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FaceTime Three-peats!
Leading Study Ranks FaceTime No. 1 in Enterprise Instant Messaging Management FaceTime Gets Top Ranking Based on Market Revenue for Third Consecutive Year, and Top Ranking for EIM Product Support and Alliances 
The IDC study, issued this month, is called "Worldwide Enterprise Instant Messaging Applications and Management Products 2006-2010 Forecast and 2005 Vendor Shares: IM Is on Its Way into the Workplace" (IDC #203848, October 2006). In this study, IDC forecasts that the number of enterprise instant messaging application seats will more than triple from just over 50 million in 2006 to more than 180 million in 2010.
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Foley Case Highlights the Potential Pitfalls of IM
The Mark Foley case showed not only the misuse of instant messaing, but how the GOP leadership pointed fingers on one another for apparently letting Foley's activities go unchecked. Yet, according to Federal Computer Week, despite the potential risks of using IM, most government agencies do not have specific policies or rules to govern its use. (Watch now.)
Instant Messaging Clickfraud? Hackers Use Botnet Tactics in IM Land...
Read how Christopher Boyd (aka Paperghost) has uncovered how Botnets perform the following trick: install some garbage, and hijack the end user's homepage. The hijacked page usually contains nothing more than a bunch of adverts - and, should the curious end-user click them (which they inevitably will) the bad guys rake in the dough. Once again, Chris Boyd is kickin' it - Kung-Fu style. Check out his latest bust at - VitalSecurity.org.
Avoiding the Axe
Many CIOs, the title having been around for decades rather than weeks, have grown comfortable that their role is here to stay. Perhaps these executives should not be getting too comfortable in the corner office just yet. (Full story...)
Offerings Keyed to Security Concerns
Software, or an appliance? That's one of the key questions you'll face if you decide it's time to get some sort of instant messaging management and security system implemented in your organization. Increasingly, organizations of all sizes are choosing an appliance. (Full story...)
Instant Messaging: Problems and Solutions
Many businesses think they'll be more secure if they use an enterprise network rather than the public networks, but those systems offer nearly as little in the way of user or system protection as do the public networks. Security features like the ones embedded in e-mail systems are not available for public or enterprise IM systems. (Full story...)
FaceTime on Fox
Watch the KTVU Fox 2 interview with FaceTime's President and Chief Executive Officer, Kailash Ambwani, about IM issues at work. (Watch now.)
Companies Do Not Control Employee Access to Sensitive Information
A recent survey found that over 60 percent of UK employees have access to computer records at their place of work, 41 percent access to records that are not necessary for their job, and one in ten has been tempted to abuse this access. What can you do to keep database records in your company safe? (Full story...)
Universal Will Attack YouTube, MySpace says CEO
Against big business's courting of the online media giants, the world's biggest record label may pursue YouTube and MySpace for copyright infringement. (Full story...)
Increase Your Chances of Passing a Security Audit
Security audits are a way of life-especially if your company is subject to complying with specific regulations. By better understanding how the audit process works and how auditors operate, you can create and operate a network that's compliant and secure-and easy to audit. (Full story...)
Zombies Try to Blend In With the Crowd
Hackers are trying harder to make their networks of hijacked computers go unnoticed. The cybercrooks are moving to new Web-based techniques to control the machines they have commandeered, popularly referred to as "zombies." (Full story...)
Apple Ships iPods with Windows Virus
A few rotten apples were shipped with the rest of the bunch… one percent of Apple's iPod units shipped after September 12, 2006 contained the Windows virus RavMonE.exe. (Full story...) 
Energy Conservation the IT Way
Short of installing a pedal-power generator underneath an employees desk, there are only a few areas where conservation-minded IT managers can make a difference. According to Noah Horowitz, a senior scientist who studies these issues for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the single best thing you can do is buy Energy Star rated equipment which can save $50 to $100 per-year, per-computer. (Full story...) |
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