Why control employee Web abuse at work?

Why Control Employee Web Abuse at Work? Where do you draw the line? Is it okay to send the occasional personal e-mail at work? What about a little Internet shopping or spending some time on social networking sites, playing online games, downloading pirated movies and music, gambling or downloading adult content? The Internet has created new opportunities for mischief and new challenges for managers. From legal risks to reduced productivity and security problems, Web abuse can have serious implications for your business. Making sure your employees are aware of the laws surrounding Internet usage may encourage them to use better judgment when surfing the net.   12-Point Vulnerability Management Checklist: What to Know Before You Buy Your network gets bombarded by potential threats every day. Vulnerability Management (VM) allows you to systematically find and eliminate network vulnerabilities, and is a critical step toward protecting your organization's network and data. Without proven, automated technology for precise detection and remediation, no network can withstand the daily onslaught of new vulnerabilities that threaten corporate and end-user security. To help finalize your decision on which solution to buy, this 12-point short list of key decision points will help you determine what will work best for your organization.   How to Get the Most from Your Data Warehouse For many businesses, success means change, growth and expansion. And one of the inevitable byproducts of this exciting and dynamic experience is the accumulation of data. Massive amounts of data. But despite the importance of utilizing this data, many companies still choose to store their data in something akin to a large bin of unorganized files, folders and miscellaneous papers. How can you expect to actually find anything? You need more than a place to dump your data. You need a way to store, manage, and deliver information, so that you can maximize the value of your data, and use it to drive business improvements and make real-time adjustments. This is where the data warehouse comes in.   Are Your Training Videos Secure? Then They Could Just be "Free Trade Secrets" More and more companies are using Web videos and video on demand to train employees and clients. But if training videos aren't secured, they could easily be copied and distributed, leading to a massive loss of proprietary information. How can you expect to maintain a competitive advantage when your competition can see all of your trade secrets, courtesy of you? You need a powerful, yet simple to use solution that enables you to extend your marketing reach without being constricted as to where you can store their protected files or how you can deliver them to end users.   Considering a Streaming Desktop Solution? Get the Performance Facts Businesses face increasing challenges in deploying, managing and securing their end user computing machines. Today's information workers rely heavily on their corporate desktops or notebooks to accomplish day-to-day tasks and functions. Dell has conducted performance testing and characterization of On-Demand Desktop Streaming. This white paper highlights some of the observations made, as well as collective knowledge gained through these laboratory experiments, and provides general guidelines for solution resource planning.   Aligning Application QA with Business Goals: The New App Lifecycle New technologies, architectures, business trends, and end-user expectations are changing the very nature of applications -- and the definition of application quality. As a result, applications themselves are changing. From a business perspective, trends such as offshoring, outsourcing, and the globalization of quality assurance (QA) and development teams have increased the pressure on IT for faster development time frames and more consistent quality practices. All of these things combined are helping to redefine the lifecycle of business applications. eNewsletter Information: You are receiving this e-mail because you are a loyal subscriber to the Web Buyer's Guide Member Update with the e-mail address ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. If you no longer wish to receive Web Buyer's Guide Member Update, unsubscribe here. Copyright © 2009 Ziff Davis Enterprise. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Enterprise, 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 Privacy Policy