information sharing in comment and analysis
Why you must rein in your power users
Comment Even so, bad practices are rife: around half of respondents admit to the sharing of privileged user accounts, including some that have implemented IS0-27001. In addition to IT systems, privileged users may also have... [25 Nov 2009]
Microsoft is learning to share - but not soon enough?
Comment Organisations need to bear in mind that, in general terms, social is predominantly about sharing while content is more about controlling. This collaboration is much more productive when everyone has easy and direct... [20 Oct 2009]
Christian Engström
AS Profile The issue of piracy has never been more hotly debated, especially with the recent legal case around the Pirate Bay file-sharing site. For Engström it is his latest move in his ongoing battle against digital copyright,... [08 Oct 2009]
Jimmy Wales
AS Profile There's no doubt he's changed the face of the internet and knowledge-sharing for good. He made the top 10 in 2006; the top five in 2008; and lands in the top three this year - his best performance yet and a sign of his... [08 Oct 2009]
Tim Berners-Lee
AS Profile An example is his work on developing the semantic web, which will allow 'intelligent' computers to analyse everything on the web and automatically perform tasks done today by humans, such as finding, sharing and... [30 Sep 2009]
Mobile operators: Tune in to the customer
Comment Beyond traditional voice and text, users have a high willingness to pay for communicating with others via email, social media extensions and photo/video sharing but information and entertainment services... [05 Aug 2009]
Home Office CIO on taming tech and why ID cards are good news
Comment It flows around it, you have to protect and guard it very carefully but you also have to share it, because sharing it also helps to protect the public, such as information on people coming in and out of... [10 Jul 2009]
Preventing data loss - what's needed
Comment To ensure the sharing of data is authorised and safe requires that it is monitored - that the organisation knows when and where it is in use. While there is plenty of choice, they all largely comply with a widely... [16 Jun 2009]
From army officer to IT chief - CPS CIO David Jones
Comment Information sharing is also front of mind as the CPS considers the fate of the 10-year PFI (private finance initiative) that gave rise to the Compass case management system now used by the organisation... [08 Apr 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.03.09
Round-Up The Round-Up can think of yet another reason: if harassed managers have functional mobile phones to keep them occupied, it might stop them sharing confidential information with all and sundry during... [20 Mar 2009]
IT: Set your sights high
Comment Our research has shown that the tools people use in their daily routines are usually under exploited, so some end-user training, combined with support from IT to introduce new capabilities such as basic collaboration to drive document... [17 Mar 2009]
"I'm not an out and out technology person"
Comment I think the world is now increasingly more about collaboration, about sharing, about understanding how all these complicated things fit together and that's very much the skillset of a CIO," he added. Currently, Boss is... [09 Mar 2009]
Inbox: Home Office hacking powers go too far
Comment Thank you for reminding people that Ripa has already stripped people of their privacy - the current move is simply to allow international sharing of the gathered data. One standalone computer for private... [23 Jan 2009]
Why your business should embrace web 2.0
Comment Just as damaging are institutional cultures or norms that work against sharing information, either because of concerns about confidentiality or because of hierarchical structures," observed Matuszak. One... [22 Jan 2009]
Legal Eye: Does Home Office online surveillance go too far?
Comment Part of the EU's plan is to increase data sharing and access between European police forces. Key issues: Protection vs prosecution: The balancing act between individual right to privacy and common need to prevent... [21 Jan 2009]
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