City Council of Los Angeles approved a multimillion-dollar contract proposal to use Google Web services for government e-mail and other Internet services. Many city computer systems will be replaced with the so-called Google-apps. Under this deal Google will provide e-mail, calendar, online chatting and other services to more then 30000 city employees. The main problem with this contract was that Google places documents online rather then on individual computers under the city direct control, so the agreement was only reached when Google agreed to pay a preset penalty in case if a security breach occurs.
A test of this free antivirus form Microsoft showed very good results. Being tested under Windows Xp SP2, Windows Vista and final version of Windows 7, Security Essentials was able to detect all the suggested viruses from the fresh WildList, 98.4% of harmful code peaces and 90.9% of spyware. Lastly it was able to find all the 25 cases of rootkits. However the main drawback of this program is lack of any type of heuristic analisys, so the antivirus will not be able to detect new viruses until theywill be added to the database. Overall, Microsoft Security Essentials showed great results.
Lockheed Martin Corp. signed a Military Network Protocol contract for $31 million with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Under this contract Lockheed Martin team will develop new protocol for information transfers with much improved security, dynamic bandwidth allocation and prioritization levels. It is known that to develop the Military Network Protocol Lockheed Martin Corp. teamed up with LGS Innovations, Juniper Networks, Anagran and Microsoft.