| Aruba Networks Announces Healthcare Mobility Initiatives
HIMSS Conference and Tradeshow, NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Aruba Networks today announced several initiatives, partnerships and new capabilities of the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture designed to enable the secure implementation of multiple healthcare applications on a single wireless network. By doing so, Aruba enables healthcare IT to create secure, multi-service mobility networks designed to reduce costs and complexity while satisfying federal regulations such as the Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In conjunction with leading application providers such as Welch Allyn, IntelliDOT and AeroScout, the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture now enables healthcare IT professionals to support the following key services and features via their mobile networks: * Patient Monitoring -- Aruba Networks and Welch Allyn have entered into partnership to mobilize critical patient telemetry applications such as heart monitoring (see companion release issued today -- Welch Allyn and Aruba Networks Partner to Deliver Reliable Patient Monitoring Solution on Secure, Standards-Based Mobility Network) * Patient Safety and Workflow Management -- Aruba Networks and IntelliDOT have joined forces to enable the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture to provide the infrastructure for IntelliDOT's CAREt(TM) System, a comprehensive bedside system that employs the CAREt mobile handheld device at the point of care to eliminate medication errors (see companion release issued today -- IntelliDOT Corporation and Aruba Networks Announce Joint Marketing Agreement) * Location-based Services -- Aruba Networks and AeroScout, a leader in real-time location services, have announced interoperability of the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture and AeroScout's active RFID products to provide location and status of high-end, mobile healthcare equipment in hospital settings * Voice Management and Control - With the newly announced ArubaOS 3.1, Aruba's application-aware Mobile Edge Architecture has expanded scalability and performance compared to prior versions and provides detailed monitoring and management for Voice over Wi-Fi (VoFi) services throughout healthcare settings * Secure Mobility -- Aruba's role-based access, multiple captive portals and Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) technology enable healthcare IT to provide mobile access to applications and services while assuring they comply with federal policies and protect sensitive patient data.
Does e-trade have a fraud-free future?
The chip and PIN initiative celebrated its first anniversary earlier this month, but experts have warned that its success in combating card fraud on the high street is driving criminals to commit more online fraud and even attack retailers’ and banks’ back-end systems. According to payments association Apacs, chip and PIN helped to reduce total card fraud by five percent in the first six months of 2006. But during the same period card-not-present fraud, including online, increased by five percent, and online banking fraud rose by 55 percent year-on-year. To combat the threat of online fraud, Apacs is looking to oversee the rollout of two-factor authentication devices later this year, with financial institutions likely to lead the way. These devices will combine chip and PIN with 3-D Secure, an XML-based authentication protocol that underpins the Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode secure e-payment services.
US Patrols Still Unable To Tell Friend From Foe In Iraq
The engineer stood aside as Iraqi and American soldiers rifled through his daughter's wardrobe and peered under her bed. He did not mind when they confiscated the second clip for his AK-47, because he knew it could be easily replaced. He demurred when asked about insurgent activity in the neighborhood, afraid to be stamped an informant and driven from his home of 14 years. Face to face with the Baghdad security plan, it seemed to him a bit absurd. "Obviously, the soldiers lack the necessary information about where to look and who to look for," said the government engineer, who declined to give his name in an interview during a sweep through his western Baghdad neighborhood last Monday. "There are too many houses and too many hide-outs." American military commanders in Iraq describe the security plan they began implementing in mid-February as a rising tide: a gradual influx of thousands of U.S.
Home-grown terror threat 'on rise'
LONDON: More than 2,000 home-grown Al Qaeda terrorists are plotting suicide attacks in Britain, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported, citing a secret intelligence document. The security threat is at its highest level since the September 11, 2001, attacks on US and the planning of attacks against British targets will increase further in 2007, the Extremist Threat Assessment document said, according to the newspaper. "The scale of Al Qaeda's ambitions towards attacking the UK and the number of UK extremists prepared to participate in attacks are even greater than we had previously judged," the document said. Britain suffered its worst peacetime attack in July 2005 when four British Islamists blew themselves up on London's transport network, killing 52 commuters and wounding hundreds.
Future dress code: Very smart
LONDON, England (CNN) -- From micro-tags in bags to vibrating vests, computing is moving from our desktops and portable gadgets to a more integrated relationship with our lives -- through our clothes. It's more than just incorporating an Mp3 player into a jacket. Engineers working in the field of pervasive computing are aiming to create smart fabrics, embedded with computer chips and sensors that will enhance and possibly even save our lives. "Instead of being deaf, dumb, and blind sitting on our desks or in our pockets, our computers might be able to observe what we do all day, understand what is important to us, and act as a virtual assistant who helps us on a second-by-second basis," said Thad Starner, Associate Professor of the Contextual Computing Group at Georgia Tech University.
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