   |
||||||||
|
 IM SECURITY SHOOTOUT:8 PRODUCTS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD During rigorous testing, SC Magazine analyzed how well eight products provided security for private and public IM systems. Features including content filtering, anti-virus, anti-spam and auditing were compared. FaceTime beat seven other vendors including Akonix, Sybari and Websense to come out on top of the independent review. SC Magazine hailed the FaceTime solution as being a "powerful and highly configurable enterprise-level system with the features to match." (Full story...) IT SECURITY: TAKE A WALK ON THE DARK SIDE
In this short article, Tanya Candia of TechNewsWorld, outlines some concrete steps an IT manager or a security officer can take, today, to skirt the dark side of the Internet. Stay vigilant. Educate yourself. (Full story...) ASK JEEVES DISPUTES ANTI-SPYWARE FLAGGINGS
Is it Spyware or isn't it? A dispute has erupted between the Ask Jeeves search engine and anti-spyware software companies that raises questions about the standards used to flag potentially unwanted programs on users computers. (Full story...) SO MANY SINISTER IM BUDDIES…SO LITTLE TIME
Regardless of your business, IM has become an integral part of your employees productivity. However, as a senior network manager of a large Maryland-based DNA-testing company puts it, "in all of 2004 we saw only a handful of unique IM threats," he said. "So far this year we've seen hundreds of them. The Kelvir worm alone has had over 100 mutations since February and Kelvir-HI was able to spread in different languages. In July we saw the Rants worm, which has the ability to attack through both AIM and MSN. And with the increase in numbers, the social engineering is improving." (Full story...) SURVEY: SECURITY, RISKS TOP CONCERNS
Of the 1,747 Network Computing readers who answered this year's survey, 56 percent said data security and privacy will be a top IT spending priority in the coming year. Fifty-four percent said infrastructure security will be at the top of the list. (Full story...) EBAY BUYS SKYPE:THE MEANING OF FREE SPEECH It is altogether wrong to call this phenomenon the end, or death, of telephony. "Calling it the death of telephony suggests people aren't going to make calls, but they are," says Sam Paltridge, a telecoms guru at the OECD. "It's just the death of the traditional pricing models." In short, all this is great news for consumers and awful news for telecoms operators. (Full story...) UPCOMING EVENT:
MESSAGE05LONDON, ENGLAND (October 26-27, 2005) Roll up your sleeves, get involved, sit in on some roundtables, try the demos from the leading vendors, 
dive into the IM workshop and share your experiences with your peers. Click here for more information and registration.
HOW TO COOPERATE WITH THE COMPETITION
From entry level to CIO, even the most loyal employees find themselves face-to-face with their competition at conferences and other industry events. In this brief editorial by CIO, learn five steps to successful collaboration with your biggest rival. (Full story...) |
|
||||||
