Daily News Archive

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

Tuesday, June 13th

 "Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.” – Peter F. Drucker

 

The Picks of the Day

By 2020, kiss the snows of Kilimanjaro goodbye

“Scientists who've studied the issue now almost unanimously agree that the ocean levels will likely rise at least a half a meter by 2100, and possibly more if current temperature trends and energy use continue, according to John Harte, professor of energy and resources at the University of California, Berkeley, speaking at the U.S.-China Symposium on Climate Change taking place at the school this week.”

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6075926.html

 

Second Annual IntegrIT 2006 in Melbourne on July 17^th-18^th, 2006

Marcus Evans is holding their second IntegrIT conference.  The theme is “Ensuring the compliance and good governance of IT systems for enterprise-wide benefit and competitive advantage”.  Endre Bihari will be chairing the conference.

http://www.marcusevanscom.au/pdf/451.pdf

 

Viewing the Corporate Office as a Crime Scene

“Since the demise of Enron in the winter of 2001, prosecutors around the country have devoted much attention to white-collar investigations and prosecutions. And with the advent of these sophisticated white-collar investigations, as well as the rapid demise of Arthur Andersen, much attention also has been paid by companies and their counsel to document retention policies -- what should be saved, how it should be saved and when it should be saved.”

http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1149757526416

 

IT Process Improvement

Core Practice (CoPr)

“Simple: a checklist of the minimum things every business needs to do, and how to do them with the least fuss: the copper answer not the gold one.”

http://www.corepractice.org/

[This is an interesting site with a manifesto you can download highlighting IT practices that the contributors/authors feel are key for small businesses.]

 

India preparing to take off in ITSM

“India is experiencing an IT boom but in Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) we are preparing to take off. According to Aidan Lawes, Chief Executive Officer, IT service Management Forum, ITSM is not a new concept but India is just staring.”

http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2006/106061204.asp

 

Legal and Regulatory Compliance

U.K. Regulator Allays Sarbox Worries

“An acquisition of the London Stock Exchange by a U.S. suitor would not automatically subject its member companies to stringent U.S. regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the U.K.'s regulatory watchdog has reportedly stated.”

http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/7054003?f=alerts

 

Witness: Angry PaineWebber Defendant Said 'God Only Knows What I Could Do'

“About an hour after quitting his job at UBS PaineWebber, the man who is now on trial for allegedly planting a logic bomb that crippled the company's network told his financial advisor he was so angry at the company that ‘God only knows what I could do,’ according to testimony in the trial Friday.”

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=188703464

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=188703100

http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=188702662

 

Sarbox Burdens Prompt CFO Job Churn

“Here's one more thing to blame on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: an increase in job churn for CFOs of Fortune 500 companies. A study released this month by Russell Reynolds Associates found that 19 percent of large-company finance chiefs left their posts in 2005, up from 16 percent the previous year and 13 percent in 2003.”

http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/7051704/c_7052361?f=alerts

 

Security and Risk Management

Draft Special Publication 800-100: Information Security Handbook: A Guide for Managers

“This Information Security Handbook provides a broad overview of information security program elements to assist managers in understanding how to establish and implement an information security program.”

http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts.html#sp800-100

[They will be accepting public comments until August 7, 2006]

 

Security chief looks beyond Vista

“Ben Fathi, a software engineer by trade, took over from Mike Nash as corporate vice president of Microsoft's Security Technology Unit on June 1. Nash is on sabbatical. “

http://news.com.com/Security+chief+looks+beyond+Vista/2008-7355_3-6083094.html?tag=nefd.lede

 

Microsoft: Zombies most prevalent Windows threat

“Many Windows PCs have been turned into zombies, but rootkits are not yet widespread, according to a Microsoft security report slated for release Monday.”

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+Zombies+most+prevalent+Windows+threat/2100-7349_3-6082615.html?tag=nefd.pulse

 

Human Error / Safety

Mad cow cases in Texas, Alabama appear to be mysterious strain

“Two cases of mad cow disease in Texas and Alabama seem to have resulted from a mysterious strain that could appear spontaneously in cattle, researchers say.  Government officials are trying to play down differences between the two U.S. cases and the mad cow epidemic that has led to the slaughter of thousands of cattle in Britain since the 1980s.”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-06-11-mad-cow-us_x.htm?csp=34

 

Power slowly being restored in Auckland after blackout

“Power was gradually being restored to Auckland this afternoon after a blackout brought the city to a standstill.”

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10386171

[A Metafilter.com post questioned if people learned from the last incident.  http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/52245]

 

Threat Remains Murky, but Businesses Are Getting Ready for Bird Flu Outbreak

“The bird flu has yet to develop the ability to jump from human to human and become a pandemic, but many businesses are not waiting to find out if it will.  Some companies are going so far as to set entire buildings aside as ‘clean facilities’ in which workers and families would remain during a bird flu outbreak.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/535635/threat_remains_murky_but_businesses_are_getting_ready_for_bird/index.html?source=r_health

[This is quite an interesting story in that it gives examples of what a number of companies are doing, or at least considering, in terms of their bird flu preparations.]

 

China issues emergency bird flu control order

“China's Ministry of Agriculture issued an emergency order for local governments to tighten controls over poultry stocks to prevent bird flu contamination by migratory birds, state press reported.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060612/hl_afp/healthchinabirdflu_060612214313

 

Outsourcing / Globalization / International

IBM chief calls for MNCs to end 'colonial approach' to foreign opportunities

“Sam Palmisano, head of IBM, called on multinationals to evolve into a new type of corporation if they are to avoid an anti-globalization backlash that leads to the election of governments hostile to the interests of big business.”

http://www.mb.com.ph/archive_pages.php?url=http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/06/12/BSNS2006061266645.html

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6082779.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnet

 

Chindia at a Crossroads

“But the virtuous path to growth is seldom smooth. At this moment, when the world is in awe of these two developing nations, both India and China are actually at a critical juncture. If they stumble, their ambitions of being global powers and influencers could be derailed. Both need to dramatically reassess their growth models and initiate the difficult policy reforms they have avoided so far, to keep on the high-speed growth track.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20060612/bs_bw/gb20060609715333

 

India Is By Far No. 1 for Outsourcing

“Twenty-three of the 30 top-ranked offshore providers are located there; neighbors in the hemisphere are beginning to make progress in the industry.”

http://www.destinationcrm.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=6119&TopicID=9

 

Economics / Business / Misc.

The principles of service-orientation

This is a six part series by Thomas Erl exploring service oriented architecture with excerpts from his second SOA book.

Part One:  http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid26_gci1165286,00.html

Part Two:  http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid26_gci1171966,00.html

Part Three:  http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid26_gci1179915,00.html

Part Four:  http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid26_gci1187364,00.html

Part Five:  http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid26_gci1192369,00.html

Part Six:  [This hasn’t been published yet.  They appear to be publishing one article per month.]

 

Thursday, June 15th

No Daily News edition published.