Robert's Db2
DECEMBER 29, 2015
Not long ago, a DB2 for z/OS DBA requested of me some guidance in planning for his organization's initial use of index compression (a capability introduced with DB2 9 for z/OS). He asked some good questions, and with the thought that my responses might be useful to others in the DB2 community, I offer this blog entry. First, strive to get good "bang" from your index compression "buck.
John Battelle's Searchblog
DECEMBER 30, 2015
The post Can Business Get A Conscience? appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. This post is a book review, but it starts with a story from my past. Way, way back, before San Francisco begat hip startups with nonsensical names, I found myself on the second floor of a near-abandoned warehouse on South Park, now one of the priciest areas of SF, but then, one of the cheapest.
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Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 22, 2015
On December 17, 2015, the German Federal Diet ( Bundestag ) adopted a draft law introducing class action-like claims that will enable consumer protection associations to sue companies for violations of German data protection law. The law amends Germany’s Act on Actions for Injunctions to allow consumer protection associations to bring lawsuits against companies for improper use of consumer data in violation of German data protection law.
CGI
DECEMBER 21, 2015
What successful chief information security officers are doing right. Anonymous. Mon, 12/21/2015 - 04:39. The role of the chief information security officer (CISO) has become increasingly mainstream and strategic in recent years. While mandates vary among organizations, the CISO’s role has evolved from being technology focused to one of a business enabler and risk manager.
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Roger's Information Security
DECEMBER 14, 2015
The post Community Channel’s Natalie Tran on Password Policy appeared first on Roger's Information Security Blog.
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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
DECEMBER 27, 2015
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (the “TPP Agreement”) is a regional trade and investment agreement negotiated by 12 Pacific Rim countries […].
John Battelle's Searchblog
DECEMBER 27, 2015
The post Bring Back the Ozone Hole appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Way back in 1985 an unlikely coalition of world governments, business, and enlightened citizens did something extraordinary: Responding to the findings of leading scientists, they united in decisive action to address a looming and existential global climate threat.
Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 17, 2015
On December 17, 2015, after three years of drafting and negotiations, the European Parliament and Council of the European Union reached an informal agreement on the final draft of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (the “Regulation”), which is backed by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. The Regulation replaces Directive 95/46/EC (the “Directive”), which was enacted in 1995, and will significantly change EU data protection laws.
JKevinParker
DECEMBER 18, 2015
In the past week, AIIM has killed off and since resurrected the Certified Information Professional (CIP). I'm very excited that they decided to keep it. Read my take: The Certified Information Professional (CIP) Lives Again! Thank you, AIIM, for listening, and keeping this important Information Management certification.
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When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
CGI
DECEMBER 17, 2015
Why ecosystems are so important to the Internet of Things. Anonymous. Thu, 12/17/2015 - 07:59. With a plethora of devices and connectivity, the Internet of Things (IoT) is described by many as all encompassing. With that in mind, the concept that partnerships and ecosystems underpin success within the Internet of Things is no surprise. The potential of IoT paints an ideal where you can connect multiple points both within and outside of your organisation, to create insight and value.
Preservica
DECEMBER 2, 2015
I am delighted to share the great news that today, Preservica has become an independent software business, backed and owned by our original shareholders, and run by the same team of experts who have successfully delivered our digital preservation software to a growing customer base. As we’ve grown and digital preservation has moved up the public and corporate agenda, Preservica have come to realise that we can best serve our customers by creating a corporate model more suitable for our specialis
Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
DECEMBER 18, 2015
As we all know, the EU decided to invalidate Safe Harbor on 6 October 2015. Please see our Insight article […].
John Battelle's Searchblog
DECEMBER 18, 2015
The post New Post On NewCo.Co: Silicon Valley Won’t Always Be The Center of Entrepreneurship appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Hey Searchblog readers, posting a teaser here of a story I wrote which ran this week on NewCo. We’re doing more and more original reporting and editorial on our site, I invite you to sign up for our daily newsletter , which curates the best stories and insights on the ongoing transformation of business around the world.
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Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 9, 2015
On December 9, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (“Wyndham”) settled charges brought by the FTC stemming from allegations that the company unfairly failed to maintain reasonable data security practices. The case is FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, et al. (2:13-CV-01887-ES-JAD) in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
John Battelle's Searchblog
DECEMBER 28, 2015
The post Predictions 2015: How’d I Do? appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Each January for the past 13 years, I’ve been making predictions on this site. Twelve months later, I pull back and review how those predictions have fared. I’ve already got a running list of predictions for 2016, but in this post, I want to handicap how my prognostications for 2015 turned out.
John Battelle's Searchblog
DECEMBER 10, 2015
The post Innovation Happens Everywhere Now: Barcelona-based Typeform Proves It appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Over on the NewCo site, I’ve profiled Typeform , a Barcelona-based NewCo. Below is a short outtake from that piece, if you’d like to read the entire thing, head on over to NewCo , which is publishing more and more pieces on innovative new kinds of companies around the world. .
Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 7, 2015
On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the ‘‘FAST Act’’) into law. The FAST Act, which is aimed at improving the country’s surface transportation infrastructure, contains a provision that modifies the annual privacy notice requirement under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”). Under the current GLBA Privacy Rule, financial institutions must mail an annual privacy notice to their customers that sets forth how they collect, use and disclose tho
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Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 22, 2015
On December 21, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission announced software company Oracle Corporation (“Oracle”) has agreed to settle FTC charges that accused the company of misrepresenting the security of its software updates. The proposed Agreement Containing Consent Order (“Consent Order”) stems from an FTC complaint that alleged the company had deceived consumers about the security provided by updates to the Java Platform, Standard Edition software (“Java SE”).
Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 21, 2015
On December 17, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission announced that LifeLock, Inc. (“LifeLock”) has agreed to pay $100 million to settle contempt charges for deceptive advertising. According to the FTC, “[t]his is the largest monetary award obtained by the Commission in an order enforcement action.” Under the terms of the settlement , $68 million of the settlement amount will be paid to class action consumers who were injured by the identity theft protection company’s violation of a 2010 settlemen
Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 18, 2015
On December 17, 2015, the FTC announced a pair of COPPA settlements against operators of child-directed mobile apps available for download in the major app stores. These cases are the FTC’s first COPPA actions involving the collection of persistent identifiers, and no other personal information, from children since the FTC’s updated COPPA Rule went into effect in 2013.
Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
DECEMBER 17, 2015
The EU Parliament LIBE Committee has approved the Data Protection Reform package as reported by Privacy Laws and Business today. For […].
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Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 17, 2015
On December 14, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that it had settled potential HIPAA Security Rule violations with the University of Washington on behalf of the university’s medical center, medical school and affiliated labs and clinics (collectively, “UW Medical”). OCR investigated UW Medical after receiving a breach report in November 2013 involving an incident in which almost 100,000 individuals had their protected health inform
Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 17, 2015
On December 16, 2015, leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate released a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that contained cybersecurity information sharing language that is based on a compromise between the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which passed in the Senate in October, and two cybersecurity information sharing bills that passed in the House earlier this year.
CGI
DECEMBER 15, 2015
Sharing best practices in our new Data to Diamonds book. shobana.lv@cgi.com. Tue, 12/15/2015 - 07:00. Making effective use of big data has become a top priority for commercial and government organizations. Having worked on many complex data and analytics projects over the years, we have compiled numerous best practices, and developed our Data2Diamonds methodology for the design and implementation of big data analytics solutions.
Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 15, 2015
Today, Jan Philip Albrecht, MEP and Vice Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, tweeted the following: “Yes, reports on white smoke are right but press information only to follow after second part of our work tonight is done, too.”. More information is expected to follow later today or tomorrow. View the European Parliament’s press release.
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CGI
DECEMBER 13, 2015
Managing today’s hybrid IT environments through an effective MSI/SIAM framework. kathy.jacquay@…. Mon, 12/14/2015 - 01:14. Governments increasingly are adopting cloud services and transitioning to multi-provider IT delivery models to improve service levels, access specialized technologies and reduce costs. The challenge is that these hybrid environments need a robust governance function to prevent responsibility gaps or overlaps.
CGI
DECEMBER 11, 2015
Why I believe the Blockchain will transform Government. ravi.kumarv@cgi.com. Fri, 12/11/2015 - 04:23. You may not yet have come across the Blockchain but it is making waves within the financial services community and is heralded as one of the most significant advances in technology for a generation. In essence, it is a new database technology that is based on a distributed ledger, which itself is cryptographically secured.
CGI
DECEMBER 10, 2015
CEOs: Are You Treading Water or Truly Transforming? ravi.kumarv@cgi.com. Thu, 12/10/2015 - 07:40. Why do so many brilliant companies fail to transform? 150 years ago Western Union was one of the most powerful companies on earth, thanks to its monopoly of the United States’ telegraph network. Gradually, its leaders spotted a threat: a tiny start-up with a breakthrough communications technology.
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