Malware writers get a little HLP from you
I was roving around today on the McAfee TrustedSource Research Blog website and came across a very interesting entry about malware writers using Help files to mask infection sources. This is not a new...
View ArticleIT services and The Three Chinese Curses
In America, October is the time when haunting, evil spirits and curses come to mind. Earlier today I posted a blog entry titled Can IT education bring an end to the recession? I used a quote that is...
View ArticleMicrosoft does not patch vulnerability for supported version of Windows
Last week was the September issue of Microsoft “patch Tuesday”. The September 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletin lists a number of vulnerabilities. Microsoft held the bulletin webcast on Wednesday,...
View ArticleTips for negotiating a managed services contract – the vendor selection process
You have now received back the proposals from the vendors based on the RFP that you built according to the RFP anatomy described previously. Maybe you forgot the steps before the RFP. You can go back...
View ArticleTips for negotiating a managed services contract – anatomy of an RFP
The first post in this series covered two questions: Where are you? and Where do you want to go? The second article in the series described the calendar of events or how many shopping days do we have?...
View ArticleTips for negotiating a managed services contract – how many shopping days?
The first post in this series covered two questions: Where are you? and Where do you want to go? This second article in the series will describe the calendar of events or how many shopping days do we...
View ArticleTips for negotiating a managed services contract – where are you and where do...
IT is not the first business of a manufacturing company. Nor is it very high on the list. Having said that, a lot of manufacturing (and other organizations) use various managed IT services. I will be...
View ArticleSkype users – does anyone use this on ITKE? – or is it overhyped?
Recently I posted a question about using Skype in a corporate environment. Based on the lack of any feedback, it really makes me wonder if Skype is an overhyped solution for corporate environments. I...
View Article