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7/3/2008

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Payment Standard for Web Apps Goes Live: By Jabulani Leffall; A new payment card industry (PCI) standard for Web application firewalls and source code went into effect July 1. PCI Industry Data Security standard 6.6 gives merchants a framework to ensure that the point-of-sale information uploaded into browser-based applications is sound from "top to bottom," the organization's literature said.

IT News

Cognos Releases BI Software for Linux-based IBM System z Mainframe: Cognos, which IBM acquired in January, has released an update to its business intelligence software that will run on the Linux operating system on IBM System z mainframes. IBM Cognos 8 BI was being developed by the two companies prior to the acquisition, but assimilation of Cognos into IBM accelerated development.
Microsoft's XP SP3 Patch Fixes Antivirus Glitch: Microsoft issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 last week that it says "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software. The problem was first discovered just over a month ago, and it notably affected users of Symantec's Norton Antivirus suite of products.
Trapeze Wireless Management System Adds Support for Access Control Plugins: Trapeze Networks has introduced SmartPass 7.0, a new version of access management software for its wireless networking products. The new release supports plugins that enable IT administrators to control wireless network access, perform location-based authentication, do RADIUS-based monitoring and reporting, and grant guest access. The company has also published application programming interfaces for SmartPass so an organization can write its own plugins.
U Tennessee Chattanooga Upgrades Wireless Network with Aruba: The University of Tennessee is deploying Aruba Networks' wireless LAN equipment at its Chattanooga campus. The 9,000-student campus is replacing a single channel network that wouldn't work reliably owing to interference and security issues to move to Aruba's Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) and identity-based security technology.
University of Alabama Health System Prints Up Secure Prescription Pads: When the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System needed to comply with a federal law to make it harder to create fake prescriptions, it was a Xerox press and specialized Xerox paper that provided the antidote.
City College of San Francisco To Deploy Emergency Notification System: City College of San Francisco (CCSF) said it will deploy the AlertU emergency alert notification system from Waterfall Mobile, becoming the 22nd district in the California Community Colleges System to implement the service.