Tag:Cloud Services

OpryGate? WiFi jammers once the norm at ILTA14 location

Although the WiFi jamming complaint against the resort long predated ILTA14, it strikes me as ironic that the Gaylord Opryland hosted ILTA14 (and ILTA11). Surely that’s one group of conference visitors you’d not want to anger. [eta: further updates to come. Jamming was not in effect at ILTA2014]   Vendors & attendees: MiFi devices are interfering…

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Stop using Internet Explorer ASAP – Security Roundup
Stop using Internet Explorer ASAP – Security Roundup

Stop using Internet Explorer, immediately. Unfortunately, this is no April Fools prank. A devastating security flaw – already being exploited in US industries – has been discovered and is not yet repaired.  It is so serious that the US Department of Homeland Security has moved “to urge users to consider alternative Web browsers until a…

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Cloud File Encryption – requirements or compromises
Cloud File Encryption – requirements or compromises

Another good question to ask of a prospective cloud storage provider: what is their use of encryption? Managing data securely involves many things, but one element that suppliers make quite a song and dance about is the fact that they encrypt your documents/data, making it “100% secure.” But things are not quite that simple, and…

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Gartner predicts mobile paradigm’s coming & you’re not ready

You’re probably not ready… Look around at the systems and applications you’re probably using right now. From an IT perspective: If you’ve created any internally developed applications, more than likely, they aren’t web-based, or if web-based, are stand-alone apps with their own unique, browser and window-size specific display properties, and a dependency on a platform-specific technology…

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