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Password Security: With Prosecutors Like This, Who Needs Rogue Administrators?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 02:23 PM ET | Jul 28, 2008

So the San Francisco District Attorney, building a case against the rogue administrator who shut down city network access, decided to include actual passwords as evidence. Bonehead decisions may not get much more boneheaded than this.

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DNS Woes: How Worried Should You Be? Pretty Dang Worried!

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:21 PM ET | Jul 25, 2008

Yesterday's news that the first DNS attack strategies are circulating was no surprise: once a vulnerability -- large, small or in-between -- is discovered, the exploit code follows like rats nipping at the heels of the Pied Piper. The question is, how worried should you be about this particular vulnerability? Pretty worried, is my take.

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The "Consumerization" Of Business Intelligence

Posted by Fredric Paul 06:06 PM ET | Jul 24, 2008

You might think that business intelligence is the last software category to be affected by the trend toward consumer technology eclipsing its business equivalents. But according to the CEO of BI vendor QlikTech, it's already happening.

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Finance/Accounting | Hardware & Software | IT | Management | Strategy/Analysis/Biz Dev

Network Management Vendor or Social Networking Supplier?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 12:32 PM ET | Jul 23, 2008

Consumer trends, such as social networking sites, are having an impact on the network management market. While it does promote its network management software, one vendor is also trying to make itself into a destination spot for IT executives.

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San Francisco Network Lockout: Who Controls System Access -- And Who Controls The Controllers?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:39 AM ET | Jul 16, 2008

San Francisco's misadventures (to put it mildly) of being locked out of part of its own computer network by a disgruntled but password/access-controlling employee raises one of IT security's oldest and still thorniest questions: who has the authority to grant or deny system access, and who has authority over the authorizers?

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Mishandling Information Overload A Security and Legal Risk

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:32 AM ET | Jul 1, 2008

Small and midsize businesses generate digital information a furious rate -- same as bigger business (and individuals, for that matter.) What to save and what to toss -- and the consequences of either -- looms large among security, business, compliance and fiduciary concerns. A new slideshow offers some interesting and provocative takes on taking out (and keeping in) the digital trash.

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Security Spending: Dollars Up, Safety Down?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:02 AM ET | Jun 30, 2008

IT security is spending more to deliver less or, at best, hold the line against a growing threat universe, according to major new Informationweek survey.

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Watch Those Wikis: Small Public Posts Can Cause Big Business Problems

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:02 PM ET | Jun 24, 2008

Inside knowledge, much less insider knowledge can be a dangerous business thing. Just ask the wiki-poster who got fired for leaking early news of Tim Russert's death.

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Security Staff Snoops: Who's Watching Your Watchers (And What Are Your Watchers Watching?)

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:42 AM ET | Jun 20, 2008

Fully a third of IT staffers recently surveyed admitted to taking unauthorized, inappropriate, and often illegal looks at confidential files and e-mails. Maybe that lets them get their peeping Tom jollies off -- but it may also leave your business on very shaky and un-jolly legal ground.

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Business & E-Business | Hardware & Software | IT | Management | Security

Why You Should Pay Your New Hires To Quit

Posted by Fredric Paul 05:47 PM ET | May 22, 2008

No, this is not a joke. Online shoe-retailer Zappos.com actually offers its trainees $1000 to quit after the first week. And The Harvard Business Review explains why it's a good idea.

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Management

More On Disaster Recovery: Mind The Gaps In Your Plans

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:49 PM ET | May 7, 2008

We've talked a lot here about disaster recovery, and almost as much about planning for disaster recovery. In considering these, it's well-worth considering -- and looking for -- any hidden gaps or vulnerabilities that might bring even the best-laid plans to grief.

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Management Vendor Broadens Reach

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:51 AM ET | May 7, 2008

Systems and network management have been coalescing, so dividing lines between the two have become hard to discern. Consequently, it is not too surprising to see vendors in one of these areas moving more squarely into a new niche.

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IT | Management | Networking & Communications | Storage

How Prepared Are You For Disaster Recovery?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:21 PM ET | May 2, 2008

If your business got hit by a natural disaster that resulted in your "losing everything" -- would that "everything" include your company's digital records and history? It shouldn't.

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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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Astaro Survey Sez Your Security Spending Seems Recession-Proof. Really?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:58 AM ET | Apr 25, 2008

The results of a recent survey of small and midsize business IT security spending plans are being interpreted/marekted as signs that your security spending is "recession proof." A closer look suggests something quite different.

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CEO Spam Scam: Phishing For Big Fish

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:19 PM ET | Apr 16, 2008

A new targeted spam campaign uses fake federal subpoenas to trick CEOs into clicking on a malware link. One source indicates that 15-20,000 spams went out. And amazingly, about 10 percent of the recipients responded!

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Telecommuting Is NOT A Panacea

Posted by Fredric Paul 04:21 PM ET | Apr 9, 2008

Even as telecommuting and teleworking gather steam in companies large and small, a growing backlash contends it's not always such a great idea, for companies or workers.

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Business & E-Business | Internet/Web | Management | Mobile

GroundWork Enhances Enterprise Management Tool

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 07:03 AM ET | Apr 1, 2008

GroundWork became the latest open source supplier to deliver a more powerful system. The GroundWork Monitor manages thousands of devices and is designed to help network operations center staff, systems administrators, and network engineers.

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Manage Your Risk Before It Mangles Your Business

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:58 PM ET | Mar 31, 2008

Informationweek has a good long piece on risk management that will more than repay your attention -- if only in calling your attention to the rapidly evolving nature of risk management -- and the risks we all need, or at least seek, to manage.

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Biosphere 2 Proves Money Isn't Everything

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:34 AM ET | Mar 19, 2008

Many small and midsize company know what it's like to be crushed by a much larger outfit flush with huge amounts of cash. But history shows that sometimes, easy money causes more harm than good.

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Green Business | Management | Non-Profit

Ubuntu Eyes The Linux Server Landscape

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 06:45 PM ET | Mar 18, 2008

It took Ubuntu just four years to claim its crown as king of the Linux desktop. Now, Ubuntu's developers are plotting a similar coup in the Linux server market -- and smaller businesses have a lot to gain from the battle that is about to unfold.

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Fight The FUD: Lies, Damned Lies, And Linux

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 08:50 PM ET | Mar 12, 2008

When it comes to IT security, Linux generally scores outstanding marks. There is, however, one notable exception to this rule: A threat that Linux, and many other open-source apps, just can't seem to shake.

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What To Do In A Recession

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:33 PM ET | Feb 24, 2008

If the "R" word really is on the way, small and midsize companies can't just curl up and hope it goes away.

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Management

E-Business Lessons From The New England Patriots

Posted by Keith Ferrell 09:55 AM ET | Jan 25, 2008

No, not the usual "Every business needs a quarterback callings its plays" sort of football=business yada yada. Plenty of those around already -- but there are also plenty of good e-business lessons the Patriots can teach The team is as ready for varying and intense Web traffic patterns as the players are for opposition shifts and shimmies.

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