Aug 26th, 2008 - There's an old and tired theory that open source solutions in enterprise are risky because there's no "single throat to choke" if things go wrong. It's time to retire that worn out idea. The process goes something like this: The IT department gets into a discussion with the big bosses about how... (Read More)

Aug 22nd, 2008 - When sysadmin Terry Childs went off the rails in San Francisco a few weeks ago and deliberately locked down the majority of the city's network, no one should really have been surprised. As most IT professionals will tell you, it was bound to happen sooner or later. InfoWorld took a fascinating... (Read More)

Aug 21st, 2008 - According to a recent survey by WorldatWork, the number of employers that offer remote working options have risen 40% in the past year. On the surface, it seems like it's the ideal arrangement, however telecommuting is one of those ideas that looks great on paper but doesn't always work well in... (Read More)

Aug 19th, 2008 - There were quite a few interesting stories to come out of the recent Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. If all you remember hearing about were the ejected reporters and DNS cache poisoning, then you missed a lot. Network and infrastructure security, the conference's focus, is a vitally... (Read More)

Aug 13th, 2008 - The OpenID authentication method allows visitors to participating Web sites to log in with a single digital identity and avoid having to remember yet another login / password combination. Many businesses are implementing this method on consumer-facing Web sites in order to lower the barrier to user... (Read More)

Aug 12th, 2008 - Remember the Great BlackBerry Email Debacle of 2007? Yesterday's unexpected Gmail outage wasn't on quite the same scale, but if your business relies on Google's uptime to manage email, there were no doubt some tense moments around the water cooler. Was this a wake-up call for your company? Did it... (Read More)

Aug 7th, 2008 - Telecommuters are among the luckiest employees out there: we can eat donuts during conference calls (use the mute button, please!), lay our heads on our desks when the mood strikes, and can show up to work in a canary-yellow caftan and no one is the wiser. That is, unless your employer suddenly... (Read More)

Aug 5th, 2008 - Software as a Service (SaaS) is one of the new corporate catch-phrases that many claim reduces a businesses operating costs while increasing its efficiency. The jury is still out on just how effective it is, but you know you a business concept has arrived when it gets its own conference. For... (Read More)

Jul 23rd, 2008 - MindTouch announced today at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) that a new version of its collaboration app MindTouch Deki "Kilen Woods" is ready for its close-up. Though it seems lately like you can't swing a cat (not that I would) without bumping into a new collaboration tool or suite of... (Read More)

Jul 14th, 2008 - Tamar Weinberg's recently wrote about five good reasons to start using Twitter, the popular microblogging service. If it convinced you to take the plunge, here's something to consider before you sign up: Will you register under your own name? If so, that means your boss and co-workers can... (Read More)

Jun 10th, 2008 - Fellow DaniWeb blogger Guy Clapperton makes some excellent points about why, as a "self-employed Mac user," he bought himself a new iPhone following yesterday's announcement of the new 3G model. Are there any compelling reasons to get a new iPhone if you're a corporate employee or business owner,... (Read More)