Create alert7663 results for "Standards"
ITU: Standardization critical for global industry
News Technology heads from major companies call for "overhaul" of ICT standardization and offer recommendations to better address needs of industry.
Tags: Network standards/protocols, Standards, Standardization, climate change, Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., British Telecommunications, Telecommunications, Information And Communication Technology, Standards
E-reader trend needs common standards
News More players eye piece of e-reader market, but consumers benefit only if readers are built to support one common standard, say industry players.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Standards, E-book, Spokesperson, Standards, Korea, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., digital-rights management, public domain, Notebooks and tablets
Web standards group scrutinizing Apple patent
News The W3C aims to get a handle on an Apple patent that could hold back the consortium's work to standardize Web applications.
Tags: Standards, Prior Art, W3C, consortium, RFC, PNG, Standards, software update, software, computer
Mobile industry needs open standards
News Two major players issue call for industry to develop mobile ecosystem based on open standards, to ensure growth and cope with new market entrants.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Business applications, Standards, Qualcomm Inc., Mobile, PC Company, Open Source, API, Mobility, Nokia Corp.
Asian enterprises want 'packaged clouds'
News Enterprises looking to go to cloud quickly are not keen on piecemeal components. Instead, they want cloud offerings that come packaged, says virtualization vendor.
Tags: Cloud computing, Standards, Citrix Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Cloud, Virtualization, Asia, Red Hat Inc., Asia-Pacific
India working on standard for biometrics
News Government looking at national standard to provide "level-playing field", as India readies e-government initiatives based on biometric technology.
Tags: Biometrics, Data security, Security applications/tools, Privacy, E-passport, E-government, Security, India, Information Security, Card
Intel seeks new 'microserver' standard
News Intel doesn't want to be the only one touting eensy-weensy servers aimed at Web site hosting companies. It's trying to standardize its design.
Tags: Servers, Intel Corp., quad-core processor, Computer, Hosting Company, Server, processor, computer industry, blade server, Web Site
Card security rules hinder virtualization
News Current guidelines for security card payment need updating as they conflict with virtualization practices and may hamper adoption of the technology, say industry experts.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Security, Virtualization, Jason Pearce, bank, International Data Corp.
Certification to boost 802.11n adoption
News Finalization of Wi-Fi standard is expected to encourage wide adoption and migration of enterprise deployments to 802.11n, says Wi-Fi Alliance.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, Network standards/protocols, Certification, Wi-Fi Alliance, network, Access Point, Aruba Networks, Manufacturing, Wireless
Excel criticized over ODF interoperability
News Microsoft has come under fire for spreadsheet interoperability issues in its ODF implementation within Office 2007 SP2, but says it is an issue inherent with the standard.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Standards, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Interoperability, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Excel, spreadsheet, Microsoft Office
Windows 7 business standard by next year
News Analysts believe that Windows 7 will become the standard operating system for business PCs, skipping Vista.
Tags: Windows 7, Business applications, Forrester Research Inc., Operating System, business PC, Business applications, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, IT Professional, Microsoft Windows 7
Crypto project to lock down Net security
News VeriSign and Icann have joined with two U.S. government agencies to encrypt one of the fundamental Internet protocols.
Tags: Domain names, Network security, Security implementation/standards, NIST, Security, Domain Name, VeriSign Inc., ICANN, U.S. Department of Commerce, Internet User
Printer makers mum on new security standard
News New security standards for devices such as printers, copiers and multifunction systems have emerged, but details on hardware compliance are scant.
Tags: Storage, Standard, Security, Device, Risk, Singapore, Access Control, Standards, Environment, e-mail
Open source evangelists lock horns with Nasscom
News India's open source community is miffed over Nasscom's proposal for e-government projects to support multiple standards, instead of single patent-free standards.
Tags: Local Government, Regulations, Open source, Standards, E-government, Red Hat Inc., India, F/OSS, Standards, phone
Apple gets higher profile in HTML standardization
News Group standardizing the fast-changing language of Web pages now has three leaders, and an Apple manager occupies the new seat.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Browser Company, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C, Web Application, co-chair, Web
