Symantec has released the 18th edition of their yearly Internet Security Threat Report, which is based on data gathered from millions of sensors in more than 150 countries around the world. A specific government and public sector version of the report details the evolving nature of threats faced by these organizations. Public sector entities ranked…
Republished kindly from Rogers Joseph O’Donnell State and local governments rely on information technology. New and emerging technologies offer great opportunity to save money while improving responsiveness. Replacement of legacy systems can enhance the productivity and job experience of the state workforce. But IT acquisition methods too often are a burden or even a barrier to…
A top priority for TechAmerica for some time, reform of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) has garnered welcome attention on Capitol Hill recently. The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations held on March 19 the first of multiple hearings it will have on ECPA reform. This hearing focused on…
Republished kindly from Microsoft on the Issues Beginning next week – on April 1 – employers can start filing applications for H-1B visas for skilled workers that they are looking to hire to fill open jobs here in the U.S. Many of these potential workers are foreign-born students about to graduate in science, technology,…
If you can’t measure progress you can’t make progress. That’s one of the truisms of the human condition. Since the early days of computing, in the 1940s and 50s, computer scientists have searched for ways to measure their achievements. And, often, for all the obvious reasons, they have matched up their machines and software against…
