First Union is already experiencing the savings. And visitors to the site have every reason to be confused. 13 Corporations Left Hanging as Security Outsourcer Shuts Doors Pilot Network Services Inc., a beleaguered provider of security outsourcing services with a roster of major corporate clients, last week announced that it had suspended business operations and laid off all of its employees. Briefs Brief news items about the IT industry. 13 Agencies Lack Policies Needed to Expand Wireless Use Wireless devices are turning up at federal agencies in increasing numbers, but their spread is outpacing federal policies for dealing with them.
Security is the top issue.
The security lapse that exposed some of Microsoft Corp.'s largest support customers to a nonlethal computer virus is not uncommon, analysts said last week. A bill that would establish the nation's first state-level infrastructure protection center has passed its first hurdle in the Arizona House. The U.S. Department of Commerce plans to launch an e-commerce fellowship program this fall that's intended to promote ties between the U.S. and Latin American and Caribbean nations. Now reality is setting in. With IP Calling it the most sweeping technology change in its history, MasterCard earlier this month unveiled plans to develop a global payment processing system that will use its Internet Protocol network to link its 20,000 member banks to merchants.