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Just in Time for End-of-Year Budget...
We know budgets are tight for companies these days. That's why we've put together a special deal to help you get more IT bang for your buck. You get not one, but two special offers if you buy Unified Security Gateway before December 19. Let us help you stretch your dollar further this holiday season.
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Awards & Certifications for FaceTime
The experts agree, and the awards keep rolling in! "You will be hard-pushed to find a security appliance that can offer the same level of controls over IM and P2P and combine these with excellent web content filtering and spyware protection," writes Dave Mitchell of SC Magazine who gave our USG 320 an overall rating of five stars. Learn more...
The Collaborative Internet: Usage Trends, Employee Attitudes and IT ImpactsFor the fourth consecutive year, FaceTime commissioned NewDiligence, an independent market research company, to conduct its annual survey on the growth and impact of collaborative Internet applications. As in prior years, the research was conducted among a large sample of corporate IT managers and end users across all size organizations in North America, UK and Europe. Learn what over 500 IT managers and end users have to say about Internet application usage, attitudes in the workplace and the impact on IT. Click here to receive the 2008 Collaborative Internet Study results.
Unified Communications Cost Savings Go Beyond IT And Telecom. It's About Streamlining The Business.Most industries are cutting back these days, even the ones that are known to have more lavish corporate lifestyles. Take the finance sector, for instance. Unloading assets is one way that firms on Wall Street are working to reduce cost. We've seen financial services companies selling off some of their Manhattan real estate to survive. But they're not ready to cut down on the employees that worked in those buildings. Unified Communications allows companies like these to encourage more telecommuting. Rolling out a UC platform can help cut costs in other ways too, and in many cases pay for itself within a year of purchase. (Full story...) 
Many Working Millennials Are Unaware Of Or Ignoring Corporate IT RulesIs your newest employee posting confidential company information on their Facebook status? You're not alone. In a recent survey, 31 percent of working millenials - that is, workers aged 14 to 27 - weren't aware of their company's policies prohibiting posting such information. Is the problem a differing view of authority and freedom, or a failure of communicating company policy? You decide. (Full story...)
CIO Rates FaceTime a "Rising Star" in New Zealand's Strategic 100CIO New Zealand, the only business publication dedicated to CIOs in the country, included FaceTime in its prestigious annual list of Strategic 100 IT Vendors. Listed in the Rising Stars category, CIO noted that FaceTime is - "is riding a second technology tsunami - providing security for users of Facebook and similar social networking sites." (Full story...) 
Capital One "Member Satisfaction Survey" PhishWe've seen thousands upon thousands of bad (obviously fake) phishing e-mails, but this one takes the cake. Readers are promised $20 to take a quick survey for "Capital One." At the end of the survey, they ask you to put in your credit card information and social security number. It's amazing people still fall for this. (Full story...)
Google-Enabled Government Starts With Obama's CTO
Looking for a new job? Applying for the gig of White House CTO has never been easier. President-elect Barack Obama's plan to build a Google-enabled government began last month, allowing anyone to apply online for a job in the Obama-Biden administration. (Full story...)
Google Warns Of Christmas Malware E-Mails
Your friend sent you a holiday card! That, or message like it, will arrive in thousands of unsuspecting inboxes over the coming weeks. Seeking to take advantage of people who let down their fraud guard around the holidays, these malicious e-mails send users a link to malware postcard.exe. Once executed, the malware enables the hackers to take control of the compromised PC… not exactly the holiday greeting the recipient was expecting. (Full story...)
Top Five IT Spending Priorities For Hard Times
Good times in IT budgeting couldn't last forever. But even on a tight budget, the role of the IT department remains vital in a company. Take care to analyze your spending, and make sure you've got your budgeting priorities in order. Spend on storage, niche analytics, virtualization, cloud computing and securing data and end points. That's the advice provided by top analysts quoted in this helpful Computerworld article. (Full story...)
Google's Unified Communications Play Starts with Gmail
When Google launched voice and video chat for Gmail Nov. 11 it threw a new dimension into the Web mail application used by more than 50 million users. Google Apps Product Manager Rajen Sheth denies that Google Apps is trying to steal share from messaging and collaboration software rivals Microsoft, IBM and Cisco. But new voice and video chat in Gmail say otherwise and position Google Apps as a serious unified communications and collaboration suite for cloud computing in the enterprise. Is Google preparing to take on the UC giants? (Full story...)
International Challenges in PCI Security
In a country that's seen many regulatory compliance challenges this decade, the headaches of PCI security tend to be analyzed from a largely American perspective. But credit cards are used all over the world. Non-U.S. companies are often confused by PCI security requirements. It's a tough job keeping everyone up-to-date on PCI policies and standards across language and cultural barriers, but someone's got to do it. (Full story...)
2009 Salaries for IT Security Professionals
Just because the economy is suffering, doesn't mean your paycheck will feel its pains. IT professionals, especially those in the security field, will remain in demand through 2009. A survey by Robert Half Technology indicates that while the 2009 average starting salary for IT staffers will increase by 3.7 percent over 2008, security professionals will see a boost of about 5 percent, in some cases a bit more. Want to know more? Take a look at this 2009 average salary for IT security positions, along with regional pay levels and the value of specialty tech skills. (Full story...) 
The Top 5 Stupid Things People Do With Mobile Phones
These days, people are fairly smart about their computers. When it comes to security, PCs are protected by what may as well be armed guards compared to their mobile counterparts. This article highlights five really stupid things people do with their mobile phones. Make sure your company is safe, and read this lesson in what not to do when it comes to protecting mobile devices. It may be obvious to you, but your employees could compromise your company's security with any of these dumb mistakes. (Full story...) |
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