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US government finally lets ICANN go
News update In surprising move, U.S. government says it is ready to relinquish power of organization that oversees global Web traffic to "Internet users everywhere".
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Politics, International governments, Domain Name, ICANN, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, accountability, U.S. Department of Commerce
Downturn chops, delays HK IT projects
News One in five businesses have canceled IT projects that were underway, while over 80 percent are cutting or freezing IT investments, new survey finds.
Tags: IT Governance, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Budgeting/cost control, Survey, Hong Kong, accountability, business strategy, IT governance, monitoring
Microsoft's secret deals on open source
Insight commentary Microsoft has been building a portfolio of open source license deals. And it still prefers secrecy.
Tags: Patents, Software, SCO Group Inc., Microsoft Corp., Nikon Corp., Kyocera Wireless Corp., Patent, Open Source, accountability, IBM AIX
Time for U.S. to stop saying ICANN
Blogs This week marks the first time Barack Obama stood in front of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In his in...
How to prioritize your organization’s projects
Techguide Here are some tips work with management, to successfully determine how to balance new and existing projects.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Project, Business Benefit, accountability, PowerPoint Presentation, team-building, information technology, strategy, business case
New privacy guidelines for US e-health records
News As U.S. president-elect Barack Obama calls for widespread adoption of e-medical records, the Department of Health and Human Services is offering more privacy guidelines for them.
Tags: Privacy, Data security, Security Management, Service level management, U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, E-health, electronic health record, personal health information, accountability, Mike Leavitt
Yahoo now targets ads based on search behavior
News The Internet pioneer is blending some aspects of search and display advertising, a move that reinforces the new CEO's views of the company's holistic strengths.
Tags: Search, Advertiser, Online Advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, accountability, Targeting Technology, Advertisement, CEO, Search Result
Experts: US Homeland Security needs fresh ideas on cybersecurity
News A successful public-private partnership to combat cyberthreats will require more trust and forward-looking ideas, policy experts say referring to Homeland Security.
Tags: Hacking, Firewalls, Web 2.0, Security, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, cyberthreats, accountability, DHS Cybersecurity Initiative, Marc Rotenberg
Think you're not ready for cloud?
Insight perspective Your business may already be getting to grips with the fundamental practices needed to bring cloud computing to life, says analyst.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web services, Service, SLA, accountability, Cloud computing, business service, monitoring, service provider, accounting
Bangalore chilled by Satyam scandal
Insight perspective Indian outsourcing companies will have a hard time regaining the trust lost from the recent Satyam scandal, says industry observer.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Services, Outsourcing, India, Hyderabad, Outsourcing Company, accountability, Saritha Rai, Worker, job
Corporate governance don't mean squat if flouted
Blogs The joke goes that, "it's only wrong if you're caught", so cheating in class or smoking on school grounds is only agains...
Asia's lawmakers need not copy Europe
Insight Region's governments should focus on core data protection concepts of harm prevention and accountability, yet stay true to culture, says IBM privacy chief.
Tags: Privacy, Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Government, Data Protection, Social Networking, IBM Corp., Law, Security
How modern technology has mis-valued content
Blogs I remember returning to the office from my first few assignments as a rookie reporter, real excited, and eager to write ...
'Best effort' insufficient for cloud
News Cloud ecosystem needs operator participation to provide single point of blame, to win businesses' confidence in moving over, says consultant.
Tags: Service level management, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, NTT Corp., SingTel, network, Uptime, Asia-Pacific, SLA, Service Management
S'pore employees want 'ethical' companies
News Some 66 percent of Singapore employees consider company's ethical conduct very important factor in deciding where to work, new study reveals.
Tags: Employee communications, Recruiting, Generation Y, Employee, Worker, Generation X, Survey, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Singapore
