Sandra Gittlen

 

 

sgittlen@charter.net

Recent articles by Gittlen

Inside a data leak audit
May. 11, 2009
When the director of IT at a Boston-based, midsize pharmaceutical firm was first approached to participate in a data leakage audit, he was thrilled. He figured the audit would uncover a few weak spots in the company's ...

Most common data leak violations
May. 11, 2009
With more than two decades of security audits under his belt, Networks Unlimited President Harry Segal has seen it all. Here are the most common violations he encounters.

BlackBerry's Storm in the enterprise
Feb. 12, 2009
Since the BlackBerry Storm's release in November , Scott Slater, technology architect at The Bank of New York Mellon, has been putting it through its paces. He's got some advice for you: Test, rinse, repeat.

Don't let the thin-provisioning gotchas getcha
Jan. 26, 2009
Next-generation storage networks are all about dynamic allocation of resources, and thin provisioning can get that job done quickly and easily – but not carefree.

Tech tonic for '09
Jan. 05, 2009
Obama administration must forge policies for green IT, cloud computing and high-tech R&D for addressing industry challenges such as cybersecurity and cybercrimes.

10 IT products for taking your network to the next level
Oct. 20, 2008
Advanced IT products from Altor Networks, Cirba, Cisco, Embotics, EMC, GainSpan, MokaFive, Palo Alto Networks, VKernal and Wireless Grids are boosting enterprise networks to the next level.

Want a four-day workweek? IT is key
Oct. 09, 2008
As oil prices continue to fluctuate, the economy flounders and the pressure is on to slow global warming, both public- and private-sector organizations are turning to alternative work schedules such as telecommuting, ...

Security information and event management: Finding the proverbial needle
Oct. 09, 2008
As SIEM tools evolve, information security specialists are getting closer to the day when making sense of and taking action on disparate security events gets quick and easy.

Four tips for SIEM success
Oct. 09, 2008
Information security experts share four tips for success with SIEM implementations.

Six hours to hack the FBI (and other pen-testing adventures)
May. 27, 2008
It takes a lot to shock Chris Goggans; he's been a pen (penetration) tester since 1991, getting paid to break into a wide variety of networks. But he says nothing was as egregious as security lapses in both ...

Utility storage: Ready for a long haul?
May. 19, 2008
Utilization rates are up and spending down at early adopters. But storage virtualization remains tough to figure out, impossible to use in multivendor setting and hard to manage. Is it helping or hurting the utility ...

10 tips for a successful video rollout
Apr. 14, 2008
Here are 10 tips network managers should follow for a successful video deployment.

Can your network handle HD video?
Apr. 14, 2008
Consider this: In the week following Sept. 11, 2001, your users were glued to their television sets tracking breaking news. If an event of similar proportions happened today, they would expect the enterprise network to ...

Web 2.0: Just say yes
Mar. 03, 2008
Not wild about wikis? Not big on blogs? Not sold on Second Life? IT execs who ignore Web 2.0 collaboration technologies could be hurting their company's bottom line.

At long last, IPv6
Apr. 18, 2007
Tim Winters, software managing engineer with the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab, predicts that the move to secure granular bits of data will finally mean the emergence of IPv6.

10 products for taking your network to the next level
Oct. 21, 2008

Online voting steps into the spotlight
Nov. 27, 2000
It's no longer a question of if, but when.

When good programs go bad
Jun. 26, 2000
Why do vendors have to go and ruin everything by coming out with new versions of their software?

Privacy seal
Feb. 21, 2000
An ounce of prevention could have saved me a whole lot of headache. All I would have had to do is look for the TRUSTe symbol to know whether a site had good privacy policies. And a recent check of my Internet shopping ...

Web 2.0: Just say yes
Mar. 03, 2008
Not wild about wikis? Not big on blogs? Not sold on Second Life? IT execs who ignore Web 2.0 collaboration technologies could be hurting their company's bottom line.

Soupin' up the bus
Sep. 26, 2005
InfiniBand, EtherFabric, iWarp: Which high-speed interconnect will you choose to pump up your net?

DemoFall preview
Sep. 19, 2005
Just as TV viewers are getting a taste of the networks' new fall lineups, so will IT execs and other industry watchers this week at DemoFall 2005, where 70 of the most- promising products and services will be unveiled.

The life and times of an RFID chip
Aug. 01, 2005
McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, which handles more than 68,000 pieces of luggage daily, is committed to buying 100 million RFID tags over the next five years, according to Samuel Ingalls, assistant director ...

The art of collaboration
May. 23, 2005
While software companies would like you to believe that collaboration is for everyone, your company must think long and hard about parameters for these tools. Otherwise, you might create a bigger headache than you ...

The buy side
Feb. 28, 2005
When Lab Alliance members go commercial, these are the tools they seek out.