News: Lax security hampers open source
FORTIFY SOFTWARE Inc., the market leader in enterprise application security solutions for business software assurance, has released its open source security study which reveals most widely used open source software packages are exposing users to significant and unnecessary business risk.

News: PBX goes wireless
IN ORDER to improve the productivity of its outside sales employees, the electronics corporation Molex has installed a solution for integrating mobile phones into the PBX.

News: IT innovation key to US emerging from recession
RECENTLY, DR Clifford Gross, vice president of research and senior fellow at Gartner, suggested that IT innovation would be a key factor in helping the US emerge from a recession. To quote a recent Gartner report: “Never before has IT enabled thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions of people to create simultaneously and collaboratively.”

News: Bad e-mail habits of office workers
A RECENT survey has revealed how e-mail is used in the workplace, establishing user habits when storing electronic information and investigating the extent to which corporate e-mail policies are applied and enforced in the corporate world.

News: World summit on innovation and entrepreneurship
“IMAGINE WHAT it would be like to dare to dream the impossible. To build your intellect. To go beyond, to see more and to take your intelligence, products and services to the next level. To dispute the facts and figures. To challenge the policies of ‘business as usual’. And weave your brilliance together with the most remarkable people representing 70 nations.”

News: Irish companies believe in KM
A RECENT study found that 75 per cent of corporations in Ireland believe KM plays a significant role in improving a company’s competitive advantage. Irish companies are now acknowledging the benefits of moving towards a knowledge economy.

News: UK boosts innovation
LOOKING AT the changing global services industry, government intends to support innovation by British businesses.
“The UK service economy is now worth £1tr,” said business minister Shriti Vadera. “We are world leaders in many service sectors including design engineering, architecture and environmental consultancy.

News: Visit and meet German Champions
A KM study tour to visit as many as 10 German knowledge-driven organisations and meet with their KM champions has been scheduled for 1-5 December. Expecting that most of the group will be from outside Germany, all presentations will be in English.

News: A 'BRIC' economy in Latin America
In May this year, São Paulo’s stock exchange jumped almost 10 per cent just a couple days after the news that Standard & Poor’s had raised Brazil to the level of investment grade.

EI news: Chipdrive guards personal information
A small USB device allowing the user to control access to sensitive data and personal information needed for transactions on a PC or notebook has been introduced by SCM Microsystems of Ismaning, Germany.

EI news: ‘Socialising’ CMS
Upon the release of the web CMS Report 2008, CMS Watch founder Tony Byrne says “The good news is, nearly all web CMS vendors are ‘socialising’ the experience around enterprise websites and intranets by adding various engagement features such as blogs, tag clouds, forums, and more to their products.

EI news: Steering group responsible for drafting ECM standard
DOUG MILES, managing director of AIIM UK and regular contributor to IK, is one of the panelists representing associations and analysts, system integrators, technology vendors and end user organisations appointed recently to work with The Content Group and BSI British Standards to develop the first ever Publicly Available Specification (PAS) for enterprise content management (ECM

News: Tomato growers protest poor knowledge sharing
Farmers in Florida, US are in a stew over lack of knowledge sharing that led to crop losses predicted to cost as much as $500m in uninsured losses as well as consumer confidence.

News: AOK moves to Israel
After eight years under the guidance of founder Jerry Ash, the Association of Knowledgework (AOK) has changed hands and places. Avigdor Sharon has assumed ownership and will manage AOK with the help of a team of volunteers in Israel.

News: North American dominance of knowledge economy eroding
THE 2008 EDITION of the World Knowledge Competitiveness Index (WKCI) shows a rapid increase in competitiveness in Asia and other parts of the world, challenging the US lead

News: Meet the 'unmagnificent seven'
‘YOU’RE FIRED!’ is a phrase we’ve heard on the TV show The Apprentice, and research reveals 85 per cent of the British workforce has suffered a nightmare boss just like the show’s lead character.