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- Former CIO of the FBI comments on shifting role of the CIO
- The changes roiling the world of enterprise IT have made the job of chief information officer too big for one person to handle, says Darwin John, the former CIO of the FBI.John says that the tasks handled by the CIO have broadened so deeply and now cross so many disciplines...
- Tags: Strategy, FBI, Carl Weinschenk
- Technical articles 2004-03-29
- Former CIO of the FBI comments on shifting role of the CIO
- The changes roiling the world of enterprise IT have made the job of chief information officer too big for one person to handle, says Darwin John, the former CIO of the FBI.John says that the tasks handled by the CIO have broadened so deeply and now cross so many disciplines...
- Tags: John, Carl Weinschenk, FBI
- Technical articles 2004-03-29
- Talking Shop: Former Xerox CIO says voluntary layoffs can leave company vulnerable
- Hopefully, the worst of the recession is over and discussions of layoffs will become a thing of the past. That hasn't quite happened yet, however. For instance, Tyco International—reeling from the mismanagement that landed former CEO Dennis Kozlowski and three others in court—in November announced that it will close more...
- Tags: Carl Weinschenk, layoff, Patricia Wallington, Xerox Corp.
- Technical articles 2003-12-29
- WS-Security hailed as the future in Web services security
- One of the keys to the success of Web services will be the ability to make them secure—and to convince people that they indeed are safe to use, said Anne Thomas Manes, research director for the Burton Group. So far, the adoption of Web services has been spotty. "My view...
- Tags: Web services, SOAP, Web Services Security, Web service, security, Web, Anne Thomas Manes
- Technical articles 2003-10-03
- Simplify storage with a utility model
- The best way to simplify the complex undertaking of data storage is to switch to a storage utility model, according to Ron Lovell, storage practice director for Greenwich Technology Partners. The transition can be complex, but the end result will be a more responsive data storage management system coupled with...
- Tags: storage, Ron Lovell, Carl Weinschenk, consolidation, server, server virtualization
- Technical articles 2003-09-26
- Position yourself as a media source
- While your personal opinion of today’s mass media may not be high, the tech industry’s media is still a trusted entity, and getting your name in one of the well-regarded e-zines or publications can elevate your professional status.“Whatever you think about the media, they still have a halo,” said Steven...
- Tags: media, Sacke & Associates Inc.
- Technical articles 2003-09-22
- Oracle's love for Linux confirmed at CeBIT America
- Oracle’s immediate and long-term future is intertwined with the Linux operating system and grid computing, according to Robert Shimp, the company’s vice president of database product marketing. Shimp, speaking at CeBIT America in New York City at the beginning of the summer, quoted his boss Larry Ellison’s comment that Oracle...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Carl Weinschenk, Robert Shimp, Oracle Corp., Linux
- Technical articles 2003-09-10
- Should you outsource your antivirus/antispam systems?
- Most businesses—especially at the enterprise level—run their own antivirus and antispam (AV/AS) systems. Another option—outsourcing AV/AS efforts—is being looked at very closely. While there is disagreement between vendors and analysts on whether use of this approach has increased during the past few months, both groups agree that its attributes make...
- Tags: anti-spam, antivirus, Carl Weinschenk, outsource, outsourcing, outsourcing company, virus
- Technical articles 2003-08-13
- The right way to get into the tech public speaking circuit
- Public speaking at IT seminars, conferences, and trade shows can reap a host of rewards. It helps advance a CIO's professional aspirations; it can boost a company's fortunes; and it also provides credible insight and information to IT audiences.As a previous TechRepublic article explained, the first step toward a public...
- Tags: Carl Weinschenk, information technology, Matthew Moran, speaker
- Technical articles 2003-07-22
- What every CIO must know about stopping spam
- Spam has recently started garnering more attention because of its chokehold on network bandwidth. Brightmail, which sends out automated antispam updates many times a day, maintains a "Probe Network" of about 200 million e-mail boxes to collect spam. The numbers aren’t encouraging. According to the company, which extrapolates Internet-wide numbers...
- Tags: Carl Weinschenk, e-mail, spam, spammer
- Technical articles 2003-07-23
- IT must rein in "rogue" users of wireless
- John Donovan thinks that IT departments have a big problem. It can be solved, but doing so will require a radical change in the way IT people think. Wireless devices and networks of all types—from cell phones to PDAs to $100 hot spots to laptops—are proliferating within organizations at a...
- Tags: rogue, wireless, Donovan, information technology, Carl Weinschenk, John Donovan
- Technical articles 2003-07-16
- Introduce Linux to the enterprise with the right non-mission-critical application
- With its connection to IBM, Linux has been making significant inroads into the enterprise. While there are still questions about its support infrastructure and other deployment issues, the feeling among CIOs is that Linux can be counted on in large-scale deployments, especially in applications that demand extremely fast number crunching....
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Carl Weinschenk, Linux, IBM Corp.
- Technical articles 2003-07-09
- AirMagnet Distributed centralizes WLAN security
- It’s clear from a recent article in InfoWorld that wireless local area networks WLANs are gaining validation from an increasing number of enterprises. As deployments grow, concerns about security, reliability, and management issues are taking center stage for CIOs and their staffs. Needless to say, wherever enterprise concerns are created,...
- Tags: AirMagnet, AirMagnet Distributed, Carl Weinschenk, network, WLAN, WLAN Security
- Technical articles 2003-06-16
- Flexible groupware packages let you decide who gets what
- Until recently, groupware was like a baseball cap: one size fits all. Now that profile is giving way to more specialized packages that are closely tailored to users’ needs. The reality is that there is a tremendous range in how workers in an enterprise want to use these tools. Let’s...
- Tags: Carl Weinschenk, groupware, tier, worker
- Technical articles 2003-06-11
- Choose your next training course carefully
- This article originally appeared on our sister site, TechRepublic.There seems to be no end in sight to the shaky economy. Companies are still cutting and trimming back when it comes to salaries and staff. Growth is stagnating, while workloads are increasing.Job stress and career worries, obviously, are elevated by these...
- Tags: Professional development, Workforce management, Carl Weinschenk, career, training, job, career path
- Technical articles 2003-05-15
- If used right, the Net and e-mail can boost the job search
- There’s no denying that the Web offers a plethora of job sites and boards. But IT professionals will waste their time if they don’t follow these tips and lessons learned by recent job hunters on where to look and how to use specific sites.Tip 1: Avoid the massive boardsIt’s tempting...
- Tags: Carl Weinschenk, e-mail, job, job search
- Technical articles 2003-05-02
- Choose your next training course carefully
- There seems to be no end in sight for the shaky current economy. Companies are still cutting and trimming back when it comes to salaries and staff. Growth is stagnating while workloads are increasing.Job stress and career worries, obviously, are elevated by all these conditions. But, while it may not...
- Tags: job, career path, Carl Weinschenk, career, training
- Technical articles 2003-04-25
- Aim your job-hunting efforts at the right size firm
- In today’s tough employment market, many IT consultants seeking work are likely focused on just getting interviews. But experts advise consultants to make a big decision before sending out that first resume or query letter—namely, whether to aim for a job at a big firm or a small firm.Thanks to...
- Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, Carl Weinschenk, job
- Technical articles 2003-04-21
- Strategies for boosting communication with the CEO and fellow board members
- CIOs often face challenges in their efforts to communicate with CEOs and other high-ranking company executives. Interviews with C-level executives and management experts reveal two interrelated elements for successful communication:CIOs must reach out and create alliances—with the CEO and others who report to the CEO—to play an active team role.CIOs...
- Tags: board, Carl Weinschenk, information technology, strategy
- Technical articles 2003-04-21
- Study technical and management details before WLAN implementation
- Several challenges associated with WLAN implementation could spell the difference between the success and failure of the project: shifting through standards, making sure that wireless coverage is adequate, preparing both the wired and wireless LAN for voice, tackling management and administration tasks, and planning for the prickly radio frequency RF...
- Tags: Carl Weinschenk, IEEE 802.11, standards, transmission speed, WLAN, WLAN implementation
- Technical articles 2003-04-15
