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Carl Weinschenk - ArticlesCarl is a contributing editor to Communications Technology magazine and has held staff positions at InternetWeek, tele.com, Cable World and Cable Marketing magazines.
As Swine Flu Winds Down, Hurricane Season Revs UpCarl Weinschenk spoke with Geary Sikich, the principal for enterprise risk and crisis management consultancy Logical Management Systems. Are Subsidized Netbooks Bad News for Open Networks?AT&T’s plan to offer subsidized netbooks for $50 (and more, depending on which model the subscriber opts for) raises interesting questions. The most basic is what means to the open access debate. Social Networks Finding Their Enterprise NicheA couple of years ago, Web 2.0-based social networking was very much a consumer-only affair. It was a way for people, kids, mostly, to find out what was hot and what was not. More recently, of course, businesses have gotten into the act. Many companies have blogs and Facebook pages, and more executives are using Twitter as time goes on. The Tricky Task Of Giving Away $7.2 BillionThe Stimulus Package is Now Law, and Companies and Organizations are Queuing Up to Get Their Piece of the $7.2 Billion the Government Will Disperse. Russ Sharer, the Vice President of Marketing for Occam Networks, Tells Carl Weinschenk That a Series of Meetings Shows That the Government is Open to Outside Ideas on How to Structure the Programs, Wants Projects to Start Relatively Quickly, and That the Loan Guarantees and Matching Investment Strategies May Push the Total Beyond $7.2 Billion. Security Issues Abound as Social Networking Goes to WorkEmployees use two types of social networking sites. They bring their Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and other identities to the office. At the same time, they use professional social networking – LinkedIn and others – for more “official” duties. It has the potential to be a major problem. Whitelists are No Security Cure-allWhitelisting is not a new concept, but it is getting renewed attention as companies tire of assessing the safety of every piece executable code that comes their way. The idea behind whitelisting is simple. If code is deemed safe, it is put on an approved list and allowed to execute. If it is not approved, the software in some way controls what happens. Trouble Among the AndroidsThe Google-led Android project is facing a sticky situation with developers, who are angry about apparent favoritism being shown to some developers. This is the latest twist in the road in what is becoming a difficult birth. United, Internet Users Stand; Divided, We End Up at Phony SitesLast week, news hit of a vulnerability in the Domain Name System that, if exploited by hackers, could lead surfers to phony Web sites. The flaw was found by Dan Kaminsky, the director of penetration testing for IOActive. Kaminsky tells IT Business Edge’s Carl Weinschenk that the potential severity of the problem led vendors and researchers to work together to create the patches that now are available. Despite Upgrades, Iphone Still Having Problems at the OfficeIt’s difficult to assess how seriously Apple really takes the iPhone as a business device. After all, if it thought it would unseat — or even get a seat close to — Research in Motion’s BlackBerry, it would have done things a lot differently the first time around. Patch Management, Now More Than EverAs the time lag between news of a new vulnerability and hackers’ ability to exploit it shrinks, patch management becomes a more vital tool for enterprises.
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