Articles for August 2007

Google Desktop Can be a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

August 22nd, 2007

ALERT – Google Desktop has become popular in large part due to very painful desktop search functions in Windows. It is able to find documents and email very quickly and accurately. However, it has a feature that should probably be of considerable concern for enterprises. A feature called Search Across Computers ought to raise eyebrows. [...]

Meebo Repeater: An Evasive Extension to an Already Evasive App

August 20th, 2007

ALERT – If you are trying to control IM use and haven’t heard of Meebo, it is very likely your users have. Meebo’s purpose in life is to allow people to continue using IM even at companies that have a policy to block it. It is a web-based multi-protocol IM client that is accessed via [...]

Create a Conscious Policy Around Web-based File Sharing

August 14th, 2007

ALERT – Think your users don’t get around email attachment restrictions? Think again. Attachment limitations, while possibly useful for managing resource utilization on an over-burdened mail server, encourage user creativity. In addition, Microsoft, Apple, and Google have jumped into the pool of web-based file-storage/sharing applications. The success of these online applications is driven by users [...]