Caron Carlson

When the White House releases its plan to improve cyber-security later this month, large enterprises can expect to be prodded to implement network authentication procedures using biometrics, smart cards with PKI and/or secure tokens. The suggestion will not come as an official recommendation; instead, it will likely be buried inside the lengthy, often vague strategy. […]

Scrambling to maximize the potential of the relatively lucrative business market, WorldCom Inc. this week during its bankruptcy proceedings lofted a series of updates to its portfolio of global virtual private network services. To make dedicated IP VPN services available to more business customers, the Clinton, Miss., telecommunications carrier added Cisco Systems Inc.-based offerings to […]

Eager to head off criticism from privacy advocates and users over the expanded surveillance provisions in its forthcoming National Strategy for Securing Cyberspace, the Bush administration is expected to recommend appointing a federal “privacy czar” to act as watchdog. Chief among the czars duties would be to vet all government data gathering and security initiatives […]

The Bush administration is expected to call on U.S. colleges and universities to put people and processes in place to further help the government collect and share data. The plan, which is part of a draft of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace and was crafted by the Presidents Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, also suggests […]

BellSouth Corp. and Time Warner Telecom Inc. went to the government last week with a joint proposal to resolve a long-standing industry dispute over access to the local telephone network. The compromise, if approved, would further differentiate the tele- communications services—and possibly the prices—offered to businesses and residential consumers. The proposal responds to an ongoing […]

BellSouth Corp. and Time Warner Telecom Inc. went to the government today with a joint proposal to resolve a long-standing industry dispute over access to the local telephone network. The compromise, if approved, would further differentiate the telecommunications services—and possibly the prices—offered to businesses and residential consumers. The proposal responds to an ongoing and highly […]

Trying to read the smoke signals billowing from the Bush administration last week for clues about the federal governments plans for promoting broadband services, each telecommunications camp saw a victory for its side. RBOCs (Regional Bell Operating Companies) and their rivals, including the major long-distance companies and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers, have been locked in […]

When the federal government decided to prosecute Microsoft Corp. for antitrust violations in the high-flying boom times of the late 90s, corporate America was a different place. Back then, the economy was still “new,” the advice of Wall Street analysts was widely considered untainted and Martha Stewarts greatest alleged crime was being too prissy. But […]

Trying to read the smoke signals billowing from the Bush administration yesterday for clues about the governments plans for promoting broadband services, each of the diametrically opposed telecommunications camps interpreted them as a victory for its side. The Regional Bell Operating Companies and their rivals, including the major long-distance companies and competitive local exchange carriers, […]

With a little help from Covad Communications Inc.—the only digital subscriber line carrier to thrive past last years telecommunications shakeout—Sprint Inc. is expanding its DSL offerings to cover 94 cities, adding faster connections and almost tripling the footprint that it had cobbled together on its own. Rather than continue to build out its own DSL […]

By Wednesday of this week, the CEOs and chief financial officers of more than 700 publicly traded companies must have personally attested to the accuracy of their companies accounting, as ordered by the Securities and Exchange Commission in June. The order came in the wake of several large accounting scandals, including the biggest to date, […]

Microsoft Corp. is touting compliance with its pending federal antitrust settlement, but users are already complaining that even full adherence to the agreement will not protect competition in the desktop operating system market or promote choice in middleware. By summers end, OEMs, developers and users will be able to hide or remove access to five […]