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Me4Sure, Inc. Introduces 2 Portable Biometric Security Solutions

By Jim D'Espinosa on 12/16/2008

Me4Sure, Inc. Introduces 2 Portable Biometric Security Solutions that Protect, Store & Encrypt Critical Data for Individuals & Corporations Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in the United States, affecting 10+ million Americans and costing over $55 billion last year. Me4Sure, Inc (www.me4sure.com) introduces 2 biometric security solutions that provide absolute protection for identity & data at a price everyone can afford.

Driving Down Costs with Strategic Outsourcing and Technology Rationalization

By John Stone on 12/16/2008

With this economic turmoil in the last month, I am seeing a dramitic shift in focus from building and growth to efficiency and cost reduction. These times are similar to periods in each of the last three decades when we faced similar challenges. I thought about which strategies to dust off and use now to help deal with these economic realities. Two winning strategies are outsourcing and technology rationalization. When approached the right way, these strategies rapidly deliver cost reduction, but also improve service delivery and differentiation.

Increased Storage Demands - A Multistep Approach Can Help Enterprises Meet Needs

By George Crump on 12/16/2008

The demand for storage in today’s data center continues to grow at a rapid pace, and IT professionals are expected to deliver the storage their users need even as budgets are tightening. Taking a multistep approach can help IT departments meet storage demands without breaking the bank.

Buy smart today to save in 2009 - leverage retailer offers and tax programs for extra savings.

By James Gaskin on 12/16/2008

If you want to save money this year and save taxes the next, you have three weeks left in 2008. To make them count, accelerate some purchases to take advantage of year-end deals from retailers and vendors. Add on the tax savings you can get by expensing more items this year (review Economic Stimulus for Small Businesses) and you can start saving some serious coinage.

Tighten up your customer focus - when times get tough, smart technologists tune in to their customers.

By James Gaskin on 12/16/2008

In sports, successful athletes narrow their focus during crunch time. They may concentrate on footwork, technique or increase their margin for error. Technology providers must do the same thing during tough economic times. You must focus on your customer and nothing but your customer, whether the customer is a consumer, another business, or internal departments needing technology and support.

Mass. 201 CMR 17 for SMBs: the technology is the easy part

By Jack Daniel on 12/16/2008

There has been much speculation as to whether the recently-instated Mass. 201 CMR 17.00, as well as the other 40-plus state breach laws, will actually be effective in getting businesses up to speed, security-wise, or if the laws are too onerous and confusing for small to medium-sized businesses. The new Massachusetts data protection law applies to all persons that own, license, store or maintain personal information about a resident of Massachusetts and requires that businesses encrypt any documents sent over the Internet or saved on laptops or flash drives, encrypt data transmitted wirelessly and deploy up-to-date firewalls.

Windows 7 Updated - the skinny on Microsoft's Forthcoming OS

By John Brandon on 12/16/2008

About a year from now, Microsoft will release a brand new operating system that addresses many of the concerns that arose from Windows Vista. Windows 7 is said to have more in common with Windows 2000 and Windows XP, and its emphasis will be on stability, driver support, security, and meeting the needs of both consumers and the business market rather than on radical interface changes and extensive support for emerging technologies.

CrossTech In The News - Helping businesses enter the second circle of technology

By Julie Onufrak on 12/3/2008

Many people know that their teenagers use Twitter, a real-time messaging service that allows users to constantly update their friends on what they're up to via the Internet or their cell phones. What many people don't know is that businesses can use Twitter to form better relationships with customers and get feedback on products and services.

The Financial Market’s Impact On Technology

By Sixto Ortiz Jr. on 12/2/2008

Do Cooling Markets Mean Cooling Technology Spending? The recent woes throttling the worldwide financial markets have unleashed a tsunami of bad news that has quickly spilled from the confines of Wall Street's banking industry and into Main Street. Even though most industry watchers expect IT spending to increase, there is little doubt that the current financial turmoil will have a significant impact on the technology sector and enterprise spending.

Less SPAM this Holiday Season?

By Jan Hichert on 12/2/2008

Most of us have seen a reduction in the spam crowding our inboxes lately, thanks to recent the takedown of McColo Corp., a San Jose, CA based Web hosting service that supposedly hosted some of the biggest cyber criminal organizations in business. According to Commtouch Software, throughout the year spam rates averaged around 4 million recurrent spam patterns per day. The week of November 12, immediately after McColo was shut down, there was an average of 2.5 million spam patterns identified-a 38% drop. However, we can't become complacent in our mail security. The respite is only temporary, and spam levels are already starting to creep back upward.

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