email in comment and analysis
Cloud computing: Silver lining…
Comment Others are services to the IT department such as email spam-filtering, for example. Since so many people are talking about cloud computing, it really wouldn't hurt to know what it is. Step forward David Tebbutt of Freeform Dynamics with some answers. [09 May 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Tighten content security
Comment Before spam became a big problem, there were still specialist email security vendors like Clearswift and Marshal Software that checked outgoing email to ensure it complied with internal rules on content distribution and decency. [02 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…
Comment Would such a law cover disclosure of email addresses? For example, by sending an email to multiple recipients (without consent) with all addresses showing? The only reason to use the Blackberry is because of the corporate support for it's email. [01 May 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment People are not doing the basics, using antivirus software, downloading patches, using firewalls, using passwords that are not easy to guess, being careful where they surf and what they click on and opening email with attachments coming from... [15 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... iPlayer vs ISPs, rip off outsourcing, social networking…
Comment It's very clear: unless some new fantastic plan is used to assign, require and monitor email addresses it will be of no use at all. This week readers are getting riled up by 'rip off' government outsourcing deals (with one reader demanding prison... [10 Apr 2008]
Vendors hype up compliance fears
Comment Tamzin Matthew, partner at law firm Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, says that when she does talks on subjects such as email archiving, people often express surprise at how few pieces of legislation there are that mandate businesses to handle... [08 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: My Freecycle identity crisis
Comment The same goes for email monikers such as fluffybunny123. Recently I had a bed I wanted to get rid of - one that was, I felt, too good to spend the next 1,000 years rotting in landfill. So I decided to have a go at Freecycling it instead, which to... [01 Apr 2008]
The Naked CIO: Animal farm
Comment I must stop writing now because I have just had an email from our CEO instructing me to start work immediately on a program that has no value to the business. That's fine in principle, says the Naked CIO. [25 Mar 2008]
How to detect data leaks
Comment As well as preventing unwanted email from clogging up users' inboxes, anti-spam software can also monitor outgoing email and alert users to, or block, the breach of the security policy. DLP tools incorporate a wide range of modules to protect... [19 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.03.08
Round-Up One executive claimed he was "burned" by widespread compatibility issues to such an extent that he was left with a "$2,100 email machine". The final word on the debacle comes from CEO Steve Ballmer who was also copied in on the email trail. [07 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.02.08
Round-Up Torvalds wrote in an email: "I may make fun of Microsoft occasionally, and yeah, I think they do stupid things at times but I think this one was a step in the right direction. Big, bad Microsoft has had a quite staggering change of heart. [29 Feb 2008]
The Naked CIO: Identity crisis
Comment Online, before I give my credit information, I have to provide my home address, phone number and email account. Like most IT directors, the Naked CIO is extremely careful with other people's data. So why as a consumer does he blithely share his own... [25 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Tech history repeats itself
Comment He then went on to complain these young candidates used texting and Facebook to communicate instead of email. That world started to disappear as soon as people began complaining about anyone who continued to write letters instead of using email. [25 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.02.08
Round-Up That's assuming that SP1 didn't trash their email app, of course. Trustworthy computing. It's a nice concept. These days the phrase is commonly associated with Microsoft after its much trumpeted commitment to improve consumer faith in its... [22 Feb 2008]
Get mobile addicts out of the BlackBerry jam
Comment As the number of mobile email users has grown rapidly in recent years - along with their increasing dependency - the impact of any loss of service is greatly magnified. BlackBerry users develop a reliance on frequent email hits - and withdrawal is... [21 Feb 2008]
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