Year: 2012

  • Striking a Delicate IT Security Balance

    Striking a Delicate IT Security Balance

    Michael Vizard

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    Striking a Delicate IT Security Balance Do You Feel Your Organization Is Forcing You to Focus on Cost Savings at the Expense of SecurityAlmost half do, but it’s hard to be certain if it’s justifiable No Title How Many Security Consoles Does Your Team Manage?One indication of why costs may be out of control No… Read more

  • Anoint a Technology Leader

    Anoint a Technology Leader

    Michael Vizard

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    Anoint a Technology Leader With the passing of Steve Jobs the role of visionary for the industry is vacant. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer just doesn’t have the tech cred to play that role. Imitation is Not Innovation It may be the sincerest form of flattery, but real innovation requires originality. The intersection of mouse, touch… Read more

  • How many different environments do your applications get deployed to?

    How many different environments do your applications get deployed to?

    Michael Vizard

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    How many different environments do your applications get deployed to? Most go through multiple stages What types of releases do you perform the most? Iterative approaches start to dominate How do you deploy to the following environments? Lots of manual work still going on No Title How complex are your typical production deployments? For complex… Read more

  • Security Most Important by Age

    Security Most Important by Age

    Michael Vizard

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    Security Most Important by Age Older workers have greater security appreciation Difference in Priorities – Gen Y versus Baby Boomers Hard for Gen Y to distinguish between work and play Very Concerned about Security and Privacy Also differs substantially with age Sources of Security Attacks Causing Most Concern Web sites are now the number one… Read more

  • Organizations Are Collecting and Managing More Information than Ever

    Organizations Are Collecting and Managing More Information than Ever

    Michael Vizard

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    Organizations Are Collecting and Managing More Information than Ever 94 percent of the organizations surveyed say they are collecting more information today than two years ago with the biggest sources of the data being customer information, operations and sales and marketing. That Data is Growing Exponentially The average growth rate of all that data is… Read more

  • Radial OneNote Menu

    Radial OneNote Menu

    Michael Vizard

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    Radial OneNote Menu Has been optimized for touch Lync Videoconferencing Integration with Microsoft Office will be much tighter Social Networking with SharePoint Document sharing via social networking Outlook People Card Multiple contacts are transparently joined into one view, reducing distracting duplicates and offering social context. Outlook Bing App Without ever leaving the Outlook window, address… Read more