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Job Description: Web/UI Designer Web and UI Designers maintain, improve and update websites and applications to create a rich, intuitive user experience. This sample job description will help you evaluate  candidates for this in-demand position. The attached document is a typical job description for a Web/User Interface Designer and was provided by G.1440. The Web/UI […]

While there is a lot of concern over the security of IT equipment within the enterprise, the landscape of networked computing devices is still much more diverse than people realize. In fact, a new survey of 15,000 IT and business professionals conducted by Mocana, a provider of security software for embedded systems, finds that while […]

Consultants need to do a little bit of everything, and that can mean loading up on a lot of potentially expensive software packages. Thank goodness for open source freeware projects and proprietary software publishers who give away powerful free samples as a marketing tactic. These software packages provide more than adequate – sometimes surprisingly powerful […]

Personal Mobile Device Remote Wipe Waiver With consumer technology invading the enterprise and bring-your-own-computer and -technology programs on the rise, you should mitigate inherent risks by requiring that employees consent to remote wiping of mobile devices should the need arise. There is no way to keep consumer technology from invading the enterprise. Compliance with a […]

IT departments today already have to struggle with a wide array of influences, pressures and goals.  Now they have yet another thing to think about: The environment and how their technology decisions may impact our planet.  But according to Logicalis, an international provider of integrated information and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services, green doesn’t […]

With the rise of agile development methodologies, the tasks associated with deploying new applications and updates have become much more complex. Where once the IT operations team might have had to deal with a handful of major updates for any application in a given year, updates to applications now come on a monthly and sometimes […]

Employee Termination and Departure Checklist Use this checklist to ensure that the professional relationship between a departing employee and the company is cleanly and effectively concluded. When an employee departs a company, steps must be taken to ensure that the professional relationship between the employee and the company is cleanly and effectively concluded. Use this […]

The Ponemon Institute recently released findings of the Smartphone Security Survey: A Study of U.S. Consumers sponsored by AVG Technologies. The goal of the research was to determine consumers’ perceptions about the potential privacy and security risks when using their smartphones. In addition, they wanted to learn if participants in the study cared about these […]

Removable Media Acceptable Use Policy Template Removable media such as DVDs, CDs and USB-based memory drives are convenient tools, but they present risks to the enterprise. Lessen those risks with a clear, detailed acceptable use policy. Removable media such as DVDs, CDs and USB-based memory drives – also known as flash drives, key drives and […]

The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) recently released their “2011 Top 10 Recommendations to Help Businesses Protect Consumers from Being Fooled.” This document includes a list of techniques and procedures, which can easily be implemented to help businesses and government agencies protect their customers' and employees' personal and financial data from being compromised. OTA developed the […]

IT Status Report Template With regular status updates, IT leaders will keep stakeholders informed about IT’s value and ensure stakeholder support. Frequent communication with stakeholders not only demonstrates IT’s value, but also helps control demand, justify expenditure and secure staff for future projects. With regular status updates, IT leaders will keep stakeholders informed about IT’s […]

Technology moves fast, as Best Buy’s commercial advertisement for its Buy Back Program states. Our last slideshow refresh featuring business-centric smartphones included a number of handsets that are compatible with the 4G networks of the big four — soon to be big three, pending FCC approval — wireless carriers. This batch of the newest and […]