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University CIOs at Computerworld's Mobile & Wireless World conference said they are under scrutiny to find ways to better communicate in disasters in the aftermath of the shootings at Virginia Tech in April.
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As a sophomore at the University of North Texas, Lydia Evans helped incoming freshmen adjust to the swirl of campus life. One of her tasks was to warn them of something she hadn&#39;t heard
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Colleges throughout the region, faced with cease-and-desist letters and straining bandwidth resources, have stepped up their efforts to curtail students' illegal downloads of copyrighted music. -washingtonpost.com
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Some users of the new operating system are having a tough time connecting to the virtual world.
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CIOs and other hiring managers will continue to struggle to recruit and retain IT workers, putting upward pressure on salaries for hot skills.
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BOSTON, Dec. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- IT organizations are under increasing pressure to address the security gaps created by non-managed PCs connecting to the network.
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Business and communication skills are important, but many tech pros aren't given such training by employers, according to a report.
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One year after Hurricane Katrina, many IT managers in New Orleans have shored up their systems. But they still face a shortage of available workers and an overload of fatigue and stress.
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Microsoft Corp.'s decision to release a major upgrade for its flagship operating system in the same month that hundreds of thousands of students are reporting to college campuses across the nation is causing a major headache for the higher education community.
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The people who rise through the ranks of IT, or some other business unit, to become CIOs don't necessarily need charisma. But they have to be savvy and know how to listen, according to participants in an IT leadership panel discussion.
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The march of information technology into the workplace has been greeted with a mix of awe and resistance. For all their promise of productivity gains, computers, business software, and telecommunications gear have disrupted processes at the core of a company's identity.
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The Society for Information management is expanding to high schools its programs for piquing user interest in an IT career
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On the heels of a student loan scandal, some higher education officials have called a conferenceâs format deeply troubling.
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(InfoWorld) - Security managers have to keep their cool and clearly communicate with chief information officers (CIOs) during a crisis affecting company networks, a top security official with Microsoft said Wednesday. Otherwise, trying to educate CIOs in a panic mode will complicate how an attack is countered, said Greg Galford, Microsoft security architect, who gave a presentation at the EuSecWest 2007 security conference in London on Thursday. Galford was a technical lead during a massive attack on Microsoft's network in 2000 that prompted the company to make many changes to its networks and its response approach. He now works with Microsoft's Security Response Center, which handles new vulnerabilities and exploits affecting the company's software. The hacking attack in 2000 wasn't a huge surprise, since Microsoft was using much of its own newly developed software that had security faults, Galford said. At the time, the company wasn't nearly as vigilant as it is now about security, he said. Microsoft had a huge web of insecure connections leading to its corporate network, including employees who worked from home and connections security officials were unaware even existed, Galford said. The company also mistakenly made public much information on how its own corporate networks were constructed, which likely aided hackers. One network engineer had even made most of the information on his hard drive available over the Internet, he said. "We shot ourselves in the foot," Galford said. During its response, Microsoft learned hard lessons in how to communicate developments up the chain of command. Technical people have to be separated from management. CIOs need to be told regularly when they will be briefed again after receiving an update, Galford said. "We had executives coming down to the offices of people that were doing the actual technical work," Galford said. Ideally, management should be briefed before a crisis, so they know how the response will proceed, Galford said. Also, security managers need to know how to communicate in nontechnical terms for CIOs who may not have the same background, he said. CIOs "are always worried about what's going on," Galford said.
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Ohio University, which suffered several high-profile data breaches in 2006, has assembled a council of students, staff, administration and IT professionals to further its efforts to improve its data security.
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On Saturday, Virginia Tech's new, unwanted identity blended with its old one of being a football power in an authentic, if awkward, coupling.
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The harassment of new students, or "ragging," remains a stubborn problem on India's college campuses