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BlueRoam offers SOHO VPN service
Mar. 07, 2005
BlueRoam bills the service as being simple enough for non-technical users to set up and maintain, but because it's a managed service, support is built into the monthly cost.

In brief: KeyComputing announces secure USB flash drive
Nov. 22, 2004
Also: Qwest announces Qwest Remote Access; Linksys announces 802.11g CompactFlash Card for Pocket PCs and PDAs

Buffalo charges Citrix GoToMyPC
Nov. 08, 2004
'Remote router' offers secure access to PC desktop and network resources - without a subscription.

Enterprise WLAN security meets small offices
Sep. 13, 2004
Interlink Networks' new product, LucidLink, aims to give small offices with limited or no IT support the best of both worlds.

New access services meet SOHO needs
May. 10, 2004
Since Citrix Systems validated GoToMyPC by buying ExpertCity earlier this year, a new crop of small service providers are standing a lot taller.

Remote-office opinions

Small Business Tech
Nov. 19, 2009
In his weekly column, James E. Gaskin helps small businesses save time and money. He serves up product advice, business strategies, hands on reviews, and throws in a few laughs for free.

Transferring Files Without E-mail
May. 27, 2009
E-mail and the Mazda Miata are both great examples of successful products, but they share a similar weakness: neither can carry much baggage. If you want to carry two people in a Miata, you're good. But if each of those ...

Large branch offices require different attention
Dec. 19, 2005
How to develop a branch-office strategy

Who needs a laptop?
Jun. 14, 2004
I'm InTouch lets you check in from the road without lugging around a PC.

Remote access recipes, Part 3
Jun. 07, 2004
A look at online storage and back-up services.

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Information security and business strategy Part 1
11/23/09
I've known David Greer for over 25 years and have always enjoyed his intelligence, good humor and creativity. And Stephen Northcutt is so widely published, cited and respected in our field that I had trouble deciding which of his many Web sites to cite. It is a great pleasure to publish Greer's interview of Nortcutt in two parts.

Network-based e-mail – Ready for prime time?
11/16/09
In the prior newsletter, we raised the question of whether the time is here – or past due – for moving email from local PCs back to the network. This time we want to continue the discussion by looking at some of the key questions that need to be addressed.

Shifting mobile cost to employees? Think twice
11/13/09
I've noticed a disturbing anecdotal trend in talking to enterprise customers lately, and some recent IDC numbers I just stumbled across seem to back it up. The unfortunate movement is away from corporate-liable mobile phone models and towards individual-liable setups, where employees procure their own wireless devices and services and may be reimbursed for their expenses by their employer.

IA job prospects bright
11/11/09
No one reading this column needs general references to news about the economic difficulties we are living through in the United States and elsewhere. Just the other day, I spoke with a long-time friend and colleagues from the information security field who used to earn a decent living as a much sought-after consultant; last week he canceled his business telephone line to save money. He's looking for a permanent job.

NIST SP800-53 Rev. 3: Key to Unified Security Across Federal Government and Private Sectors
10/26/09
Standards play a critical role in information assurance. Given the impossibility of defining a deterministic model that includes billions of users, millions of computers, and thousands of programs and protocols potentially interacting with each other unpredictably, we have to rely on human consensus about best practices if we are to progress in our field. Standards also provide a basis for demonstrating due care and diligence in fulfilling our fiduciary responsibilities to stakeholders.

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