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- Year in review: CIO Republic's top five articles of 2001
- In IT, each year can teach enormous lessons--involving both technical skill and business acumen. Start your year off right by taking a look back at 2001's top five CIO articles, as determined by members.The votes are in, and the results should help you stay one step ahead in this new...
- Tags: Firewalls, Network security, Beth Blakely, Republic, information technology
- Technical articles 2002-01-02
- What management book would you recommend to a neophyte manager?
- This week in IT Manager, we're discussing the one book you think every IT manager should read. Join the discussion by recommending a book that will help new managers move from neophyte to wiz kid.Troy Tate, the corporate network manager for CTS Corporation, finds it difficult to nail down his...
- Tags: Loraine Lawson, management book, Troy Tate
- Technical articles 2001-07-23
- Members offer advice on restructuring IT department
- How do you structure IT? According to a recent TechRepublic discussion, it depends on the situation. Read the questions you should answer before restructuring your IT department, and join the discussion.Y. Moeljono, a TechRepublic member from Jakarta, Indonesia, is restructuring an entire IT department. He plans to create four sub-departments:Networking...
- Tags: Loraine Lawson, Y. Moeljono, B. Geary, IT Department
- Technical articles 2001-07-05
- Download Tom Mochal?s abbreviated project definition template
- Before you begin your next project, be sure to download this abbreviated project definition template developed by project management columnist Tom Mochal.If you’re a project manager often tasked with small and medium-size projects, be sure to download this abbreviated project definition template. Created by project management guru Tom Mochal, this...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Loraine Lawson, project management
- Technical articles 2001-06-19
- Crazy ideas for breaking up dull meetings
- Everybody hates meetings, but they're a corporate necessity. We asked TechRepublic members to share their ideas for keeping meetings upbeat and interesting. Here's what they said.It’s 3:00 P.M. on a Thursday and the start of another long project meeting. You can tell by the rows of Mountain Dew cans and...
- Tags: Team management, Loraine Lawson, Member Alan Atkinson, subteam
- Technical articles 2001-06-28
- How do you create a strategic plan?
- Too often, strategic planning boils down to vague, impractical slogans such as: We will serve our customer. How do you keep your strategic plan real? Read these tips and then add your own in this week's IT Manager discussion.While strolling through our Technical Q&A recently, I noticed a post by...
- Tags: Strategic planning, Strategy, Loraine Lawson, strategic plan, Wanhuns
- Technical articles 2001-06-25
- Protect the Network: Nine steps managers should take to stop virus attacks
- Nine steps that managers should take in the case of a virus attackVincent Gullotto, the senior director for McAfee’s Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team AVERT has had a hand in detecting and destroying more than 57,000 computer viruses.That is his job and his bias, of course. But Gullotto believes that virus...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, network, Loraine Lawson, virus attack, virus, Vincent Gullotto
- Technical articles 2001-05-23
- Discussion: Is hands-on management an oxymoron?
- Is it possible to be a hands-on manager without being a micromanager? If your answer is "Yes," are you sure your staff would agree? Join our discussion on toeing the line between being supportive and suffocating.A good friend of mine was promoted about a month ago to the group leader...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Loraine Lawson, job
- Technical articles 2001-05-03
- You say cracker; I say hacker: A hacking lexicon
- Crackers, hackers, phrackers, phreakers, sneakers: Is there a difference? Here's a primer on hacking nomenclatures to help you keep the bad guys and the good guys straight.Recently, a debate broke out on TechRepublic over the use of the word “hacker” in an article describing DDoS attacks (see "TechRepublic members say...
- Tags: SECURITY, National Security Agency, Loraine Lawson, hacker, hacking, cracker
- Technical articles 2001-04-13
- Eliminating monthly consultant visits saved IT shop 30 percent
- TechRepublic member Sarah M. Reidy reduced her agency's consulting spending by 30 percent last year with one simple step. Read this week's IT on a Shoestring column to find out how she did it.Do you pay a consultant to perform a monthly or annual systems checkup for you? If so,...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Loraine Lawson, consulting, information technology, monthly
- Technical articles 2001-04-11
- A firewall for every laptop: How to protect your network and still allow remote users
- VPNs can punch a hole in your network security, putting you at risk of a hacker attack, as Microsoft and other companies have learned the hard way recently. Here?s how one security-conscious company is mitigating this risk.Any time a remote user accesses your network, it poses a security risk, yet...
- Tags: Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, Loraine Lawson, laptop computer, network, firewall, Jay Dybdahl
- Technical articles 2001-03-28
- How one IT specialist saved his agency $50,000
- When you work for a nonprofit, every dollar saved is a dollar needed. Find out how IT specialist Omar Morales saved one nonprofit $50,000 with three practical and efficient changes.As the information technology specialist for the nonprofit organization International AIDS Vaccine Initiative IAVI, Omar Morales’ job is to find low-cost,...
- Tags: Strategy, agency, Loraine Lawson, Omar Morales, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, International AIDS, information technology
- Technical articles 2001-03-30
- A hard lesson from Microsoft: Your security is only as good as your employees
- Recent news about Microsoft's security breach revealed that human error was to blame. Don't let this happen to you. We'll tell you how to protect your company from security tangles.Microsoft recently revealed how a hacker managed to infiltrate its network fortress and stroll around for more than one week, accessing...
- Tags: Loraine Lawson, security, Microsoft Corp.
- Technical articles 2001-03-07
- Survey respondents say their vacation time is often compromised
- More than 200 TechRepublic members answered our survey about time-off policies and practices. Read our results to see how your company compares.Nearly 70 percent of respondents to a recent TechRepublic survey say their company has made an employee cancel his or her time off because of a special project or...
- Tags: Marketing research, Loraine Lawson, survey
- Technical articles 2001-03-21
- Seven Landgrave columns to help you prepare for .NET
- Unsure about Microsoft's .NET strategy and what it means for the enterprise? These seven columns from Tim Landgrave explain .NET.This week, CIO Republic features a roundup of Tim Landgrave’s columns on Microsoft.Net. Landgrave’s View returns next week.Microsoft’s .NET platform is more than just a development environment or a few new...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Microsoft .NET Platform, Loraine Lawson, Microsoft .NET, Tim Landgrave, Microsoft Corp.
- Technical articles 2001-03-15
- Discussion: How can CIOs achieve IT goals despite shortages?
- A recent Gartner survey identifies what business trends and IT priorities are keeping CIOs awake at night. Do the survey results reflect your opinion? And what can be done to combat these troubling trends? Join the discussion.Recently, I received a press release about a Gartner survey that asked 1,500 CIOs...
- Tags: Strategy, Loraine Lawson, information technology, survey, Gartner survey
- Technical articles 2001-03-09
- Majority of survey respondents say companies use preferred vendor lists
- If you use a preferred vendor list to guide purchasing decisions, how do you determine what vendors appear on that list? Find out how your methods compare to other TechRepublic members.Companies frequently use preferred vendor lists to guide their purchasing decisions, according to a majority (69 percent of 118 respondents)...
- Tags: Marketing research, Loraine Lawson, vendor list, survey, preferred vendor
- Technical articles 2001-02-28
- Eight tips for justifying security infrastructure investments
- Computer crime can cost a company thousands, yet companies still drag their feet on proactive security. Here are the SANS Institute's eight tips to help you prove that security is worth the money.Security problems can seriously compromise a company's bottom line. For example, computer viruses caused companies an average of...
- Tags: Loraine Lawson, security, network, SANS Institute
- Technical articles 2001-02-26
- What CIOs need to know about ISO 9000 standards
- Many companies are being forced by business partners to implement ISO 9000 standards, which will significantly impact IT. What will you need to know? An ISO 9000 consultant explains.Your IT staff may not be the only ones concerned with certification. Soon, your CFO may have the entire company preparing for...
- Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Process improvement, Quality, Loraine Lawson, ISO 9000, David Rigg, ISO 9000 standard, standards
- Technical articles 2001-02-16
- Learn before you buy: Ten resources for VPN research
- Are you contemplating buying a virtual private network for your company? Here are 10 resources to help you learn all you need to know about VPNs.It's easy to see why VPN technology is a sound investment. Just the long distance alone can save you thousands of dollars each month.For instance,...
- Tags: VPNs, Network security, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Loraine Lawson, VPN
- Technical articles 2001-02-09
