10/23/2008
The Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid has awarded its Enterprise Development Support Services (EDSS) contract to CSC and four additional technology firms. Read More
5/29/2008
With California facing a $16 billion budget deficit, representatives are looking for new ways to make up for the shortfall. According to Oli Thordarson, CEO of Irvine, CA-based managed service provider Alvaka Networks, one idea that some legislators keep turning to is a possible state tax on IT services as well as software downloads--and that's why he's decided to chair a new political action committee (PAC) designed to fight such proposals. Read More
5/21/2008
A large percentage of schools consider themselves open for physical and data breaches. In a new study conducted by Quality Education Data and released this week by CDW Government (CDW-G), 39 percent of K-12 IT and security personnel rate their institutions as only "moderately safe" to "very vulnerable." Read More
2/27/2008
The European Union's antitrust commission today fined Microsoft 899 million Euros or $1.3 billion today for its failure to comply with the EU's 2004 finding that Redmond was engaged in monopolistic practices. Read More