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- Remediation
- RemediationI agreeI have a BS in math with a computer ed minor, my wife is a music teacher. This is one of the major reasons I do not teach.We need a year end test that follows an approved book's teaching curriculum. In this manner we can see...
- Tags: remediation, Remediation
- Discussion threads 2007-12-28
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- How do we address the have-nots?
- I attended a leadership summit on Monday (it was actually pretty good stuff, with concrete plans, goals, and generally more than you get out of your average bit of professional development) and, not surprisingly, a serious focus was on technology. I think people are finally realizing that, while technology...
- Tags: Kid, Productivity, Business Structures, Wireless LANs, Transportation, Leadership, Wi-Fi, Finance, Wireless, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- MBTA published checksum info in court filings
- MBTA published checksum info in court filingsWho is MBTA?Admittedly, I could probably look it up, but it really should be one of the first things you mention in your article.The important question is TRO, not PROThe spectre of a permanent restraining order is a red herring. The immediate harm...
- Tags: SECURITY, MBTA, TRO, court filing, filing
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- The empty debate over open source security
- Guest editorial by Roger Thornton Last week, Fortify published a study on adoption of security best-practices within the Open Source community. Given mounting risk posed by extensive use of Open Source technologies within business and government IT, we were gratified to see the passionate discussions that followed....
- Tags: Software, Open Source, Security Assurance, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Dreams come true: network guy holds city hostage
- What inquiring minds want to know about the Terry Childs business is How? How did a network guy earn $149,269 a year - and how could he have locked the city out of its own system so effectively that remediation is going to cost millions without bringing that system down?...
- Tags: Computer Network, Network, Payroll, Computer, Productivity, Payroll Solutions, Operational Accounting, Networking, Finance, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Data Loss Prevention from the Inside Out
- Firewalls and intrusion prevention systems can protect your network from outside threats, but they will not stop one of your biggest security risks: well-meaning employees who accidentally expose or release sensitive data to the outside world. This live 60-minute Cisco TechWiseTV video broadcast on Thursday, June 26, 2008, at 10...
- Tags: Data Loss, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco TechWiseTV, Intrusion Prevention, Security
- Webcasts 2008-06-26
- Open letter to a school committee member
- A bit of background before I pass on this letter that I wrote to a member of our school committee this morning...Our district has been without a technology-director type for many years now. While we have good staff handling individual schools, coordinating and managing the use of technology district-wide...
- Tags: District, Technology, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- So just what is this RTI thing anyway?
- RTI stands for Response to Intervention. It's a relatively new model for early identification of students with special needs and for providing ongoing services to students based on significant data collection. This is one area where educational technology is both useful and utterly necessary, providing the tools for...
- Tags: Student, RTI, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Is it plugged in?
- I really thought that most of my users were beyond the "Is it plugged in?" mode of tech support. I've trained and empowered and, quite frankly, it is 2008. Most folks are at least savvy enough to make sure that cables with unique ends are at least plugged...
- Tags: Teacher, Computer, Productivity, Ethernet, Cable, Network Technology, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- LendingTree insiders leak customer data
- LendingTree, an online loan referral service owned by IAC, has informed select customers that their confidential data has been leaked to "a handful of lenders" by company insiders. An email to customers that may have been impacted by the breach refers folks to an FAQ that's basically...
- Tags: LendingTree, Sales Channel, Social Security, E-mail, Financial Services, Identity Theft, Sales, Government, Online Communications, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Secure coding: the invisible elephant
- The last couple of weeks, I've been trying to vaguely connect the dots between social computing, cloud computing and traditional process based systems. There are multiple legs to the story but one that had pretty much escaped my attention was the security angle. I will not claim any special expertise...
- Tags: Software, Google Inc., Database, Cloud Computing, Information Technology, Computer Science, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Ms Davidson, Tools & Techniques, Security, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Sales-driven IT failures
- Sales-driven IT failuresSaving a sales-driven project from failureTop-performing project managers wear three hats: besides the titular PM role, they’re also consultants and salespeople while still being paid like project managers. Often, three hats are the minimum number required to deal with a potential sales-driven project failure. And projects...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, sales team, sales
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
- Fortify aims for the security suite spot; Moves upstream
- Fortify Software, which heads off insecure software code in the development, said Monday that it has launched a suite designed to head off vulnerabilities in automated and older applications. The suite, dubbed Fortify 360, expands the company's market. Previously, Fortify was mostly focused on checking code for...
- Tags: Software, Suite, Vulnerability, Fortify 360, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Security: Lintel vs Wintel
- In the PC community "security" just means defending against attacks aimed at destroying or misusing all or part of a computer system. In that context most of the complexities associated with trying to decide whether wintel or lintel will expose you to less security risk arise from the absense of...
- Tags: Wintel, Attacker, Vulnerability, Flaw, National Vulnerability Database, Petreley, Security, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- Getting SOA right: SOA Healthchecks
- SOA Healthchecks from IBM can help you determine your SOA health so you don't end up having to perform costly remediation. Whether you're just getting started with SOA or are well under way, these services can answer those nagging questions.This white paper highlights: performing diagnosis and remediation on applications, services...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-02-29
- Is it wrong to make money off green tech? No, it's called capitalism
- Is it wrong to make money off green tech? No, it's called capitalism"Capitalism" and more ...... in fact and actually, the "iron law" of capitalism; resources flow the the branch that shows the highest ROI.But I have to ask: didn't we learn from DoS and Zombies that prevention is far...
- Tags: aggression, capitalism, tank, green technology
- Discussion threads 2008-02-23
- Vista SP1: The hits just keep coming
- Amid reports by some users of endless-loop reboots and less-than-impressive performance gains with Windows Vista Service Pack SP 1, now there's a new SP1 gotcha. Microsoft accidentally released SP1 to some users on Windows Update this week. While some greeted the mistake with glee, as they didn't...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- Global Manufacturer Restores and Enhances Directory Service With Remediation Strategy
- Founded in 1902, British American Tobacco BAT is one of the world's largest cigarette manufacturers. The primary issue was the site replication topology, which did not align with BAT's wide area network and meet replication requirements. A lack of network connectivity to all sites from a central location made it...
- Tags: Strategy, Directory Service, Microsoft Corp., WANs, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-02-15
- So about that 2009 Federal Budget
- Have you had a chance to look at the President's proposed 2009 budget? Aside from the hundreds of billions of dollars going to defense and the War on Terror, there are a few particular items of interest in the Department of Education section. The first, at least for...
- Tags: Computer, School Choice, Productivity, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- New ways emerge to head off datacenter problems while improving IT operations
- Read a full transcript. Sponsor: Integrien. Complexity in today's IT systems makes previous error prevention approaches for operators inefficient and costly. IT staffs are expensive to retain, and are increasingly hard to find. There is also insufficient information about what's going on in the context of an...
- Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Problem, Operator, IT Staff, IT Executive, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
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