SOA Concepts and Research: Explore the great potentials of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) at Accenture

Accenture has released a number of Podcasts on their site which discuss the advantages and disadvantages of SOA and the issues and opportunitites around this important evolutionary phase in IT infrastructure development. SOA Concepts and Research: Explore the great potentials of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) at Accenture

Social Networking sites are big these days. For most people such sites represent the free sharing of information and they don't make money on it. However, some people are making a lot of money, and their business success depends on all that voluntary labour. E-Commerce News: Best of ECT News: Social Networking: Sharing or Sharecropping?

There are contracts being let in the US for the redesign of the Internet. Very few people foresaw, when the internet started, the tremendous impact it would have on society. Once an academic curiosity, the internet has now become a fundamentally important part of modern society's communications infrastructure. Therefore, its architecture and particularly its security are now major concerns.Technology Review: Internet pioneer to oversee its redesign under government contract

globeandmail.com: YouTube founders unfazed by big media threats

It's difficult fitting new e-business paradigms into the existing structures. Faced with copyright lawsuits, Youtube has had to adopt a variety of new strategies, including detection of videos that might violate copyright. globeandmail.com: YouTube founders unfazed by big media threats

Muscling MySpace - Forbes.com

The pressure on social networking sites continues with actions and potential actions against MySpace over weeding out sexual offenders on the site. Muscling MySpace - Forbes.com

globeandmail.com: U.S. college students snared in piracy crackdown

In a move designed to convince music pirates, primarily young people, that there are consequences to this illegal activity, the Music Industry has come out swinging with the threat of lawsuits against those who refuse to pay for the music they downloaded. It just might have an impact. globeandmail.com: U.S. college students snared in piracy crackdown

America's Most Wired Cities - Forbes.com

Forbes magazine recently did a survey of the 30 most "wired" cities in the US. This was based on access to high speed internet, so it included wireless. Were San Francisco and Philadelphia at the top of the list? No. SF was 4th and Philly 27th. Top of the list was Atlanta followed by Orlando. America's Most Wired Cities - Forbes.com

Another hard drive with data of employees has gone missing. This time its the Transport Security Administration of the US. It contains data of some 100,000 current and past employees and would be a gold mine for criminals seeking to steal privacy. The TSA is responsible for airport security. The disappearance is being investigated by the FBI and the Secret Service. TSA hard drive goes missing, 100K worker records at risk

reportonbusiness.com: U.S. puts Canada on piracy watch list

For several years, Canada has been a leader in music and movie piracy. In a move that Canadians should not be proud of, the US has again placed Canada on a watch list of countries requiring special scrutiny as technological pirates. The listing could lead, in future, to sanctions and complaints to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). reportonbusiness.com: U.S. puts Canada on piracy watch list