Daily News Archive

Please note that The Daily News is publishing (hopefully) twice a week for the foreseeable future due to time constraints.

Tuesday, February 7th

]"The ideas of control and improvement are often confused with one another. This is because the quality control and quality improvement are inseparable.” -- Kaoru Ishikawa

 

The Picks of the Day

People cautious of Web crime

“Internet users believe they are more likely to be victims of a cybercrime than a physical one in the coming year, according to a recent survey.”

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/02/05/business/105799.txt

 

Researchers: Popular apps have mismanaged security

“Big-name companies like America Online (AOL) and Adobe could do a better job of writing secure software, according to a recent report by two Princeton University researchers.”

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/020606-application-security.html

 

Legal and Regulatory Compliance

VCs Look for Payday in London

“However, VCs have been having trouble completing initial public offering, in large part because compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has sharply driven up costs for small publicly-traded companies. In addition, since the Securities and Exchange Commission's research settlement with Wall Street, there is much less analyst coverage of small, fledgling companies.”

http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/5487545?f=alerts

 

Security and Risk Management

Big Banks Ally for Data Security Program

“Big banks are confronting technology service providers to learn how their customers' sensitive data is being protected from security breaches.”

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1920051,00.asp

 

Newspapers' Exposure of Data Points Out Hidden Risks

“Incidents such as the data security breach disclosed last week by The Boston Globe and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette—which inadvertently attached the credit card numbers of more than 200,000 subscribers to newspaper bundles—highlight the unexpected ways in which sensitive information can leak out of companies.”

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,108387,00.html

 

Human Error / Safety

U.S. not ready for bird flu, experts say

“The 5,000 state and local health departments in the United States are rushing to plan for an epidemic of avian flu, but they say they are hobbled by a lack of money and guidance from the federal government.”

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/06/news/flu.php

 

Outsourcing / Globalization

Wipro Targets Top 10

“Indian IT/BPO company wants to be a top 10 services provider by 2009; the ascent of India, Inc., and the global nature of skill”

http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?articleID=7307&TopicID=9

 

Outsourcing of some tasks can help bring in more profit

“When small companies outsource parts of their operations, owners and top executives find they can focus more on what really matters--building the business and serving clients and customers better. And with a growing number of companies available to do virtually any kind of work for another business, an owner can outsource as much as he or she can afford.”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0602060118feb06,1,4594086.story?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

 

Economics / Business / Misc.

Enterprise IT Priorities 2006

“IT spending will grow by only 3.2 percent in 2006, according to new research from Forrester.”

http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?articleID=7308&TopicID=3

 

Research Reveals Concerns About Impact Of Outsourcing On R&D Overblown; Resource Optimization Top Issue Facing R&D In 2006

“Project and Portfolio Management Shown to be Most Effective Solution For Managing New Product Development.”

http://webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?SESSIONID=&aId=9045

 

Thursday, February 9th

You must call each thing by its proper name or that which must get done will not.” -- A. Harvey Block

 

The Picks of the Day

The Skinny on ITIL

“The Information Technology Infrastructure Library is coming to America; early adopters say it's a friendly invasion”

http://www.csoonline.com/read/020106/itil.html

 

The Top 10 Infosec Myths

“If you buy into all these commonly held beliefs, you better believe your data is at risk. We separate the fact from fiction.”

http://informationweek.securitypipeline.com/177102317

 

Legal and Regulatory Compliance

SOXing it To Compliance

“Now that Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance is sneaking up on smaller and foreign-based companies, here's a timely look at one successful compliance effort”

http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?articleID=7314&TopicID=11

 

Conservative Group Challenges Sarbox

“A free-market advocacy group has filed a lawsuit that challenges the legal authority of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to police the accounting profession.”

http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/5492263?f=alerts

 

Security and Risk Management

Homeland Security Readies International Cyber-Wargame

“Cyber Storm is simulating a series of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure in the private sector and in international, federal and state governments in order to test response. The test is part of larger homeland defense plans and ordered by a presidential directive. It is designed to strengthen communications, coordination and partnerships.”

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=179101785&subSection=

 

10 Tips for Selling BCP to Upper Management

“The number one challenge facing BCP professionals today remains getting upper management buy-in. The events of September 11 have raised awareness of the exposures, but there still are organizations without a commitment to BCP.”

http://www.disaster-resource.com/articles/05p_042.shtml

 

The left and right hands of cybersecurity

“Notwithstanding all the tough talk about defeating terrorism, the expression ‘good enough for government work’ is, unfortunately, relevant when it comes to cybersecurity.”

http://news.com.com/The+left+and+right+hands+of+cybersecurity/2010-1009_3-6036384.html

 

Human Error / Safety

Cell phones can be advantageous to your health

“Many hospitals ban the use of cell phones because of the risk that they may interfere with the functioning of medical equipment. But a new study suggests that such bans may actually increase the danger to patients.”

http://news.com.com/Cell+phones+can+be+advantageous+to+your+health/2100-1039_3-6035944.html

 

Outsourcing / Globalization

Outsourcing Frontier: Yanks Need Apply

“Not content with siphoning jobs from the United States, India has started cherry-picking its worker pool, too. The market for expatriates in India has heated up appreciably in the last three months or so, says Art Flew, CEO of Hyderabad-based business process outsourcing company Karvy Global Services.”

http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/5489750?f=alerts

 

Ford to raise outsourcing bill from India

“In a bid to cut costs, Ford Motor Company (FMC), the world’s third largest car maker, is planning to step up outsourcing of components, engineering services and IT related services from India.  “

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=214631

 

India hottest Asian market for Open Source

“India is set to become the hottest Asian market for Open Source. This was revealed today at the inaugural session of LinuxAsia 2006 held here.”

http://www.ciol.com/content/search/showarticle1.asp?artid=80322

 

Is China the New Threat?

“Here is a case where the United States is master of its own destiny. It can invent and thus create a reality where China is stuffed into the old threat box. Or it can indeed recognize that the world has changed and behave accordingly.”

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2006/02/is_china_the_ne.html

 

Economics / Business / Misc.

Monumental Challenge

“Deploying new tech systems can be wrenching, but smarter project management will help you leave the past behind.”

http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/5436923?f=alerts

 

'Generation Debt' is going deep into the red

“Many twenty- and thirtysomethings raised on MTV and InStyle magazine have tried to mimic the glamorous lives of the rich and famous through the use of credit cards. But as the 21st century has ushered in skyrocketing housing prices, stagnant income levels and five- or six-figure student loans to pay off — a seismic shift has occurred: A growing number of young adults are reassessing their lifestyles and mimicking the frugal habits of their Depression-era grandparents.”

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11238227/