May 22nd, 2008
Adding Intelligence to Asset Management
Interview with Ron Halverson, vice president of marketing and product management for TriActive, a provider of SaaS for systems management.
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May 14th, 2008
The Future of Two Factor Authentication
I stand with the camp who believes it to be the best type of security we currently have. The technology, when used properly online can help makes important sites such as banking and credit sites much more secure than they previously where when only a password was required. Microsoft has even begun implementing various types of Two Factor Authentication into various parts of their business.
There has been a lot of controversy lately surrounding Two Factor Authentication. Watching and partaking in the controversy are two camps. One camp of supporters who believe that two factor authentication is the future of security measures and a second camp to believe that because the technology has been proven to be vulnerable that it will slowly fade and give way to a newer more comprehensive security technology.
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May 10th, 2008
Manners, Multi-Tasking Just Don’t Mix, and Collaboration Can Suffer Too
One of the things getting lost in the Web 2.0 shuffle is common courtesy. While this was a problem in the Web 1.0 world as well, collaboration tools such as instant messaging make it as easy to irritate a co-worker as to inform him. This article discusses how manners have gone out the window with all the distractions of multi-tasking.
In my previous life covering the financial services industry, I often worked with multi-tasking owners of independent ATM companies. Many of them took a hands-on role in the running of their business, which entailed lots of phone calls and e-mails to check on the status of money levels in machines, number of service calls and other issues.
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May 8th, 2008
Would It Matter if Microsoft Didn’t Cheat with OOXML Approval?
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has adopted an international standard based on Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML) document format. This adoption process has caused some to wonder if Microsoft strong armed this standard into existence.
I’ve been watching the approval process for OOXML with some interest. Never before have I seen a vendor that has the existing standard for anything challenged in this fashion. I’m not sure what it means for the market, but regardless of which side you are on, I think both sides can agree the process sure made ISO look like a joke. Seriously, when should an approval process look like a U.S. election (with hanging chads)?
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May 2nd, 2008
Digital Camera: How To Find The Best Digicam
It seems that every month, if not every week, different manufacturers
are coming up with the latest digital cameras to entice potential
clients. And it’s just not working for us!
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