Orchestria Study Shows Messaging Makes Financial Industry Vulnerable To Compliance Breaches

1. Orchestria Study Shows Messaging Makes Financial Industry Vulnerable To Compliance Breaches

Orchestria said today that according to its survey of US financial services firm employees, electronic communications such as e-mail, instant messenging, Webmail, blogs, chat rooms and handhelds, present a significant threat to the security of intellectual property and also risk violations of compliance with corporate and regulatory policy.

For more on Orchestria Study:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Sept 26 2005


2. Managing Google's Idea Factory

In late 1998, when Marissa Mayer first heard about a small outfit called Google, she barely batted an eye. The Stanford University grad student was urged by her adviser to pay a visit to two guys on the computer science building's fourth floor who were developing ways to analyze the World Wide Web.

For more on Google:
- read full story from BusinessWeek Online, Sept 27 2005


3. Online Ad Market Grows 26 Percent

Search-based keyword ads largely propelled the 26 percent growth — to a record $5.8 billion — in U.S. Internet advertising revenues for the first half of the year.

For more on Online AdMarket:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Sept 26 2005


4. Google Video Integrates Media Player

Google has improved its Google Video service by eliminating the need for users to download software to play back videos, the Mountain View, California-based company has announced.

For more on Google Video:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Sept 26 2005


5. Monitoring, Archiving and Indexing Enterprise E-Mail

Today's employers are caught in a difficult Catch 22. On the one hand, they feel the need to respect their employees' and customers' sense of privacy; on the other, they must comply with increasingly strict data-storage regulations imposed by government agencies.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Sept 26 2005


6. How to get the most from VoIP

Merrill Lynch has high hopes for its Voice over Internet Protocol roll out, which features 35,000 Cisco IP phones at more than 500 offices nationwide, enhanced call availability and cost savings on data center requirements.

For more on this:
- read full article from NetworkWorld


7. Euro email storage scheme 'illegal', warns official

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has said that he is not yet convinced by the arguments put forward in favour of a European directive on data retention, and has set out strict conditions any such law would have to meet if it's to be considered acceptable by his office.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Sept 26 2005


8. Phishers target Yahoo! Photos

Internet crooks looking to capture login details of Yahoo! accounts are changing tactics. Phishing attacks that attempt to capture a user's Yahoo! ID and password by tricking the gullible into handing over their credentials to fake sign-in pages have been around for months if not years.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Sept 26 2005


9. VoIP wants to cut the computer cord

Mark Bruk, a frequent business traveler, always packs a Plantronic headset with an ear bud and microphone so he can plug into any computer and make phone calls on the cheap.

For more on this: - read full story from CNET news, Sept 26 2005