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Will Lawsuits Define the Future of Information Security?
[2008-05-06] Dark Reading and Anton Chuvakin are talking about how the threat of litigation for what a company did not do to prevent a security breach might be more compelling to companies to improve their information security standards and posture.
Identity and Data Theft Update
[2008-04-21] If you are at the least bit interested in what is happening in the world of data theft and identity theft these are two must have resources in your favorite RSS reader.
Wiki's Aren't Like Other IT
[2008-04-02] Michael Idinopulos blogs Why wiki's aren't like other IT:
Coding Horror - Spying on Users
[2008-03-11] Coding horror has an amazing story on why you should be careful of just about every download you put on your PC. The story covers G-Archiver from Brother Soft, where the programmer coded a Google mail username and password so that everyone who activated the software had their user credentials stolen, and sent to gmail.
Is Your Security Department Necessary?
[2008-02-19] "What do you do that provides value to the company?" With all the companies I have worked with and have worked in over the last 20 years, asking this one question seems to get everyone slack jawed at the interview.
How the Rise of SaaS Relates to SOX, SAS 70 & Your Legal Contracts
[2008-01-29] The growing popularity of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is having a significant impact on data security and regulations compliance.
IT From a Different Angle
[2008-01-08] Nick Carr's new book, The Big Switch, takes on IT from a different angle and rests upon a metaphor -- that IT will not matter because it will move to grid computing in the same way electricity moved to the grid.
50 Ways to Optimize for Christmas
[2007-12-19] Jessica Hupp and her team at VirtualHosting.com have come up with over 50 ways that you can optimize your website for Christmas. Read the entire post here. Here's a quick summary of their tips:
Halloween IT Horror Stories: Users
[2007-10-30] Ok, they can't help it, but IT users provide most of the fodder for the jokes that we tell around coffee, or with our incredulous friends.
Gmail vs. an in-house Mail Server
[2007-10-09] I suppose I need a disclaimer here: I sell mail servers. Specifically I sell Kerio Mailserver and that represents a good chunk of income for me. Therefore, you wouldn't expect that I'd be recommending Gmail as a corporate mail solution.
GPL Lawsuit Filed
[2007-09-21] The SFLC Software Freedom Law Center has decided to step in and deal with the spat between BusyBox and Monsoon Media.
IT - The Machine Has No Soul
[2007-08-21] The reason the human will always be required at some relevant level in the implementation and use of computing technologies is pretty simple - the computer can execute a codified series of events much faster and more consistent than any human, but it can't write a song.
Better IT Management for Banks Points to EDM
[2007-08-07] The McKinsey Quarterly just published Better IT management for banks (subscription required). A nice little summary of some research into the IT operations of banks around the world.
Online Communities + Google = Value
[2007-07-31] A survey of technical professionals shows a startling level of reliance on Web communities by IT professionals. The report from King Research includes these key findings:
Evil Hack Discovered on Apple's iPhone
[2007-07-17] SpiLabs has identified an Apple IPhone hack that will allow someone to either own your phone, put it in an infinite loop, or otherwise jack up your phone bill by repeatedly calling 1-900 numbers, and you bet, it is all based on the vulnerabilities found in safari.
The GPL & VCs
[2007-06-27] A few weeks ago Slashdot was abuzz with the question Does GPL v3 Alienate Developers?
Two Kinds Of Data - Dynamic And Persistent
[2007-06-19] Last month I explained my theory of why we're so screwed up infrastructure-wise or at least how we got to this point. This month I'll try to show you the way out of the situation.
My first ITIL v3 presentation
[2007-06-04] I attended a training/consulting firm presentation recently on ITIL v3, one of many I anticipate I'll be sitting through.
The Most Important Tech Company You Never Heard Of
[2007-05-22] With so many blog, wiki, and social networking applications-some authorized and some not-finding their way into enterprises these days, CIOs are under increasing pressure to bring these social computing "rat nests" under some kind of formal IT control by integrating them into the enterprise system.
Hiring problems & Corporate Practices
[2007-05-07] Computer World is running an article on how hard it is to find people to fill current open or gap positions in companies.
Business leaders Show More Enthusiasm for Social Media than IT
[2007-04-30] A couple weeks back, the Economist Intelligence Unit reported the results of a study that revealed 80% of companies believe the range of technologies that fall under the Web 2.0 label can lead to improvements in their businesses.
The OSS Choice Myth?
[2007-04-17] Take one Savio, one Hilary, one hike along the Inca Trail, one cheap flight out of Buffalo, one conference and one laptop. Try to combine. Waste a whole evening. Get nowhere.
Information Security Organization
[2007-04-02] In conversations with people at work and at home, one of the things that has reflected negatively on the problems surrounding information security as an organization (gross label, not true in all cases) is that the primary issues are:
SOA is SOL without BPM
[2007-03-13] Being in marketing, it's particularly fascinating how the perspectives of customers and vendors evolve on "the latest thing".
Configuration Management Guru?
[2007-03-06] I am surprised that this passage from section 8.9.1 of the ITIL v2 Change Management chapter (Service Support volume) never leaped out at me before:
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