User Education Key Element in Messaging Security Strategy
TweetDo your users take IT security seriously? A recent poll would indicate many workers do not. This trend is not exclusive to the U.S with the poll including respondents from around the globe. What...
View ArticleSMBs Need Email Archiving Too, Five Common Mistakes to Avoid
TweetIncreasing regulation and litigation mean that email archiving is becoming essential for companies of all sizes and in all industries—not just for finance, health care, and government. Deborah...
View ArticleNext Up, Social Media Law
TweetMore and more today, for the corporate user, social networking is giving way to social business, and along with it, experts predict, will be specific social media law and regulations.A recent...
View ArticleMobile Worker Population Continues Boom, Cherry on Top for Ice Cream Sandwich...
TweetFor those with Android 4.0, this week’s Chrome beta release is exciting and for some long awaited. Anticipated since 2008, Google is offering the latest browser direct from the Android Market,...
View ArticleMAAWG Alters Name to Better Reflect Concentration Areas: M3
TweetIn an effort to bring the messaging industry even closer together, the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), which held its 24th General Meeting in San Francisco last week, announced a name...
View ArticleStudy Reviews TCO of Public vs. Private Cloud Messaging and Collaboration...
TweetAs we have said for some time now, not all “clouds” are created equal. An interesting report was released today from Azaleos Corporation, a provider of managed email, collaboration and unified...
View ArticlePopular Web Sites Found to Host Malicious Content
TweetJust because a Web site has been around a while and has enjoyed a solid reputation, it cannot be assumed that the site is safe to surf. A case in point: it was recently found that 58 of the Web...
View ArticleGoogle Takes on Competitors, Privacy Issues, Makes Google Drive Core Service
TweetThe long awaited Google Drive made its debut this week amid a flow of commentary both pro and con for the product. In theory the product is late to the cloud party with rivals such as Dropbox,...
View ArticleMeasuring Social Media Success
TweetWhile social media as a messaging medium has become a mainstay, e-marketers are still learning how best to incorporate this latest channel into marketing practices and to define what success looks...
View ArticleIs There A Place for Social Networking in Modern Healthcare Delivery?
TweetI recently reviewed two reports that opined on the role that social networking should (and shouldn’t) play for healthcare providers, which gives food for thought to any professional.The first...
View ArticleIndustry Coordinated Defense Needed to Battle Botnets
TweetAs legislators try to address cybersecurity threats through various bills, the White House yesterday promoted a voluntary set of principles developed by the Industry Botnet Group (IBG) to help...
View ArticleLatest Password Breach Reminds Us to Update Passwords
TweetLast week security researchers were buzzing with news and opinions about possible (and soon after confirmed) stolen LinkedIn passwords. Whenever security breaches such as this one happen—and in...
View ArticleSocial Media Policy Guidance for Financial Institutions Good for All
TweetThe highly regulated financial services industry has been given another set of social media guidelines. Most well known might be FINRA’s (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) two notices...
View ArticleBYOD's Downside: Higher IT Costs, Data Security and Compliance Concerns
TweetOne of the most talked about trends in messaging today is BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), which began about the time iPhone mania really took hold. After 2007, when third-party developers were...
View ArticleSeveral Large, Frequently-Visited Sites Still Serving Malware
TweetNew discoveries were recently reported as a continuation of a March report on observed maliciousness in Alexa top-ranked domains. Barracuda Labs has intentionally been mimicking typical web...
View ArticleEmail Holding Its Own Against Social Media for Marketers
TweetWith the recent broadening of messaging channels (social media, collaboration, text, etc.) it might be easy to believe the oft-made claim that “email is dead,” but a number of marketers said this...
View ArticleiPhone 5 Eagerly Awaited Fuels More BYOD Fever
TweetApple pre-orders for its iPhone 5 topped two million in just 24 hours, more than double the previous record of one million held by iPhone 4S. During the product launch address last week, Philip...
View ArticleAccount Takeovers Estimated in 100s of Thousands a Day
TweetUsers lose control of Facebook, email, Gmail, Yahoo!, Twitter and other online accounts frequently. agreed representatives from Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo!, Responsys and Dropbox during a breakout...
View ArticleBYOD Deluge, Get Ahead of Holiday Device Rush
TweetBring your own device (BYOD) has changed the IT landscape, and some companies are handling the new world better than others. This week I came across a November blog from Sheila Jordan, senior vice...
View ArticleSEC Enforcement Actions Nearly Beat Record in 2012, Anticipated Higher Still...
TweetThe Securities and Exchange Commission set a new annual record with its filing of 147 enforcement actions against investment advisors and investment companies this year. In his blog, Adam Bullock...
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