May 2007
In this issue....
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Welcome
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Patch Now, Not Later
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Is VoIP Right for Your
Business?
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Outlook Anywhere
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Computer Disposal
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Industry News Links
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Just for Laughs
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Industry News
RIM explains
BlackBerry crash; questions remain
The BlackBerry network failure this week was caused by a
small bit of new code and a still unexplained problem in
the network’s failover process. The apology may not be
enough for some enterprise users. A surprising number
say they’ve never been contacted by RIM at all during
the outage
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Has the end
arrived for desktop antivirus?
Some industry analysts are proclaiming the traditional antivirus
method for detecting and eradicating viruses, trojans, spyware
and other baneful code by matching it against a signature to be
"dead." They say signature-based checking can’t keep up with the
flood of...
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The 20 Most
Annoying Tech Products
Some things are annoying by their very nature--spam, your
in-laws, comedian Gilbert Gottfried. But when the annoyances
stem from stuff you've paid for or products you rely on to get
things done, that really takes the cake.
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Is VoIP Right for Your Business?
More and more businesses tired of racking up high telecommunications
bills are turning to the Internet for their phone service. Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) services enable businesses to conduct calls across
the same network to access the Internet and get email – and at a
fraction of the cost of traditional voice networks.
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Just for
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 Patch
Now, Not Later
Never before have there been so many potential costly threats to
your business information. Protect your business by staying
up-to-date with patches for all your software programs.
According to the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon, 99
percent of all reported security intrusions "result through
exploitation of known vulnerabilities or configuration errors."
That's why patching should be on your first line of defense against
security threats. However, before you automate the patching function
available on your software, make sure you are up to speed on the "whats,
hows, and whys" of patching.
A patch is a small
piece of code that remedies specific problems in a file or
application. The patch update is applied as a replacement,
complement, or a fix to existing programming. The availability of
patches removes the need to download and re-install the entire file
or application.
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Outlook
Anywhere?
 Remote
access of Exchange-based email is a requirement of most
mobile workers. In the past, Outlook Web Access provided
some, but not all, of the functionality of Outlook.
Remote users who wanted to use their native Outlook
software were forced to use a VPN connection to access
the corporate network. VPN's, however, are more complex
to configure and enable access to more network services
than are required for simple e-mail access.
Outlook 2003 and 2007 now offers a simpler alternative
to VPN connections — RPC over HTTP (which Microsoft has
mercifully renamed "Outlook Anywhere"). With this
feature, users can have security-enhanced access to
their Exchange Server accounts from the Internet when
they are working outside your organization's firewall.
Users do not need any special connections or hardware,
such as smart cards and security tokens, and they can
still get to their Exchange accounts even if the
Exchange server and client computer are behind firewalls
on different networks. The user runs the same Outlook
used inside the network and has all of Outlook's
functionality enabled including shared calendars,
contact lists and public folder access.
Outlook Anywhere runs on Windows XP and Vista and
requires Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, 2007 or
Microsoft Small Business Server 2003. Take advantage of
Outlook's power and flexibility outside your office with
Outlook Anywhere. Contact us at (212) 953-0400 or submit
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Computer
Disposal - A Problem We Can’t Toss Away
 As computers
become more powerful and less costly, many families and businesses have
added and replaced machines—good for the industry, but not necessarily good
for the environment. The problem is that some ingredients that go into the
making of computer components—lead, for example—aren’t
environment-friendly. The disposal of obsolete machines is a serious
problem that will not be easily solved.
ABC News
recently reported on 20/20 that programs by which countries accept U. S.
computers for recycling are frequently a sham. Computers are plundered for
what little precious metal may be extractable and are left exposed to the
elements, causing toxins to leech into the soil and the water table.
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