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Failing to manage shared passwords adequately can expose organizations to serious vulnerabilities, particularly in the case of privileged accounts where a disgruntled employee could potentially have the power to hold an entire network hostage. Keeping track of privileged user and shared access accounts is also important for accountability. Unfortunately, however, many organizations simply don't know for […]

‘Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom’ Excerpt Markets work best when they are free, open, unfettered, unencumbered by monopolies, oligopolies, conspiracies and obnoxious practices. Corporate bureaucracies, by contrast, are the exact opposite. The book chapter explores how social media will impact the social architecture of corporations. The Web 2.0 revolution has been frustrated by a powerful […]

Given the recession, it's a safe bet that the focus will be on cost cutting for some time to come. But the smart money will also be on creating more business value with what remains. To do that, you're going to need to think strategically, even when you are dealing with integration. That can be […]

Job Description: Cisco Telecommunications Engineer This document provides a typical job description for a Cisco Telecommunications Engineer. The attached document is a typical job description for a Cisco Telecommunications Engineer. The accompanying document was provided by IT Staffing and Tech Recruiting firm G.1440. The Cisco Telecommunications Engineer will provide assistance in all aspects of maintaining, […]

‘Securing the Borderless Network’ Excerpt Web 2.0 offers huge leaps in productivity, but only if business can be confident in its security and reliability. This book chapter offers real-world examples of how businesses have embraced Web 2.0. Now is not the time to plan for a mobile Web 2.0 world. It’s already here, like it […]

Negotiations are hard. We don’t do them often and, as a result, we rarely do them well. We often leave the negotiation table feeling like we did poorly or that the other side took advantage of us. In “Negotiating a Contract: How to Waste Less Time and Get Better Deals,” Rob Enderle looks at contract […]

The analyst data and client experience describing the virtues of voice/data convergence is well documented – greater efficiency, productivity, work flow integration and worker connectedness. According to analyst reports, half of all enterprises are engaged in the deployment of, or are using, unified communications (UC), while most of the rest are in the evaluation process.   […]

Security Assessment Policy Template Without the diligence of security assessments, there’s no way to guarantee that the layers of security technologies and policies you implement are working together successfully. This policy template will help you craft baselines and action plans to ensure your network is hardened against all threats. Security assessments are focused on determining […]

Whether it’s due to the rising cost of energy, the ever-increasing demand for more processing power, the need to extend the life of your existing data centers or concern for the environment, energy management within the data center is now a top three concern for IT executives. Usually, talk of improving energy efficiency in the […]

The pace at which social media networks are being used by customers is clearly outpacing adoption within the enterprise. But as Facebook gears up to welcome its 500 millionth user this week, it’s clear that social media networks are rapidly becoming a primary vehicle for engaging directly with customers. In fact, a new survey of […]

Jeff Snyder, the President of SecurityRecruiter.com, a search firm highly specialized in information security recruiting, says that security professionals who want to be at the right place at the right time from a career growth perspective should think about the quality of their security resume.  When actively searching for a new security job, it is […]

‘Mastering the Unpredictable’ Excerpts “Mastering the Unpredictable: How Adaptive Case Management Will Revolutionize the Way Knowledge Workers Get Things Done” covers the problems associated with managing unstructured business processes and discusses how adaptive case management (ACM) can help solve them. Featuring contributions by several business process management (BPM) experts, Keith D. Swenson’s “Mastering the Unpredictable: […]