http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/index.jspa?view=blog Latest Blog Posts in ITBE en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:26:31 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-11-20T21:26:31Z en http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/whats-wrong-with-selling-facebook-fans/?cs=37669 Facebook is threatening to unleash its legal team on social media marketer USocial unless it stops selling fans to those who maintain Facebook pages, according to BBC News . In a cease-and-desist letter, Facebook accuses USocial of violating its social_networks usocial advertising_and_marketing business_technology facebook Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:26:31 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/whats-wrong-with-selling-facebook-fans/?cs=37669 2009-11-20T21:26:31Z 18 hours, 6 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/whats-wrong-with-selling-facebook-fans http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37669 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/unified-communications-modest-start-significant-future/?cs=37668 Since the deployment of a unified communications (UC) platform is such a complex undertaking, many people assume that it immediately spells big changes – both negatives and positives – to users.   That isn't necessarily the case, however. uc aspect business_technology business_communications unified_communications shoretel nec Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:26:05 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/unified-communications-modest-start-significant-future/?cs=37668 2009-11-20T21:26:05Z 18 hours, 6 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/unified-communications-modest-start-significant-future http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=37668 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/kn/blog/knowledge-network-tools-focus-on-malware-security/?cs=37667 The following is a list of documents, tools and resources uploaded to the Knowledge Network during the week of Nov. 16 - 20.   "Practical Virtualization Solutions" Excerpt This book is a complete, self-paced, hands-on guide to creating a book_excerpts social_networks network_security malware it_best_practices change_management virtualization business_processes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:22:20 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/kn/blog/knowledge-network-tools-focus-on-malware-security/?cs=37667 2009-11-20T20:22:20Z 19 hours, 10 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/kn/blog/comment/knowledge-network-tools-focus-on-malware-security http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/kn/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37667 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/is-integration-key-to-microsofts-success-in-the-cloud/?cs=37666 When I first started writing about technology, it seemed to me many companies had neglected one of the basic rules we all learned in kindergarten: Play well with others.   Somewhat dishearteningly, it seemed to work for them as a market strategy. cloud_computing application_integration enterprise_software microsoft enterprise_software_vendors data_integration Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:05 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/is-integration-key-to-microsofts-success-in-the-cloud/?cs=37666 2009-11-20T19:55:05Z 19 hours, 37 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/comment/is-integration-key-to-microsofts-success-in-the-cloud http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/feeds/comments?blogPost=37666 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/mcafee-releases-q3-report-on-threats/?cs=37665 McAfee recently released one of my all-time favorite publications, its quarterly threat report . This report is for Q3 and covers spam, social engineering, Web threats, cybercrime and malware.   For the second quarter, spam is up. As a percentage cyber_crime data_security worms_and_viruses mcafee business_technology spam Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:54:52 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/mcafee-releases-q3-report-on-threats/?cs=37665 2009-11-20T19:54:52Z 20 hours, 1 minute ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/mcafee-releases-q3-report-on-threats http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=37665 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/polycom-partners-with-bt-on-videoconferencing/?cs=37664 Polycom and BT Group announced a three-year partnership that the companies say will accelerate the growth of unified conferencing systems within enterprises. The announcement comes on the heels of Cisco's increased bid for Tandberg and Logitech's business_technology web_video_and_voice_conferencing mergers_and_acquisitions polycom technology_markets business_development bt_group Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:21:46 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/polycom-partners-with-bt-on-videoconferencing/?cs=37664 2009-11-20T19:21:46Z 20 hours, 11 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/polycom-partners-with-bt-on-videoconferencing http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37664 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/marketing-management-becomes-a-service/?cs=37663 The marketing department and the IT organization are frequently at odds on two fronts. The first issue has to do with the fact that the marketing department usually feels they don’t get enough attention from IT compared to the rest of the business. The software_as_a_service saas salesforce.com advertising_and_marketing business_technology aprimo Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:19:34 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/marketing-management-becomes-a-service/?cs=37663 2009-11-20T19:19:34Z 20 hours, 13 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/comment/marketing-management-becomes-a-service http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/feeds/comments?blogPost=37663 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/the-hot-swappable-data-center/?cs=37662 Resource consolidation, whether it is server, storage or networking, is usually viewed in terms of hardware acquisition costs and operational expenses like power and cooling. But the ability to do more with less is also leading to significant changes in microsoft ethernet cooling_systems strategic_planning commodity_servers business_technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:12 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/the-hot-swappable-data-center/?cs=37662 2009-11-20T19:14:12Z 20 hours, 18 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/the-hot-swappable-data-center http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=37662 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/alcatel-lucent-reports-first-live-lte-data-call/?cs=37661 Alcatel-Luctent announced the completion of the first data call on a live LTE network . The call was carried out on the 800MHz European Digital Dividend spectrum band at Alcatel-Lucent's research center in Stuggart, Germany. According to the company, 4g lte alcatel-lucent business_technology europe Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:49:41 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/alcatel-lucent-reports-first-live-lte-data-call/?cs=37661 2009-11-20T18:49:41Z 20 hours, 43 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/alcatel-lucent-reports-first-live-lte-data-call http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37661 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/kn/blog/it-aware-of-need-for-change-management/?cs=37660 Even though IT departments are less comfortable with change management , they are aware of the need for it, says Erik Van Slyke, a founding partner of Solleva Group, which helps organizations plan for, implement and manage change. In an interview with business_intelligence project_management change_control business_technology change_management templates Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:42:46 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/kn/blog/it-aware-of-need-for-change-management/?cs=37660 2009-11-20T18:42:46Z 20 hours, 50 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/kn/blog/comment/it-aware-of-need-for-change-management http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/kn/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37660 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/house-subcommittee-weighs-data-collection-trend-against-consumer-privacy/?cs=37659 On Thursday, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection heard  testimony from business representatives and consumer privacy advocates who met to "explore the collection and commercial use of consumer data." World Privacy privacy advertising_and_marketing business_technology legislation_and_regulation Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:16:07 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/house-subcommittee-weighs-data-collection-trend-against-consumer-privacy/?cs=37659 2009-11-20T18:16:07Z 21 hours, 16 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/house-subcommittee-weighs-data-collection-trend-against-consumer-privacy http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37659 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/communicating-e-commerce-security-efforts-with-consumers/?cs=37656 Forrester Research has found that even though the popularity of e-commerce continues to grow, consumers are leery about doing business online. Forrester discovered that one in 10 consumers have reported a data breach, and coupled with reports like this business_technology e-commerce avg security_vendors avg_technologies redseal forrester security_breaches business_communications it_market_analysts network_security Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:03:48 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/communicating-e-commerce-security-efforts-with-consumers/?cs=37656 2009-11-20T17:03:48Z 22 hours, 29 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/comment/communicating-e-commerce-security-efforts-with-consumers http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/feeds/comments?blogPost=37656 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/staying-safe-on-cyber-monday/?cs=37654 Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving that has become the online retailer’s version of Black Friday, will likely be more popular than ever this year, thanks, in part, to concerns about the H1N1 flu virus . In fact, Forrester Research forecasts an business_technology forrester security_vendors business_continuity avg cyber_monday e-commerce it_market_analysts vulnerabilities_and_patches Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:03:46 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/staying-safe-on-cyber-monday/?cs=37654 2009-11-20T17:03:46Z 22 hours, 29 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/comment/staying-safe-on-cyber-monday http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/feeds/comments?blogPost=37654 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sec/blog/missing-hard-drive-contains-15-million-records/?cs=37657 According to Computerworld , a hard drive with seven years' worth of personal information on about 1.5 million customers of Health Net of the Northeast Inc. has been reported missing -- six months after the fact.   The hard drive not only business_technology identity_theft health_net northeast_inc encryption hard_drives security_breaches Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:29:40 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sec/blog/missing-hard-drive-contains-15-million-records/?cs=37657 2009-11-20T16:29:40Z 23 hours, 3 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sec/blog/comment/missing-hard-drive-contains-15-million-records http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sec/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37657 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/chrome-os-101/?cs=37655 Yesterday, Google unveiled an early version of it Chrome OS along with providing an outline on the Chrome OS project. Lance Ulanoff, writing for PC Magazine , provides a list of 11 things you need to know about Google's Chrome OS . First on his google web_applications business_technology operating_systems chrome_os Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:49 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/chrome-os-101/?cs=37655 2009-11-20T16:18:49Z 23 hours, 14 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/chrome-os-101 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37655 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/oracle-given-more-time-to-address-eu-concerns/?cs=37653 The European Commission has granted Oracle a six-day deadline extension to address antitrust issues in its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, reports Bloomberg .   That will push the European regulators' ruling back  from Jan. 19 to Jan. 27. The legislation_and_regulation business_technology european_commission oracle sun_microsystems Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:15 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/oracle-given-more-time-to-address-eu-concerns/?cs=37653 2009-11-20T16:17:15Z 23 hours, 15 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/oracle-given-more-time-to-address-eu-concerns http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37653 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/air-canada-tries-out-in-flight-wi-fi/?cs=37651 Slowly and steadily, in-flight Wi-Fi is coming to the friendly skies. Air Canada announced it has begun experimenting with a new system on some flights from Montreal and Toronto to Los Angeles, CityNews reports. The trial period is scheduled to run business_technology air_canada gogo business_development aircell wi-fi Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:57:59 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/air-canada-tries-out-in-flight-wi-fi/?cs=37651 2009-11-20T15:57:59Z 23 hours, 34 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/air-canada-tries-out-in-flight-wi-fi http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37651 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/interviews/blog/why-enterprise-architecture-is-an-opportunity-for-it/?cs=37650 In the second part of Loraine Lawson's interview with Dr. Leon A. Kappelman , editor of The SIM Guide to Enterprise Architecture , Kappelman explains why he thinks enterprise architecture can be taught and how it could be an opportunity for IT to business_development business_technology business_structure enterprise_architecture business_culture Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:08 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/interviews/blog/why-enterprise-architecture-is-an-opportunity-for-it/?cs=37650 2009-11-20T15:34:08Z 23 hours, 58 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/interviews/blog/comment/why-enterprise-architecture-is-an-opportunity-for-it http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/interviews/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37650 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/motorola-milestone-available-from-vodafone-germany/?cs=37649 German mobile users clamoring for the Motorola Milestone, the European HSDPA version of Droid, now have a choice of carriers from which to purchase the device. Already available from O2, Vodafone is now offering the handset for €99 (US$148) with a new motorola_milestone smartphones o2 germany business_technology europe vodafone Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:20:22 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/motorola-milestone-available-from-vodafone-germany/?cs=37649 2009-11-20T15:20:22Z 1 day, 12 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/motorola-milestone-available-from-vodafone-germany http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37649 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sec/blog/uk-climate-research-unit-hacked/?cs=37648 Examiner.com reports that the UK's Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia suffered a security breach in which thousands of e-mails and documents were accessed. The stolen data was posted to a Russian server.   According to BBC network_security business_technology climate_research_unit security_breaches uk data_security Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:13:37 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sec/blog/uk-climate-research-unit-hacked/?cs=37648 2009-11-20T15:13:37Z 1 day, 19 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sec/blog/comment/uk-climate-research-unit-hacked http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sec/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37648