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The Open Data Center Alliance aligns with other alliances

Posted November 8, 2011 - 6:57 pm

Pushing ahead on standard, secure, efficient next-gen computing.
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DMTF creates open cloud incubator

Posted April 27, 2009 - 2:49 pm

The DMTF on Monday said it is developing an "Open Cloud Standards Incubator" to build management standards for cloud computing.
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PCI security rules may require reinforcements

Posted April 13, 2009 - 3:06 pm

The PCI standard, long touted as one of the private sector's strongest attempts to regulate itself on IT security, is increasingly being slammed by critics who claim that the rules aren't doing enough to protect credit and debit card data.
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MySpace enhances data portability system

Posted March 18, 2009 - 9:32 am

MySpace is adding support for the open standards OAuth and OpenID.
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Sun offers open-source encryption key management protocol

Posted February 17, 2009 - 5:13 pm

Sun announced today that it is throwing its hat into the standards arena, proposing that its open-source key management API be used as a universal way to allow encrypting devices to communicate with key management systems.
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Coming soon: Full-disk encryption for all computer drives

Posted January 28, 2009 - 5:15 pm

The world's six largest computer drive makers Tuesday published the final specifications for a single, full-disk encryption standard that can be used across all hard disk drives, solid state drives (SSD) and encryption key management applications.
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IEEE to set up patent pools to simplify standards adoption

Posted December 8, 2008 - 11:58 am

The IEEE plans to set up "patent pool" licensing programs to get the standards it defines developed into products more quickly and cheaply.
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European public sector open-source guidelines spark debate

Posted September 25, 2008 - 5:01 pm

Should European governments favor open source software when they hold tenders for public contracts? Economists and policy makers appear to think so but industry giants including Microsoft argue that this would be discriminatory and are considering legal action to prevent this from happening.
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IBM threatens to leave standards bodies

Posted September 23, 2008 - 11:37 am

IBM is threatening to leave organizations that set standards for software interoperability because of concerns that their processes are not always fair.
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Nations question ISO's merit following dropped OOXML appeals

Posted September 2, 2008 - 8:19 pm

Countries whose appeals were dismissed regarding the ISO/IEC's approval of Microsoft's OOXML as an international standard are questioning the judgment and relevance of the ISO/IEC and the standards they approve.
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ISO, IEC reject appeals, approve OOXML spec

Posted August 15, 2008 - 1:26 pm

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have given the green light to publish the Microsoft-backed Office Open XML (OOXML) specification after organization leaders rejected appeals from four countries to protest the vote that approved OOXML as a standard.
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