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Companies increase IM surveillance
News I think all these companies are seeing great demand," said Katherine Egbert, an analyst with Jefferies & Co. As more and more companies install monitoring software to track employee activities -- threatening to turn desk areas into no-privacy zones...
[October 26, 2004, 15:45]
Companies trip up on log tests
News In the event of a security breach, the vast majority of companies would find that the logfiles their systems keep are not good enough to nail the trouble, according to a European security testing firm.
[November 13, 2002, 14:48]
Companies 'not liable' for Code Red attacks
News Companies that inadvertently spread the Code Red worm to other corporate servers cannot be held liable for causing an Internet attack, say British legal experts. The self-propagating worm, which resurfaced on Wednesday, had raised concerns that...
[August 2, 2001, 14:18]
Companies flock to first virtual exhibition
News Virtex will feature hundreds of companies showing their products on the Web in a rolling exhibition that uses 3D, audio and video effects. IBM, Computer Associates, Cisco and Lexmark are among 400 companies which will host stands.
[October 14, 1996, 10:34]
Companies want Web 2.0 tech from bigger vendors
News The IT research company surveyed 119 chief information officers at companies with more than 500 employees and found a strong appetite for Web 2.0 technologies, including software for blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS, social networking and content tagging.
[March 23, 2007, 8:25]
Companies increasingly monitoring email
News The report, released on Monday by email security specialist Proofpoint, said 36.1 percent of companies employ staff to monitor email today, with another 26.5 percent saying they intend to employ such staff in the future.
[June 9, 2005, 12:40]
Companies foster in-house IT growth
News Technology companies will have to work harder for their customers' cash as businesses spend a greater proportion of their budgets on in-house IT projects. A report from market analysis group Datamonitor suggests that, although technology budgets...
[July 6, 2007, 11:49]
Companies urged to move beyond passwords
News Companies are "fiddling while Rome burns" by continuing to put their faith in passwords to guarantee user authentication, according to a Gartner analyst. The increasing sophistication of attacks and the professionalism of cybercriminal gangs have...
[September 14, 2005, 16:40]
Implement CRM or Become Customer-Centric?: Companies Face a Choice
White Papers The findings of a new research study titled "Customers Say What Companies Don't Want to Hear," draw a clear distinction between CRM as it's commonly practiced and customer centricity. Are CRM and customer-centricity are mutually exclusive?
[July 25, 2006, 3:16]
Companies warned over corporate identity theft
News Police say companies need to be more aware of the growing risk of corporate identity theft, following a recent spate of frauds that targeted customers of several high street banks. A spokesman for the NCIS, who requested anonymity so his name would...
[October 28, 2003, 16:30]
Companies failing to support home workers
News More than one-third of UK companies may be failing to look after home workers adequately, according to a survey of IT directors, the results of which were published this week which warned firms that they must include teleworkers' homes in their...
[September 15, 2005, 15:55]
Companies told to clamp down on IM use
News Companies are being advised to keep archives of all their IM communications for at least three years. The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), the US regulator of the Nasdaq and securities market, told its members to treat instant...
[June 19, 2003, 11:23]
ICO: Companies hiding behind privacy policies
News Some companies use legal jargon to hide, rather than to explain, what they intend to do with data collected from customers, according to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). While companies should not overstate the obvious, those requesting...
[January 13, 2009, 12:43]
Companies brace Wall Street for Q4 results
News With only a week into the fourth quarter, the number of companies that have already rejigged their financial forecasts — even before they've reported their third-quarter results — has gone up twofold, according to a company that tracks earnings...
[October 7, 2008, 8:47]
Companies trust Euro encryption over US products
News The majority of global businesses questioned said that, even though US firms will soon be able to export encryption of a comparable strength, they would be more inclined to trust cryptographic solutions from European companies.
[February 11, 2000, 13:27]
Companies urged to tell customers of data breaches
News UK companies should warn customers if their personal data has been put at risk, according to the National Consumer Council. Speaking at a Westminster eForum event, Anna Fielder, a policy consultant with the National Consumer Council (NCC), said UK...
[July 17, 2007, 14:31]
Companies warned over virtualisation threats
News Companies have been warned not to rush into adopting virtualisation technology as hurrying could leave them at risk of security threats. If companies adopt virtualisation too quickly, the best security practices could be overlooked according to...
[April 5, 2007, 8:57]
Comdex '99: "Dot com" companies rule Comdex
News In fact some of the biggest dot com companies aren't even here. The theme is taken up in keynote after keynote, with Gates stressing how XML technology will enable companies to get more out of the Web to improve their products, HP's Carly Fiorina...
[November 16, 1999, 16:36]
Companies choose not to pick up a penguin
News Linux penguins are bleating louder, but companies don't plan to adopt many of them in the near future. Broadly speaking, the results were unsurprising: Corporate tech budgets aren't expected to increase in 2002; big technology companies such as...
[November 7, 2001, 12:45]
Companies warned on IM dangers
News A report issued on Thursday by Meta Group found that 57 percent of the people surveyed at 300 companies worldwide use IM at work for personal chitchat more often than for job-related communications. However, many companies have also adopted a more...
[November 12, 2004, 8:30]
