Archive for the Tag 'IT Management'
Robert on 30 Apr 2009
Hewlett Packard has published a free guide to greening your IT. They describe it as:
Green IT for Dummies … is intended to give organizations simple and straight-forward ideas on how to reduce the environmental impact of IT systems and harness the power of IT to reduce the wider environmental impacts of climate change in society.
The [...]
Tags: IT Management
Filed in IT Management, TechSoup
Robert on 27 Mar 2009
I just received two identical messages with the following text. There’s no URL — the only way to respond is to reply to the message. Replies go to updatweb1 at aol.com I hope no one’s foolish enough to fall for this.
—–Original Message—–
From: apache@net.lg.ua [mailto:apache@net.lg.ua] On Behalf Of Webmail Support
Sent: Friday, [...]
Tags: IT Management, Security, Spam
Filed in IT Management, Security, Spam
Robert on 16 Mar 2009
The Tactical Technology Collective and Front Line have released Security in-a-Box, which was designed to meet the digital security and privacy needs of advocates and human rights defenders. They describe it as follows:
Security in-a-box includes a How-to Booklet, which addresses a number of important digital security issues. It also provides a collection of Hands-on [...]
Tags: IT Management, Security
Filed in IT Management, Security, TechSoup
Robert on 30 Jan 2009
In early January, Convio asked a group of nonprofit technology bloggers to suggest New Year’s resolutions for nonprofits (TechSoup Blog was one of the participants). In addition, they asked people to post resolutions on Convio’s Connection Café blog. Subsequently, they reviewed the resolutions, identified the main topic areas, and created a Resolutions Guide. The guide [...]
Tags: Databases, IT Management, Online Fundraising, Social Media, Web 2.0
Filed in Databases, IT Management, Online Fundraising, Social Media, TechSoup, Web 2.0
Robert on 28 Jan 2009
The early-bird registration period for NTEN’s 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference ends January 31. I love the NTC. Here’s what the NTEN folks have to say about it:
In addition to the scores of breakout sessions, the networking, camaraderie, and general nptech-related good times, noted author Clay Shirky will be the keynote speaker at the 2009 NTC, [...]
Tags: Consulting, Email Marketing, IT Management, Mobile Communications, Online Fundraising, Social Media, Web 2.0
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Robert on 23 Jan 2009
Internet security firm F-Secure has estimated that more than 3.5 million computers have been infected with the Downadup worm, a malicious program. The worm, also known as Conficker, uses a major flaw that Microsoft patched in October to remotely compromise computers running unpatched versions of Windows.
Infected computers become members of a worldwide botnet. F-Secure predicts [...]
Tags: IT Management, Security, Viruses
Filed in IT Management, Security, TechSoup, Viruses
Robert on 12 Jan 2009
I’m a member of NTEN and a huge fan. I’m thrilled that their 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference will be held at the San Francisco Hilton this year, April 26-28. The Early Bird rate expires after January 31st, so it’s time to stop procrastinating.
Here’s what the NTEN folks have to say:
The 2009 NTC will be THE [...]
Tags: Consulting, Donor Databases, Email Marketing, IT Management, Online Fundraising, Social Media, Web 2.0
Filed in Consulting, Donor Databases, Email Marketing, IT Management, Online Fundraising, Social Media, Web 2.0
Robert on 05 Jan 2009
My friend and fellow consultant John Kenyon is fond of saying that, after people, data is an organization’s most important asset. An organization’s databases store its history: contact records; people served; donors, funders, and prospects; VIPs, volunteers, and vendors; event attendees, and more. Yet many organizations don’t pay enough attention to the care and feeding [...]
Tags: Databases, IT Management, Security
Filed in Databases, IT Management, Security
Robert on 31 Dec 2008
Last month I posted a list of best practices for managing a database and discussed, among other things, protecting data on USB drives and laptops. A recent discussion on the Information Systems Forum has suggested options for protecting USB drives. Richard Rothwell posted a blog entry on Portable Data Security, several list members [...]
Tags: IT Management, Security
Filed in IT Management, Security
Robert on 17 Dec 2008
Microsoft issued a critical patch for Internet Explorer today, described as protection against a “remote code execution” vulnerability. If your computer is set up for automatic updates, you should get the patch, well, automatically. You should also be able to run Windows Update (under Tools in IE). Or you can get the [...]
Tags: IT Management, Security
Filed in IT Management, Security
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