Hurricane Katrina delivered an excruciating lesson on "information integration in action, not theory," according to Steve Cooper, chief information officer at the American Red Cross.

Like a physical supply chain, an information supply chain (ISC) is comprised of the organizations that connect with each other to produce a desired end -- product or service -- for a user.

One day soon, mobile Internet users in Philadelphia, Denver, Boston and more than 300 wireless-networked cities across the nation won't need to find a coffee shop with WiFi access. They will simply open their laptops (or PDAs) and log on, wherever they are.

Companies in the tech and pharmaceutical industries are increasingly adopting Radio Frequency Identification to track products from their manufacturing plants through the supply chain.

A sea change is reshaping the information services/information technology (IS/IT) industry.

The average hacker used to be a cyberspace vandal whose prime motivation was mischief and developing a reputation as an IT wizard. Over the past year, however, hackers have increasingly used their skills to break into inadequately guarded systems to steal money and valuable data.

Most crooks aren't all that smart and spies are no exception, according to former National Security Agency analyst Ira Winkler. Getting confidential financial and technical information right from the source is simpler than you'd think.

Passwords are "the dirty little secret" of the computer-security industry, says Arvind Krishna, a software security expert. The use –- and misuse – of passwords illuminates a cyber-security conundrum: is it about the user, or the data?

InfraGard is an association of businesses, schools, state and local law enforcement and private individuals dedicated to sharing information and intelligence "to prevent hostile acts against the United States." The FBI partner organization consists of a national network of 84 local chapters whose me

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -- the organization that determines who gets what domain name on the World Wide Web -- recently delayed decision on a proposed .xxx string that would identify content produced by the "responsible online adult-entertainment community." P