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FaceTime Teams with Skype
Building on Skype's business offerings, FaceTime has unveiled the first gateway-to-endpoint management and control of Skype.
FaceTime's managed Skype solution provides IT and network administrators with the ability to manage the use of Skype on their network with granular controls to choose which elements of Skype software its employees can use. For example, a company may allow voice services but not file sharing or supernode capabilities.
Click here to learn more...
Ready to Produce IMs in Court?
If you're not keeping tabs on PDAs, IM conversations and other electronic data you may be in for a nasty surprise. As of December 1, 2006, new amendments to US federal rules of civil procedure relating to electronically stored information became effective: 
FaceTime can help.Receive the IM industry analyst Osterman Research white paper on eDiscovery regulations: "The Impact of the New FRCP Amendments on Your Business". Click here to download the report.
Is Your URL Filtering Up for Renewal?Get More Out of Your Budget with FaceTime. RTGuardian, the recent winner of Network World's Clear Choice Award, is now available with integrated URL filtering. If you are currently running URL filtering – call FaceTime. We can show you how to apply your existing budget to cover your URL filtering requirements and control the use of over 100 other popular applications such as IM, Skype, P2P and Web conferencing. There has never been a better time to meet with FaceTime! Learn more about this new offering and request an evaluation.
Phishing for Trouble
Remember the days when virus attacks were your biggest nightmare? Phishing is now an even bigger problem. A recent report noted that one in 93 emails is involved in a phishing attack, compared with one in about 119 emails involved in a virus attack. (Full story....)
Pirated Vista Beats Microsoft to China's PCsAt least a week before the rest of the world got its first look at Microsoft Windows' new Vista operating system, bootleg copies of the software were widely available in China for just a few dollars. (Full story...)
Who Said You Can Work in IT?Most IT workers are not qualified to work in IT, and most IT managers are not qualified to lead their workers, writes CIO Update columnist Hank Marquis of itSM Solutions. That might not be the case for long--the unstoppable commoditization of IT is breeding new laws that increasingly target individual executives and workers, holding them accountable for their actions. (Full story...)
10+ Tweaks, Tricks, and Hacks to Make Windows Vista FlyAny computer professional knows that no matter how well designed an operating system is, there are always tweaks to make it run better. Here are ten tips to make Vista as good as it gets. (Full story...)
Getting the Skinny on Vista SecurityMicrosoft says that Vista is its most secure operating system yet. As an IT professional, you might join wary consumers and developers in shared skepticism over the security of Microsoft's latest Windows OS release. For skeptics and believers, this article from Business Week points out the highlights of Vista's most notable safeguards. (Full story...)
Sony Settles with FTC Over CD RootkitNot even big record companies can get away with installing malware. Sony BMG agreed to settle charges brought by the U.S. FTC that the company broke federal regulations by including an aggressive software program on dozens of music titles. This software monitored a user's PC and opened up security vulnerabilities. Security researchers caught on to the hidden digital rights management code and were not pleased with their findings. (Full story...)
RSA Study: Fraud Fears Keep More than Half from Banking OnlineConsumers know that online banking is a likely target of crooks. Fears over identity theft and fraud keep more than 52% of account holders from shopping online, says a recent report. Now, customers are even ignoring emails from their banks, due to the latest increase in phishing problems. (Full story...)
Wireless Forensics: Tapping the AirIt may sound like a crime show made for the Sci Fi network, but Wireless Forensics is an actual field of work associated with collecting and analyzing network traffic from wireless networks. The huge adoption of wireless technologies over recent years put Wi-Fi networks at risk for attack. These security problems are complicated from a technical standpoint, and require Wireless Forensics experts to fix. (Full story...)
Criminals 'May Overwhelm the Web'Thanks to the Internet, many criminals have long left shootouts and bank robberies to pursue high-tech crimes. Criminals controlling millions of personal computers are threatening the Internet's future, experts have warned. Up to a quarter of computers on the net may be used by cyber criminals in so-called botnets, said Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the Internet. (Full story...)
IM Watch: Sametime Picks Up Real-Time VideoInstant messaging software, once just expected to perform simple real-time text messaging, is now expected to include tools for multimedia interaction. This January, Lotus Sametime 7.5 integrated tools from video collaboration platform provider Avistar Communications. The product is expected to ship in the second quarter of 2007. (Full story...)
Substitute Teacher Faces Jail Time Over Spyware
Julie Amero, a 40-year old substitute teacher from Connecticut, is facing jail time over allegedly exposing her students to pornography on the classroom computer. According to the defense, the porn pop ups were caused by spyware installed on the computer.
But the jury sided with the prosecution and convicted her of four counts of endangering a child, a crime that brings a punishment of up to 10 years in jail per count. (Full story...) |
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