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- Storage Security Fundamentals
- The time for apathy around storage security is over. Why? Network-based storage infrastructure is vulnerable to security breaches while business and regulatory compliance demand confidential data security. The storage infrastructure is vulnerable to attack and storage professionals have not done the right types of risk assessments or improved their security...
- Tags: Storage Infrastructure, Storage, Security, Hardware
- White papers 2006-08-01
- I need your help (especially if you are devious)
- I need your help especially if you are deviousI get an average of 6 cold calls each day. Most of the time, if I see a number I don't know on my caller ID, I send the call to voice mail. However, if the area code is (513)...
- Tags: Living Well, maecuff, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2004-11-24
- How to be the new employee
- Â When I first came to work at TechRepublic, I had a lot of years of IT publishing experience under my belt. The woman who hired me was excited by that and thought I could bring a great deal of insight into the operations at TechRepublic.For the first four or five...
- Tags: toni bowers, Company Culture, Communication, Career Development, Workplace Strategy
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- If you don't like it, leave
- That seems to be the sentiment in many companies these days. I heard it once when I approached a VP about a problem my entire team was having with a certain procedure. "If they don't like it, they can leave." A friend of mine heard a variation of it once...
- Tags: Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2006-05-04
- Exit interviews: What are they good for?
- Everyone I've ever spoken to who has given an "exit interview" to their company upon leaving its employment has always described it with a shrug of the shoulders and a "for what it's worth." Is it me or do exit interviews have an almost mythical reputation for being a waste...
- Tags: exit interview
- Blog posts 2006-09-11
- Tips for identifying burnout in yourself and your staff
- Burnout is a huge problem for help desk pros and is a contributing factor for high turnover rates in the industry. According to a survey conducted by the Incoming Calls Management Institute ICMI, one of the top five causes of turnover in call centers was "handling complaints and problems all...
- Tags: Call centers, Games, burnout
- Technical articles 2003-06-23
- who's watching the watchmen
- I've noticed allot of complaining about SPAM e-mail, and I have to agree that something needs to be done about spammers, but what about the legitimate businesses caught in the middle? I work for a business that uses e-mailing to market our product, responsibly! we have an opt-in process whereby...
- Tags: Blars Blackmailer, e-mail, newsletter, yeahgday
- Discussion threads 2005-05-24
- Increase user awareness to bolster security
- Increase user awareness to bolster securityarticle rootBloster SecurityWhat is bloster securityBolster means..Bolster means to add to and make stronger.ie If your users are aware of security issues your security measures will be more effective.Not User Ignorance... User Apathy.With all due respect to the author, I've been working with users since...
- Tags: e-mail, iftikhar@..., security
- Discussion threads 2005-02-07
- Social Engineering self-defense.
- Inspired by the article IRS employees socially engineered. Some of this is reposted.I know a few tried and true tricks. I won't publish them for obvious reasons, but I do tell people what to look out for.Included are steps to avoid.1)"idiot traps", these are along the line of a...
- Tags: Nobody_of_note, security, idiot trap
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- If your privacy is important, what are you going to do about it?
- So, we are becoming acutely aware that our government uses our telecommunications companies to keep close tabs on us. And we're angry. What are people going to do about it? It feels like we're waiting around for "someone" to fix this for us, but doesn't that usually end up...
- Tags: e-mail, privacy, email, government, nsa, schwana, security, Taceo
- Discussion threads 2006-05-30
- My US Presidential Election Turn-Out Prediction
- 79%There you have it. I know that it is quite a bit lower than Secretary of State Sam Reed predicted last week.He of course said 84% which is only slightly below the highest turnout ever of 84.6%, which was in 1944. Personally, I think the turn out then during that...
- Tags: voter, eligible voter
- Discussion threads 2004-10-26
- IT pro can't keep a job – Are poor communication skills at fault?
- I recently received an e-mail from a TechRepublic member who was looking for some help and advice on how she could improve her personal performance in the workplace. It seems that she's having trouble holding onto a job, finding herself being dismissed from several positions for any number of reasons,...
- Tags: Job, Information Technology, Communication Skill, Self-analysis, Recruitment & Selection, Leadership, E-mail, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Online Communications, Joe Rosberg
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Talking Shop: Ask your boss for a little recognition and reward to avoid burnout
- The benefits of recognition and reward for employeesEven after all my years in help desk and technical support, I sometimes find that my motivation slips. I start to moan about the lousy pay, the lousy hours, the lousy holiday entitlement, the lousy canteen food, and the lousy air conditioning. At...
- Tags: Call centers, Benefits, Jeff Dray, help desk burnout, help desk
- Technical articles 2000-11-07
- Internet advertising and Internet security: Can they coexist, or is a showdown inevitable?
- Like it or not, advertising is part of the Internet food chain and a huge source of revenue for Internet companies. But many conflicts between Internet advertising and Internet security already exist, and scams, malware, and click fraud continue to erode users' trust. When it comes to Internet advertising and...
- Tags: Jonathan Yarden, Internet, Internet advertising, Internet security, advertisement, advertiser, Internet Security Focus Newsletter, Truth
- Technical articles 2006-08-04
- Lock down Cisco switch port security
- A growing challenge facing network administrators is determining how to control who can access the organization's internal network -- and who can't. For example, can anyone walk into your office, plug in a laptop, and access your network? You might argue that the wall jack has no connection to a...
- Tags: MAC, Port, MAC Address, Cisco Systems Inc., Switch, Security, David Davis
- Blog posts 2007-10-11
- Switching IT gears: It's easier than you think
- Don't like what you're doing? In this Tech Watch, columnist Bob Weinstein writes about two IT pros who changed jobs and jump-started their careers. What can you learn from their experiences? A lot.Twenty-five years ago, Richard Donofrio never would have guessed he would swerve from programming into technical sales. And...
- Tags: Help desk, Professional development, Recruitment & Selection, Call centers, Bob Weinstein, information technology, Barnett, dcVAST, Richard Donofrio, job, career, programming
- Technical articles 2000-06-28
- Rate this Site!: The NFL site is short by a yard
- The NFL Web site offers armloads of game and player info, but if you want merchandise, you might be forced to fumble. Kelly McKnight reviews their site, and we give you a chance to rate it for yourself.Enterprises are launching "corporate portals," gateway sites that act as an entryway to...
- Tags: Web technology, INTERNET, Portals, Web site development, Team management, Channel management, Kelly McKnight, NFL
- Technical articles 2000-05-24
- Lock down Cisco switch port security
- One way to boost network security is to use Cisco's Port Security feature to lock down switch ports. In this edition of Cisco Routers and Switches, David Davis introduces you to the basics of port security, tells you how to configure this feature, and explains how to view its status....
- Tags: MAC, NETWORKING, David Davis CCIE, MCSE+I, SCSA, security, MAC address, network, Cisco Routers and Management Newsletter, Port, Cisco Systems Inc., David Davis, Switch
- Technical articles 2006-10-05
- Celebrate National Procrastination Week this week
- Celebrate National Procrastination Week this week.This is the week to celebrate National Procrastination Week.What are you going to put off until later?Is that THIS week?I planned to put things off NEXT week.CelebratingNational Procrastination Week until next week or the week after.You get the prize!That's why we celebrate it THIS WEEK!...
- Tags: chip, National Procrastination Week
- Discussion threads 2006-03-13
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