Endpoint security may seem like a daunting task if you are a Small to Medium Business (SMB) with the accompanying specters of expensive equipment and big dollar consultants made even worse in light of malware and the other online security issues facing organizations today. However, when you get down to it, endpoint security is more accessible today than ever before.
Here are five ways to save time and reduce your investment on endpoint security:
Links to all my Tablets in the Enterprise and Smartphones blog posts are now available online. Look for some interesting upcoming posts from me!
The forgotten player is the success of Microsoft SharePoint is often the guy on the project team who makes SharePoint work for the team from a combination of their prior experience and seeing the potential in SharePoint to solve some sort of existing project-level problem whether it be dealing with project management, collaboration, or communications. Organizations who take a few simple steps to create a culture of SharePoint champions are going to reap the benefits in their business without a heavy financial outlay.
Here are some things organization can do to foster a culture of SharePoint champions:
I had been getting a little bit bored (and frustrated) with my professional technical writer site, willkelly.com over the past few years. The continued rocky period on my employer’s federal government contract and an endless cycle of halfhearted Dreamweaver templates got me on the road to migrate willkelly.com to the Drupal Content Management System (CMS). It has been a rather mixed experience. I tore it all down the other weekend and started over, not as much out of disappointment, but to knock the kinks out of my first deployment.
Here are some lessons I learned:
I wrote this post for the Smartphones Blog on TechRepublic.com:
Microsoft Office 365, a cloud-based collaboration platform, is starting to get a lot of attention from Small to Medium Businesses (SMBs) and enterprises wanting to outsource their Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange email, and Unified Communications (UC). While some critics cite Office 365 as not being “mobile enough,” the iPhone setup is quite friendly and certainly a time-saver for organizations that are used to managing more complicated smartphone/email server setups in house.
via Connect your iPhone to Microsoft Office 365 | TechRepublic.
My latest post is now online over on Tablets in the Enterprise.
Tablets are gaining a strong reputation as sales tools across multiple industries, which is getting the attention of sales teams who want their company to outfit them with tablets. Sales teams are ideal candidates for tablets, but organizations need to build them out as a sales productivity tool
via Seven tips for outfitting your sales team with tablets | TechRepublic.
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Learning Drupal is one of my main technology learning goals for 2012, so I was interested in reading Drupal Development Tricks for Designers by Dani Nordin. While I am not a designer, I was interested in ready a Drupal book directed at the non-coding masses since I am learning Drupal. The first thing to get out is that this book isn’t about design but rather walks designers how they can create a development environment for their Drupal projects. I am a believer in self sufficiency on tech projects so I am down with the aim of this book and think Nordin really hits the mark with this book.
Today’s model for enterprise collaboration isn’t just about PCs and Macs anymore. Collaboration needs to extend to tablets, not only because of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), but because tablets are playing an increasing role in many businesses. You need to implement a strategy and appropriate technology choices to help your organization extend enterprise collaboration to tablets — whether they be BYOD or company-owned — without a loss of communications or productivity.
via Extend enterprise collaboration to tablets | TechRepublic.
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