To protect and preserve its email destruction policies, Microsoft has concealed or falsely described its document retention practices in past litigation and on many occasions in this litigation," Burst.com alleged in its complaint.
The UK government is already implementing some moves towards electronic procurement, including a reverse e-auction system. The EU has issued an action plan detailing how member governments can to switch to e-procurement before the implementation...
While the underlying technologies (encryption, identity management and so on) may be shared, corporate DRM differs in that it is more about setting controls on documents and other files to ensure they are read, stored, printed, forwarded and...
It also includes a "patent retaliation" clause that prohibits an organisation from using privately modified GPL software if it files a patent infringement lawsuit relating to that software. This is the text we currently plan to go with unless we're...
Another example from a rival bank, cited by Barclays' Bonner, saw an employee go 'short' on shares, spending his entire life savings in anticipation of a fall in share price which he planned to engender through a series of digital attacks.
It also has the ability to embed graphics, track changes and organise files. The plan is to make these applications free for paid premium services to businesses. Microsoft, meanwhile, is expected to detail its own document collaboration service...