Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
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…
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…
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…
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…
As it continues to layer new social features onto its Web properties, Yahoo is expanding its partnership with Facebook to sync up the two services. Under the new arrangement, users will be able to couple their Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Facebook accounts so they can access their news feed, mail and other information from the…
Social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook allow people to communicate more loosely, but many companies are tightening their grip on how employees use these channels at work. Some 38 percent of CIOs interviewed are implementing stricter social networking policies — more than twice the number (17 percent) who say they have relaxed the…
Recently, in speaking with a group of executives who are in transition, I asked a question about how each person approached networking. While there were many similarities, to my surprise there were also varying degrees of doubt about what worked and what didn’t. The conclusion was that networking is more of a learned skill than…
Where you may see a problem Jeff Catlin, CEO of Lexalytics, an Amherst, Mass. based developer of analytical software tools for business, sees a potential solution. “Today’s social media increasingly can be used to solve problems―if you know how,” said Catlin. Hop aboard because this train is now leaving the station. Growing numbers of CIOs…
A recent Gatner poll, Social Media Cannot Deliver Business Value If Employees Are Denied Access asked 1400 CIO’s whether or not they blocked access to the social web (generic term for social media and social networking.) The results are familiar and shocking at the same time. Over half (54%) say that social web is totally…
The question is plain: do you have an obligation to store employee Tweets, Facebook status updates, and all manner of other social media utterances that continue to capture favor in this era of rampant micro-blogging? The answers do not come easily so step one is just recognizing that social media, in all it’s forms, is…