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    Blog: For Downsized IT Veterans -- The Internet and Computers Everywhere -- Except for Older Seniors 27 February, 2009 11:51:00

    This MarketWatch article (placed by Banker's Life Insurance, no less) caught my eye: Seniors: Overcoming Loneliness. The article encouraged seniors to visit their local senior center: "If it's too cold or difficult for you to get out, stay connected to others by phone, mail or computer. The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project surveys taken from 2006-2008 show that older generations are online now more than ever before with email being their most popular online activity."
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    Blog: The Business-IT Expectation Gap is There and it Matters 10 October, 2008 14:22:00

    Business functional view of the importance of technology is not synonymous with IT's ability to provide it.
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    Blog: Who Do Mid-Market IT Execs Listen To? 07 October, 2008 14:02:00

    Everybody wants to sell something to the mid-market IT execs.
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    Blog: 5 Requests to Make to Your CEO Now 19 September, 2008 10:29:00

    The sky of IT certainly seems to be falling, depending on who you read. But this is the best of times for CIOs to sit down with their CEO and ask for help.
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    Blog: Enterprise Architecture -- One Page Simple? 12 September, 2008 12:34:00

    It can't be a coincidence that two consulting partners I interviewed recently were both sharply critical of the last few years of IT efforts at 'alignment'. They argued that too often many CIOs mollified complaining business units who whined that IT was too slow and too rigid -- so they really need their own apps and infrastructure. Whoops. This resulted in a swing to such extreme business unit autonomy that companies began choking on proliferating apps and redundant infrastructure.
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    Blog: CEOs Shape IT Archetype 15 August, 2008 14:41:00

    CIOs being fired -- this always gets my attention (along with the ever-compelling "Five Things You Must Do..." titles of course).
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    Blog: Prepare Three Envelopes -- Joke or CIO Standard Practice? 04 August, 2008 14:33:56

    Maybe you remember the business joke -- a new executive is presented with 3 numbered envelopes by the outgoing exec to help him deal with any problem he couldn't solve.
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    Blog: Sleeping Executives Make IT Projects Fail 22 July, 2008 13:58:04

    Consider this. Big projects (a year or more) are unhealthy for CIOs. By the time they're done and the business execs see the result, these snoozing sponsors discover it wasn't what they wanted.
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    Blog: IT Spending GROWTH Slows From 7 to 5 Per Cent...Shouldn't it be Flat? 18 July, 2008 15:05:12

    So Goldman Sachs says IT spending growth will slow from 7 per cent to 5 per cent.
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    Blog: Split the CIO Role Into Two 01 July, 2008 14:28:14

    Walter Mossberg (Wall Street Journal) thinks IT organizations are regressive and poisonous because their policies get in the way of individuals using what they want.And Rudy Puryear of Bain thinks the CIO job is really two jobs, internally focused and externally focused. Maybe he is right, but for other reasons. Consider:
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    Blog: Why Should CIOs Try To Keep Up With New Technology? 20 June, 2008 14:05:45

    You'd think that all that CIOs did all day was comparison shop for new tech products.
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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