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- As goes Ohio, so goes the country
- * Ryan Naraine is on vacation.Guest Editorial by Paul F. RobertsWhat do 225,000 Ohio taxpayers, 64,000 state employees and 600 lucky holders of winning lottery tickets have in common? They were all unlucky enough to have some of their personal information -- names, social security numbers, and bank account numbers...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Wi-Fi security, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Microsoft, McAfee, Hackers, Google, Firefox, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets
- Blog posts 2007-07-04
- Commerce Department counts 1,100 missing laptops
- Commerce Department counts 1,100 missing laptopsThere's gotta be something wrong...Something is wrong when so many laptops either turn up missing or are stolen. These government organizations are simply being irresponsible about the personal information that is in their posession. It is a relief to know that at least some...
- Tags: Notebooks, U.S. Department of Commerce, laptop computer, sensitive data, security
- Discussion threads 2006-09-22
- White House: Encrypt sensitive data
- Responding to the rash of security breaches, the White House announced new rules requiring federal agencies to encrypt sensitive data, Reuters reports. The deadline for compliance is August. "The White House directive is a good first step, but we're concerned about the time frame," said John Dasher,...
- Tags: White House, sensitive data
- Blog posts 2006-07-17
- White House orders better security for sensitive data
- White House orders better security for sensitive dataTAKE AWAY ALL LAPTOPS ...There is NO valid reason that ANY Government employee or contractor should ever have a laptop or other portable computing device or external hard drive or any device that stores any data that is portable!This should be the first...
- Tags: Vertical industries, White House, security, sensitive data, government
- Discussion threads 2006-06-28
- Protecting your data in a mobile world
- Unless you've been hiding under a rock these last few weeks, you cannot help but to have heard about a flurry of thefts which put literally MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS at risk of having their identities stolen or otherwise compromised. This raises two obvious questions:How could this have happened? ...
- Tags: Notebooks, SECURITY, mobile marketing, sensitive data, laptop computer
- Blog posts 2006-06-20
- Hidden fraud risk in Sarbanes-Oxley?
- Hidden fraud risk in Sarbanes-Oxley?What is this guy smokin?SOA requires encryption of sensitive data doesn't it?Do NOT use the SOA acronym!SOA = Service Oriented Architecture and NOT Sarbanes Oxley! Use SOx for Sarbanes-Oxley!employees are paying the price for corupt ceo's and exec'swatch the ceo's and execs and you stop the...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, sensitive data
- Discussion threads 2005-03-07
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- Gartner Top 10 embraces the Cloud
- As in previous years, the analysts at Gartner have unveiled their 'Top 10 Strategic Technologies,' and Jason Hiner provides details elsewhere on ZDNet. The press release is here. One of the analysts involved David Cearley discusses the Top 10 over on YouTube, and posts the information from...
- Tags: Gartner Inc., David, Jason, Semantic Web, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- ManageFusion 2008
- I'm sitting in the media workroom preparing for today's sessions at Symantec's ManageFusion 2008. The event is being held at the JW Marriott resort and conference center in the land of the Mouse, that is Orlando, FL. I'll be adding things to this post throughout the day as interesting things...
- Tags: Software, Application, Symantec Corp., Software Virtualization Solution Professional, Steve Morton, Security, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Photos: A look at HP's portable data center
- One of the more busy areas of the expo floor at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo this week was a walkthrough of HP's "Performance-Optimized Data Center." These portable data centers, also known as PODs, went on sale a little less than a month ago, according to HP representatives....
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Photograph, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Apple notebook hits and misses
- The Apple product transition mentioned by Apple's CFO has arrived. Like other industry watchers, Storage Bits looked into its crystal ball to predict what it would look like. Overall, Apple did OK, with some surprising omissions and changes. Hits: Product = notebook In the first...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Quad-core, Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Steve, Notebooks, Engineering, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- OLPC and Intel trumped by small-scale virtualization
- I had planned for my next post to be a followup to my interview with Sun's Joe Hartley, but it's going to have to take a back seat to a story about small-scale virtualization in the 1:1 computing market. Maybe, though, this particular story suggests that Sun is headed...
- Tags: Desktop, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- New Wi-Fi chipsets promise up to 2x throughput of current 802.11n devices
- A couple of weeks ago I did a post on the Home Theater blog about Celeno Communications' wireless chip that the company claims can support four different HD streams simultaneously. Now another company has announced its own Wi-Fi technology that promises significant performance improvement over the 802.11n spec. Quantenna's QHS...
- Tags: Throughput, IEEE 802.11n, Quantenna, Chipsets, Wi-Fi, Semiconductors, Wireless, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Secunia: popular security suites failing to block exploits
- In a recently conducted comparative review, Danish security company Secunia, tested the detection rate of 12 different Internet Security Suites against 300 exploits (144 malicious files and 156 malicious web pages) affecting popular end user applications, to find that even the top performer in the test is in fact performing...
- Tags: Web, Malware, Exploit, Secunia, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- More on Apple's new Mini DisplayPort
- More on Apple's new Mini DisplayPortDisplayPort is fine...but include the VGA port too so we don't have to carry around an extra cord....duh. It doesn't take up much space and EVERY windows laptop has a VGA port.30"!It's nice that it finally works with 30" even on MacBook (non-Pro).I just...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Notebooks, Network technology, DisplayPort, Mini DisplayPort, Mini, Apple Inc., adapter
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Apple's new MacBook line: Affordable enough?
- Apple's new MacBook line: Affordable enough?What are the specsI haven't seen the specs yet (are they published?) but I don't think it's going to be enough. They either need to compete with Windows PC's or not. Don't half ass it. My guess is the lower price will still not match...
- Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, new MacBook line, MacBook line
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Apple gadget lust for me, but anything for Ed Tech?
- Apple gadget lust for me, but anything for Ed Tech?Your Mac Lust borders on Creepy....Geez... that article is just a little bit scary. The kid on the eTrade commercials is in my head..."I seriously underestimated the creepiness factor"... he says this about a clown and I am applying it...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, Notebooks, Apple Inc., video
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- What OpenOffice site crash means
- What OpenOffice site crash meansSo, I should pay for free software so I don't pay Microsoft?It's not for everyone. However, the reason Microsoft has more robust features is because they spend more money on it. That money is funded by higher prices for their software. If you or your company...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, object-oriented, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, free software, Open Office Writer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Poll: Best personal finance software?
- Poll: Best personal finance software?MoneydanceMoneydance - moneydance.comSplashMoneyGreat little app originating for the Palm OS. Has been ported to Windows and iPhone worlds. I can keep track of my expenses on my iPhone and sync it via wireless connection with my desktop. Good tool set and it is a darn sight...
- Tags: INTERNET, Financial accounting, personal finance software, personal finance, Moneydance
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Cisco's Chambers sees collaboration fueling productivity gains; Web 2.0 as new enterprise engine?
- Cisco CEO John Chambers said Tuesday that there will be an "instant replay" in technology-led productivity gains in the current downturn just like the U.S. saw in the mid-1990s. The difference this time around: In the mid-90s those productivity gains were based on big enterprise resource planning...
- Tags: John Chambers, Web, Collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Would you pay $1,499 for the Microsoft 'Oahu' Surface table?
- Would you pay $1,499 for the Microsoft 'Oahu' Surface table?Off course >: )Yes i would especially if it comes with Windows 7 and has quite a bigger than 22" and Full HD screen.Seriously it is not everyday that Microsoft release an innovative and exciting consumer product.Yes. Heck, I have...
- Tags: Keyboards, Games, Food & Beverage, Surface Table, Oahu, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
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