Face-off: Is a mobile VPN a better choice than an SSL VPN? 11/24/06
Mobile workers face unique challenges and need a VPN designed to address them. SSL VPNs work well for remote workers but take a back seat in mobile and wireless environments.
Bradner: IT’s role among powerful in business, 11/24/06
From time to time Fortune magazine tells us who is important in the business world. It did it again Nov. 27 through a series of original photographs, and the mix of folks is interesting and maybe indicative of the areas that affect business.
Blum: PatchGuard and Windows security circus, 11/24/06
Here’s a metaphor for the future of Windows security: Microsoft and the industry are two acrobats on a tightrope with no net. The trick is to meet in the middle, shake hands and maneuver around each other.
Johnson: Writing a winning telecom RFP, 11/24/06
If there’s one task that IT executives despise, it’s writing a telecom request for proposal. It’s time-consuming, detailed and starts a process that most IT execs hate: the sales negotiation. Small wonder that many folks try to avoid writing RFPs …
Cool Tools: Update photo frame pictures via RSS, 11/24/06
Photo frame vendor eStarling has announced a wireless digital photo frame that lets users update photos via RSS feeds from several photo Web sites.
Backspin: Exploding heads and running in circles, 11/24/06
You’ve got to wonder sometimes how people can open their mouths and say things that are so stupid, so downright transparently ridiculous and illogical that their heads should simply explode.
‘Net Buzz: Questions for MADD about Breathalyzers, 11/24/06
A campaign spearheaded by Mothers Against Drunk Drivers kicked off earlier this week aimed at changing state drunken-driving laws to require that the cars of even first-time offenders be equipped with ignition interlocks that prevent the vehicle from …
Stiennon: The economics of cybercrime, 11/24/06
There was a workshop on the Economics of Information Security held at Cambridge in England last June. Studying the economics of information security is, to me, absurdly trivial. It is like studying the economics of operating a trading desk, an …
Musthaler: ‘Hammer and nails’ approach to vendor ties, 11/24/06
I just finished reading a McKinsey & Co. report that made me feel like I should be seeing rainbows and hearing choirs of angels singing. The 2005 report “Building stronger IT vendor relationships” is part of McKinsey’s Innovations in IT Management …
Gearhead: More BGInfo, UI trickery and stuff, 11/24/06
Reader Paul Kru told us “BGinfo… is a great tool, but it’s not completely freeware.” We found this was true, but now that Sysinternals has been absorbed by Microsoft, the licensing terms have changed.
Dr. Internet: Can you connect array to Fibre Channel switch and share RAID storage?, 11/24/06
We have a RAID array connected to a file server through a Fibre Channel switch. We want to add a second server. Can we just plug the new server into the Fibre Channel switch and share the RAID storage between the two servers?
Editorial: Progress slow on compliance front, 11/22/06
Companies question the benefit of compliance regulations, aren’t wholly comfortable with where they stand on compliance, and are using a hodgepodge of tools to try to cope.
