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Report: Obama close to appointing White House cybersecurity chief
Clinton aide Frank Kramer said to be top pick Computerworld (CW) -- According to a Reuters report this week, the front runner for the post appears to be Frank Kramer, an assistant defense secretary under President Bill Clinton.
The Reuters story also quoted an unnamed source with "direct knowledge of the matter" as saying the appointment could happen within the next two weeks. The story also quotes Aneesh Chopra, chief technology officer of the federal government, as saying he had interviewed candidates for the position recently, and that a coordinator would be named in the "not too distant future."
If it does happen, this appointment will come not a moment too soon. When Obama first announced the new White House office in May, the news was greeted with considerable enthusiasm which has since waned. Select here to learn more... |
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WBI
Web Intermediaries (WBI - pronounced "webby") is a framework and set of programming tools introduced by IBM a few years ago for the uniform creation and control of intermediary programs such as proxy servers, transcoding processors, and any kind of program that sits somewhere between two end points in a network. Some other kinds of intermediary programs that can be built using WBI include personalization of Web content; transcoding HTML for formatting to a handheld device; interactivity with other Web users and data; the filtering of content; and, more controversially, the monitoring of individual usage.
A WBI application consists of a request editor, a (response) generator, a response editor, and a monitor. A collection of such a monitor, editors, and generator is known as a MEG, and a MEG constitutes an installable plugin. Plugins are registered in a computer and made usable whenever they are needed or wanted. The (Java-based) WBI Development Kit comes with some ready-made plugins, including the same plugin APIs such as IBM's WebSphere Transcoding Publisher. Additional information can be found from IBM's "webby" homepage.
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