http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/1364/all xx http://www.itworld.com/saas/67031/dmtf-creates-open-cloud-incubator The DMTF on Monday said it is developing an "Open Cloud Standards Incubator" to build management standards for cloud computing. http://www.itworld.com/saas/67031/dmtf-creates-open-cloud-incubator#comments SaaS Security Virtualization News cloud computing dmtf standards Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:49:13 -0400 ITworld staff 67031 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/66341/pci-security-rules-may-require-reinforcements 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. http://www.itworld.com/security/66341/pci-security-rules-may-require-reinforcements#comments Security News pci standards Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:06:57 -0400 ITworld staff 66341 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/64523/myspace-enhances-data-portability-system MySpace is adding support for the open standards OAuth and OpenID. http://www.itworld.com/internet/64523/myspace-enhances-data-portability-system#comments Internet News data portability MySpace OpenID social networking standards Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:32:16 -0400 ITworld staff 64523 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/62820/sun-offers-open-source-encryption-key-management-protocol 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. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/62820/sun-offers-open-source-encryption-key-management-protocol#comments Open Source News encryption standards Sun Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:13:54 -0500 ITworld staff 62820 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/61615/coming-soon-full-disk-encryption-all-computer-drives 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. http://www.itworld.com/security/61615/coming-soon-full-disk-encryption-all-computer-drives#comments Security Storage News encryption HDD SSD standards Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:15:53 -0500 ITworld staff 61615 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/virtualization/60546/ovf-standard-virtualizations-future The Distributed Management Task Force has launched a standards initiative, the Open Virtual Machine (OVF) Format, which would offer a way for all participants to gain the benefits of virtual appliances while reducing the friction of multiple, competitive, incompatible implementations. OVF addresses the three key issues that have previously hindered virtual appliance adoption and supports multiple virtual image formats, so that virtual machines for any hypervisor may be carried within an OVF payload. Furthermore, OVF payloads are digitally signed, ensuring tamper-free distribution and user peace of mind. http://www.itworld.com/virtualization/60546/ovf-standard-virtualizations-future#comments Virtualization Opinion OVF standards Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:17:00 -0500 ITworld staff 60546 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/58923/ieee-set-patent-pools-simplify-standards-adoption The IEEE plans to set up "patent pool" licensing programs to get the standards it defines developed into products more quickly and cheaply. http://www.itworld.com/legal/58923/ieee-set-patent-pools-simplify-standards-adoption#comments Legal News ieee intellectual property patent standards Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:58:45 -0500 ITworld staff 58923 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/55375/european-public-sector-open-source-guidelines-spark-debate 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. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/55375/european-public-sector-open-source-guidelines-spark-debate#comments Government Legal Open Source News standards Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:01:34 -0400 ITworld staff 55375 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/55264/ibm-threatens-leave-standards-bodies IBM is threatening to leave organizations that set standards for software interoperability because of concerns that their processes are not always fair. http://www.itworld.com/development/55264/ibm-threatens-leave-standards-bodies#comments Development News IBM ISO OOXML standards Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:37:29 -0400 ITworld staff 55264 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/54658/nations-question-isos-merit-following-dropped-ooxml-appeals 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. http://www.itworld.com/software/54658/nations-question-isos-merit-following-dropped-ooxml-appeals#comments Software News IEC ISO OOXML standards Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:19:50 -0400 ITworld staff 54658 at http://www.itworld.com