving to stake its claim in the emerging market for super-fast wireless services.

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