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Are More Telecom Deals On The Way?
Business-technology managers may be scratching their heads as they try to figure out what a potential acquisition of AT&T by SBC Communications means for them. There is little doubt that the telecommunications industry is in for another period of major transformation, says InformationWeek editor at large Paul Travis. New technologies, new competitors, and new demands from businesses and consumers are forcing telecom companies to analyze their position in the marketplace and determine what they need to do thrive in a world where basic communications has become a commodity product characterized by declining prices and shrinking profit margins.
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Technology's Foot Soldiers Are The Key To Homeland Security
It's not hard to find someone, even in government, who agrees that 9/11 could have been prevented. It's also not hard to find someone, even in government, who agrees that data-sharing projects underway to correct the intelligence lapses that enabled 9/11 are moving slowly. A year here, 18 months there, and throw in some overpriced, overdue technology. All of this would make me very nervous if it wasn't for some very dedicated people I've met lately.
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Feds Raise Caution Flag On VoIP Phone Systems
Thinking of deploying a VoIP phone system to save money? A federal agency charged with promoting technology says you should proceed cautiously because of security risks when deploying VoIP phone systems.
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More Words You Want Banned: "Ping," "End of the Day," "Functionality"
Your additions to a column on IT-related words that deserve to be banned show your passion for protecting the language from abuse.
We can't let down our guard.
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NRF Goes RFID
Are you ready for some RFID?
The National Retail Federation is giving NRF conference goers an up-close and personal experience with radio-frequency identification technology. At NRF, Jan. 16 – 19, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, attendees have the option to wear a conference badge with an RFID chip inside.
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Can Business And Government Speak The Same Language?
The Homeland Security Department's National Infrastructure Advisory Council Tuesday held its first meeting since President Bush's November reelection. After a first term largely spent getting its arms around just how much of the nation's critical infrastructure – energy utilities, manufacturing and transportation facilities, telecommunication and data networks, and financial services – is run by private-sector companies, NIAC is now looking for a way to motivate these companies to improve both physical and cyber security. Not an easy task when you consider that corporate America maintains an estimated 85-to-90% of the nation's critical infrastructure.
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The Data Miner
Homeland Security Secretary-designate Michael Chertoff is a big advocate of data mining as a tool to identify terrorists.
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Machine Wars
Cybercrime used to be personal. Today, it's professional and pre-programmed.
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New Math: D.C. Style
The federal government has it’s own type of math, at least when it comes to IT salaries.
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HP's Fiorina heavy on celebrities at CES
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has always seemed to revolve around celebrities, as evidenced again this year by Microsoft’s Bill Gates’ tête-à-tête with late night talk show host Conan O’Brien, and Intel’s Craig Barrett’s schmoozing with Areosmith lead singer Steven Tyler, in the two executives’ respective keynotes.
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Is CES a sign of good days ahead
If the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week in any indication, consumer electronics could lead strong growth for providers of electronic hardware and software. With the death of the once dominant Comdex, CES has taken the lead as the largest trade show held in Las Vegas each year. Around 130,000 people squeezed elbow to elbow through the exhibit halls on Thursday. If it’s not a sign of upcoming economic improvement, it’s at least a sign of lot of optimism.
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