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Communications October 15 2006 Issue
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October 15 2006 Issue <<Contents>>
Cover Story
No time to waste in preparing for Japanese SOX act: Prices of security products
and services indispensable for internal control
Products and services that advocate internal control are appearing in succession.
As costs for internal control are often estimated on an individual basis, however,
enterprise users must know the price mechanism of such products and services
to make efficient investment. This article uncovers the prices of security products
and services essential for internal control at once.
ID/access control: Cost may be increased depending on existing systems
Operation log management: Installation cost is determined by the number of
clients to be managed
Client management: Quarantine networks cost several million yen
Server/network management: Once you aim for entire monitoring, it will increase
cost
Mail audit: The numbers of terminals and persons in charge of mail audit determine
prices
File transmission management: ASP types that charge based on the number of
IDs are main
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Cover Story Special Report
Mobile number portability is a blasting fuse that sets
off a great competition in the market of corporate cellular phones
At last, the mobile number portability service will start that
enable users to continue to use their current numbers after they change cell
phone carriers. Individual users, however, are slow to respond to the service.
Three major cell phone carriers find the business opportunity in the fast-growing
corporate market.
Cover Story Special Report
History of "Takenaka Communication Reform" that
gets to the second reorganization of NTT from the viewpoint of the fusion of
communications and broadcasting
Mr. Heizo Takenaka retired from the center of the political stage
on September 26. This article reflects on the agenda in one year of Tanaka Reform
such as the NTT's second reorganization in 2010, the acceptance of NHK's penetration
into the Internet, and the fundamental review of the legal system in the communication
and broadcasting fields.
Report
Incident of NTT East "Hikari Telephony" uncovers
the company's lack of experience in IP telephony
SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp. sails out relying on Yahoo!
CEATEC displays a full array of PLC equipment, just before the ban on them
is lifted
SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp. moves vigorously to CATV carriers
"We want to crumble the fixed idea that 'when it comes to wireless LAN,
the company must be Cisco'" - A new president in the Japanese arm of Meru
Networks, Inc.
Eye-catcher/new service
LAC launches a Web application source code checking service to improve security
with one-digit smaller cost than that of black box checking
Editor-in-Chief's Interview
"Networks must be 'foolishly honest and simple.'"
Mr. Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Inc.
Strategic network study
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
The company centrally controls all its call centers through an IP telephony network
to fortify interaction with its stores with an aim to improve business efficiency
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