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Avoid falling prey to these five security oversights

All organizations face the same security challenge, regardless of their size--keeping intruders away from their private information. However, most companies tend to fall into the same traps and make the same mistakes. John McCormick cites five of the worst security practices he frequently comes across.Join the discussion of this download.

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., John McCormick, Security

Download resources 2005-06-07

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TechRepublic's CIO Jury: Split on deploying Windows 7

IT departments have largely ignored Windows Vista and stuck with Windows XP as the corporate standard. However, Windows 7 has received a warmer response from IT professionals than Vista did, and TechRepublic’s CIO Jury is split down the middle on whether to deploy Windows 7. On July...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., CIO, Information Technology, Director Of Information Technology, Jury, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Union: IBM layoffs accelerating as employees vent

Union: IBM layoffs accelerating as employees ventSmiling Sam does it againIt seems to me that the government is overlooking one of the critical components of this economic meltdown - the offshoring of American jobs. IBM is one of the worst offenders in this regard. This one...

Tags: Workforce management, Litigation, Financial accounting, Proskauer Rose, Madoff, IBM Corp., SEC, layoff

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Bills around country aimed at stopping cyberbullying

Amid a general concern over kids safety online, states across the country are drafting legislation to outlaw cyberbullying, but legislators are running into hurdles, reports the Associated Press "The kids are forcing our hands to do something legislatively," said Rhode Island state Sen. John Tassoni, who introduced a bill...

Tags: Education Technology, K-12

Blog posts 2007-02-21

Colorado House committee refuses to ban VoIP tax

On Wednesday, the Finance Committee of the Colorado House defeated a measure that would prohibit Colorado cities from taxing VoIP services.The measure lost by a close 7-6 margin, but a stipulation of the vote was that the proposal cannot be brought up again this term.Opponents testifying before the committee said...

Tags: VoIP, Colorado House

Blog posts 2006-02-02

The future of the Internet - What role for developing countries?

The big showdown between the US and the UN never materialized and the US' ICANN retains control over core Internet systems, but the demands of the developing world - and the concerns about putting internet control in the hands of governments with strong censorship leanings - is ...

Tags: Internet

Blog posts 2005-11-18