U.s. President Elect Barack Obama
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Bursting the proprietary-software bubble
Insight perspective Strip away all the bluster and jargon and you soon realize the end is nigh for proprietary software, argues open source expert.
Tags: Business applications, Open source, Software licensing, Marginal Cost, IT Budget, Bubble, Open Source, Financial Company, software, theory
Job-related spam on the rise
News With the worsening economy, spammers are employing various job and finance-related guises to try to exploit job seekers, according to Symantec.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Data security, Anti Phishing Work Group, Sophos Plc., Spam, Anti-Phishing Working Group, job agency, payment service, Crimeware, e-Mail Message
Mobile messaging grows globally
News New uses--such as messaging for social change and marketing--helped spur total message growth worldwide by nearly 10 percent in the third quarter, according to VeriSign.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Message, Mobile, Quarter, VeriSign Inc., Cell Phone, Text Messaging, Mobile Banking, Wireless, Messaging
How much of IT are you willing to give up?
Blogs A CNN report this week discussed the likelihood that the country's first tech-savvy president will have to give up the o...
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, personal health information, E-health, Mike Leavitt, electronic health record, accountability
Will greentech attract lots of green in the new year?
News Folks with money expect the new regime under U.S. president-elect Barack Obama to encourage, perhaps even subsidize, greentech in the United States.
Tags: Green IT, Network infrastructure, Infrastructure/architecture management, Dollar, Money, Wyoming, fossil fuel industry, Greece, venture capital, SolFocus
Obama's security adviser calls for energy action
News James Jones, incoming national security adviser, is a retired general who advocates for a diverse energy supply and clean-energy technologies in the name of national security.
Tags: Clean Technology, Energy Policy, Security, National Security, Renewable Energy, energy efficiency, nuclear energy, security adviser, financial, America
Tech sector suggests role of CTO in US administration
News U.S. President-elect Barack Obama should make his chief technology officer part of his economic policy team because IT is increasingly integral to good governance, says industry.
Tags: Network security, Infrastructure/architecture management, Federal Government, Regulations, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Business Software Alliance, Information Security, Tech Sector, Health IT
