Five 3D Virtual Environments For Business
These immersive virtual environments offer low-cost, easy-to-set-up, browser-based meeting spaces. Immersive virtual environments – such as Second Life and some enterprise-friendly alternatives – have traditionally required users to download special software and learn a difficult user interface. But several companies are working to change that, offering business-friendly virtual meeting platforms that work right in a Web browser, no software download required, with prices starting at around $50 a month. Read full article at PCWorld. (Reprinted from NetworkWorld.) … Read entire article »
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Five 3D Virtual Environments for the Enterprise
These immersive virtual environments offer low-cost, easy-to-set-up, browser-based corporate meeting spaces. Immersive virtual environments such as Second Life and some enterprise-friendly alternatives have traditionally required users to download special software and learn a difficult user interface. But several companies are working to change that, offering business-friendly virtual meeting platforms that work right in a Web browser, no software download required, with prices starting at around $50 a month. Read full article at CIO. (Reprinted from Network … Read entire article »
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Companies Explore Private Virtual Worlds
Meetings, conferences and training programs in a 3D virtual world such as Second Life can be more engaging and productive than traditional online sessions and phone calls, and much less expensive than face-to-face meetings requiring travel. But some companies aren’t willing to take on the security and compliance risks of using a public platform and are instead opting for private virtual worlds created behind the corporate firewall. Read full article at PCWorld. (Reprinted from CIO.) … Read entire article »
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iPads Storm the Business World
As global accounts director at Altus, Inc., Michelle Klatt’s job is to visit Fortune 500 companies and demonstrate her firm’s video management software. When the iPad came out a year ago, she was all over it. Read full article in PCWorld. (Reprinted from NetworkWorld.) … Read entire article »
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5 iPad Safety Tips
1. Encrypt, encrypt, encrypt. There are two parts to the data encryption challenge – encrypting stored data, and encrypting data that’s moving over public networks, says security expert Brian Reed, vice president of products at mobile security vendor BoxTone. SSL encryption on the iPad is a fast and convenient way to protect data in motion. “With data at rest, you want to ensure that the data is encrypted and protected, but you also want to be able to remotely wipe it if possible,” he adds. Read full article at PCWorld. (Reprinted from NetworkWorld.) … Read entire article »
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Surviving the Tech Manager’s Global Squeeze
It’s the new reality of IT: working as part of a global team, with coworker and outsourcers all over the world, coordinated by a project manager at headquarters. But that reality can be ugly, as managers are stretched across time zones, with no such thing as being off the clock. Work quality, commitment, and communications vary considerably, putting the burden on the manager caught in the middle to make it all work — from thousands of miles away. Read full story in PCWorld. (Reprinted from InfoWorld.) … Read entire article »
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OppenheimerFunds gets return on investment from Agile, SOA
OppenheimerFunds used to have a data entry efficiency problem. Address changes that customers made on its Web site had to be manually re-entered into a variety of back-end systems before they went into effect. “Our business was growing — that was the good news,” said Geoff Youell, the firm’s assistant vice president of architecture. But due to the integration issues, the record keeping side wasn’t scaling very well. “There was a lot of retyping the same information multiple times into legacy systems,” he said. Read full article at Network World. (Reprinted from CIO.) … Read entire article »
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Visa issues 10 ‘commandments’ for online merchants
In an attempt to reduce online credit-card fraud, Visa U.S.A. in San Francisco announced 10 “commandments” for online merchants to guard its cardholders’ information. And, next week, Visa will follow up by releasing the details of a broad online security program. John Shaughnessy, Visa’s senior vice president for risk management, said merchants would be required to obey these rules or face fines, sales restrictions or loss of membership. Read full article at Network World. (Reprinted from Computerworld.) … Read entire article »
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Fake bank Web sites trick consumers into giving up personal data
A hacker doesn’t have to break into a bank’s computer to steal account numbers and access codes. It may be enough to set up a “spoof” Web site that closely mimics a real bank’s, according to a warning issued last week by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Some customers have provided financial information to sites that they thought were legitimate Web sites, according to OCC spokesman Dean DeBuck. Read full article at Network World. (Reprinted from Computerworld.) … Read entire article »
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