While it is widely acknowledged that international standards facilitate trade much less is known about certification requirements and mutually recognition of certification results. In our paper, we examine the impact of ISO 9000 certifications and the multilateral recognition arrangement for international acceptance of ISO 9000 certificates of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF-MLA) on ...

The fast evolution of management systems standards ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 worldwide, from unknown entities to wellestablished management practices, represents a facet of the global marketplace in which many firms operate. Over 400,000 firms in over 150 countries have adopted ISO 9000 since it was introduced in 1986. Its successor, ISO 14000, was introduced in 1996 and has already been adopted b...

This paper details the design and implementation of a host-based intrusion detection system (Hewlett-Packard’s Praesidium IDS/9000) and a specialized kernel data source which supplies customized data to the IDS. Instead of the common attack-signature matching used in most other intrusion detection systems, IDS/9000 performs real-time monitoring of the system looking for misuse actions that are ...

Implementing an analysis and display architecture for the next generation of HP logic analyzers presented opportunities and challenges for the cross-functional design team assigned to the task. Freed from the boundaries of commercial real-time instrument operating systems and needing to offer a flexible and high-performance window-based interface, the project team took a long look at both techn...

The IBM Enterprise System/9000" Type 9121 air-cooled processor achieves, with the same or reduced physical floor space and power levels, a performance level equal to or greater than those of previous IBM processors. This performance level was attained by a combination of design innovations: a new aircooled thermal conduction module (TCM), integration of bipolar and CMOS technology in this TCM, ...