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Working Together From a Distance: Best Practices for High-Performance Virtual Teams: How do you empower geographically dispersed teams to work well together and equip leaders for success in an increasingly virtual workplace? Organizations that have successfully implemented an online workplace will tell you that communicating clearly is the key to remaining competitive. Listen to this TechRepublic Webcast as...; Tags: Virtual Team, Electronic Communication, Webcast, Citrix Systems Inc., High-performance, Best Practice, Online Communications, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Webcasts 2008-02-14
Bill makes home WiFi users track child porn: Wednesday, House Democrats rushed an absurd piece of legislation to the floor where it passed almost unanimously. Congress critters are suddenly up in arms about Wi-Fi connections being used to transmit child pornography. The new bill requires anyone providing a Wi-Fi network (that includes individuals) to report illegal (kiddy...; Tags: Electronic Communication, Child Pornography, Online Communications, Wireless LANs, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Wi-Fi, Wireless, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2007-12-06
Email Abdicates Its Throne: In April and May, I conducted a quick poll -- asking "What media do you use? Multiple answers allowed." The 440 responses broke out as follows:Â TwitterVideo MailVoice-to-Text OtherÂ Text MessagingLandline PhoneÂ IM/ChatÂ Cell PhoneÂ EmailÂ VotesÂ Â 33Â Â 5Â 8Â 64Â 76Â 79Â 95Â 99%Â 1Â 1Â 1Â 2Â 15Â 18Â 19Â 22Â 23"Quick Poll," April/May 2007, Grey ConsultingMy Web site readership is composed primarily of enterprise knowledge workers. A quick analysis of...; Tags: Unified Messaging, Unified Communications, Messaging, Email, E-communications; Blog posts 2007-05-31
Enterprise communication: Flexibility trumps security: Before wireless email became commonplace, executive management would often forward their most important email messages from their corporate account to their free, consumer email account (e.g., hotmail) -- so that they could access them at a public kiosk while traveling. Consumer instant messaging (IM), and the plethora of free "2.0"...; Tags: Collaboration, Email, Messaging, Security, Social communities, Web 2.0; Blog posts 2007-04-27
Exchange 2007 Reinvents Itself: With Exchange 2007, Microsoft is wagering Exchanges continued dominance of the email market. Ironically, its doing so by repositioning Exchange from an email/collaboration application to an unified communications platform -- in which one modality is email. Source: Microsoft (November 2006)To be clear, Exchange Server 2007 is not competing against other...; Tags: ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS, Groupware, e-mail, electronic communication, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, email server, server; Blog posts 2006-12-13

More assaults on privacy in electronic communications: The Financial Times reports that former Bush advisor Paul Wolfowitz, who led the Iraq War planning and was appointed last year to head the World Bank, may be giving political operatives the tools to conduct witch hunts by intercepting World Bank staff emails. The story follows a disturbingly...; Tags: World Bank, Mr Wolfowitz; Blog posts 2006-01-22
Information Risk: the growing corporate threat and 5 best practices to protect your organisation: Electronic communication is the lifeblood of modern business. However, companies poison themselves every day by not managing associated information risk effectively. ZANTAZ, the world’s leading authority on information retention and disclosure management (IRDM), examines the threat and identifies the 5 best practices you need to protect your organisation.; Tags: Electronic Communication, Zantaz, Best Practice, Online Communications; White papers 2005-07-14
Challenges Facing the Public Sector: An Infrastructure for 21st Century Government: Governmental organizations worldwide are facing several challenges as administrative, executive and judicial bodies continue to evolve into an electronic work environment. Pushed by paperwork-reduction mandates, requirements to handle increased workloads with fewer personnel and the rapid adoption of electronic communication channels by taxpayers and citizens, governments are often on the...; Tags: Electronic Communication, Hummingbird Ltd., Online Communications, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2005-06-01
Archiving E-Mail: For Legal Reasons, Organizations Need to Bring Order to the Chaos of electronic communications Into Consideration: Since the advent of numerous regulations, the public sector is required to maintain accurate and easily accessible archives of transactions and communications, including e-mail messages. Some procedures stipulate that these records remain available for up to seven years. Among the regulations impacting e-mail archiving are the Health Insurance Portability and...; Tags: Electronic Communication, Archiving, Health Care, CDW Corp., U.S. Department Of Defense, Hipaa, E-mail, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Online Communications, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2004-07-01
Hurricane Charley Reinforced the Need for Disaster Planning, Especially for Companies That Deal in electronic communication and Data Collection: Holland & Knight's experience after 9/11 sent it looking for a backup system. Its New York office across from the World Trade Center was out of commission for 70 days. After moving to a hotel, it took a couple of days to restore e-mail. Today, a temporary set-up in a...; Tags: Disaster Planning, Electronic Communication, MessageOne, Online Communications, E-mail, Backups, Disaster Recovery, Data Management; Case studies

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Live Webcast: Unified Communications Beyond IP Telephony: No one can doubt the value of Unified Communications. From small and medium businesses to even the largest commercial enterprises, organizations of all sizes are now migrating to IP telephony solutions in record numbers. Some might even call it a communications revolution. But beyond simple voice and...; Tags: Telephony, Webcast, Unified Communications, IP Telephony, IP, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking; Webcasts 2008-05-13
HP bidding for EDS; Deal would ramp up services: Updated: Hewlett-Packard is in talks to acquire Electronic Data Systems in a move that would reshape the technology services and outsourcing market. In a statement Monday, HP and EDS confirmed the talks, first reported by the Wall Street Journal: HP said: HP today...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Outsourcing, Data Centers, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Vermedx diabetes system wins Texas trial: Vermedx said its diabetes management program will be the centerpiece of a market test in San Antonio that could quickly spreadÂ statewide. Vermedx consists of databases and treatment information on diabetes. Alerts can be sent automatically to patients based on test results. Note that...; Tags: Patient, Vermedx, San Antonio, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Vermedx White Paper, E-health, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Where is the money going in health care, and why?: I stumbled today upon an ADVANCE 2008 investment outlook for health care, and decided you might like me to hit some of the high points. The piece is written by James BrennanÂ (right), managing director of VirtualCDO, a medical merger outfit whose Web page describes him as the...; Tags: Patient, Hospital, Health Care, James Brennan, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, E-health, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Microsoft appeals $1.4 billion EU fine: On May 9, Microsoft asked a European court to overturn a $1.4 billion fine imposed by the European Commission for Microsoft's alleged failure to comply with an antitrust ruling against the company. The fine (originally tallied at about $1.3 billion) -- on top of the $1.2 billion...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Sales Force Management, Servers, Software, Business Operations, Sales, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Africans tie mobile data to health care improvements: Bridging the digital divide is the key to improving Africa's health, according to organizers of a conference in Namibia this week. And the fastest way to do it is through mobile links. Speakers at the IST-Africa conference in Windhoek said e-health services are key...; Tags: Mobile, Health Care, E-health, Advertising & Promotion, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-09
A brief summary: A brief summaryCompare with CFOIn many parts of the world, the CFO must be a chartered/certified accountant. In the US, this is now also (essentially) the case, due to SOx, and SOx is there as a result of accounting scandals.IT continues to disregard formal qualifications and licencing. Maybe the CIO...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Databases, IBM AIX, SOx, shareholder, AIX 5.3, Schwartz, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
HDTVs: How black is black?: An announcement comes today by way of Pioneer, maker of the ever-popular Kuro HDTV line, saying that its new Kuro sets are five times blacker than the Kuro line on the market today (which we reviewed as the TV with the deepest blacks out there). So wait...; Tags: HDTV, Image, Ratio, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Wisdom of the Ages (exe): Wisdom of the Ages is an electronic book of quotes, sayings and ideas. It gives easy access to timeless knowledge from over 1,000 of history's greatest American, European and Asian minds. Improve your letters, reports, proposals and speeches with 6,561 carefully chosen thoughts. The intuitive organization lets you find excellent...; Tags: Wisdom, MCR Agency, Quote-A-Day Feature, E-books, Leadership, Construction, Personal Technology, Management; Software downloads 2008-05-07
IT politics killed White House email project: Data archiving in the White House is a serious business mandated by the Presidential Records Act of 1978, which was passed following the Watergate scandal. The Act requires the White House to maintain an historical archive of its activities, policies, and decisions. Despite...; Tags: Information Technology, White House, Act, E-mail, Online Communications, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-05-06