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How to avoid 5 common email management mistakes

(Susan Perschke) — Mon, 21 May 2012 04:29:00 GMT

Email managers have a lot at stake. After all, the volume of global electronic messages sent via email dwarfs all other forms of electronic communication, including social networking. Since the inception of electronic mail, which, according to some Internet historians, can be traced to a small mainframe app called 'MAILBOX' from the mid-1960s, human-to-human messages have been created, transmitted and stored in electronic format. But early email administrators could hardly have envisioned the complexity of current email infrastructure and the concomitant maze of technical, security, business and regulatory challenges.

Researcher runs IP network over xylophones

(Joab Jackson) — Sat, 12 May 2012 12:01:00 GMT

Vint Cerf once wore a shirt that read "IP on Everything," a wry comment on the versatility of the Internet Protocol he helped invent, a protocol that underlies all Internet communication. Now a University of California Berkeley researcher has put Cerf's maxim to the test, running an IP network over a set of xylophones, played by human participants.

Verizon to offer 100G links, resilient mesh on optical networks

(Stephen Lawson) — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:00:00 GMT

Looking ahead to growing demand for bandwidth to feed large companies and computing clouds, Verizon Communications announced steps on Friday to increase the speed of the links its enterprise customers can buy and to make its network connections more resilient.

Can a New Analyst Firm Take Down Gartner?

(Rob Enderle) — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:42:00 GMT

For more than 30 years, Gartner has dominated the IT analyst market. CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle sees Ombud, a new analyst firm focusing on social CRM and pulling member profiles from LinkedIn, as a viable challenge to a firm founded before there were even PCs.

Hackers blackmail Belgian bank with threats to publish customer data

(Loek Essers) — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:17:00 GMT

Hackers claimed to have breached the systems of the Belgian credit provider Elantis and threatened to publish confidential customer information if the bank does not pay $197,000 before Friday.

Is it So Bad for the CIO to Report to the CFO?

kim_nash@computerworld.com (Kim S. Nash) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:33:00 GMT

Conventional wisdom says the CIO should report to the CEO. But not everyone agrees that's so important.

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