ForeverSave Prevents Lost Work on the Mac
TweetIt’s happened to all of us. You are busy writing, entering data, or working on a slide deck and all of a sudden something freezes and then the application crashes. If either we recently saved the...
View ArticleWhat to Focus on in 2011: Web Security, Outbound Controls, Social Media...
TweetAlthough economists and other experts believe we are seeing light at the end of the recession tunnel, and IDC analysts expect IT spending to resume in 2011, we nevertheless still need to be very...
View ArticleSocial Media Compliance
TweetThe popularity of social media and the demands it places on IT organizations can be looked at from a variety of angles: bandwidth, productivity, security, etc. But don’t forget to also think about...
View ArticleCall Mom When You Need e-Discovery
TweetA teacher in Kent, Washington has been suspended for allegedly having inappropriate relations with a student. The affair was discovered after the student bragged to an uncle about the...
View ArticleThe Role of Online Backup, Synchronization and Archiving
TweetBackup, content synchronization and archiving are all important best practices for any organization, but—as I was discussing yesterday with a new client via email—there is very little overlap...
View ArticleCloud Security Acceptance Takes Step Forward as USDA Awards FISMA...
TweetRecently the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) granted Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite—Federal (BPOS-F) the authorization to operate (ATO) under the Federal Information...
View ArticleYouSendIt Has Reached 30 Million Unique Users In Nearly 200 Countries
TweetYouSendIt,makers of file sharing solutions for professionals, announced that it has reached a new milestone surpassing 30 million unique users across 193 countries in the past 12 months. This...
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 ArticleDo You Really Think You Don't Need to Monitor Outbound Content?
TweetElectronic communications is a two-way street: With the right tools one can illuminate the world with words of wisdom and insight. Alternatively, one can demonstrate why the most powerful...
View ArticleRetain Emails Or Risk Fines
TweetThe need for organizations to retain emails will continue in 2012, regardless of business size. On the heels of December news that Citigroup agreed to a $750,000 (USD) civil fine for not retaining...
View ArticleSocial Media as Time Machine
TweetOutside of the financial services industry, very few companies actually monitor what their employees say on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or any of the 1,000+ other social media sites around the...
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Five Steps to Protecting Your Instant Messaging Data
TweetOffering both convenience and an easy, informal way to exchange ideas and information, instant messaging (IM) is growing exponentially as a corporate communication tool. A 2010 report by a leading...
View ArticleAnother (and Perhaps the Most Compelling) Reason to Archive
TweetI have been banging the email archiving drum for many years, urging organizations of all sizes and across all industries to archive their email. Just as individuals archive their tax and other...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on EMC World
TweetI attended EMC World in Las Vegas late last month and had a number of meetings on various topics, most of them storage-related to varying degrees. My overall impression is that EMC has a very nice...
View ArticleThe Complications of Email in an Increasingly Cloudy World
TweetEmail is conceptually simple, but its implementation in many large organizations is anything but. Email systems serve as the communication backbone for most organizations, but also as their...
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