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SmartDraw an "Essential Tool" for Consulting Company Specializing in Venture Start-Ups

Chris Davis is CEO of Empiricor, a San Diego-based consulting company. Chris needed an easy way to create polished, professional graphics for client presentations. Chris had experience using MS Visio, but the current version was outdated and would have been expensive to renew. Chris decided to review the current crop...

Tags: Consulting Company, Consulting, Graphics, Tool, SmartDraw, Chris Davis, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

Case studies 2008-02-13

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A peek into Silicon Valley and beyond . . .

I enjoy being a journalist and reporting on the business and culture of Silicon Valley. Most of my reporting is done the traditional way, with a notepad and pencil. Increasingly journalists have to do more, carry a camera, do podcasts, run video. Software engineers have to...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Tom Foremski, Journalist, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Radar Networks raises additional $13 million in Series B round

A rumoured additional investment in San Francisco-based Semantic Web startup, Radar Networks, has become clearer over the weekend. Late last week, Dan Primack broke the story on PE Hub, reporting on a lunch he'd had with Ross Levinsohn and Roland Van der Meer of Velocity. VentureBeat's Chris...

Tags: Network, Investment, Radar, Radar Networks, VentureBeat, Spivack, Twine, Nova, Aerospace & Defense, Semantic Web, Manufacturing, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-02-24

Verdict in filesharing suit: $220,000

Standing up to RIAA blackmail isn't looking like such a great idea for Jammie Thomas today. After refusing to settle and taking the matter to trial, Thomas was socked with a $220,000 judgment Thursday. While under copyright law, the jury could have found her liable for...

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, RIAA, Lawyer, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-04

Biography meme

Chris Brogan has kicked off a biography meme â€" the DIY Autobiography Kit â€" following a self-revelatory post he published yesterday. Sounds like fun so here goes...A Quick Sketch Biography of Marc OrchantThe thing most people know me for is... either my passion for gadges or my deep and ongoing...

Tags: Blogs

Blog posts 2007-05-24

Patent verdict against Microsoft, Autodesk stands

Patent verdict against Microsoft, Autodesk standsGoodif the evidence was such, then pay the penalty and the enhanced. And don't let the ad for prior art dot com whatever throw ya. Unlike some other cases, prior art isn't relevant here. Now back to Eolas, Creative and Apple, IBM,...

Tags: Operating systems, Autodesk Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM OS/2

Discussion threads 2006-08-23

Fight password cracking, brute-force attacks, and wireless hacking with expert advice from Chris Davis

In this audio interview, Chris Davis, co-author of Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition, provides proven advice for combating common hacking techniques. In this 20-minute, MP3 audio interview, Chris Davis, co-author of Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition, explains how and why IT organizations should use common hacking tools...

Tags: Password, Password Cracking, Co-author, Attack, Wireless, Hacking, Security

Download resources 2006-03-24

Combat password cracking and brute-force hacking tools

This sample chapter, taken from Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third, discusses how to use brute-force tools to crack an encrypted hash. It's important that you understand how and where most passwords are stored so you know what these tools are doing and the method behind their madness.This sample...

Tags: Password, Hacking, Password Cracking, Hacking Tool, McGraw-Hill Companies, Productivity

Book chapters 2006-03-17

Combat wireless hacking tools and techniques

This sample chapter, taken from Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition, discusses wireless hacking tools and techniques. The threats to wireless networks are not just limited to malicious users looking for open networks;anyone could sit in the parking lot and sniff the network's traffic.This sample chapter, taken from...

Tags: Technique, Hacking Tool, Tool, McGraw-Hill Companies, Hacking, Productivity, Wi-Fi, Security, Wireless

Book chapters 2006-03-17

Documenting human capital: The next wave of economic development

Documenting human capital: The next wave of economic developmentMessage has been deleted.Human & Financial CapitalIf we accept Peter Drucker's thesis that knowledge workers people who think for a living own the means of production through the collectiveexpression of their human capital, what do financial capitalists or shareholders really own? Legally,...

Tags: Financial accounting, human capital, financial, human capitalist, financial capitalist, capitalist, intangible asset

Discussion threads 2006-02-23

Anti-Spyware Coalition news

The Anti-Spyware Coalition has announced the final agenda for the public workshop to be held on February 9, 2006 in Washington, DC. I’m really excited about this workshop, especially since I’m on a panel. The speakers include important folks like Deborah Majoras Platt, the Chairman of the FTC, Susannah...

Tags: spyware, anti-spyware

Blog posts 2006-01-19

IT security expert: VoIP is open to voice mail bombing

It's just a matter of time before a large number of VoIP systems will be exploited by hackers and spammers.Speaking at Ziff Davis Media's Virtual Tradeshow on security the other day,Dimension Data Holdings national practice leader Chris Thatcher hammered the point home:"There's been a lack of security in the design...

Tags: VoIP, security

Blog posts 2004-12-04