Bad data you can't blame on Intel

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Intel's flawed Pentium chip highlights another business issue, that is, bad data and faulty information give rise to bad decisions, costing some companies their markets. However, most of the time hardware is not to blame. A great deal of data enters a company without being double-checked or authenticated. Bad data or analysis can pass undetected through networks and security procedures corrupting the decision-making process. All data entering the system is considered good data and will only set off an alarm if it is changed or altered. Business information system corruption often begins at the fact-gathering stage, working its way to upper management. Databases, a resource for million of users, can also foster bad information. With nearly 9 billion records on a database, much of this information is uncorroborated.

Management, Computer networks, MIS, Management information systems, Databases, Information networks, Data integrity, Data security devices, Database, Data security device

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U.S. to propose data-highway agency

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The federal government is looking into establishing a new federal agency as part of a larger proposal to improve its regulation of the US's information superhighway. The announcement is in answer to the growing government-wide concern that increasing break ins by computer hackers and vengeful insiders could harm the nation's trust in information systems, such as databases, telecommunications networks and advanced computing. One government official sums it up by saying people need to feel secure in our electronic infrastructure or they will not use it. The proposal comes from a government-wide task force, known as the National Information Infrastructure Forum, which is offering a set of rules to increase the security and reliability of communications networks.

Planning, Safety and security measures, Internet, Telecommunications regulations, Government communications regulation, Data communications, Telecommunications transmission technologies, Government Activity

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Yahoo!: hype builds for Wall Street event

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The Internet-directory company Yahoo!'s IPO is receiving significant attention from Wall Street investors and stock market speculators hoping to duplicate the phenomenal IPO success of Netscape Communications. The IPO's financer, Goldman, Sachs & Co, have received an unprecedented number of inquiries from private investors regarding the Yahoo! IPO. The offering is expected to begin at 26 million shares with each share starting at approximately $10. However, analysts suggest that Yahoo! faces increasing competition in the Internet search-engine market, and the company's IPO is not expected to be as lucrative as Netscape's.

Computer software industry, Software industry, Finance, Securities, Yahoo! Inc., Internet access software, Initial public offerings, Company securities, Company public offering

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