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Ticked Off at Tick the Box Mentality 04/02/2008 13:01:15
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What Price Innovation? 05/11/2007 13:44:31
CIOs say they want more than the traditional “your mess for less” relationship with their outsourcing providers. And the providers want to market themselves as partners in innovation. So why isn’t it happening?CIOs say they want more than the traditional "your mess for less" relationship with their outsourcing providers. And the providers want to market themselves as partners in innovation. So why isn't it happening? - +
Strategies for Dealing With IT Complexity 24/12/2007 10:30:47
Every innovation, every business process improvement, comes with an IT complexity tax that must be paid by CIOs in time, money and sweat. Here are strategies to mitigate the increasing complexity of IT as it enables new business.Every innovation, every business process improvement, comes with an IT complexity tax that must be paid by CIOs in time, money and sweat. Here are strategies to mitigate the increasing complexity of IT as it enables new business. - +
Toxic Mix or Bit of a Mixed Blessing? 31/12/2007 10:36:30
“Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog . . . ” The inter-generational office brew of Boomer, Gen X and Gen Y may not be quite as odious as that of the three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but even so it makes “for a charm of powerful trouble”"Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog . . . " The inter-generational office brew of Boomer, Gen X and Gen Y may not be quite as odious as that of the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth, but even so it makes "for a charm of powerful trouble" - +
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The lawsuit filed by 2Clix against Whirlpool forum creator, Simon Wright, could have a "chilling effect" on reasonable and factual comments people may make on Internet forums, according to David Vaile, executive director of the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre at UNSW.
"The issue is that Whirlpool is a public and very broad source of information used by people to find out the best deal, the best product, what is going on, and is based on people sharing anecdotes," said Vaile.
"If they [Whirlpool] lose here, the main effect won't be that the comments are taken off, but rather they will be hit with a huge (damages and legal) bill and that could mean the end of Whirlpool."
"If that happens, it has a chilling effect on everybody, ISPs and the content hosting community, because they are all thinking 'that could be us next'."
Vaile points out that if successful, 2Clix's lawsuit will pave the way for legal attacks on any Internet content hosts who want to defend the right of their subscribers to say what they want to say.
While 2Clix's claim relates to the common law tort of 'injurious falsehood', Vaile says it illustrates shortcomings in Australia's defamation, copyright and censorship laws.
"There is a historic compromise reached between ISPs, the Internet content hosting community and the government. It's in Schedule 5 of the Broadcasting Services Act, and it's a special partial protection regime for both ISPs and Internet content hosts."
"What it boils down to is that if you don't know, you are not liable. It excused both ISP and Internet content hosts of the potentially economically unworkable option of having to monitor, moderate and control everything they facilitate, regardless of whether the contributors are named or anonymous."
"The trade-off is once they do become aware of it, they don't get that protection any longer."
But Vaile says that if they implement a conscious monitoring regime, like Whirlpool does, they are in a catch-22 situation because they have a monitoring process and therefore can't act surprised when it is brought to their attention.
"Under Australian law you are damned if you do, and damned if you don't. If you try to moderate you are deemed to know everything and are responsible for everything, so you get no protection."
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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Still Sneaking In: The Threats Your Security Tools Aren't Telling You About
Web 2.0 applications are all the rage, offering us tremendous value when it comes to collaboration and communication. They also open us up to new kinds of attacks however, and can cause problems in keeping systems and data secure. Read on to learn about the new attack methods and how you can defend yourself and your business.
