7 Hot Technology Trends for 2012

The thing I like least about prediction stories is the lack of accountability. Controversial whack-job predictions drive page views, but few of them pan out. Moreover, the writers who make crazy predication are rarely called on to account for their lunacy. Few of us ever hunt around for last year’s stories to see whether or…

Cybercrime, Hiring, Broadband Investment All on the Rise

CIOs Reveal Q4 Hiring Plans Technology executives expect information technology (IT) hiring to continue in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the just-released Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report. In the latest quarterly survey, 12 percent of CIOs said they plan to expand their IT departments, and 6 percent expect cutbacks…

6 Steps to Building a Stronger Professional Network

When you think of network security, thoughts of operating systems, firewalls, and intrusion detection are likely to spring to mind. As we navigate through one of the most challenging economies in history, however, securing your professional network is just as important. Few IT professionals actually enjoy the process of professional networking outside of their core…

How to Keep Track of Employees Social Media Usage

To say that confusion reigns over who is responsible for something said in social media is the understatement of the year. In a sad but comedic squabble over individual vs. corporate responsibility, a flurry of finger-pointing ensues only to end in a rash command to the rank and file to just “zip it already”. But…

Top 10 Myths of Safe Web Browsing

A sense is growing that defenses have gotten stiffer and bad guys are too busy phishing for suckers on Twitter, so what’s the worry? Here it is in boldface, according to Steve Santorelli, a onetime Scotland Yard cybercrime specialist now working for security research firm Team Cymru. “It gets more dangerous for enterprise IT online…

Special Report – Moving Your Organization into the Communication Age

For the last several decades, we have all been working hard at helping our company become a fast and agile information age organization. We’ve found new and better ways to distribute and display data and information. We now have 24/7 access to email and websites via a multitude of devices, such as smartphones, smart-tablets, laptops,…

Is Digg Done?

Has Digg’s grave been dug? This is the burning question after the popular social bookmarking site took a scandal and a redesign flaw squarely on the chin. If the one-two punch didn’t deal a death blow, it certainly scored a TKO. StatCounter, a free online visitor stats tool, reported Digg users deserted the site en…

This is Your Brain …

I know it’s beensaid many times in one form or another and it probably started right after Gutenberg invented the printing press in the 1400s and then again when radio hit the scene and definitely TV but it’s still going on today and getting worse. What am I talking about?: too much information from too…

Trend Micro Warns IT on Social Networking

The popularity of consumer social-networking services like Facebook and Twitter has spilled over into the workplace, bringing potentially dire consequences, warns Trend Micro. As part of its corporate end-user study released Monday, the IT security firm found that the use of social-networking sites in the workplace grew from 19 percent in 2008 to 24 percent…

LBS Smacks of dot-com Era Hype

Foursquare, a location-based social network startup, is all the rage at the moment. Valued at $95 million before the latest $20 million infusion from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Foursquare appears to be slated for super stardom in the combo social media and location-based services (LBS) arena. But not all that glitters is…