For more details: http://www.bbcnews.com
------------------------------------------------
This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this BBC Breaking News Alert because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. To unsubscribe (or subscribe if this message was forwarded to you) go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/email
Headline Scan
Tech Titans Ally With White House on Innovation Effort
Budget Freeze Could Chill - or Boost - Federal IT Investments
Ground Quakes Beneath E-Reader Apps Following Apple's Sony Snub
It's About Time Apple Jumped Into the Stream
Data-Driven Decisions - Not Hunches
Android Stomps Symbian as Smartphone Shipments Soar
News Alerts From ECT News Network
Get the day's top business and technology news delivered
to your inbox as stories break. Sign up today -- it's free!
http://www.ectnews.com/adsys/link/?crid=2202/News_Alerts
Podcast
ALM: The Workflow Conqueror (16:59 minutes)
"ALM goes a long way to be able to conquer the various workflows," says
Todd Eaton, director of ALM tools and services at McKesson. "Within an
organization, there will be various workflows being done, but you're
still able to bring up those measurements, like another point that you
are bringing up, and have a fairly decent comparison."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/shared/audio/ect-gardner-2011-01-31.mp3
Today's Story Highlights
Tech Titans Ally With White House on Innovation Effort
AOL cofounder Steve Case is teaming up with the Obama White House and
the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to launch Startup America, a
partnership to "foster innovative high-growth firms in the United
States," said Kauffman representative Benjamin Branham. It "is designed
to marshal more resources from private sector partners that in turn will
be steered directly to startups and entrepreneurs."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/71765.html
Budget Freeze Could Chill - or Boost - Federal IT Investments
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama frequently
mentioned the benefits of information technology, touting the
contribution of the Internet to economic growth, and the achievement of
innovative enterprises such as Google and Facebook. He pledged to submit
a budget to Congress designed to spur innovation.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/71759.html
Ground Quakes Beneath E-Reader Apps Following Apple's Sony Snub
A New York Times report Tuesday that Apple had rejected a Sony e-reader
app for the iTunes App Store has fueled speculation about how the move
might impact the several other popular mobile apps in Apple's catalog.
The Sony app would have let people buy and read e-books bought from the
Sony Reader Store.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/71766.html
It's About Time Apple Jumped Into the Stream
A subtle movie- and TV-watching change has settled over my house the
last few months. Suddenly, I find myself watching more Netflix-streamed
content than iTunes movie and TV rentals. On the surface, this seems
crazy: Netflix has a smaller library of "hot" and newly released titles
available for streaming, and it suffers from unpredictable quality
quirks compared to HD downloads from via my Apple TV.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/71760.html
Data-Driven Decisions - Not Hunches
Consumers are spending more time and money online today than ever
before. They start and end their day checking email and popping onto
social gaming and shopping sites. This often comes at the expense of
other entertainment options like traditional television, film or even
spending an evening out. What is it that's so appealing about sitting at
home in front of a computer monitor?
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/71757.html
Android Stomps Symbian as Smartphone Shipments Soar
Google's Android is now the global leader of the smartphone operating
system pack. In the fourth quarter of 2010, shipments of Android-powered
smartphones outnumbered all competitors, including the longstanding
leader Nokia, according to a report from Canalys released Monday.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/71756.html
How to Advertise in This Newsletter
To advertise in this newsletter or elsewhere on ECT News Network,
please call our sales department toll-free at (877) 328-5500, or view
our online media kit at
http://www.ectnews.com/advertising/
About the E-Commerce Times
The E-Commerce Times is a free online publication that provides
daily news, special reports and success stories in addition to an
e-commerce products and services guide. The publication's tagline
is "E-Business Means Business," and its content includes
information on a wide variety of e-business topics, such as data
storage, network security, databases, B2B and B2C e-commerce, the IT
job market and the maneuvers of high-tech businesses.
Subscribing and Unsubscribing
You are receiving this newsletter in response to your request on
the E-Commerce Times Web site for our daily newsletter. If you wish
to make changes to your newsletter subscription, or if you wish to
receive other free newsletters from the ECT News Network, please click
here:
Newsletter Management Wizard
If this e-mail was forwarded to you and you wish to subscribe to
this FREE newsletter, please use our newsletter sign-up wizard:
http://www.ectnews.com/perl/newsletter_registration.pl/
Feedback
We welcome your feedback. Contact us online at
http://www.ectnews.com/perl/contact_form.pl?to=editorial
Copyright 2011 ECT News Network, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ECT News Network, Inc.
17555 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200
Encino, CA 91316
Headline Scan
The New Wave of App Development
The Linux Desktop Came on Little Cat Feet
Okta Offers Cloud-Crazy Enterprises a Master Key
Linux and the Great App Store Agenda
Engineering Meets Management, Part 1: A Recipe for Excellence
News Alerts From ECT News Network
Get the day's top business and technology news delivered
to your inbox as stories break. Sign up today -- it's free!
http://www.ectnews.com/adsys/link/?crid=2202/News_Alerts
Follow Us on Twitter
To start receiving updates from TechNewsWorld, please visit:
http://twitter.com/technewsworld
Podcast
ALM: The Workflow Conqueror (16:59 minutes)
"ALM goes a long way to be able to conquer the various workflows," says
Todd Eaton, director of ALM tools and services at McKesson. "Within an
organization, there will be various workflows being done, but you're
still able to bring up those measurements, like another point that you
are bringing up, and have a fairly decent comparison."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/shared/audio/ect-gardner-2011-01-31.mp3
Today's Story Highlights
The New Wave of App Development
Several new and ongoing phenomenons, all intertwined, will mark the next
phase of application development. There will likely be more emphasis on
mobile apps. Tablets, particularly the iPad, are already cannibalizing
netbook sales, and as mobile devices get multicore processors with more
power and capabilities, they'll increasingly be useful in the
enterprise.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/71758.html
The Linux Desktop Came on Little Cat Feet
Somehow, some way, the year 2010 may have finally been the year of the
Linux desktop -- but no one noticed. Maybe no one needed to. In 2010,
smartphones got hot, and Android OS smartphones collectively overtook
the iPhone in units sold. At the same time, Android tablets gained
traction as popular alternatives to the iPad.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/71761.html
Okta Offers Cloud-Crazy Enterprises a Master Key
Businesses are signing on to cloud-based Software as a Service Web apps
to cut costs, but that can give rise to another problem -- employees may
have to sign on to multiple Web apps, and that could lead to security
issues. Employees may forget the passwords for some apps, for instance;
or someone could hack into a Web application user's account.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/71751.html
Linux and the Great App Store Agenda
Most would agree there's strength in diversity, but sometimes strength
also lies in unity. Not the new Ubuntu interface, mind you -- though
that may well be strengthening too -- but rather a consistency in the
way things are done. That, indeed, is apparently the premise behind a
new effort that emerged in recent weeks.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/71752.html
Engineering Meets Management, Part 1: A Recipe for Excellence
IT service companies rely heavily on software engineering processes and
methods to deliver services that enable business to achieve their goals.
As a discipline, product lifecycle management has matured and has
delivered major benefits, such as reuse, increased market share, reduced
time-to-market and global brand image.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/71726.html
How to Advertise in This Newsletter
To advertise in this newsletter or elsewhere on ECT News Network,
please call our sales department toll-free at (877) 328-5500, or view
our online media kit at
http://www.ectnews.com/advertising/
About TechNewsWorld
TechNewsWorld covers the most important technology news,
developments and trends with insightful analysis and commentary by our
team of award-winning writers. TechNewsWorld's coverage areas include
hardware, software, networking, wireless computing, personal
technology, security, and cutting-edge technologies for businesses and
consumers. Serving as an essential resource both for professionals
and for end-users, TechNewsWorld is the most comprehensive
one-stop destination for fresh technology information and perspectives
on the Internet.
Subscribing and Unsubscribing
You are receiving the Tech News Flash in response to your request
on the TechNewsWorld Web site for our daily newsletter. If you wish
to make changes to your newsletter subscription, or if you wish to
receive other free newsletters from the ECT News Network, please click
here:
Newsletter Management Wizard
If this e-mail was forwarded to you and you wish to subscribe to
this FREE newsletter, please use our newsletter sign-up wizard:
http://www.ectnews.com/perl/newsletter_registration.pl/
Feedback
We welcome your feedback. Contact us online at
http://www.ectnews.com/perl/contact_form.pl?to=editorial
Copyright 2011 ECT News Network, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ECT News Network, Inc.
17555 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200
Encino, CA 91316
| Porn copyright troll drops suit against 670 nervous 'Does' | Juniper changes course, accelerates IPv6 support | ||||||||||
| Network World Daily News PM | ||||||||||
 | 15 more useful Cisco sites WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Keep Mobile Employees Secure and Well Supported At best, deskside technical support is an inefficient use of IT's time and virtually impossible when workers are widely distributed. Learn how one midsize business, whose employees are on the road nearly 100% of the time, was able to improve remote troubleshooting and problem resolution. Read now In this Issue
WEBCAST: Cisco & Citrix Regain Control of the Desktop Learn how one IT organization is realizing the benefits of Desktop Virtualization and find out what they did to ensure a successful deployment of VMware View 4.5. Learn More Porn copyright troll drops suit against 670 nervous 'Does' Juniper changes course, accelerates IPv6 support Early adopter spells out Microsoft Azure's strengths and shortcomings WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Five Steps to Successful IT Consolidation Download this paper by Riverbed and discover a clear 5-step approach to making sure every consolidation project is successful. Read Now. How long would your business last without the Internet? Android's Big Rush Could Sack IT: 5 Preparation Tips Servers preloaded with Amazon-friendly cloud software RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave Spend Less on Email Security, Earn $15 GC Next-gen Email Security finds emerging email threats first, with our proprietary Zero Minute Defense TM- no one else has it. Protect your business-critical email and your network. We'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. You'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. Hands on: eCopy ShareScan Suite Comcast claims another IPv6 first FBI set to turn up advanced security search engine EMC's Greenplum offers 'big data' tools at no charge | | ||||||||
| ||||||||||
GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS SLIDESHOWS Panic time quiz: How prepared are you for IPv6? The Mac App Store's hottest productivity apps MOST-READ STORIES
| ||||||||||
| Do You Tweet? You are currently subscribed to networkworld_daily_news_alert as 4bloggermail@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2011 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. ** | ||||||||||
****************
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Contact: Tiffani Clements (202) 401-0035
Release Number: 11-09
Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news
****************
WASHINGTON – Women-owned small businesses can begin taking steps to participate in a new federal contracting program on Friday, Feb. 4, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced today. The new Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program will be fully implemented over the next several months, with the first contracts expected to be awarded by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011.
"Implementing the Women-Owned Small Business contracting rule has been a top priority for the Obama Administration and SBA," said Administrator Karen Mills. "Women-owned businesses are one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy. As we continue to look to small businesses to grow, create jobs and lead America into the future, women-owned businesses will play a key role. That's why providing them with all the tools necessary to compete for and win federal contracts is so important. Federal contracts can provide women-owned small businesses with the oxygen they need to take their business to the next level."
The WOSB Federal Contract Program will provide greater access to federal contracting opportunities for WOSBs and economically-disadvantaged women-owned small businesses (EDWOSBs). The Program allows contracting officers, for the first time, to set aside specific contracts for certified WOSBs and EDWOSBs and will help federal agencies achieve the existing statutory goal of five percent of federal contracting dollars being awarded to WOSBs.
On Feb. 4, SBA will release instructions on how to participate in the program, as well as launch the secure, online data repository for WOSBs to upload required documents, on its website: www.sba.gov/wosb. SBA will also release an application to become an SBA-approved third party certifier for this program on that date. This will be the first version of the application. SBA welcomes comments and suggestions on this first version of the application.
During the ramp up period over the next several months, SBA is encouraging small business owners to review program requirements and ensure their required documents are uploaded to the repository. WOSBs also will need to update their status in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and the Online Representation and Certification Application (ORCA) to indicate to contracting officers that they are eligible to participate. The General Services Administration is currently updating these systems and they are expected to be completed in April, 2011.
Similarly, the WOSB rule in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which is the companion to the SBA rule, is now going through final review, and is also expected to be issued by April. With these pieces in place, SBA expects to see the first contracts awarded through the program by the all-important fourth quarter, when the largest percent of federal contracts are awarded.
Every firm that wishes to participate in the WOSB program must meet the eligibility requirements and either self-certify or obtain third party certification. At this time, SBA has not approved any third party certifiers. Regardless of their certification method, WOSBs must also upload required documents proving their eligibility to a secure online data repository developed and maintained by SBA.
To qualify as a WOSB, a firm must be at least fifty-one percent owned and controlled by one or more women, and primarily managed by one or more women. The women must be U.S. citizens and the firm must be considered small according to SBA size standards. To be deemed "economically disadvantaged", a firm's owners must meet specific financial requirements set forth in the program regulations.
The WOSB Program identifies eighty-three four-digit North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) codes where WOSBs are underrepresented or substantially underrepresented. Contracting officers may set aside contracts in these industries if the contract can be awarded at a fair and reasonable price, the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that two or more WOSBs or EDWOSBs will submit offers for the contract and the anticipated contract price is not greater than $5 million for manufacturing contracts and $3 million for other contracts.
Each stage of implementation is part of SBA's mission to make the Program efficient and user-friendly, and to ensure its benefits go only to qualifying WOSBs. SBA is excited to launch this new program to provide WOSBs with increased opportunities to compete for and win federal contracts, ultimately helping WOSBs create and retain more jobs.
For more information on the Women-Owned Small Business Program or to access the instructions, applications or database, please visit www.sba.gov/wosb.
# # #
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To UNSUBSCRIBE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
To unsubscribe from the list, send an email to LISTSERV@NEWGANGES.SBA.GOV
The body of the message should read SIGNOFF MSNEWSLETTER
A subject is not required.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
|
|
| Microsoft delivers powerful enterprise backup tool | Microsoft beefs up System Center with new module | ||||||||||
| Network World Product Test | ||||||||||
| Red Hat builds gutsy, green virtualization machine RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave Spend Less on Web Security, Earn $15 GC iPrism Web Security offers award-winning protection at the perimeter, while it helps enforce your AUP. And our TCO is the lowest on the market - proven in an independent study. We'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. You'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. In this Issue WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Email Archiving For Dummies, 2nd Edition Email Archiving For Dummies, 2nd edition is designed to help you better manage your email systems by introducing email archiving. Email archiving works in conjunction with your email servers to improve how you manage email for your organization. Learn more by reading chapter one of this new edition and register now to receive the full book by mail. Read More Now. Microsoft delivers powerful enterprise backup tool WEBCAST: Adobe Streamline Ent Business Processes with Acrobat X Series Join Adobe experts to learn how to enable your PDF documents so that multiple people, in real time, can add notes and comments, promoting a true "conversation" about your critical documents. See how to use familiar commenting tools and even enable users of the free Adobe Reader to take part in your review. Learn More Microsoft beefs up System Center with new module WHITE PAPER: BMC Improving Agility, TCO, and Security Deploying agent software on every system to run scheduled jobs is expensive, both to install and maintain. In this white paper, independent analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates highlights the cost-savings, flexibility, and agility of the agentless job scheduling technology built in to BMC CONTROL-M. Read More! How we tested Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | | ||||||||
| ||||||||||
BECOME AN INSIDER SLIDESHOWS Panic time quiz: How prepared are you for IPv6? The Mac App Store's hottest productivity apps MOST-READ STORIES
| ||||||||||
| Do You Tweet? You are currently subscribed to networkworld_product_test_alert as 4bloggermail@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2011 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. ** | ||||||||||
| Enterprises playing hard to get with Windows 7 | How to protect Windows from the new MHTML zero-day hole | ||||||||||
| Network World Microsoft | ||||||||||
| Whither go the IPv4 addresses? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave Spend Less on Email Security, Earn $15 GC Next-gen Email Security finds emerging email threats first, with our proprietary Zero Minute Defense TM- no one else has it. Protect your business-critical email and your network. We'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. You'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. In this Issue
WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power Aperture Integrated Resource Manager Effectively manage energy, capital resources and process efficiency in the data center with Aperture Integrated Resource Manager. Organizations can now strategically deploy resources to achieve an optimal balance between costs and service, extend data center life, reduce capital expenditure, and increase resource efficiency and use. Read Now Enterprises playing hard to get with Windows 7 How to protect Windows from the new MHTML zero-day hole Watchdog Group questions Google's relationship with NSA WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Four Pillar Strategy for Next Generation Data Centers Enterprises today are migrating from a purely physical infrastructure to a highly efficient virtualized infrastructure and potentially to a fully enabled cloud environment. This migration promises to greatly enhance the efficiency and scalability of data center operations. Read now! Microsoft-Yahoo search alliance bearing fruit Desire for Windows Phone 7 remains low despite Microsoft sales claims Is that coupon worth the risk to your personal privacy? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave Spend Less on Web Security, Earn $15 GC Get Email and Web security solutions with robust features and the lowest TCO on the market. Delivery options include hosted, on-prem appliances and hybrid. For a limited time, we'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. And you'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. Data Privacy Day 2011: Microsoft offers privacy advice on location-based services Kinect becomes impromptu sound board Visit Microsoft Subnet for more daily news, blogs | | ||||||||
| ||||||||||
BECOME AN INSIDER SLIDESHOWS Panic time quiz: How prepared are you for IPv6? The Mac App Store's hottest productivity apps MOST-READ STORIES
| ||||||||||
| Do You Tweet? You are currently subscribed to networkworld_microsoft_alert as 4bloggermail@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2011 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. ** | ||||||||||
