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Five Ways to Protect Your Email at Work

Posted January 30, 2012 - 8:22 pm

Despite the popularity of real-time communications like instant messaging, as well as updates via Facebook and Twitter, most workplaces still use and rely on email. As handy as email can be, it can also be dangerous. Attachments can contain viruses, and email messages can hide phishing links that lead you to fake websites in an attempt to steal your login information.
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Hey, IBM, can you read what I think of these 5 predictions for the future?: 'No Jetpack'

Posted December 19, 2011 - 3:15 pm

Predicting the future, technologically provocative terms, will always stir up criticism. IBM takes a swing, but mostly misses. Predicting EEG-controlled mouse drivers will lead to mind reading is a stretch; to assume it's a good idea shows ignorance of how badly other people think.
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Stupid idea: Ban email at huge IT company (Atos)

Posted December 6, 2011 - 3:38 pm

Atos (formerly Atos Origin) has announced that it's abandoning its use of email. Seriously? A $13 billion company that operates in 42 countries is going to stop using email? That's the most ridiculous idea I've ever heard.
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Microsoft tries to make Hotmail cool again with overhaul

Posted October 4, 2011 - 1:53 pm

Microsoft announced several new automatic features aimed at cleaning up Hotmail accounts and helping users organize piles of so-called graymail.
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Yahoo blocks emails about Wall Street protest

Posted September 21, 2011 - 10:28 am

Ready for conspiracy theories? Folks emailing information about the Wall Street protests on Monday using Yahoo discovered their emails failed, and received a message from Yahoo claiming "suspicious activity." Does that sound suspicious?
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How to move e-mail to the cloud: 7 planning tips

Posted August 31, 2011 - 11:43 am

E-mail is arguably one of the easiest apps to move to the cloud, yet some CIOs remain hesitant to hand e-mail over to a third-party cloud-based e-mail provider such as Microsoft, IBM or Google, says a new report from Forrester Research.
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Will Linux miss its big desktop shot?

Posted August 10, 2011 - 9:19 am

Linux is still focusing on issues that may not matter in the face of a SaaS-based technology. Can vendors and communities get their acts together in time?
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Cloud cures hospital system's email woes

Posted July 27, 2011 - 10:54 am

After years of almost weekly email system disruptions, Grady Health finds stability in the cloud.
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Microsoft email programs explained

Posted July 14, 2011 - 10:28 am

There are four commonly-used, Windows-based, local email clients from Microsoft -- although only two of them are currently available. Their names are similar enough to invite confusion. To help limit that confusion, here's a run-down on which is which.
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7 days in email hell

Posted July 6, 2011 - 8:48 am

The author vows to read and reply to all email for one week. Can he tame the wicked beast?
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Atlanta hospital looks to cloud for email fix

Posted June 21, 2011 - 5:10 am

An Atlanta hospital switches to Microsoft Exchange in the cloud to update an email service that had become a headache for the medical staff and the IT team.
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iCloud looks great as far as it goes, which is all the way to about 2006

Posted June 7, 2011 - 10:54 am

Apple has built and delivered an excellent next-generation version of its iTunes music and media service. Unfortunately it is selling it as iCloud, which could have been so much more.
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Survey: Facebook and Twitter hurt work productivity (cue outcry from social media 'gurus')

Posted May 20, 2011 - 11:11 am

Despite its obvious advantages in the workplace, there's a productivity downside to social media tools, according to a new survey.
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Yahoo says 1M users affected by email outage

Posted April 29, 2011 - 1:02 pm

A day after Yahoo's email service suffered a partial outage, the company reported that about 1 million users were affected.
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Verizon admits it was among Epsilon customers in data breach

Posted April 6, 2011 - 1:49 pm

Verizon admitted in emails directly to customers that its data was among that stolen from email service company Epsilon, presumably widening the pool of potential victims.
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How to move email to the cloud: 7 planning tips

Posted March 29, 2011 - 5:50 pm

Cloud computing providers can take enterprise e-mail off your to-do list, but how can you ensure a smooth transition? Forrester Research shares seven best practices.
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5 tools to protect you from e-mail slip-ups

Posted March 14, 2011 - 10:34 am

It's a rare e-mail user indeed who hasn't experienced the awful moment that can come right after hitting "send." It's the moment when you realize that you just said something you shouldn't have in the e-mail, and there's no way to get it back.
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How to back up your web e-mail account

Posted March 10, 2011 - 10:07 pm

Yes, we know--it's hard enough to remember to back up your desktop, your laptop, your smartphone, and your tablet, and now we want you to think about backing up your cloud-based e-mail account, too.
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Researchers unmasking anonymous email senders

Posted March 10, 2011 - 12:16 pm

Just because you send an email anonymously doesn’t mean people can’t figure out who you are anymore.
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Google Gmail outage leaves 150,000 users without e-mail

Posted February 28, 2011 - 2:11 pm

About 150,000 of Google's Gmail users woke up Sunday morning to missing e-mails, contacts and chat histories.
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Cisco kills off its hosted e-mail product

Posted February 23, 2011 - 1:31 pm

Cisco Systems has decided to kill its cloud-based e-mail service Cisco Mail, only 13 months after it was introduced, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday.
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New Zimbra suite could shift competitive balance in virtualization, cloud

Posted February 7, 2011 - 3:14 pm

VMware wants to refocus the virtualization market away from the strengths of Citrix and Microsoft with suite collaboration aimed at end users.
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Security appliance, cloud service secures e-mail, Web access and offers data-loss prevention

Posted February 2, 2011 - 9:12 am

Websense today unveiled three new gateway security products for e-mail, Web and data-loss prevention that combines an on-premises appliance with secure content filtering in the cloud.
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Open-source challenge to Microsoft Exchange gains steam

Posted January 28, 2011 - 1:59 pm

Open-source alternative to Microsoft Exchange signs up two new service providers.
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Amazon email service launched for bulk messaging

Posted January 25, 2011 - 1:54 pm

Amazon has launched the Beta version of its Simple Email Service, aimed at businesses and developers.
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