A new study from Gartner predicts that almost 50 percent of employers will stop supplying mobile devices and adopt a full-scale BYOD program by 2017. Only 15 percent of companies will never move to a BYOD model, and 40 percent will offer a choice between BYOD and employer-provided devices, according to the report. In his [...]
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The social media generation now routinely uses personal devices to acquire and share data online while in the workplace. This has a growing number of security experts talking about a generational shift in how organizational information is valued and whether it could affect how some people treat their employer’s data. “The sensitivity around the handling [...]
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It’s a little disconcerting when Facebook can predict when you’ll break up with your significant other or determine how happy you are based on analyzing your status updates. There you are, posting some seemingly inane status update about liking mac and cheese, and not only does Facebook know how happy you are, but your spouse [...]
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It’s hard to think of October without thinking of Halloween and the candy, costumes, scary music and fake spider webs that come with it. This is the time of the year when we’re delighted to be frightened, and even go out of our way to go to haunted houses and Halloween-themed events just to get [...]
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In a demonstration of what is probably one of the most drastic business continuity plans, the powers that be (also known as Domain Name System Security Extensions) handed the keys to the Internet to seven individuals across the globe last July. That’s right: specially-selected individuals in United States, Britain, Burkina Faso, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, [...]
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Credit cards are a funny thing. As a consumer, I love the convenience of not having to carry cash and being able to quickly and easily swipe the card and get what I need. On the other hand, I hate opening the credit card statement every month and being faced with a stark reminder of [...]
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I’m going to make this post shorter than our typical blog post. Not because I don’t have much to say…I usually do…but because I want you to take the time that it would have taken you to read a longer post and use that time to do something that can save you a lot of [...]
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Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer. You probably have some summer plans—the beach, camping, the State Fair or avoiding the heat by going to Alaska. Either way, you, and likely many others in your company, will be taking some time out of the office to go enjoy the summer months. Be ready for summer, [...]
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When you think about it, being a receptionist is a really difficult job. A big part of the job is being nice and pleasant all day, to everyone—even people who are neither nice nor pleasant to you. You have to remember names, phone numbers, email addresses, websites, locations, the boss’ favorite lunch order…the list goes [...]
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Ladies and gentlemen, today we’re going to talk about pornography. Yup, I know we just quadrupled the number of hits this blog gets by including that word. So let’s go ahead and exponentially increase the number of blog visitors again—“pornography.” I know it’s just a ploy, but apparently a very successful one. How else can [...]
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