ANTenna Blog -- October 2007 Archive
Smaller Companies Optimistic On Growth, Tech Investments
Posted by Fredric Paul 07:03 PM ET | Oct 31, 2007
Bullish on their growth prospects, many small and midsize companies are planning significant investments in such new technologies as storage VoIP, virtualization, and Wi-Fi.
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IT | Technology/Telecom
Is Apple's Leopard Worth the Leap?
Posted by Naomi Grossman 10:41 AM ET | Oct 31, 2007
Apple is making headway in the enterprise environment. But is Leopard, the sixth major release of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, worth an IT manager's consideration?
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Apple | Hardware & Software | IT
Security Threats Meet Business Treats
Posted by Keith Ferrell 08:55 AM ET | Oct 31, 2007
Having written so much about the horrors small and midsized businesses face for our two-part Halloween business terrors feature, I couldn't resist the temptation to give some thought to technology treats.
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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | IT | Internet/Web | Management | Mobile | Networking & Communications | Security | Technology/Telecom
Google Phone (Legend) Lives
Posted by Cora Nucci 05:24 PM ET | Oct 30, 2007
What has become the Loch Ness Monster of the mobile phone world, the Google Phone, is once again purported to exist.
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Mobile | Networking & Communications | Technology/Telecom
Free Security Tech Support: Treat Yourself (And Your Computer) On Halloween
Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:18 PM ET | Oct 30, 2007
Security Company CyberDefender's offering free phone-in technical support for one day only -- and that day's tomorrow, October 31. How's that for a Halloween treat?
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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Hardware & Software | IT | Internet/Web | Security | Services | Technology/Telecom
Woops, Says Microsoft, Sorry for That Unauthorized Install
Posted by Naomi Grossman 10:02 AM ET | Oct 30, 2007
IT managers who subscribe to Microsoft Windows Server Update Services program but didn't choose the automatic updates setting must have thought the desktops on their networks had taken a page from HAL.
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Hardware & Software | IT | Security | Windows
Gigabit Ethernet Ready to Move into the Small and Medium Business Mainstream?
Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:18 AM ET | Oct 30, 2007
Are your networking needs growing so fast that you need lots more bandwidth? If so, 3Com has two products, the Baseline Switch 2900 Plus Family and OfficeConnect managed Gigabit PoE Switch, that you may want to take look at.
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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | IT | Mobile | Networking & Communications | Technology/Telecom
No Cash Please, We're Apple
Posted by Fredric Paul 06:28 PM ET | Oct 29, 2007
Believe it or not, Apple has decided not to accept cash from people buying an iPhone. That's right, your money's no good at an Apple store.
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Apple | Business & E-Business | Mobile
Microsoft Wants to Stick XP on XOs
Posted by Cora Nucci 11:39 AM ET | Oct 29, 2007
Like an uninvited birthday party guest who shows up on the wrong date with an unwanted gift, Microsoft is "working to adapt a basic version of Windows XP so it is compatible with the non-profit One Laptop per Child Foundation's small green- and-white XO laptop."
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Hardware & Software | Linux | Mobile
Should You Replace Microsoft Office with an Online App?
Posted by Naomi Grossman 10:57 AM ET | Oct 29, 2007
What feels like the sudden arrival of a multitude of online app options -- like Google or Zoho -- has allowed IT managers to ponder a move they would never have even considered just a short while ago: Replace Microsoft Office with an online office suite.
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Business & E-Business | Hardware & Software | IT | Internet/Web
Mobile Broadband Is A Mix-and-Match Affair
Posted by Fredric Paul 10:11 PM ET | Oct 28, 2007
"The Future of Wireless Broadband" was the first session I attended at last week's Mobile Business Expo at Interop in New York And the first thing I learned was that the adoption of wireless broadband isn't going to be a simple matter of clear winners and losers.
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IT Workers to Management: Show Us More Money!
Posted by Naomi Grossman 12:11 PM ET | Oct 26, 2007
Tech pay is approaching an all-time high according to a recent survey. Yet IT workers are not happy with their salaries, according to another survey. What gives?
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Business & E-Business | HR | IT | Management
Should Employees Experiment with Software, Mobile Devices on Company PCs?
Posted by Cora Nucci 10:57 AM ET | Oct 26, 2007
How much leeway should IT managers give employees? In a debate-style Wall Street Journal Online interview with two CIOs, one kept using phrases like "controlled" and "tightly managed." The other was from Google.
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Hardware & Software | IT | Management
Net Security Woes Grows
Posted by Keith Ferrell 03:45 PM ET | Oct 25, 2007
A new report that focuses on the security challenges facing small and midsized businesses shines a light on just how big those challenges are -- and which ones you may be overlooking.
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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Hardware & Software | IT | Internet/Web | Management | Operations | Security | Technology/Telecom
Hop on the Wiki Express
Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:51 AM ET | Oct 25, 2007
Before the Web 2.0 express passes you by and leaves you dazed in the dust, know there is a way for you to hop on its wagon: wikis.
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Business & E-Business | IT | Networking & Communications
NAC Gets Knocked Around
Posted by Cora Nucci 10:09 AM ET | Oct 25, 2007
"The vast majority of companies are deploying network access control (NAC) technology as a means of securing their endpoints -- but they aren't all happy about it," reads "Is NAC Dying?"
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Hardware & Software | Networking & Communications
Shallow Victory for the Federal Government
Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:44 AM ET | Oct 25, 2007
Whether you realize it or not, John Zuccarini, a notorious scam artist, represents a threat to your online business. His cyberspace businesses illustrate the problems that the government must overcome to make it a safe haven for reputable enterprises.
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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | IT | Internet/Web | Networking & Communications | Retail | Sales/Marketing | Security
Of Credit Crunches, Housing Busts, and IT Budgets
Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:56 AM ET | Oct 24, 2007
Are you in the process of setting your 2008 IT budget? Are you having any fun yet?
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Business & E-Business | IT | Strategy/Analysis/Biz Dev
World Series Ticketing System Crashes, Rebounds
Posted by Cora Nucci 10:20 AM ET | Oct 24, 2007
The Colorado Rockies were felled by "an external malicious attack" that crashed its online system Monday.
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Security
Women Entrepreneurs Shatter Myths
Posted by Fredric Paul 06:44 PM ET | Oct 23, 2007
I attended a Make Mine A Million conference for Women entrepreneurs this morning in downtown New York City. And the first thing I came across was a bunch of lists about everything from HR Myths to Accounting Necessities. I love lists, so I'm passing them along here:
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How Steve Jobs is Like Tom Brady
Posted by Cora Nucci 10:25 AM ET | Oct 23, 2007
On Monday, Apple announced that profits for its last fiscal quarter exploded to 67 percent. "They are the New England Patriots of the tech world, appearing to be an unstoppable force," Samir Bhavnani, analyst for Current Analysis West told InformationWeek.
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Hardware & Software
Small and Medium Businesses Go Mobile
Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:24 AM ET | Oct 23, 2007
Who needs a company headquarters today? The reality is that employees spend a significant amount of time outside the office, so the smaller the headquarters, the better.
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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | IT | Internet/Web | Mobile | Networking & Communications | Technology/Telecom
Comcast Hates Teens and Small and Midsize Businesses
Posted by Naomi Grossman 06:00 AM ET | Oct 23, 2007
It was one thing when an AP report indicated that Comcast was blocking some file-sharing traffic on its network. But Lotus Notes!? That's going too far.
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Is There a Future For Muni WiFi?
Posted by Naomi Grossman 12:53 PM ET | Oct 22, 2007
Any small or midsize business that needs Internet access and is sick of paying lots of money to get on the Web should be interested in the progress of various municipal WiFi projects around the country.
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Take a Sober Look at Linux
Posted by Cora Nucci 11:35 AM ET | Oct 22, 2007
Last week's release of Ubuntu 7.10 marked another milestone on Linux's path from basement wonkitude to businessplace respectability. But the accolades for open source in general, and Linux in particular, often feel like a boozy lovefest.
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Hardware & Software | Linux | Open Source
Internet Security Hall Of Shame
Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:41 AM ET | Oct 22, 2007
What are the ten biggest -- and, alas, most common -- Internet security mistakes made by small and midisized businesses, their employees, vendors, family and friends?
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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | IT | Management | Networking & Communications | Operations | Security | Technology/Telecom
Telecommuters Find A Home At Smaller Companies
Posted by Fredric Paul 08:27 PM ET | Oct 19, 2007
Turns out that there's a lot of telecommuting going on in smaller companies -- and those folks are getting supported with the latest mobility technology, networking equipment, and software.
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Networking & Communications
Security Threats Rise -- And So Do Security Budgets
Posted by Keith Ferrell 03:29 PM ET | Oct 19, 2007
Is your security budget increasing? Most small and midsized businesses are growing theirs.
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Oh, One Last Thing About Web 2.0: Social Networking Sites Are Just For Fun
Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:31 AM ET | Oct 19, 2007
Hey, Steve Ballmer said Microsoft is going to be buying an average of 20 companies a year for the next five years. But get this: He said that that includes small companies. Oh, and he made this announcement at the Web 2.0 Summit. So you see? Web 2.0 does matter to small and midsize businesses.
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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Hardware & Software | IT | Internet/Web | Networking & Communications
Microsoft's Unified Communications Suite: Will It Blend?
Posted by Cora Nucci 05:34 PM ET | Oct 18, 2007
Road warriors, be alert: Microsoft's army of communication evangelists is coming for you, armed "with a duffle bag full of unified voice, video, and data communications products."
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Mobile | Networking & Communications | Technology/Telecom
What is Web 2.0 Anyway?
Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:01 AM ET | Oct 18, 2007
The fourth annual Web 2.0 Summit is going on. Should you care? Most of you probably don't, but you should, a little.
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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | IT | Internet/Web | Networking & Communications | Sales/Marketing | Strategy/Analysis/Biz Dev
AT&T Mobility Reshuffles Top Management
Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 10:01 AM ET | Oct 18, 2007
The ripple effects from a series of acquisitions lead to Stan Sigman, president and chief executive officer at AT&T Mobility, cleaning out his desk and heading to back Texas. The change underscores the uncertainty in the volatile telecom marketplace.
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Apple's iPhone SDK A Step In The Right Direction
Posted by Fredric Paul 12:26 AM ET | Oct 18, 2007
Well, I'd like to think Steve Jobs was listening to me when he announced today that Apple will introduce a fully sanctioned iPhone software development kit (SDK) in February, 2008. But he probably saw the light all on his own.
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Business & E-Business | Hardware & Software | Mobile
Web 2.0: Where's the Beef?
Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:44 AM ET | Oct 17, 2007
Hey small and midsize businesses, you guys are not that interested in using Web 2.0 tools to get business information. Why not?
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Hardware & Software
Net Business: No Access Taxation But No Access Regulation Either
Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:58 AM ET | Oct 17, 2007
The government giveth, the government taketh away, as two developments -- one on Net access taxation, one on broadband access regulation -- show.
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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | IT | Internet/Web | Services | Technology/Telecom
Ubuntu's Gutsy Gibbon Moves Linux Forward
Posted by Cora Nucci 10:53 AM ET | Oct 17, 2007
With each release of Ubuntu, its commercial sponsor, Canonical closes more of the gaps that separate Linux from Windows -- and eliminates more reasons for small and midsize businesses to shun and fear Linux.
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Hardware & Software | Linux | Open Source
Conan O'Brien Foments a Cubicle Revolution
Posted by Cora Nucci 12:17 PM ET | Oct 16, 2007
Conan O'Brien's skills as a funnyman and TV talk show host are well known. But unwittingly, he may turn out to be the father of an office culture revolution and the hero of office workers from the shores of Cubetown to the outskirts of Cubeville.
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What’s the Difference Between a Telco and an ISP?
Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 08:08 AM ET | Oct 16, 2007
The inability of the courts and regulatory bodies to keep pace with technological changes could create problems, one that Richi Jennings, an analyst at Ferris Research thinks the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should acknowledge and fix.
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Internet Job Seeking Now Tops Newspapers
Posted by Fredric Paul 10:16 PM ET | Oct 15, 2007
The Conference Board says that this year, more people looked for jobs online in the newspaper -- 73% to 65%. Just two years ago, those percentages were pretty much reversed.
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IT's Dirty Little Secrets
Posted by Cora Nucci 03:14 PM ET | Oct 15, 2007
If you work in IT -- and if you're reading this, chances are very good that you do work in IT -- how about a sanity check?
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Mobile Security: The Data, Not The Notebook Is The Asset
Posted by Keith Ferrell 02:44 PM ET | Oct 15, 2007
Stolen laptops and notebooks continue to get a lot of attention when a lot of confidential data gets stolen along with the device.
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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | IT | Mobile | Networking & Communications | Sales/Marketing | Security | Travel
How Do You Reach Your CEO?
Posted by Naomi Grossman 10:46 AM ET | Oct 15, 2007
Hey CIOs, who do you report to? The CEO? The CFO? The COO? More importantly, who do you want to report to?
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Oracle Makes a Play for BEA, What's in it for Midsize Businesses?
Posted by Cora Nucci 05:32 PM ET | Oct 12, 2007
Oracle made an unsolicited $6.6 billion bid for middleware maker BEA Systems today. Is that good news for small and midsize businesses?
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Hardware & Software
Employee Security: Don't Let Layoffs Go From Bad To Worse
Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:48 AM ET | Oct 12, 2007
Layoffs, terminations and firings are never easy -- but they also shouldn't expose your company, network and equipment to more risk than they have to.
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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | HR | IT | Management | Operations | Security
Ahhh, the Luxury of the Wired-Free Existence
Posted by Naomi Grossman 10:51 AM ET | Oct 12, 2007
Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia, doesn't own a cellphone and has never used a keyboard. But I'm willing to bet all the IT guys at his successful outdoor clothing company do.
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Business & E-Business
Phantom Phone Vibrations -- And Pocket Dialing
Posted by Fredric Paul 08:15 PM ET | Oct 11, 2007
I thought I was the only one who experienced these phenomena, but it turns out that "many mobile phone addicts and BlackBerry junkies report feeling vibrations when there are none" while others find their phones make calls all on their own.
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Can You Go a Day Without Email?
Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:34 AM ET | Oct 11, 2007
What would your workday be like without email? Can you do it? Can you handle having to talk to your coworkers face to face or pick up the phone to talk to your boss? Doesn't it sound so…so…primitive?
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Sprint Exec’s Exit Means Lower Quality Business Cellular Services
Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:55 AM ET | Oct 11, 2007
Sprint Nextel’s board of directors kicked Gary Foresee, who had the titles of chairman of the board, CEO, and president, unceremoniously to the curb. Businesses should weep because his exit means poorer quality cellular services.
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Microsoft Security Patches: 4 Critical, 2 Important
Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:39 PM ET | Oct 10, 2007
Yesterday was Patch Day at Microsoft and a Big Day it was, with both Vista and Internet Explorer getting some fixes.
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We're Showing You the Money. Isn't that Enough?
Posted by Naomi Grossman 12:27 PM ET | Oct 10, 2007
Computer science grads are making more money than they have in a while thanks to the dearth of computer science graduates and the hearty IT market. You'd think it would get easier for IT managers to fill their departments, right?
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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | HR | IT | Management
HR Technology Has Its Own Conference -- Who Knew?
Posted by Fredric Paul 09:46 PM ET | Oct 9, 2007
Did you know that there's a whole conference devoted to Human Resources technology? I didn't, but I do now!
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Security Costs: Are You Spending Enough? Too Much?
Posted by Keith Ferrell 03:29 PM ET | Oct 9, 2007
The average company spends 20 percent of its technology budget on security. Does that finding match your security outlay?
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A Company Where Employees Want to Stay
Posted by Naomi Grossman 10:40 AM ET | Oct 9, 2007
W.L. Gore & Associates is a big company – it's got nearly 5,000 employees – but that shouldn't stop small and midsize companies from looking to them for advice about how to run a successful company.
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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | HR | IT | Management
Websense Emerging as Viable Security Supplier
Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 09:21 AM ET | Oct 9, 2007
Are you a bit insecure about your security supplier? In this highly volatile marketplace, Websense is emerging as a vendor that medium and small businesses may want to take a closer look at.
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Virtualization Means Different Things To Different Observers
Posted by Fredric Paul 08:10 PM ET | Oct 8, 2007
VMWare today announced a raft of new virtualization offerings, but InformationWeek, CNET, and PC World reported on the news in very different ways.
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Storage
Business Security Requires Network Security Requires Employee Security Requires Job Security
Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:27 AM ET | Oct 8, 2007
The employee security I'm talking about here is your technical team's -- and your ability to hold onto them.
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Have You Taken Your CFO Out to Lunch Yet?
Posted by Naomi Grossman 09:44 AM ET | Oct 7, 2007
IT managers do all sorts of things to get their key projects approved from hiring consultants to spending hours preparing charts and spreadsheets. I'm willing to bet not many do what Ian Campbell, CEO of Nucleus Research, suggests: Take their CFO out for lunch.
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Lawmaker Embarrassed by Nude Pix on Flash Drive
Posted by Cora Nucci 10:03 AM ET | Oct 5, 2007
Is someone at the State Library of Ohio giving out free memory sticks loaded with hidden porn? How else to explain how a state lawmaker's PowerPoint presentation to a high school class Tuesday was briefly punctuated by images of topless women?
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Government | Storage
Network Security Problems? Blame The Boss!
Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:04 PM ET | Oct 4, 2007
A recent pre-prison interview with a convicted hacker offers some surprising and important lessons in network and computer security.
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The IT Managers' Secret Weapon
Posted by Cora Nucci 08:49 AM ET | Oct 4, 2007
IT managers have to be alert and nimble to keep up with the constant swirl of changing technology, evolving standards, thorny compliance issues, demanding users, budget constraints, and looming project deadlines.
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Hardware & Software | IT | Management
Disney Decision the First Step Leading to End of MVNO Services?
Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:20 AM ET | Oct 4, 2007
Smiley faces are in scant supply at the executive offices of Disney Mobile, which announced recently that it will close up shop. If marketing maven, Disney could not build a viable MVNO business, can anyone else?
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Network Monitoring and Management -- FREE*
Posted by Fredric Paul 06:28 PM ET | Oct 3, 2007
How would you like to get your network monitoring and management software for nothing? Sounds good, right? But what if that free network help desk came with advertising? Spiceworks is hoping that it's a trade-off that will appeal to many smaller companies.
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Networking & Communications
Why Aren't You Googling Yet?
Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:09 AM ET | Oct 3, 2007
The battle among online apps for the hearts and minds — and IT departments — of the business world continues.
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Consumers May "Get" Cyber Security -- But That Doesn't Mean They've Got It
Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:52 AM ET | Oct 3, 2007
More than 90 percent of consumers think their PCs -- and their computing habits -- are safe. Half of them are wrong.
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Don't Sweat The Silly Stuff
Posted by Fredric Paul 07:06 PM ET | Oct 2, 2007
One of the side effects of running any publication is that PR people love to pitch you stories about things their clients are convinced are important. Sometimes they are, of course, but often they're about nonsense like office clutter and pet sitting.
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Technological Changes Are Hard
Posted by Cora Nucci 12:59 PM ET | Oct 2, 2007
The payroll wreck being endured by tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers serves as a reminder that when software deployment goes wrong, the results can be truly disastrous -- no matter what size business is involved.
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More Free Online Document Apps -- This Time From Microsoft
Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:56 AM ET | Oct 2, 2007
You've got to give Google, ThinkFree, and Zoho, among others, credit. If not for them we might never have more free Web-based software from Microsoft that lets you share and store documents online.
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Cisco Continues Its Migration up the Protocol Stack
Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 08:13 AM ET | Oct 2, 2007
Cisco, the industry’s top networking equipment supplier, wants to become a key software supplier and acquired start up call center reporting specialist Latigent. The behemoth’s move may eventually deliver more robust call center reporting functions to medium and small businesses.
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Laptop Security: Mind The Gap
Posted by Keith Ferrell 04:52 PM ET | Oct 1, 2007
More big retailer cyber security lessons for small to midsize businesses: This time a security gap hit The Gap.
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A Safer Firing
Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:48 AM ET | Oct 1, 2007
There really is no good way to fire someone (but there are lots of bad ways, as I discussed previously). But beyond making a painful situation as painless as possible, is the need for managers to protect themselves in the process.
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