Monitoring an IT network is an essential part of any business' routine processes, yet so many companies fail to make sure they do this properly. The risks of not monitoring a network are numerous. Among these, a failure to do so can lead to serious IT stability problems, as well as performance and reliability issues. […]
With proper preparation, cloud-based disaster recovery will enable your organization to weather the season of storms and power outages. The season of power outages has arrived. We can expect coastal tropical storms and hurricanes and Midwest twisters and tornadoes to bring us a season of outages and, unfortunately, lots of loss. Government agencies, if not […]
Yet another critical security flaw has been found for Adobe's notoriously sieve-like Flash plug-in, this time by Google Engineer Michele Spagnuolo. His exploit tool, called "Rosetta Flash" is just a proof of concept, but could allow hackers to steal your cookies and other data using malicious Flash .SWF files. The exploit is well known in […]
Consumer-class cloud services force IT to get aggressive with endpoint control or accept that sensitive data will be in the wind -- or take a new approach, such as reconsidering virtual desktops. Is VDI poised to bust out of niche status? For years, virtual desktops have been largely limited to spot deployments. End-users don't like […]
An effective BYOD plan must balance control with convenience. Here's what to keep in mind. Managers often believe a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategy is a silver bullet to solving mobile communication problems within their organization. Thoughts of "I don't need to purchase hardware for employees" or "Workers are more productive with their own device" can mask […]
Anticipate and embrace the changes the Internet of things will bring or it will do more harm than good. The concept of the Internet of things (IoT) dates back to the early '80s when the first appliance, a Coke machine at Carnegie Melon University, was connected to the Internet to check its inventory to determine […]
United Nations' Global Pulse initiative partners with social data provider DataSift to analyze worldwide opinions on vaccinations, poverty, and other humanitarian topics. United Nations data scientists working in New York; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Kampala, Uganda, will use data aggregation and filtering tools from DataSift to study attitudes of people from around the world, the organizations […]
Microsoft pledges to do better after frustrating customers with last week's Exchange Online and Lync Online outages. Microsoft Office For iPad Vs. iWork Vs. Google(Click image for larger view and slideshow.) Microsoft has provided more details to explain the outages suffered last week by its Exchange Online and Lync Online hosted services. Some customers were […]
Microsoft no longer supports Windows XP, but 25% of PC users still use it today -- twice as many as use Windows 8 and 8.1. You've got to hand it to people who still use Windows XP -- they're a resolute bunch. Microsoft stopped supporting the enormously popular OS almost three months ago, but according […]
To multitask in Windows 8, you had to jump between drastically different UIs. But Windows 8.1 changes that: Get more productive using these tips. Microsoft Office For iPad Vs. iWork Vs. Google Heading into July, just under half the combined Windows 8 and 8.1 user base is still using the first version of the new […]
