Managing Employee Communications over IM, Social Networks

REVIEW: Employees can interact securely and stay in compliance with regulations thanks to the granular control of FaceTime USG 3.0 over instant messaging, Twitter, Facebook and P2P applications. – Businesses of all sizes have embraced new communication tools as they have become available. The telephone, fax, mobile phone, e-mail, instant messaging, social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and Web 2.0 applications like wikis, blogs and intranet portals push business …

RSA: Cybersecurity A Joint Fed, Industry Effort

Government officials turned out in force last week to lay out federal cybersecurity policy and encourage greater public-private partnership.

Practical Analysis: Are You Neglecting Your WAN?

Web apps and consolidated data centers are adding pressure, and video will bring even more. It could be time to explore new options.

Google Fiber Sought by Topeka, Boulder, Other U.S. Cities

Google plans on testing one or more high-speed broadband networks in a select number of mid-sized U.S. cities, and has asked interested municipalities to provide information about their communities that will allow Google to make its decision. That has led to Topeka, Kansas, changing its name temporarily to Google, and other towns such as Grand Rapids, Mich., to launch massive social-networking campaigns

DoD Loosens Social Media Restrictions

Soldiers and other Department of Defense employees may now access and use sites such as Facebook and Flickr via unclassified Defense networks.

DoD Loosens Social Media Restrictions

Soldiers and other Department of Defense employees may now access and use sites such as Facebook and Flickr via unclassified Defense networks.

FTC Warns Of Widespread Data Breaches

Almost 100 organizations have been notified by the agency that sensitive personal data about their employees and customers has been shared from their networks over peer-to-peer file sharing services.

IBM Acquires Intelliden

IBM announces its acquisition of Intelliden, a maker of network automation software that enables organizations such as telecommunications companies to configure, manage and scale their networks. – IBM has announced its acquisition of Intelliden, a maker of quot;network automation software that enables organizations such as telecommunications companies to configure, manage and scale their networks, quot; IBM said Feb. 16.

Verizon Adds Skype To Smartphones

The partnership will enable Verizon Wireless customers to make inexpensive global calls over Skype’s VoIP network.

Dell Mini 5 to Launch with New Version of Android: Reports

The Dell Mini 5 tablet-style device will launch not with Android 1.6, which its prototype runs, but with “something newer,” according to a report from Engadget. Other reports add that the Mini 5 is likely to debut on the AT T and T-Mobile networks. – Talk of the Android-running Dell Mini 5 tablet, which Dell introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, is in the air, and around the Web, with new rumors and confirmations emerging