Stories about: eMotion

When it comes to outsourcing security functions, skepticism still rules the day for many users. The idea of handing over control of network security to an outside firm paid to maintain gear, monitor for attacks, perform scans, collect logs or update security software for employees is, to say the least, controversial.

Caution: Watch for backstabbers, career breakers and emerging megatrends.

I've seen the future of the Internet, and it's recursive -- in more ways than one.

MIT this week announced an important digital achievement: the completion of its pioneering OpenCourseWare project. And everyone involved seems quite happy with being unsure about why exactly it's important.

Enterprise security is being compromised by the number of poor security products on the market in a world where hackers have become more organized, delegates at the RSA Security conference were told this week.

Data#3 CEO, John Grant, has assumed the chairman's post for Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA). He replaces Peter Kazacos, who spent two years in the role.

The Child Support Agency (CSA) is using business intelligence (BI) and call recording to protect its staff from threatening callers and other verbal attacks.

Whether as home users or office workers, humans remain the weakest link when it comes to IT security. Sophos expects hackers to exploit this fact and predicts social engineering to rise in 2007.

What do ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, Prussian Gen. Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher and Texas tycoon Ross Perot have to do with an examination of where the points of greatest success and impact -- the sweet spots -- of the IT profession will be in 2010? Very simply, these bigger-than-life historical figures tell us where and where not to look for answers.

Whether new to a company or making a list of your suppliers based on their performance and importance to you, a scorecard will not only help but will be a record to share with colleagues.

Over the years, I've come to the conclusion that a critical measure of a manager isn't always found in hard metrics, productivity or profit, but in humanity. I've also learned that this humanity often shows itself best when life intrudes on the workplace.