Public Sector IT

July 2012

How Europe did 20 years of backroom deals with Microsoft - 1996: Only Microsoft can do Microsoft
Mark Ballard 27 Jul 2012

The European Commission gave up pretending there were alternatives to Microsoft in 1996. It side-stepped new laws designed to keep public money honest, claiming exceptional circumstances. It gave ...

How Europe did 20 years of backroom deals with Microsoft-1993: EC rubber-stamps Microsoft monopoly
Mark Ballard 25 Jul 2012

Europe's ill-fated 1993 migration to Microsoft Office was rubber-stamped by a committee that failed to see how it would get locked into buying Microsoft without a competition for the next 20 years, ...

How Europe did 20 years of backroom deals with Microsoft - 1992: Open standards doomed from outset
Mark Ballard 24 Jul 2012

The European Commission has been trying - and failing - to avoid being locked into proprietary Microsoft technical standards since 1992, it has been revealed in official documents released to ...

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Surveillance technology under fire, amid growing societal concerns

As San Francisco halts city use of facial recognition technology, CIOs could see more regulatory actions against surveillance ...
Deep learning pioneer Fei-Fei Li on the fundamentals of ethical AI

AI luminary Fei-Fei Li was among a group of distinguished AI researchers asked to share their thoughts on how to develop ethical ...
Andrew Ng's AI playbook for the enterprise: 6 must-dos

AI legend and online education pioneer Andrew Ng has developed an AI playbook for businesses. Here are six must-dos.

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Barracuda Advanced Bot Protection safeguards web applications

Advanced Bot Protection is a cloud-hosted platform that defends against automated threats using AI. It is available as both a web...
Microsoft bets on ElectionGuard SDK to fortify election security

Ahead of the 2020 elections, Microsoft unveiled ElectionGuard, an open source SDK designed to provide end-to-end verification of ...
10 ways to prevent computer security threats from insiders

Whether via the spread of malware, spyware or viruses, insiders can do as much damage as outside attackers. Here's how to prevent...

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Huawei ban will hasten its retreat from U.S. suppliers

The Huawei ban will spur a faster retreat from U.S. suppliers, as the Chinese tech company invests more in its manufacturing ...
Cisco vulnerability fix for thrangrycat carries risks

The Cisco vulnerability fix for thrangrycat could make affected hardware unusable. But the vendor said its ready to replace ...
The status of white box networking in the enterprise

Despite the benefits of white box networking, most enterprises are cautious about deployment. Use these five questions to ...

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How do I size a UPS unit?

Your data center UPS sizing needs are dependent on a variety of factors. Develop configurations and determine the estimated UPS ...
How to enhance FTP server security

If you still use FTP servers in your organization, use IP address whitelists, login restrictions and data encryption -- and just ...
3 ways to approach cloud bursting

With different cloud bursting techniques and tools from Amazon, Zerto, VMware and Oracle, admins can bolster cloud connections ...

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The main picks for Hadoop distributions on the market

Check out the current top Hadoop distribution vendors in the market to help you determine which product is best for your company.
Inside view of Tibco integration architecture planning

Tibco's acquisitions of well-regarded, small software specialists such as SnappyData are part of a drive toward what it calls '...
Lumina launches Radiance, a data risk management platform

In an effort to prevent data loss, Lumina launched Radiance, a SaaS data risk management platform. It collects and analyzes data ...

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