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Crooks Making Less From Bank Data Look To Steal From Other Businesses (Including Yours)

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:30 AM ET | Jul 15, 2008

Things are tough all over, as a new report on the drop in the value of stolen bank data shows. But as stolen bank info drops in price, you can bet that the crooks are going to be looking elsewhere to make up the difference. And small and midsize business data is definitely one of the elsewheres.

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Watch your Back -- And Your Back-Office: Insider Threats More Than Double

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:02 AM ET | Jul 7, 2008

Insider threats increased by more than 100 percent over the past year, according to a new report. The percentage of identity breaches attributed to insider crime or error far exceeds those caused by external hackers.

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Home is Where Your Employees Should Be

Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:30 AM ET | Jun 24, 2008

It's 11 AM on a weekday morning, gas prices are soaring, and there are lots of affordable collaboration tools on the market. Do you know where your employees are? Better yet, do you know where your employees should be? Working from home.

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Secure Computing Tells Where Your Biggest Insecurity Is: Inside Your Company, That's Where!

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:01 AM ET | May 29, 2008

What are IT security professionals most scared of? Their companies' own employees, that's what.

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Most Workplace Toilet Seats Are Cleaner Than Most Workers' Keyboards

Posted by Keith Ferrell 02:54 PM ET | May 5, 2008

The viruses in your computer can harm your computer's data; the viruses (and germs and bacteria and toxins) on your computer can harm you.

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Web 2.0 Expo: How To Build A Wiki That Doesn't Suck

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:14 PM ET | Apr 26, 2008

"The Web is littered with dead wikis," admits SocialText CEO Eugene Lee. Here's how to make sure your wiki doesn't add to the junkpile.

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Deal With That IT Bully…Or Else

Posted by Naomi Grossman 10:59 AM ET | Apr 16, 2008

Nearly everyone in IT has, at one time or another, come across the IT bully -- that IT guy who not only thinks he knows more than everyone else and needs to let everyone know it but is also rude, crude, and nasty. Resolving to let your IT department handle the IT bully on their own is a big mistake, unless you want to end up with an IT department of one.

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IT Security Guy Connected to Leaking, Spying Activities? Take a Pass

Posted by Naomi Grossman 10:46 AM ET | Apr 8, 2008

Caught up in the high profile case of Anthony Pellicano -- the detective on trial for racketeering and wiretapping in a case that involves lots of big names in Hollywood -- is the manager of IT security for Conde Nast publications. How exactly did that guy get his job?

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Show Your Employees More Than the Money

Posted by Naomi Grossman 10:55 AM ET | Apr 3, 2008

For the smaller business, holding on to good employees is crucial to its success. What smaller business can afford the costs of employee turnover? From recruitment to training, it gets very costly, not to mention disruptive. But if a smaller business takes care of its employees, their employees will almost certainly take care of them.

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IT Skills Shortage? Keep the Ones You Got Trained

Posted by Naomi Grossman 12:10 PM ET | Mar 25, 2008

There are fewer computer science graduates than there used to be and, because they cannot afford high turnover rates or IT guys who aren't that into their jobs, smaller businesses need to get the best of that shrinking lot and they need to keep them there. One way to do that is, surprisingly, employee training.

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The Secret of Business Success: Great Employees (Duh!)

Posted by Naomi Grossman 12:58 PM ET | Mar 10, 2008

Of course a great idea, a solid business plan, and careful spending are important ingredients in a successful company. But as an incendiary blog posting (unwittingly) revealed -- and what all smaller businesses need to always remember -- is that great employees are what make it all work. Make sure they want to stick around.

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The Smaller Business' Tightrope Walk: The Bottom Line and Employees

Posted by Naomi Grossman 12:56 PM ET | Feb 8, 2008

Many smaller businesses celebrate their non-corporate culture in which employees are treated like family, turnover is low, and everybody is vested in making the company a success. But sometimes, the very familial nature of a smaller business can cause management to lose sight of the bottom line, with devastating consequences.

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The Recession is Coming! Quick, Start Hiring

Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:40 AM ET | Jan 31, 2008

Anyone who follows news on the economy knows the picture isn't great: a volatile stock market, a mortgage crisis, a credit crunch. If we were living in Paul Revere's day, we'd probably eventually see a man on a horse racing through our towns and cities shouting, "A recession is coming! A recession is coming!" Still, we get it. So, how should smaller businesses get ready for the inevitable?

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DEMO 08 Showcases Small Business Innovations

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:01 AM ET | Jan 28, 2008

Look for a handful of innovative small-business-oriented product introductions at this week’s Demo08 conference in the California desert. Just don’t count on the products arriving on time or truly changing the way your company does business.

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The Dark Side Of Telecommuting

Posted by Fredric Paul 05:34 PM ET | Jan 11, 2008

Telecommuting may be great for the people who get to work at home in their jammies, but here's a surprise: It stinks for the folks left back at the office.

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Some New Year's Security Resolutions Can Also Be Security Solutions

Posted by Keith Ferrell 04:34 PM ET | Dec 31, 2007

Meet the New Year's security challenges -- same as the old year's security challenges in many ways. And of all of them -- vulnerabilities, cybercrime, flawed old technologies, powerful new technologies, human nature, it's that last that's the most easily addressable. And probably the least addressed.

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"Entitled" Younger Workers Could Be Advantage For Small Firms

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:20 PM ET | Dec 26, 2007

No surprise, but it seems Generation Y workers expect more workplace perks than their more mature colleagues. Actually, though, that opens an opportunity for smaller firms with more flexible HR policies.

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IT Talent Crunch? Remember, Happy Employees Don't Leave

Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:14 AM ET | Dec 5, 2007

Apparently IT is booming in Boston. But the advice provided to Boston-area companies on how to deal with the talent wars and the staffing crunch are applicable to all tech departments looking to staff up.

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Rethinking the Cubicle -- An Office Space Only Dilbert Could Love

Posted by Naomi Grossman 10:55 AM ET | Dec 4, 2007

Small and midsize companies, be aware: larger companies are rethinking the cubicle culture. If you want to maintain your nimbleness and your competitive edge, it's time for you to consider making some changes as well.

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Managing Your Employees By Age

Posted by Fredric Paul 06:53 PM ET | Dec 3, 2007

Kids today, they hate everything. Or at least, they hate the companies they work for, probably including yours. But here's news: savvy managers can solve the problem: FREE!

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Temp Workers Pose Large Security Challenge

Posted by Keith Ferrell 09:12 AM ET | Nov 30, 2007

Adding extra help for the holiday rush -- or any crunch-period -- requires taking extra time to seal any potential security holes. But according to Websense, many of you won't.

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IT Jobs and the Economy: Strong at the Broken Places

Posted by Cora Nucci 11:55 AM ET | Nov 10, 2007

The IT job market and IT salaries remain strong despite the unsettled economic climate: oil at nearly $100 per barrel, inflation looming, and persistent uncertainty in the markets.

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Top IT Salaries Revealed

Posted by Cora Nucci 11:49 AM ET | Nov 7, 2007

Datamation's 2008 IT Salary Guide reveals that IT salaries continue to rise due to a shortage of talent. Demand for IT pros is higher than it's been in five years, the guide to IT salaries reports.

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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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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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