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1. It's not funny when security becomes a joke

Author

Hayes, Frank

Subjects
Comedy programs, Computer services industry -- Management -- Safety and security measures, Television comedies, Company business management, Computer services industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Computers
Abstract

HOW MUCH HAS COMPUTER SECURITY CHANGED since the last time you looked? It's now a half-hour TV comedy called Breaking In. Will it be funny? Will it be realistic? You're [...]

Published
2011

2. Seven IT lessons from the failure of borders

Author

Hayes, Frank

Subjects
Borders (UK) Ltd. -- Technology application -- Contracts, Amazon.com Inc. -- Contracts, Information technology -- Usage, Computer services industry -- Contracts, Booksellers -- Technology application -- Contracts, Information technology, Contract agreement, Computer services industry, Technology application, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Computers
Abstract

IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT for IT people to learn from the collapse of Borders? Sadly, yes. Sure, we've all heard--endlessly--that Borders went bankrupt because it farmed out its Web store [...]

Published
2011

3. Sure the cloud's insecure; it's like everything else

Author

Hayes, Frank

Subjects
Computer programming -- Safety and security measures, Cloud computing -- Forecasts and trends -- Safety and security measures, Web sites -- Safety and security measures, Computer programming, Company Web site/Web page, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Computers
Abstract

WORRIED ABOUT SECURITY IN THE CLOUD? Fret over this instead: Last month, a hacker surfaced who claimed he can sell access to more than a dozen government, military and university [...]

Published
2011

4. In age of WikiLeaks, even Santa can't keep secrets

Author

Hayes, Frank

Subjects
High technology industry -- Officials and employees -- Humor and anecdotes, Data security -- Humor and anecdotes, Information technology -- Humor and anecdotes, Information technology, Data security issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Computers
Abstract

SANTA SHOOK HIS HEAD as he gazed at the PC's screen. 'We never should have computerized,' he sighed. 'Sure, it made inventory and fulfillment and logistics much more effective. But [...]

Published
2010

5. Big projects, done small

Author

Hayes, Frank

Subjects
Industrial project management -- Methods -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Project management -- Methods -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Information technology, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Computers
Abstract

OK, ALL TOGETHER NOW: Small IT projects succeed; huge IT projects fail. We all know that tune. The latest voice to join the choir is that of Roger Sessions, CTO [...]

Published
2010

6. A debt that IT need not pay

Author

Hayes, Frank

Subjects
Gartner Inc. -- Reports, Software -- Maintenance and repair, Marketing research firms -- Reports, Upgrading (Computers) -- Economic aspects, Software maintenance -- Economic aspects, Upgrading (Computers), Microprocessor upgrade, Software maintenance, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Computers
Abstract

INTERNET EXPLORER may be losing favor among most users, but in big companies, it's still doing fine--especially IE6. Why? 'We have to use IE6,' a contractor at one telco told [...]

Published
2010

7. The cloud issue you really can't ignore

Author

Hayes, Frank

Subjects
Cloud computing -- Safety and security measures -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Online service outage, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Computers
Abstract

MAYBE IT'S TIME to rethink the cloud. Yeah, I know--at this point, most IT shops haven't thought through the cloud the first time. But Microsoft's recent troubles keeping its cloud [...]

Published
2010

8. Before we get to 2020, let's look at IT today

Author

Hayes, Frank

Subjects
Information technology workers -- Practice -- Forecasts and trends, Information technology -- Forecasts and trends, Information technology, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Computers
Abstract

LET'S GET some perspective on this 2020 vision of IT that Julia King writes about in this issue (see page 14). After all, it's a long time until 2020, when [...]

Published
2010

9. 'Perfect Citizen': wrong, but the best the NSA can do

Author

Hayes, Frank

Subjects
Computer crimes -- Management, Company business management, Computer crime, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Computers
Abstract

THE NSA'S Perfect Citizen program reminds me of several huge chunks of wood that used to be suspended 30 feet above my street by heavy cables strung between utility poles. [...]

Published
2010

10. The data you don't even know you have

Author

Hayes, Frank

Subjects
Google Inc. -- Information management, Privacy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Wi-Fi -- Access control, Information services industry -- Information management, Information services -- Information management, Information management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Company systems management, Information accessibility, Privacy issue, Information services industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Computers
Abstract

LET'S ASSUME for a moment that Google's collection of Wi-Fi 'payload' data really was unintentional. And that Google never used the data, didn't even know it was there and stored [...]

Published
2010

11. The hacker, the con man, the ATM--and you

Author

Hayes, Frank

Subjects
Automated teller machines -- Access control -- Safety and security measures, Computer crimes -- Methods -- Cases, Access control (Computers) -- Safety and security measures, Company legal issue, Network access, Computer crime, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Computers
Abstract

LAST MONTH, the FBI arrested a 19-year-old grocery store employee for trying to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from ATMs. He planned to use default passwords he found online [...]

Published
2010

12. Why IT should love the iPad

Author

Hayes, Frank

Subjects
Work environment -- Technology application, Internet access -- Equipment and supplies, Tablet computers -- Usage, Internet access, Tablet computer, Technology application, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Computers, Apple iPad (Tablet computer) -- Usage
Abstract

QUICK--how many iPads are in your users' hands tight now? You don't know? Of course not. Your IT shop isn't supporting the iPad. You probably can't even figure out what [...]

Published
2010

13. Love your users: in November 2009, a pharmacist working for the department of veterans affairs was checking a patient's prescription information, using a portal to the defense department's health records system. But something was clearly wrong: the records said the female patient had been prescribed vardenafil--a drug for treating impotence

Author

Hayes, Frank

Subjects
Medical records -- Social aspects -- Safety and security measures, Databases -- Safety and security measures, End users -- Social aspects, User need, CD-ROM catalog, End user, Database, CD-ROM database, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Computers
Abstract

Vardenafil is the generic name for Levitra, and women aren't supposed to use it. According to the online newsletter 'NextGov,' which first reported the story, the VA pharmacist then checked [...]

Published
2010

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