From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Inspiring Tweets

April 27, 2009

I few weeks ago I ‘met’ Sarah Stanley (@sarahstanley) on Twitter. She was talking about her upcoming 50 mile run. At first I thought it was a typo, but as it turned out she indeed planned to run 50 miles.  With her BlackBerry, and tweeting along the way.   I don’t think I could run [...]

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OnlineFamily.Norton: Setting the House Rules

April 27, 2009

When it comes to children and the Internet, there is no substitute for parental supervision. It’s certainly not wrong to use parental control software, but parents must understand that software is intended to assist, not do their job for them. The problem is that many vendors don’t seem to appreciate the difference. Thanks to Norton, [...]

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The Future of Computing

April 22, 2009

As I watched the launch of VMware vSphere 4 on Tuesday I was torn.  Part of the event was more corporate group hug than product launch, and in many ways vSphere is a logical extension of the company’s existing products. But a little voice in my head told me, “This is something big.” Some technological [...]

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Internet Security and Web Apps

April 20, 2009

Last week Symantec released their 2008 Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR).  The report provides an analysis of worldwide Internet threat activity, vulnerabilities, malicious code, phishing, spam and activity on underground economy servers. The ISTR contains a lot of interesting information and I’d encourage you to read it — I’m certainly not going to repeat all [...]

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Radian6: Monitoring Social Media

April 16, 2009

The explosive growth of social media is changing how companies interact with customers.  Those that understand social media know that what is being said about them online can have a huge impact on their bottom line. There are a number of ways to monitor a brand online. Some free services will monitor search engines for [...]

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OpenOffice: Time for another look?

April 15, 2009

Last week I ran into a project manager from Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu — one of the most popular Linux distributions for desktop and notebook computers.  In conversation I mentioned that I’m a huge Ubuntu fan, but I run Windows Vista on my notebook because I can’t live without Microsoft Office and Adobe [...]

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Data Loss Prevention

April 13, 2009

[This article originally appeared in MONiTOR Magazine] Protecting sensitive information gets more difficult every day, and it shows. We hear about major security breaches on a weekly – sometimes even daily – basis. There are several reasons: Corporate perimeters are disappearing due to information sharing requirements and an increasingly mobile workforce; To remain competitive, applications [...]

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2009: Social Media goes Mainstream

April 9, 2009

I remember watching the web go mainstream back in the mid 90’s.  Web servers and the Internet had existed for a few years, but URLs began appearing on billboards and product packaging literally overnight as a critical mass was reached. Today we’re approaching another critical mass.  Blogs and social networking sites have been around for [...]

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The Future of Telephony?

April 8, 2009

[Zoe Brain is on assignment this week, but don't worry, she'll be back!] As a child, I remember watching Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura with her wireless earpiece.  Today I use a similar peice of “science fiction” in my car so that I can keep both hands on the wheel.  In a generation we’ve gone from [...]

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