Create alert10972 results for "State Government"
Indian states take flight with SWANs
News Country's US$713 million State Wide Area Networks initiative to interconnect 29 states and six union territories is now in full swing.
Tags: Local Government, State Government, LANs and WANs, Networking technology, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., E-government, Goa, UTStarcom Inc., GEPON
UK police slash paperwork with mobiles
News From next week, law enforcers in the United Kingdom will use handheld devices to enter data during street searches, which can help cut each process from 20 minutes to 60 seconds.
Tags: Employee communications, State Government, Politics, Mobile, Home Secretary, Officer, Mobile Device, handheld computer, State Government, CIO
China slams US bias in cyberspying row
News Chinese officials hit back at report by U.S.-China body that claimed the Asian giant has stepped up espionage activities directed at the United States.
Tags: International governments, Defense/military, Commission, USCC, USCC Web Site, Republican, U.S., Nancy Pelosi, America, China
Obama may be able to keep his BlackBerry after all
News There's been plenty of speculation about whether U.S. President Obama will be able to hang on to his beloved BlackBerry, a fixture of the presidential campaign. One report says yes, he can.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Federal Government, State Government, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows Mobile, President-elect, State Government, National Security Agency
New national cyber adviser to report to Obama
News Obama administration releases homeland security agenda that includes plans to create a national cyber adviser position to report directly to the U.S. president.
Tags: Defense/military, Federal Government, State Government, Network infrastructure, IT training, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Arizona, Governor, State Government
Report: Countries prepping for cyber war
News U.S., Israel, Russia, China, and France are gearing up for cyber offensives, according to a new McAfee report.
Tags: Security, International governments, Defense/military, ARPAnet, network, U.S., Georgia, South Korea, denial of service, McAfee Inc.
S'pore, Taiwan among world's most competitive
News update Five economies in Asia-Pacific make top 20 list of world's most IT competitive nations in new study conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit.
Tags: Local Government, India, Business Software Alliance, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Broadband, Broadband Penetration, South Korea, Environment, vision
EU extends deadline for review of Oracle-Sun deal
News European regulators have extended deadline for review of Oracle's acquisition of Sun, giving the business software maker more time to make its case.
Tags: Acquisitions, Government, Open Source, Database, restructuring, European Commission, European Union, Europe, Sun Microsystems Inc., job loss
US state AGs on Google Books settlement: We object
News Five states join opposition to the settlement on the grounds that states, rather than the Books Rights Registry, should be entitled to unclaimed proceeds.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Data Management, U.S. Department Of Justice, attorney, Settlement, Missouri, payment, antitrust, Web 2.0
APAC HPC users eye solid-state drives
News update Some supercomputing users in the region are trialing flash memory for added boost, says a vendor, but an analyst notes SSDs won't be common "anytime soon".
Tags: Supercomputing, Memory, NEC Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Computing, e-mail, I/O, hard drive, high-performance, flash memory
Toshiba brings out business-card-size solid-state drives
News New solid-state drives, which feature capacities of up to 62GB, are designed for notebooks and Netbooks.
Tags: Processors, Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage, Notebook, consortium, Hardware, hardware maker, Dell Computer Corp., manufacturer, Toshiba Corp.
Aust state not alone in police hacking laws
News Other jurisdictions besides New South Wales are proposing legislation to allow police to quietly hack into suspects' computers remotely, an Australian cybercrime analyst says.
Tags: Privacy, Hacking, Bill, Telecommunications, Queensland, computer, Victoria, phone, hacking, Facebook
Auditor slams Aust state govt IT security
News Western Australia's Auditor General Colin Murphy examined the IT systems of 65 agencies in the state, and was not impressed with their security.
Tags: Data security, Security, IT Security, Information Security, Password, computer, network, audit, information technology, monitor
Malaysia to enforce data protection law
News Eight years in the making, country's Personal Data Protection Bill will finally be tabled in parliament this month and expected to be in force early-2010.
Tags: Data security, Privacy, Local Government, Regulations, Data Protection, E-government, Conference, Safe Harbor, European Union, Singapore
M'sia probe over Web content raises global ire
News International media watchdogs and human rights groups call for Malaysian government to stop "harassment" of local political news site, Malaysiakini.
Tags: Local Government, Politics, Regulations, Web sites, Bangkok, Censorship, Video, Portal, Government, Internet
