Thanks to mobile and video, optical fiber booms again

The Great Optical Fiber Bubble of 2000 was one for the record books.  It terms of peak-to-trough magnitude, it makes the current real estate bubble look mild in comparison. For over a decade the installed optical fiber in the…

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Lost mobile phones leak lots of data

Did you know that people in Philadelphia lose their cell phones about six times more often than people in Chicago?

Or that the most common place to lose a phone in San Francisco is a…

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Businesses invest in IT, cops invest in ET (evidence technology)

The consumerization of IT is an oft-quoted trend in IT circles: how dramatic changes in employee digital behaviour are transforming how businesses manage their digital content.

It turns out the same behavior changes in criminals are transforming the legal…

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New study: lost smart phones mean compromised data

Symantec intentionally “lost” 50 smart phones in several urban centers to see what would happen.  The results are unnerving.

Of the strangers that found the phones:

  • 96% tried to access information on the lost phones
  • 89% tried to access…

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AT&T’s new data pricing – and how you can benefit

If AT&T’s new mobile phone data pricing plan looks familiar, that’s because it is. AT&T is adopting the same approach used by electrical utilities: charge more for customers that use the most, and charge a penalty for…

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“Just in time” content is the most valuable

The most valuable content is magically on hand at the exact time and place it’s needed.

The Internet has simulated that experience. With literally everything only a few clicks or searches away, the world is at our fingertips. But sometimes…

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Hollywood has come to the enterprise

Video production has spread to the masses, as we all know (thank you YouTube). Creating and publishing personal, “amateur” video has become an accepted tool for communicating with friends and colleagues.

Despite this, there is a growing…

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Apple devices are changing how IT manages employee content

The entry of iPhones and iPads into the enterprise has been unlike anything since the IBM PC brought IT kicking and screaming into distributed computing 30 years ago. Apple’s devices are creating new challenges for…

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