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TECHNICAL
INFORMATION SOURCES
These links will take you to some great helpful articles that will
help you grow your business.
SECURITY
Spy vs. Spy.
Michael Levitsky hardly seems the type to be involved in mystery
or intrigue. The 55-year-old father of two owns a successful Fastsigns
franchise in Wilmington, Del., and makes a comfortable, though hardly
extravagant, living producing signage for companies ranging from
the local lawn-care company to corporate giants like DuPont and
MBNA.
But
mysterious things were happening at Levitsky's 18-person shop. Longtime
customers had begun calling, reporting to him that a rival signmaker
had been in touch, referencing in detail their latest purchases
-- and offering to provide the same products for a lower price.
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Hackers Expose Script-kiddie Underground
The hackers accused of secretly planting a
Trojan horse on the computer of Aaron Caffrey, the UK teenager acquitted
of bringing down the systems of one of the largest ports in the
United States, have spoken exclusively to silicon.com about the
dangerous script kiddie chatroom wars that are putting unwitting
businesses at risk.
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More - Part One) (Part
Two)
Keeping Information Under Wraps
Don
Phin, the president of the Employer Advisors Network, Inc. and a
professional consultant specializing in workforce risk management,
suggests four steps a business owner can take to help keep confidential
information under wraps.
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TECHNOLOGY
Wireless
LAN Security in Depth
This paper provides best-practice information to interested parties
for designing and implementing wireless LAN(WLAN) security in networks
utilizing elements of the Cisco SAFE Blueprint for network security.
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The Economics of Outsourcing
This paper discusses four major models for staffing an IT organization
and for acquiring computing resources. (Read
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EMPLOYEE
MANAGEMENT AND MOTIVATION
Rewarding
and Motivating Employees on Next to Nothing
If you are like me, you’ve purchased and read books purporting
to have great, innovative ideas for rewarding and motivating employees.
And, if you’re like me, you’ve been disappointed in
these ideas. All too often I’ve found myself sarcastically
saying, “Yeah, like that’s a really innovative reward.”
Or else I’ve said, “Well, that certainly wouldn’t
thrill me!” (Read
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