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1906, 2013

Don’t Take Your Privacy for Granted – 13,000 Requests for User Data

By |June 19th, 2013|Healthcare, IT Management, IT Planning, Security|Comments Off on Don’t Take Your Privacy for Granted – 13,000 Requests for User Data

I am again reading another story about the NSA.  This one is from ZDNet titled, Yahoo Reveals US Government Made 13,000 Requests for User Data. I am finding myself struggling with a solid opinion [...]

2405, 2013

Who Is Stealing Your Company Assets?

By |May 24th, 2013|IT Management, IT Planning, Security|Comments Off on Who Is Stealing Your Company Assets?

Dave Cunningham, our Business Technology Officer, has been doing some research on e-mail security and privacy for company executives.  In doing that research, he came across an interesting article on a survey that points out [...]

2005, 2013

Ransomware Gangs Are Now Stealing Passwords

By |May 20th, 2013|IT Management, IT Planning, Security|Comments Off on Ransomware Gangs Are Now Stealing Passwords

A few months back I wrote a blog called, Don’t Get Caught by a Ransomware Gang.   The blog warned that ransomware gangs are loading malware onto computers.  Back then the threat was in the form [...]

1005, 2013

Is Cloud Computing a Bunch of Hype?

By |May 10th, 2013|IT Management, IT Planning, Security|Comments Off on Is Cloud Computing a Bunch of Hype?

If you read all the press releases from many of the new vendors then the answer is yes, there is much hype surrounding the “cloud”. If you read the results from the latest Tech Target [...]

2504, 2013

Offshoring of IT Services is Coming Home

By |April 25th, 2013|IT Management, IT Planning, Security|Comments Off on Offshoring of IT Services is Coming Home

I am on a flight to Florida for the OPDA Conference where I will learn from the best and brightest of my peers the current trends and the hottest new technologies.  On flights like [...]