BEA Deal Makes Oracle A Middleware Powerhouse

The addition of BEA technology will help Oracle get its Fusion midleware project back on track, analysts say.
From: www.informationweek.com

Integrien revs system analysis with Alive 6.0

Integrien is attempting to pushing into the front lines of vendors a new generation of IT optimization tools with Alive 6.0, set to be released next week.
From: news.yahoo.com

MicroStrategy Honors Three Organizations for Excellence in Enterprise-Class Business Intelligence

MicroStrategy® Incorporated , a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today honored three organizations for achieving outstanding business performance with their MicroStrategy-based business intelligence applications.
From: biz.yahoo.com

MicroStrategy Recognizes CIO of Ryder with Individual Excellence Award

MicroStrategy® Incorporated , a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it has selected Kevin Bott, Chief Information Officer of Ryder, as the recipient of the MicroStrategy Individual Excellence in Business Intelligence award.
From: biz.yahoo.com

2008 shaping up to be "Year of Filters" at colleges, ISPs

Could 2008 be the Year of the Filter? As major ISPs publicly announced plans to start filtering their networks for copyright violations and a Congressional bill pushes colleges to adopt "technology-based deterrents" to file-swapping, filtering could go mainstream this year. It could also backfire spectacularly. Read More...
From: arstechnica.com

Nationwide Agreement Between Attorneys General and MySpace

Will help protect children from online predators
From: www.infozine.com

Troubling "Digital Theft Prevention" Requirements Remain in Higher Education Bill

Last November, we reported on H.R. 4137 , the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007, which includes misguided anti-piracy requirements for universities. For the most part, the massive, nearly 800-page bill refreshes existing legislation about federal financial aid.
From: www.eff.org

InfoVista Joins Nortel-Led Carrier Ethernet Ecosystem

PARIS & HERNDON, Va.----InfoVista , the leading service-centric performance management software vendor, today announced that it has joined an industry consortium spearheaded by Nortel dedicated to creating a Carrier Ethernet Ecosystem.
From: biz.yahoo.com

MySpace OKs measures to protect kids

About 70 sexual predators who used the social networking site have been identified in Minnesota.
From: www.startribune.com

MySpace reaches deal with Ohio, other states to protect children on line

ALBANY, N.Y. -- MySpace.com has reached agreement with Ohio and dozens of other states to add extensive measures aimed at combatting sexual predators.
From: www.wkyc.com

FOXSexpert: Why Do People Cheat?

Cheating on your lover has become a multi-million dollar industry. With approximately half of people admitting to having been unfaithful at some point in their lives, FOXSexpert looks at why people cheat.
From: www.foxnews.com

Attorney General announces MySpace agreement

OLYMPIA, Wash.  - Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced that MySpace has agreed to take significant steps to better protect children on its Web site.
From: www.khq.com

Major Social Networking Safety Agreement Designed To Protect Children Has Been Reached Between MySpace And The ...

ATLANTA, GA (January 14, 2008) - In a victory for social networking safety, Attorney General Baker and 48 other states as well as the District of Columbia announced today that MySpace has agreed to significant steps to better protect children on its web site, including creation of a broad-based task force to explore and develop age and identity verification technology.
From: www.theweekly.com

Stepped-Up Online Protection for Children

Major Social Networking Safety Agreement Designed To Protect Children Has Been Reached Between MySpace And The Nation?s Attorneys General
From: www.wsav.com

Details of MySpace Agreement

The following information was provided by the Office of the Indiana Attorney General: (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) -- In a victory for social networking safety, Attorney General Steve Carter and 49 other states
From: www.wane.com

MicroStrategy Recognized as a Leading Software Provider for Retailers by RIS News

MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it was recognized by Retail Info Systems (RIS) News as one of the top software providers for retailers.
From: www.centredaily.com

GE Sensing Introduces New Multivariable And Ultrasonic Flowmeters

GE Sensing announces the release of two new flowmeters: the Panaflow MV multivariable vortex flowmeter and the Panaflow ISX transit-time ultrasonic flowmeter
From: www.oilandgasonline.com

Energy monitoring software can save the planet

INSTALLING digital tools in people?s homes, that allow them to closely monitor and adjust their electricity use, lowers their monthly bills.
From: www.theinquirer.net

Tag: fbi

In 2008 the line between cybercrime and legitimate business will blur, Australians will find out just how many data breaches occur, smartphones will attract malware, and people will decide which group is worse: social networking sites seeking to monetise page hits or identity thieves.
From: www.zdnet.com.au

Protecting Kids from Internet Predators

A police program in the Coulee Region is aimed at helping parents protect their kids from Internet predators.
From: www.weau.com

Woodstream Secures Enterprise-Wide Network Monitoring Success With CITTIO

SAN FRANCISCO----CITTIO Inc., the innovation leader in network and systems monitoring software, announced today that Woodstream, a manufacturer of a broad portfolio of consumer and professional products, has realized substantial performance gains as a result of deploying CITTIO WatchTower® for enterprise-wide monitoring across all of its distributed networks throughout the U.S. and Canada.
From: biz.yahoo.com

Windows feedback plan could go global

SOFTWARE giant Microsoft could go global with a program to elicit feedback from users to improve its products.
From: australianit.news.com.au

Wired playground

AUSTIN, Texas ? Parents: Welcome to 2008. Do you know where your kids are playing with their toys this year?
From: www.rockymounttelegram.com

NetApp buys Onaro

Founded in 2001, Onaro sells real-time storage, server and SAN modeling and monitoring software, which it describes as an operational management tool that predicts the effect of system changes on performance and redundancy.
From: www.cbronline.com

Telrex Announces Solution Interoperability Validation for CallRex IP Call Recording and Monitoring with 3Com VCX IP ...

Telrex, provider of the award-winning CallRex suite of IP call recording and call center optimization solutions, today announced solution interoperability validation of CallRex Professional? IP call recording and monitoring software with the 3Com® VCX? Enterprise, VCX for IBM System i, VCX Connect 200 and VCX Connect 100 line of IP telephony platforms.
From: www.crm2day.com

Man gets 22 years in online sex scam

For more than three months, Hanover Township resident Robert Davis chatted online and over the phone with an undercover cop posing as a 14-year-old girl named ?Samantha,? telling her he wanted to fly her to Pennsylvania, get her pregnant and sell the baby.
From: www.thetimes-tribune.com

Costs of data breach far overshadow cost of PCI compliance, study finds

The cost of a data breach for the largest retailers could be as much as 20 times the cost of compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, according to an analysis from information technology security firms Solidcore Systems, Emagined Security and Fortrex Technologies Inc.
From: www.internetretailer.com