Stories about: Titus

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has purchased a new e-mail classification system to reduce data loss and maintain compliance with federal regulations.

The news media is full of stories about e-mails and documents that were better off not sent. Last year an airline CEO accidentally sent an ultra harsh e-mail to complaining customers, the text of which was obviously not intended for the customers. Frustrated employees frequently send embarrassing internal memorandum to public news sources. And is there an e-mail user who hasn't regretted accidentally sending an e-mail to an unintended party? Whether e-mail or documents are sent intentionally or not, it is clear that content intended for a restricted audience is being shared with unauthorized parties on a regular basis.

Microsoft, EMC and Cisco Systems on Tuesday jointly unveiled plans to build a system for sharing sensitive government data called the Secure Information Sharing Architecture (SISA) that will let various government agencies and their vendors securely share sensitive information.

Following a 1000-user trial, the Australian Taxation Office will deploy e-mail and document classification software to 27,000 employees throughout 2007.

A number of federal government departments have introduced policy management software to comply with new communications security requirements issued by the Australian Defence Signals Directorate (DSD).

Under pressure from the European Commission in Brussels, Microsoft Corp. has agreed to limit itself to a minority interest in British broadband cable company Telewest PLC.

Sony announced Friday that it has reached an agreement with Tokyu, one of Tokyo's major private railways, and Tokyu's 94-percent owned subsidiary, Tokyu Cable Television, to jointly develop a high-speed broadband network in Japan.

In a U.S. based agreement that has worldwide implications, Liberty Media Corp. -- the cable television unit of AT&T Corp.-- has agreed to acquire a 72 percent voting stake in broadband communications provider UnitedGlobalCom Inc., the companies announced on Monday.

Microsoft has increased its stake in Dutch cable communications company United Pan-Europe Communications NV (UPC) to own 8 percent of the firm, UPC said yesterday.

Japan's two largest cable TV system operators, one of which Microsoft Corp. took a controlling stake in earlier this week, are in talks to merge.

In a move designed to further its broadband push in Japan, Microsoft Corp. announced today it has purchased a majority stake in Titus Communications Corp., one of Japan's two largest cable MSOs (multiple system operators).