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- Childs rigged crazyquilt private network
- Childs rigged crazyquilt private networkBut who is monitoring the monitor?Gartner's statement not worth quoting. They are the most worthless thing to hit IT.Was Childs the only IT person on staff that knew anything about computers? That's what it sounds like. But this isn't that hard to believe. Most IT...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Most IT department, private network, network, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Analyst: IT departments are sabotaging SOA
- Analyst: IT departments are sabotaging SOAStupidity is sabotaging SOAI'm a gunslinger so I don't have a vested interest in what architecture a customer chooses. Windows, Linux, AS400, DBII, SQL Server, Oracle...all the same to me. I get paid to build things and fix what's broken. Web service, web...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Stupidity, Most IT department, SOA, information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-05-15
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- Back to school special: Big thanks to our green tech kids
- I have no children so I really can't appreciate the end of August, when the parents I know count down the hours until their offspring heads back to the classroom. But I do remember mourning the bittersweet end of summer in the northeast, when crickets chirp of a summer evening...
- Tags: Green Technology, Canon Inc., Corporate Communications, Team Management, Marketing, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Zoho Share(point?)
- If there's one thing I really like it is what I term 'self evident' applications. These are apps that have a clear purpose and which are blindingly simple to use. Zoho Share falls squarely in that category. The company prefers to think of...
- Tags: People Area, Bookmarks, RSS, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Internet, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- FEMA's PBX network hacked, over 400 calls made to the Middle East
- Someone's been chatting a lot during the weekend, but picking up FEMA's PBX network as their main carrier might not have been the smartest thing to do. Over 400 calls, lasting from three up to ten minutes were placed through their network, a breach made possible due to an insecurely...
- Tags: Network, PBX, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Telephony, VOIP, Security, Networking, Telecommunications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- What SaaS can teach us about customer service
- In the SaaS model, the power is with the customer and vendors need to take a very different approach to both sales and service, here's how to do it says Archie Black, President and CEO of SPS Commerce. Commentary--Software-as-a-Service SaaS is one of the fastest growing segments of...
- Tags: Customer Service, Software-as-a-service, Customer, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, SaaS, software. customer service, sales, Archie Black, SPS Commerce, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2008-08-20
- IE 8 to get 'porn mode'?
- IE 8 to get 'porn mode'?Double-edged swordsSeveral years ago, our company implemented very stringent usage rules on our IT assets, including Internet access. And the IT department installed "monitoring tools" aka spyware to keep an eye on the rank-and-file.The result? A number of employees got fired for surfing porn, trading...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, monitoring, cookie, porn mode
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Apple releases iPhone 2.0.2, as usual, sans changelog
- Apple today release firmware 2.0.2 for iPhone and the iPod touch. Yipee. But, once again, Apple is completely lame in the software update department. This screen is a perfect example: Apple needs to begin implementing a real changelog with its software updates. It's pretty...
- Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Software Update, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PR
- Last week I wrote about how bloggers could better work with public relations folks. While I won't to get into the habit of writing about PR I think we'd all agree that, like it or not, there's a direct correlation between it and social media, especially when we're talking...
- Tags: Brand, Public Beta, Media, Social Media, PitchEngine, SMR, PitchEngine SMR, Newsroom, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- China busts hacking ring, managed to penetrate 10 gov't databases
- If you needed a university certificate in China during the last couple of months, there's a big chance that a group of ten people could have supplied with you such, going a step further and adding your details in more than ten government databases across different provinces in the country,...
- Tags: China, Cybercrime, Hacking, Certificate, Government Database, Shanghai Daily, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Tempest in a Mobile Phone: Protecting Your Geo-Privacy
- Tempest in a Mobile Phone: Protecting Your Geo-PrivacyUntil???"until and unless a mobile phone service provider ... starts collecting data from its GPS-enabled phones and fails to tell its customers that it is collecting information on their whereabouts without their knowledge"Law enforcement is already getting this data for many people just...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Geo-Privacy, phone, Tempest, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- iHome iP47BR (black)
- SDI Technologies has released some of the better affordably priced clock radios in recent years under its iHome brand, but the iHC5S wasn't among them. It wasn't for the lack of trying, however. The 2007 product did double duty as a clock radio and a Bluetooth speaker/speakerphone. In other words,...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, SDI Technologies, iHome iP47BR, iHC5S, Bluetooth, phone, iP47
- Product reviews 2008-08-18
- Wordcamp 2008
- In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...
- Tags: Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, Plug-in, Automattic, Wordcamp, Mullenweg 3:00, BuddyPress, Discovery Channel, Al Upton, ChickSpeak, ScholarPress, Netconcepts, Post Title, Akismet, Virality, Diso, Compliment Spam, Monotone, Prologue, GigaOm Daily, Gigalogue, Comments Screen, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-16
- 1.5m spam emails sent from compromised University accounts
- With the increasingly common spamming as a service underground propositions relying on botnets, and services offering thousands of pre-registered accounts at popular email providers, it would be logical to consider that old school techniques consisting of compromising accounts and abusing them to send as many spam emails as possible in...
- Tags: Account, Spammer, Spam Email, University Of Otago, Staff Member, E-mail, Phishing, Spam, Cyberthreats, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Wireless, wireless everywhere
- Wireless, wireless everywhereMy problem with wirelessis, as you say, those $39.99 routers. I've yet to have one that has lasted more than a year. And the expensive ones are, well... expensive.I also find it amazing how many people use either no security or WEP. I'd say they constitute at least...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, wireless
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Two flavors of software as a service: Intuit QuickBase and Etelos
- There are dozens of flavors of clever applications aimed at the office productivity market, often spawned as a result of the Web 2.0 explosion. Where the Web 2.0 application market is driven by eyeballs and their resulting advertising monetization, the enterprise 2.0...
- Tags: Security, Software-as-a-service, Intuit Inc., Intuit QuickBase, Etelos, Developer Platform, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Collaboration, Emerging Technologies, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Video: Top leadership qualities of CIOs
- What does it take to be a great IT leader? The best insights come from the CIOs who are out there doing it every day. In this episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives, see what CIOs have identified as the top leadership qualities needed to run an IT department....
- Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Video, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Google adds two new features to Gmail for Google Apps
- Google adds two new features to Gmail for Google AppsSimple but helpful.Yes, the new feature should have been there a long time ago but its better late than not at all. A simple feature yet definitely helpful. Thanks Google guys!RE: Google adds two new features to Gmail for Google AppsOh...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- We need new sources of Vitamin D
- We need new sources of Vitamin DWe need new sources of Vitamin DIf only more people would get out into the sun. I forget the actual amount but I think its like an hour of sunshine a day is good for you but I don't think they quite mean...
- Tags: Osteoporosis, vitamin, Vitamin D
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Fire burns for three hours at Apple HQ in Cupertino (updated 2x)
- According to the AP the Santa Clara County Fire Department was called to Apple's compound at One Inifinte Loop at about 10 p.m. Tuesday night to respond to a three-alarm fire. Smoke and flames were reportedly coming from under an air conditioning unit that burned for about an...
- Tags: Fire, Apple Inc., Research & Development, Business Operations, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
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