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Enterprise security on a small business budget

Posted Mar 08, 2010 - 05:30 pm

Whether your business is a big fish or a small-fry home office, you can get hacked just the same, and the stakes are higher than a few canceled credit cards. Here are a few tips to protect your users and your networks--steps that even enterprise-class security specialists may slip up on.
Managing your online reputation

Posted Sep 10, 2009 - 09:00 am

Never underestimate the power of one voice -- especially when that voice uses YouTube as an amplifier.
28 Time-Saving Tricks for Google, Facebook, and More

Posted Apr 28, 2010 - 07:48 am

Save time and money with our favorite secret tricks for Google, Facebook, YouTube, eBay, other sites you already use.
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- Facebook, Google
Outsource your infrastructure

Posted Dec 03, 2009 - 09:33 am

When it comes to buying infrastructure as a service, go all-in. "Once you get past a certain point of buy-in, you're on the path," says Chad Swartz, Senior Manager of IT Operations at Preferred Hotel Group.
Ditch your security awareness program

Posted Nov 12, 2009 - 09:49 am

Your security awareness program isn't working and the solution is NOT another poster in the lunch room about the dangers of opening emails from people you don't know. A better idea: skip prevention awareness and instead focus your staff on being better "net cops".
Free LinkedIn tool matches users to job openings

Posted Apr 12, 2010 - 11:03 am

If you're on the hunt for a job, here are two tips to ensure your profile appears as a match for LinkedIn job posts.
Mentoring in open source communities: 4 don'ts

Posted Oct 23, 2009 - 08:31 am

Good mentors take time to strengthen the social bond and engage with the mentee early, says Google's Summer of Code program manager Leslie Hawthorn. Her advice: Don't assume that no news is good news.
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- foss, mentoring
Write a client proposal that sells

Posted Jan 21, 2010 - 09:43 am

Clients want their computing problems solved with the ease of getting a pizza delivered: call a number, tell them what you want, and it shows up soon afterward. The ingredients you use in the pizza rarely matter to the hungry person who wants dinner. Instead, the proposal should identify functional categories.
The 5-step compliance shuffle

Posted Jan 07, 2011 - 07:10 am

If faced with an auditor, or even worse, a court room, you will have to show due diligence and due care. Here are the 5 things you need to know and do (repeatedly) to maintain compliance.
IT management: Zero in on business impact

Posted Mar 04, 2010 - 08:24 am

Jay Kerley, deputy CIO at Applied Materials, identifies three milestones in his path to the c-suite: building business outcome-focused IT leadership teams, taking on risky challenges with big payoffs for the company, and cultivating a portfolio perspective.

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