http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/index.jspa?view=blog Latest Blog Posts in ITBE en Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:38:22 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-03-19T19:38:22Z en http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/kn/blog/e-mail-usage-policies-reduce-spam-increase-meaningful-communication/?cs=40192 Academic institutions, businesses and other organizations can't function without using e-mail as a primary way to stay connected. Appropriate usage policies, however, haven't always matched pace. Thankfully, you have the Knowledge Network and our e-mail_and_web_policies usage_management_and_monitoring user_policies policies business_technology Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:12:06 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/kn/blog/e-mail-usage-policies-reduce-spam-increase-meaningful-communication/?cs=40192 2010-03-19T20:12:06Z 2 hours, 17 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/kn/blog/comment/e-mail-usage-policies-reduce-spam-increase-meaningful-communication http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/kn/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40192 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/virtualization-is-hot-but-is-it-secure/?cs=40191 The growth of virtualization is a hot topic these days, including at IT Business Edge. Arthur Cole presents his top 10 benefits for virtualization in enterprise . Mike Vizard talks about hybrid client virtualization .  These are just two examples of network_security data_security server_virtualization business_technology risk_management it_market_analysts gartner Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:11:12 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/virtualization-is-hot-but-is-it-secure/?cs=40191 2010-03-19T20:11:12Z 1 hour, 44 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/comment/virtualization-is-hot-but-is-it-secure http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/feeds/comments?blogPost=40191 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/the-trials-of-telepresence/?cs=40190 Conceptually, the value of telepresence systems from companies such as Cisco, Polycom and others is easy to comprehend. The challenge is finding the wherewithal to actually deploy it. According to Dane Martin, a principal consultant with the IT services telepresence polycom dimension_data unified_communications video_conferencing cisco_systems business_technology web_video_and_voice_conferencing Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:06:23 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/the-trials-of-telepresence/?cs=40190 2010-03-19T20:06:23Z 1 hour, 49 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/comment/the-trials-of-telepresence http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/feeds/comments?blogPost=40190 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/virginia-adds-accountability-to-it-management-structure/?cs=40188 In October when I wrote about the problems experienced by the state of Virginia with its 10-year, $2 billion deal with Northrop Grumman , I mentioned a governance structure I called "convoluted." The state created the Virginia Information Technologies internal_governance government_agencies project_management business_technology Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:26:59 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/virginia-adds-accountability-to-it-management-structure/?cs=40188 2010-03-19T18:26:59Z 4 hours, 17 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/comment/virginia-adds-accountability-to-it-management-structure http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/feeds/comments?blogPost=40188 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/pcie-adds-fuel-to-ssd-performance/?cs=40187 SSDs provide a dramatic increase in I/O compared to traditional magnetic disks. So it only makes sense that any investment in solid-state storage is accompanied by increased throughput on the interconnect and beyond. And for many storage professionals, network_performance_management pcie solid-state_drives business_technology Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:22:28 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/pcie-adds-fuel-to-ssd-performance/?cs=40187 2010-03-19T17:22:28Z 4 hours, 33 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/pcie-adds-fuel-to-ssd-performance http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=40187 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sec/blog/3000-htc-magic-phones-infected-with-malware/?cs=40186 Following a second instance of the now defunct Mariposa botnet being found on an HTC Magic phone, Vodafone now says as many as 3,000 HTC Magic phones may have malware-tainted memory cards, according to an IDG News Service article in The New York business_technology botnets smartphones mobile_device_security Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:17:19 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sec/blog/3000-htc-magic-phones-infected-with-malware/?cs=40186 2010-03-19T17:17:19Z 4 hours, 38 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sec/blog/comment/3000-htc-magic-phones-infected-with-malware http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sec/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40186 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/dhs-pilot-program-shares-intel-with-cios/?cs=40185 InformationWeek reports that a new pilot program by the Department Of Homeland Security allows some state, local and private-sector officials to access classified intelligence about security threats to critical infrastructure from state and local business_technology network_security government_agencies department_of_homeland_security cyber_terrorism Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:49:30 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/dhs-pilot-program-shares-intel-with-cios/?cs=40185 2010-03-19T16:49:30Z 5 hours, 6 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/dhs-pilot-program-shares-intel-with-cios http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40185 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/browser-ballot-doubles-opera-downloads/?cs=40184 Norway's Opera Software says downloads of its browser have more than doubled since Microsoft began offering European Window users a choice of Web browser as part of its antitrust settlement with the European Union.   According to Opera, the productivity_software opera antitrust europe business_technology opera_software microsoft Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:43:48 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/browser-ballot-doubles-opera-downloads/?cs=40184 2010-03-19T16:43:48Z 5 hours, 12 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/browser-ballot-doubles-opera-downloads http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40184 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/verizon-files-patent-suit-against-cablevision/?cs=40183 According to InformationWeek , Verizon Communications has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Cablevision Systems.   The complaint, which was filed with the International Trade Commission, covers five patents that are concerned with business_development intellectual_property litigation verizon cablevision business_technology patents Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:37:29 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/verizon-files-patent-suit-against-cablevision/?cs=40183 2010-03-19T16:37:29Z 5 hours, 18 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/verizon-files-patent-suit-against-cablevision http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40183 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/viacom-google-still-in-copyright-infringement-battle-over-youtube/?cs=40182 Google and Viacom are still going at it in court over videos that were allegedly uploaded to YouTube illegally. Viacom argues that YouTube's founders not only knew copyrighted videos were on the site, but they actually uploaded some themselves in the litigation intellectual_property youtube peer-to-peer google viacom business_technology digital_millenium_copyright_act Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:15:42 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/viacom-google-still-in-copyright-infringement-battle-over-youtube/?cs=40182 2010-03-19T16:15:42Z 5 hours, 40 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/viacom-google-still-in-copyright-infringement-battle-over-youtube http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=40182 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/xml-appliances-get-new-mission-integrating-b2b-and-the-cloud/?cs=40181 If you haven't looked at XML accelerators, or appliances, for some time, you might want to look again. They now incorporate more integration, security and even governance features - all of which makes XML appliances a natural fit for B2B and cloud saas soa network_performance_management network_security business_technology cloud_computing application_integration web_services xml data_integration Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:06:11 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/xml-appliances-get-new-mission-integrating-b2b-and-the-cloud/?cs=40181 2010-03-19T16:06:11Z 5 hours, 49 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/comment/xml-appliances-get-new-mission-integrating-b2b-and-the-cloud http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/feeds/comments?blogPost=40181 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/do-cios-spend-too-much-time-looking-inward/?cs=40180 Last month I wrote about IT's need to shift from a production-centric culture to a service-centric one . IT organizations that don't make the switch risk losing the support of business units, which have a growing number of production-centric IT choices business_culture it_best_practices business_processes customer_service executive_suite business_technology Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:50:39 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/do-cios-spend-too-much-time-looking-inward/?cs=40180 2010-03-19T15:50:39Z 6 hours, 38 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/comment/do-cios-spend-too-much-time-looking-inward http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/feeds/comments?blogPost=40180 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/interviews/blog/abi-mobile-access-revenues-approaching-or-passing-messaging-revenues/?cs=40178   Carl Weinschenk spoke to ABI Research Practice Director Dan Shey. Shey and ABI this week released a report highlighting global carrier and service provider revenue trends. There are two pieces to the mobile pie: The amount service providers mobile_revenue mobile_device_vendors mobile_devices mobile_carriers mobile_workers telecommunications_vendors technology_markets mobile_applications smbs it_market_analysts business_technology Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:46:12 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/interviews/blog/abi-mobile-access-revenues-approaching-or-passing-messaging-revenues/?cs=40178 2010-03-19T15:46:12Z 6 hours, 40 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/interviews/blog/comment/abi-mobile-access-revenues-approaching-or-passing-messaging-revenues http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/interviews/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40178 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/open-source-comes-to-the-help-desk/?cs=40179 There’s a fine line between being reactive versus proactive when it comes to end-user support that is going to greatly influence your approach to help desk software in the future.   If all you really need is a solid help desk application, then you help_desk otrs mysql systems_management it_infrastructure_library itil open_source_enterprise_software business_technology Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:41:36 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/open-source-comes-to-the-help-desk/?cs=40179 2010-03-19T15:41:36Z 6 hours, 27 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/comment/open-source-comes-to-the-help-desk http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/feeds/comments?blogPost=40179 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/fcc-launches-web-site-for-national-broadband-plan/?cs=40177 According to Federal Computer Week , the Federal Communications Commission hopes a new Web page will provide helpful information about the organization’s efforts to create a national broadband plan .   The Web page, titled Broadband and Public business_technology government_agencies broadband_services web_site_design federal_communications_commission fcc Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:11:05 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/fcc-launches-web-site-for-national-broadband-plan/?cs=40177 2010-03-19T15:11:05Z 6 hours, 44 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/fcc-launches-web-site-for-national-broadband-plan http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40177 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/national-broadband-plan-benefits-business/?cs=40176 As our Carl Weinschenk noted earlier this week, it's difficult to offer a meaningful commentary on the FCC's Nationwide Broadband Plan based on its sheer size. While the aim is to ultimately increase adoption by consumers , it also stands to affect business_technology broadband_services government_agencies fcc telecommuting cost_containment energy_consumption Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:05:03 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/national-broadband-plan-benefits-business/?cs=40176 2010-03-19T15:05:03Z 7 hours, 11 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/national-broadband-plan-benefits-business http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40176 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/senate-financial-reform-bill-to-add-sarbox-404b-exemption/?cs=40175 When the U.S. House of Representatives passed its financial reform bill in December , it contained a provision that would exempt non-accelerated filers (companies with a market capitalization of less than $75 million) from Sarbanes-Oxley 404(b) smbs business_technology sarbanes-oxley external_and_internal_audits Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:51:47 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/senate-financial-reform-bill-to-add-sarbox-404b-exemption/?cs=40175 2010-03-19T14:51:47Z 7 hours, 4 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/senate-financial-reform-bill-to-add-sarbox-404b-exemption http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=40175 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/judge-oks-facebook-beacon-settlement/?cs=40174 Judge Richard Seeborg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has approved Facebook's proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit involving its now defunct Beacon behavioral tracking service.   According to business_technology privacy litigation facebook Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:45:01 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/judge-oks-facebook-beacon-settlement/?cs=40174 2010-03-19T14:45:01Z 7 hours, 10 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/judge-oks-facebook-beacon-settlement http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40174 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/successfully-planning-for-a-windows-7-migration-is-half-the-battle/?cs=40171     Umesh Shah is Sr. Manager, Product Marketing, for Numara Software . For most IT departments, a Microsoft Windows 7 migration is inevitable. More than 80 percent of businesses never migrated from Microsoft Windows XP to Windows Vista, and now XP’s numara os_migration_and_testing business_technology windows_7 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:41:31 GMT umesh.shah@numarasoftware.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/successfully-planning-for-a-windows-7-migration-is-half-the-battle/?cs=40171 2010-03-19T14:41:31Z 7 hours, 34 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/successfully-planning-for-a-windows-7-migration-is-half-the-battle http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40171 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/broadcom-launches-efficient-fast-single-chip-ethernet-switches/?cs=40173 Chipmaker Broadcom has launched a series of multi-layer Ethernet devices that enable connectivity between servers in the data center. The new Broadcom BCM56840 series single-chip Ethernet switches provide up to 64 ports of 10GbE or can support 16 business_technology broadcom energy_consumption switches ethernet bcm56840 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:41:29 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/broadcom-launches-efficient-fast-single-chip-ethernet-switches/?cs=40173 2010-03-19T14:41:29Z 7 hours, 14 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/broadcom-launches-efficient-fast-single-chip-ethernet-switches http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40173