Tolly: Apple iPhone: Another enterprise Trojan horse? 01/11/07
Some 25 years ago, Steve Jobs and Apple lost the war of corporate computing to IBM and Microsoft. I imagine, though, that Jobs probably considers it just a battle in his own “Thirty Years War” against Microsoft and its founder. While Apple’s recent …
Editorial: iPhone: All in the user interface, 01/11/07
Apple’s new iPhone isn’t likely to take the enterprise market by storm, but it certainly will rattle the cell phone incumbents and make them rethink common user interface tenets.
Bradner: Apple iPhone: Almost all of what I wanted, 01/10/07
Apple (it’s no longer “Apple Computer”) has joined the mobile telephone fray in a big way with CEO Steve Jobs’ announcement and demonstration of the iPhone at last week’s Macworld trade show.
Insider Threat: Tightening the screws on insider threat protection, 01/15/07
My company currently filters and monitors all incoming and outgoing corporate e-mail and has policies banning Web mail and instant messaging. What other controls do we need to protect against insider threats?
Nutter’s Help Desk: Giving a Barracuda box more bite, 01/15/07
We recently moved from a homegrown Linux box running SpamAssassin and a few other components to control the influx of spam onto our network to a commercial solution offered by Barracuda Networks. This was done for several reasons – lack of time to …
Backspin: Outrage and lust, 01/12/07
Many of you wrote in about my piece last week in which I summed up 2006 as “The Year of Not Enough Outrage” because no one seemed to care much about disasters such as the ongoing Sony rootkit fiasco. Much to my surprise, it appears a large number of …
‘Net Buzz: Battery fires, rootkits and Sony’s brand, 01/12/07
The Sony brand name was pounded into punch-line fodder last year by all the battery pyrotechnics – aren’t those videos fun to watch? – and the rootkit debacle that had some calling for jail time for those responsible.
Cool Tools: CES unveils hot new products, 01/11/07
One of the first questions I ask when looking at a new device, software or service at a trade show, including last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, is whether the product will solve an immediate problem. If it just looks good and has some neat features…
Dr. Internet: Getting Sendmail to listen to local requests, 01/11/07
I want to configure a Linux Sendmail server to deliver mail from localhost to support sending e-mail from a Web application on the same machine. The sendmail service will deliver mail from remote systems, but mail originating on the local system results…
Gearhead: Almost as good as paper, 01/11/07
In 1998 we purchased an electronic book, or e-book, reader called RocketBook manufactured by Nuvomedia. It had a great design (very comfortable to hold with good heft), a reasonable display (albeit limited to office lighting conditions) good battery …
Kobielus: Business intelligence gets collaborative, 01/11/07
Collective intelligence is an organization’s most precious asset.
User View: 2007 IT strategy: More of the same, 01/11/07
It’s a new year and time again for technology analysts and industry pundits to make their annual predictions on IT trends and technologies.
