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Robin Gareiss

This site covers the latest trends and news about the borderless network—a set of technologies that allows users to connect reliably and securely. The borderless network addresses all the components that enable true borderless security and performance.

—Robin Gareiss, Nemertes Research

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How Crucial is Control?

Posted April 28, 2010, 12:47 pm by Robin Gareiss

Control. It’s something humans gravitate toward in all walks of life. We want control of our finances, our kids, our relationships, our success, our futures. The list goes on.

To what extent do you want control of what you can access in cyberspace? Or, another way to look at it: To what extent do you want someone else to control what you access? And yet a third way to look at it: To what extent do you want to control what someone else accesses?

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