Data Governance
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Asia to be part of data governance framework
News Active participation of Asian organizations in developing data governance guidelines fleshes out region's interests, says IBM Data Governance Council's chief.
Tags: IT Governance, Risk Management, Data Governance, Asia, Governance Framework, public sector, data quality, performance, bank, audit
Focus on data protection laws too narrow?
News Governments' moves to legislate data protection is only a piece of the puzzle, as private sector also needs to invest to protect critical infrastructure, says Symantec exec.
Tags: Network security, Data security, Security Management, Privacy, Regulations, Security, EMEA, Asia, Asia-Pacific, Singapore
Google stumbles with first earnings miss
News Stock slides 15 percent, erasing nearly US$20 billion in value, on lower-than-expected profit.
Tags: Search, Web services, Financial
XBRL standard could highlight financial risks
News The IBM Data Governance Council is launching a year-long initiative to try to develop a taxonomy to describe risk in the XBRL business data language.
Tags: Data Management, Data security, XBRL, IBM Corp., Bank Of America Corp., Financial Company, Citigroup Inc., enterprise data management, IBM Data Governance Council, American Express Co.
IBM to acquire compliance software firm Consul
News Dutch company, a specialist in risk-management software, will become part of Big Blue's Tivoli unit.
Tags: Acquisitions, Mergers
Living in a world without privacy
Blogs Never hand out your phone number, and never ever tell anyone where you live. Those were instructions my father would con...
More worries about Google Desktop 3
News IT administrators are banning the software, saying its new multiple-computer search feature could ultimately violate federal privacy regs.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Privacy
UK govt Web monitoring plans unworkable, warns Linx
News Traffic-switching organization, London Internet Exchange, says proposals to monitor all Web communications are technologically impractical.
Tags: Data security, Authentication and encryption, Network security, Spokesperson, data retention, communications service provider, Government, e-mail, monitoring, Internet
UK unveils ID cards for foreign nationals
News Britain's Home secretary Jacqui Smith has unveiled ID cards for foreign nationals, drawing criticism from opposition parties and campaigners.
Tags: Security, Biometrics, Home Secretary, Supplier, Democrat, Database, ID Card, Government, U.K., biometric fingerprint
Keep your data options open, warns Gartner
News International companies keeping data abroad might want to reconsider their options after a number of U.S. telcos were accused of leaking data.
Tags: Data centers, Data security, Database management, Databases, Privacy
Big Blue's RFID fix for drugs may stall
News High Impact Tag management system aims to help goods cross borders freely--but could get tangled in a legal tussle over drug tracking.
Tags: RFID, Business applications
Google to U.S. govt: Back off
News Company chastises an "uninformed" Justice Department and stands its ground against a subpoena for search records.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Lawsuits
